Aura Coffee

The espresso here is good, served with seltzer, and staff is cute and friendly. This place only uses disposable cups and no plates. The baked goods were overpriced- cookie bar is hard as rock, and the muffins plain and stale.

This is my favorite coffee spot in all of Denton! Such a cute and cozy place to study, especially during finals. I love the coffee here (especially the orange mocha!) not to mention all of the staff are very friendly and helpful in providing recommendations!

Line moves pretty fast. Remember to BYO reusable coffee cup to get 50 cents off drip coffee (e.g., $1.50 for an 8-oz instead of $2). You can choose from one of two drip coffee brews of the day. Both were medium roast when I went, but since I was unfamiliar with them, I just went with the one with the taste profile that sounded more appealing in the moment. Quick service that hit the spot!

Free wifi available to guests, and lots of seating inside if you need to camp out.

One of the most delightful parts of working at UNT has been occasionally stopping by here. I wish there were more baked good options but thats because I want my poor dietary habits to be enabled. The coffee is always great, im very happy with the rotating selection of beans.

I really wanted to give this shop a chance. We came in on Saturday mornin’, it was our first time. The atmosphere was dead and the guy at the front seemed to be so uptight he could break , my partner tried to break the ice by cracking a silly joke. About coffee being like liquid crack as many can refer to it as that. The guy just seemed so hostile towards us. He was quick to tell us we came to the wrong place, when it was clearly a joke.

Strike one

maybe he was warning us of the service before hand. Although this should’ve been our cue to get to the front door. I tried to really give them the benefit of the doubt…

Unfortunately the following was just the lousy customer service
We let the ‘barista’ —if you can even call the guy that and ask for his suggestion, he was plain and dry to hit us with the ‘ these are our syrups and can do anything’.. Clearly but do you have premade list of drinks? Your most liked drinks, maybe start there?. Having DECENT customer service isn’t rocket science.

Strike Two

I blame this on the owner maybe allowing subpar service, and lousy staff as just good enough.. unsure 🫤
Good business falls under all categories. Not just the face of the store. Suggestion? check up on your staff…
🌟✨To sum up my experience these are my take aways: 🌟✨

#1
-0/5 service. If someone had not told you. You’ll have to see People of all shades and walks of life. So Stop the hate Do not Wait!!🫱🏻‍🫲🏾 😄

#2
- 0.5/5 Atmosphere: points for plants but was so gloomy and dead inside @9:15ish AM on a Saturday 👎🏽 🪴

#3
- 1/5 latte : it had the flavor of coffee but flat out a dead expresso shot . 😔 👎🏼

Overall good enough isn’t good enough do better.

One of my favorite local coffee shops. Right across from campus so super convenient and delicious. The ways they try to help the community also warm my heart. There's someone there occasionally that offers voting advice, a pop up thrift shop, a vegan food area, and lunch during the week as well.

Great energy soon as you step in the door. I would imagine this location is popular amongst the locals. I would definitely be a regular if I lived here.

The baristas are great at suggesting items similar to what you may typically get from your larger coffee house. I will return again when I’m in the area.

Milk substitutes… vegan bakery options.. Ordered a hot caramel latte with oat milk.. Delicious 😋

I got the Sylvie, lavender syrup and matcha mix. I usually get the Sister rose. However, both are delicious. This is my favorite local shop.

If you have trouble ordering, or just are an anxious person... These people are so helpful and nice! Like seriously, their aura (heh) is so upbeat and positive. Legit said "how do I order a regular iced coffee?" And immediately the response was "that's exactly how!" And they're very accommodating, I asked for a lot of sweeter and they gave it with no hesitation! Anyways.. yeah I recommend Aura Coffee!

Small coffee shop that also serves smoothies, tea, and food. I love their iced horchata coffee and their drip coffee. Walking distance from UNT and host fun pop up shops.