The Golden Roast Melrose

The Chai latte here is really good and they have nice, helpful staff. The drinks are adequately priced, not like most shops in town. This is a small, cozy place, close to campus (10 minute walk) but always has open places to sit. Good place to hang out or study. Parking can be tricky in this area; so, I suggest parking in a garage or near campus and just walk over.

LOVE THIS PLACE! Was able to find parking easy (even though I got a parking ticket, lol 🙄)! The staff is extra friendly and their coffee is BOMB🔥🔥

Went here once in December 2018, and again in January. Got worse every time. The old employees, probably the best part of this hipster knockoff starbucks, all got fired after they got a raise. Then, the management hired newbies at a lower rate. They offered the oldies and goldies their jobs back at a lower rate. Last straw. Dripped their employees, good people, dry. Not to mention, the coffee tastes like straw.

The Golden Roast is one of my favorite coffee shops in the Knoxville area! The atmosphere is warm and quiet. Coffee is wonderful and I highly recommend the maple glazed doughnut, which is only $1!

Their house mochas are amazing (great for non-coffee drinkers with caffeine heads for friends!)
However, this morning we had the most sour barista imaginable (usually so much friendlier, which is why I am not docking any stars). She mentioned her "bad attitude," hatred of crowds (thankfully it wasn't crowded), and how she "doesn't usually work mornings because {she} goes to bed at 5 AM." She nearly bit my boyfriend's head off after he gently reminded her to charge us for a bagel.
I don't know if this was a bad day for her (again, has no bearing on the usual atmosphere and awesome quality of the coffee), but the owner or manager should seriously consider taking this woman aside and telling her to not act so angry and passive-aggressive, even if she is working an opener. It sucks that she wasn't working her usual shift, I feel for her, but it's something you guys need to address with her. Again, every other worker at this coffee shop is so wonderful and friendly, I was shocked.

Good coffee and nice atmosphere. They do need to update their business hours though. Google says they close at 3pm on Sundays so my friends and I went to order and sat down at 1:30, only to have a worker come to us tell us they closed at 1:30…

A nice little coffee shop with a traditional cafe atmosphere and decent quality coffee. It is a conveniently located coffee shop for college students and faculty, but if it's the highest quality coffee in Knoxville your looking for, visit the old city. The quality of the coffee is surprisingly high given their reasonable pricing; I am a regular to this cafe and am pleased with their coffee on a daily basis.

Absolutely love this cozy little place!!! Great coffee, friendly staff. I like to go here because I can sit and focus for goes at a time and really get work done! I like how it is not "main stream" like Starbucks, but still the right atmosphere for work or hanging out!

If you recently ran out of Starbucks gift cards and you are in the area, then consider visiting The Golden Roast. The atmosphere is fine and the coffee drinks are okay. However, if you are looking for high quality specialty coffee do not go with high expectations. Their espresso is only slightly better than Starbucks.

The Golden Roast is more of a small cafe' that serves coffee along with its lunch menu and pastries as opposed to being a specialty coffee house as the name might imply.

Please fix the wifi. Everything else about the shop is amazing, but I can’t sit in here because I can’t do my homework