Reviews for Kitanda Espresso & Acai - Greenlake in Seattle, WA
Love this place, only one thing I didn?t like. I do have to say, the passion fruit mousse is disgusting. Looks like they used... passion fruit juice mixed with condensed milk. It?s extremely sweet and doesn?t taste anything like what I grew up eating.Clearly an inexperienced person made this. Everything else is great and on point. Read more
Best açaí bowls! A great stop after walking Greenlake.
Their cheese bread is exactly what I always ate in Hong Kong(we call it ?cheese mochi balls?) and this sandwich style is new for... me. The cheese bread was fine but egg was dry. They serve 20oz coffee and it was still hot after 15 minutes driving delivery. Mymocha was not bad (a bit sweet n I prefer stronger coffee taste). Anyway it is good to try Kitanda at least once. Read more
I really enjoyed the açaí bowl. I have tried açaí bowls in many places, and my favorite things about this one were: 1) the... proportions of everything in it were just right? a good mix, and 2) the bowl itself is tall and not completely full, such thatone can mix all the ingredients. (Some places have it overflowing which results in having to eat the toppings first and theaçaí at the end; this was not the case here, and I appreciated being able to mix and eat a bit of everything at the sametime.) Read more
I'm always on the lookout for places that have good açaí bowls, and the açaí bowls here were better than I expected. I... literally just sat down at a random table waiting for my friends when I saw a sign on the windows of Kitanda and it had apicture of an açaí bowl, and so I decided to check it out while I waited. I never even knew this place existed until today.(August of 2020) I got a normal açaí bowl with strawberries, granola, and cacao nibs. I was pretty disappointed in the sizeand amount of the strawberries. I was really wishing for more strawberries and they were quite small too so there wasn't muchfresh components. The granola and cacao nibs did add a nice crunch and the cacao added a slight richness. The açaí itself waspretty good, not too sweet, and it was fresh and refreshing. Overall, pretty solid place. I really didn't expect it to be asgood as it was. Slightly on the expensive side, but I would definetly get an açaí bowl again! Read more
Loved my 1st visit. Love the concept of this place and the story! Love supporting local, small businesses and startups from... other cultures. Love that the coffee is Organic and the bread is Gluten Free! I only took one star off because, my experiencesweren't consistent. It will be nice to have a consistent experience with food and service every time. My 1st visit Madison wasso welcoming and helpful. The Iced Mocha was incredible, coffee was so smooth, couldn't get enough. Second visit didn't feelvery welcome, rather like I was an intrusion very disappointing. ???? Tried the Kibe, I know the way Kibbeh is made and thetaste, didn't love this version, sorry. The Brazilian cream cheese sandwich-bread was soft, warm, delicious, melt in yourmouth, except there wasn't much cream cheese. The Flan- incredibly smooth and delicious, one of the best. Third visit (all 3visits were within about 10 days) came back for that delicious Iced Mocha, sadly not so delicious this time. The color was muchdarker, the taste wasn't smooth, rather more bitter. Not sure what happened since I requested same person make it. Also, got theFlan, which wasn't as good this time. Less smooth and creamy, more firm, and tasted eggy. Maybe it was older and first time Igot a fresh batch. Definitely recommend you stop by one of Kitanda's locations and try the coffees and bread. They also sellsome specialty grocery items, such as their bread ready for you to bake at home. Great Green Lake Location with free garageparking in the PCC garage. Very walkable area with the PCC, Bartell, other shops, restaurants, library, and of course, the Lakejust a couple blocks away! Bus stops across street and nearby as well. Read more
If you are expecting a solid SoCal Acai bowl, don?t get your hopes too high. The bowel tasted great, but it was only filled 1/3... with Acai, had 8 pieces of banana, 3 small strawberry?s and a sprinkling of granola and honey. Was it delicious? Absolutely? Didthe $9 price match the amount given? I don?t think so. Read more
Really good Brazilian coffee ? and snacks. Haven't tried their açaí yet, but will definitely do