Madilynns Craft Coffee Shop — Restaurant in Saint Cloud

Great coffee, especially the flavored coffee! I got the Reese’s Latte, and it was perfect for this misty morning. Plus with all the homey, cheery holiday decorations it was an instant mood lifter. Friendly service at the front from the barista who answered my questions with a sincere smile: This coffee shop has been here three years and used to be called Southern Grounds but the owner changed the name recently to her daughter’s name, Madilynn’s.

Other fun seasonal coffee flavors you won’t find elsewhere are Mistletoe (dark chocolate and cherry! Great for my husband who’s requested cherry desserts for his birthday since he was 4), and Frosty (white chocolate and marshmallow) and their most popular flavor this month: Crème Brûlée!

What a great vibe with the natural light wood paneling and counters, cool wall hangings with tongue-in-cheek quotes (see photo, some are for sale and handmade) and Magnolia Home-style plant vases on the wall.

It’s another small business that’s a joy to support here in St. Cloud! I just fall more in love with this town the more I venture out.

The baked goods are made by a small business baker here in town.

Try them out, you will not be...

2023 Edit: After a couple of hiccups we stopped going to this shop. After deciding to give it another go a couple of months ago we were standing in line at 12:50 p.m on a Sunday (10 minutes prior to close). The redhead mentioned in another post did not acknowledge us, nor did she acknowledge the person ahead of us or the two that walked in behind us. It took her until 1:00 p.m. on the nose to finish a drink order (about 4 or 5 drinks) when she turned to us and said she was closed and would not take any orders. What? I do know the owner and did report this, and she did offer me a drink (but I have not returned). Now I saw this same employee mentioned in a negative post for similar bad customer service and recently driving by I saw her still working Here. It seems like customer service is secondary, so why go here when there are plenty of other options. Even the massive Starbucks conglomerate would have fired this incompetent employee.

This is my favorite go to spot in St Cloud for coffee. Forget the chains and immediately head out and get the bourbon cold brew. Lattes are phenomenal as well. Most importantly owner and staff are friendly and make you feel...

I ordered a Jasmine green tea but sadly the product was simply undrinkable. The tea was served as a cup of hot hot water with the tea bag in it. No string to remove the teabag and also no notice of the presence of a tea bag. Anyway, by the time the water was cool enough to drink, the tea was well over steeped and became undrinkable. I open the cup to find out the tea bag is in the cup. Even if I had known it was in there, there was no way to remove it without placing my figures in my tea.

My recommendation, if you're going to serve green tea, you cannot just pour boiling water over a teabag in a cup, then lid the cup and hand it to the customer. This is signing your customer up for the experience I just had. An undrinkable cup of bitter water. Steep the green tea properly, then serve the customer the green tea. That means removing the teabag. It shouldn't be the customer's job to steep the...