S3 Coffee Bar

Absolutely loved the coffee and the aesthetic of the whole place. The service was wonderful and fast. The place was clean and offered cute branded gifts. I went back twice in a week. Thankful to find a great coffee shop to return to. ♡

Cute little coffee place!! I wish they had vegan pastries to pair with your coffee ☕. I recommend this place to anyone who is looking for something different. Had the honey rose latte, has real rose petals in my coffee😋

I can't say enough good things about S3. I've been here a number of times now and every damn time, they kill it. Had an energy bowl today and it was LOADED with fruit, granola, coconut chips-- you name it. Delicious.

I work in a coffee shop and appreciate a well prepared cup of coffee and S3 knows their stuff. Their baristas steam the hell out of lattes and the like. Their espresso is always on point. Can't stess that enough; they make GOOD coffee.

Honestly can't recommend this little shop enough. It's a great place to hang or just grab and go. Very welcoming staff. Lovely, quiet spot. Check it out!

After a beautiful walk through Balboa Park my roommates and I decided to treat ourselves to this coffee bar. What really sealed the deal was how word on the street is this place has got a color changing lemonade. Look, I'm a man who likes to appreciate the little things. A lemonade? That changes colors? You'd be lying to yourself right now if that doesn't sound like a groovy way to cool off after a hot day in a crowded park. So anyway, we get there. Ursula's Revenge I think the beverage was called. I'm way too anxious to even attempt to utter a wacky name like that out loud so I get an iced mocha instead and my roommate decides to test the waters with this magical lemonade. Other roommate gets a plain cold brew cause he's going dairy free for June for whatever reason. Who the hell knows. Anyway, we receive our drinks at the counter and my roommate is given a set of instructions that she must follow if this mysterious, sweet concoction is to successfully do what it is meant to do. She has to pour a tube of lemon juice into the bigger cup with the rest on the ingredients, and stir up the stuff resting at the bottom. Easy stuff. A T-rex with polio could do that. So she does it and it changes from dark purple, to slightly lighter purple. Probably because of the lemon juice. Fellas, I wasn't expecting any wild disney magic. But c'mon. It was forgivable. Then I take a sip of my iced mocha and holy moly it was as if someone just gave me chocolate milk that was one part milk and three parts syrup. It was unbearably sweet and any relation to coffee this drink probably thought it had is a falsehood conjured up by adoptive parents. It was borderline criminal. After cold brew roommate finished his beverage, which he really liked, he wanted to try my mocha after seeing my reaction. That sip made him squirm too. Plus it ruined his dairy free June but that's my fault for being a dumb dumb. I couldn't finish the rest of my drink and left it in the trash on the way out. Which made me feel bad because the service was excellent and the staff are friendly. The mocha protocol they are ordered to follow must change. Because although the drink was way too sweet, I went home bitter and uncaffeinated.

I always come and get my coffee from here (love their dirty chai), but yesterday my bf ordered their blue acai smoothie and HE LOVED IT so much he had to call and tell them :). His new favorite drink for sure!

Firstly, my peppermint mocha was handed to me with an individualy wrapped mini candy cane on top, CUTE..... you guys, there was crushed candy cane on top of my mocha!!!!!! The presentation made my morning AND the mocha is amazing. Glad I finally stopped by!

Incredible drinks! Love the food, drinks, and atmosphere. I wish they were larger (fit more people inside) and open later. I know they are expanding at some point. Super excited for that, hopefully they are open longer when they expand. Would be an awesome study space that this area needs!!!!

The magic that fuels the inner need in me to be constantly sipping trendy lattes in trendy coffee shops with trendy food (avo toast) and look trendy doing it.

Cool and artsy coffee shop with a ton of cool drinks and varieties you can't find elsewhere. A must-go for any Instagram fanatic as well!

The drinks are super pretty only complaint is not sweet enough