Mahalo Coffee Roasters — Restaurant in Knoxville

⏳️Open 7a-5p on Saturdays. 🚗Street parking (30 min) & Locust Parking Garage across the street. 🪑There's outdoor & indoor seating. Very family friendly and a chill atmosphere. They have both food and beverage options. They have merch for sale in the back and on the walls from T-Shirts, Tumblers, and Stickers. ❤️My experience was great. The line went to the door when I arrived and my order was taken after 5 minutes of waiting. The woman who took my order was very nice. She took the extra few seconds to make sure she had gotten my name right (which I don't usually mind when people get it wrong, so it was just a nice touch to their hospitality). My Latte was absolutely delicious‼️ & my scone was fantastic as well. I got the Bacon, Cheddar, & Chives Scone. The Latte, extra caramel, and the Scone cost me $10. 🩺This place is very ostomy friendly. They have secluded private bathrooms in the hallway in the back. 🩺This place is 2/5 immunocompromised friendly. The door is propped open, so you do not have to share germs handling the door. The number of people touching your food/beverage is very limited. However, they don't have someone regularly going around and wiping down the tables. However, with how kind the staff is, I'm sure if you requested to have your table cleared/wiped down, they would be happy to accommodate you. Also, having the bathrooms is nice because you can always wash your hands before eating (which I ALWAYS recommend...

Wandered upon this gem during our time in Knoxville, and so happy we did! Got here around 3:00 and it was still busy on a Saturday. Not familiar to the area so didn't park, had someone drive around while I got our orders to go.

Cute interior with some single bar seats by the windows and some small group seats in the area near the counter.

The guy who took my order was patient and helped me with recommendations. I got the matcha latte, dirty chai, and a version of a caramel macchiato (they didn't have it on the menu but said they can make something close to it). All drinks we got were iced! We also got the gluten free coffee cakes and apple muffin.

The pastries/ baked goods were delicious and I would definitely get again! The version of the caramel macchiato and the matcha latte were also very refreshing and tasty. I didn't care much for the dirty chai though- but I think that's just my personal preference.

TLDR; good vibe coffee shop, good coffee and good eats....

This is the best coffee in town. Not a lot of frills and not a lot of extras for food, but the coffee is by far my favorite. The nightsurf and Dawn patrol coffees are the best in my opinion. They have others and sometimes special coffee beans... and they even sell out The coffee is so good. Someday they'll have to branch out and have some gluten-free options like their cookie. I saw the other day which was as big as my head lol. The people there are super cool and it's a good atmosphere. You can tell it's good because it's super busy. Now that frothy monkey moved in, I was thinking they would take over mahalo's business. But mahalo, still has the best coffee. I like to get my cup of coffee and head down to frothy monkey for some breakfast and a second cup of lesser tasting coffee. But that first cup always has to be mahalo for...