Café Medici Review (South Lamar)

We stopped by the South Lamar Café Medici location on a Saturday afternoon, and it immediately felt cute, cozy, and inviting—the kind of place you can easily settle into for a while. Some guests were quietly working on their laptops while others caught up with friends, creating a relaxed, community-driven vibe that made it a pleasant spot to linger.

For our drinks, we ordered two single-origin espressos and one Clarksville drip coffee. The La Famiglia espresso was beautifully well-rounded—bold and flavorful without any bitterness. The La Montagna, on the other hand, packed more of a punch. It leaned tart with bright, fruity notes and a lively kick—definitely not for the faint of heart, but a fun option for adventurous espresso drinkers. Each espresso was thoughtfully served with a small glass of soda water and a chocolatey biscuit on the side. The Clarksville drip coffee was mild and approachable, with subtle fruity undertones that made it easy to sip.

Medici also goes beyond great coffee with their Make Haste Slowly podcast, hosted by founders Michael and Alison. The podcast explores the intersections of coffee, community, and entrepreneurship, featuring conversations with business owners and creatives. It blends insights on coffee culture with stories that inspire connection and thoughtful growth—very much in line with the welcoming atmosphere you feel inside their cafés. Parking was easy too, thanks to a free garage, and there are several other eateries in the same area if you want to make an afternoon out of it.

All in all, South Lamar Café Medici felt like a warm neighborhood hangout with a nice variety, intentional details, and a sense of community. A lovely stop whether you’re looking to get some work done, catch up with friends, or simply enjoy a cuppa joe!

What we checked before republishing this review

Everything above is from our own visit and has been left exactly as it was written. A café review goes out of date in ways a visit cannot fix, though, so the details in it were checked against Medici Roasting’s own website on 12 August 2026. Here is what held up and what did not.

• The South Lamar café is still open and the address is confirmed. Medici’s own page for this location gives “1100 South Lamar Blvd. Suite 2125 Austin, TX 78704” and hours of “Mon-Sun 7am-7pm”. That matches the address in the table above. The company now lists six cafés — Springdale, West Lynn, South Lamar, Guadalupe, Domain and Airport.
• The Make Haste Slowly podcast still exists, and the description above is the company’s own. On its website, Medici describes it as a show that “explores the intersections of coffee, community, and entrepreneurship. Hosted by Medici Roasting founders Michael and Alison, the podcast features conversations with business owners and creatives, blending insights on coffee culture with stories that inspire connection and thoughtful growth.” The page links out to Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. It lists no episode dates, so we cannot say from Medici’s site alone how recently a new episode went out — only that the show is still published there.
• We could not confirm the phone number. We looked at Medici’s home page, its South Lamar café page, its contact page and its terms of service, and none of them publishes a telephone number; the only direct contact it gives is a contact form, plus an email address in its terms of service (not reproduced here). The number in the table above is the one we recorded, and we have left it there rather than delete it, but treat it as unverified against the company’s own site.
• The coffees we drank are not on the current list. The single origins Medici shows today are Rwanda Cyiya Washed, Ethiopia Anasora Guji Natural, Mexico Sierra Mágica Washed and Peru Cajamarca Washed. Neither La Famiglia nor La Montagna nor the Clarksville drip appears there now. Two of the three are still sold: La Famiglia and Clarksville are current house blends on Medici’s own shop, and Medici describes Clarksville as its house drip coffee — which is what this review drank. Only La Montagna is no longer listed, and single-origin line-ups rotate with the harvest, so that is expected rather than a contradiction.
• The free garage is not something Medici’s site mentions. Parking was easy on our visit, and the garage at that address was free at the time. Nothing on the company’s site confirms or contradicts it, so treat it as a note from the day.

Two single-origin espressos pulled side by side is the clearest way to taste what origin actually does, and it is the reason the La Famiglia and La Montagna read so differently above. If you want to try that at home, brewing single-origin coffee at home covers the practical side, and how to taste coffee explains where words like “tart” and “bright” come from.

More of our Austin coffee-shop reviews: Funky Sol Coffee (South Lamar), Barretts Coffee Roasters (North Central Austin), Simona’s Coffee (South Congress), Radio Coffee & Beer (South Austin), Spokesman Coffee (St. Elmo / South Austin), SquareRüt Kava Bar (Oak Hill) and Bougie’s Donuts & Coffee (South Austin).

This review reflects our own visit. We have no commercial relationship with Café Medici or Medici Roasting, and this page contains no affiliate links and earns this site nothing.