Culture Craft Coffee & Espresso

We stopped in on our way back to LA from San Diego.
First, yes, it is in a Lexus dealership. When you enter the parking lot, go right and around the building to a parking deck. The second floor of the deck is for retail parking. Enter the dealership and take the elevator down one floor and you will see the coffee shop.
The barista was extremely nice and very helpful. He explained the whole massive dealership thing to us. They have complimentary coffee and tea but you can purchase customer coffees or things like cappuccinos if you prefer. The coffee was very good, we had the Guatemalan and Ethiopian roasts.

Awesome place. Just bypass the salesmen and go in for a coffee. They’re friendly anyway. It’s great!

I get coffee here every morning on my way to work. Staff is friendly and fast! Forget Starbucks, I am paying a fraction of the cost for better coffee. It’s worth the extra minute to get out of the car and head into the Lexus dealership.

They’re located in the Escondido Lexus auto center. The auto center used to offer free lattes and coffee to their customers but apparently that’s now defunct. Culture Craft now sells coffee, pastries, and sandwiches to customers/​staff here.
Melissa is the barista today and she’s great. She explained they now carry James Coffee Co coffee beans. I ordered a hot latte $ 3.50 and omgggg you can totally taste the difference between the James Coffee espresso beans in the latte vs the ground beans in the complimentary coffee the dealership still offers. So invest the $ 3.50 and enjoy a latte while waiting for whatever service.
There’s still the same bar setup with complimentary newspaper. Keep in mind that there doesn’t seem to be outlets by the coffee bar so you might have to move to the lobby with your coffee if you need to charge your laptop or phone.
So bravo Melissa for making a dang good latte (with latte art too) —

They are great. If you love real coffee it’s the best. You can get a Mexican Mocha, my favorite or pour over for the purists. Food is great turkey sand is my new fav.

best coffee shop ever, Seriously.
The employees here are super friendly, and will remember your name when you come back!
The atmosphere is chill and very laid back — a great place to visit or grab a cup to wait for your car .
it would be ideal if they offer those punch cards so you could get some free drink once in a while!
If you order a drink, your drink is made fresh in front of you, not sitting behind the counter in a container.
Their food is also fresh ! and very in expensive,
If you’re looking for a great local shops to go and visit this center located at lexus escondido ‚
would be highly recommend.