Awesome coffee shop, I will definitely be coming here often! It has a great vibe for working or reading inside and the outside is great for socializing. Friendly staff too!

Really cool spot among a bunch of cool art studios, breweries, restaurants, skate park, and other fun spots. Drinks were really good, great ingredients and flavors. Definitely going to be a go to spot. Lots of space inside and outside to set up a laptop and work. Plenty of people doing just that. Have both coffee, sodas, and beers, some snacks and deserts. Will be back for sure. See photos: surrounded by really cool graffiti and wall art

Good coffee, can watch the train yard, right by the skatepark!Rambler approved location

Great ice coffee and conveniently located along the River Arts Greenway. A nice coffee shop to grab a coffee during an afternoon stroll along the river. I wish they took cash but thats my only complaint. They have a nice outdoor patio as well as indoor seating.

No pour over here only a drip coffee, disappointed

This is out the only roaster, but it is the best for Nashville by my set of criteria. The fact that they have a great coffeehouse makes it even better. Mostly, Summit has great human beings. Drink with confidence.

I love this place! The coffee is amazing and crafted with love, whole bean coffee of all different flavors and boldness are sold here. They also have a whole bean decaf blend that tastes great. The staff are always friendly and greet you with a smile.

We had a very good mocha there. Good location

Cool little coffee shop, but the hot chocolate was more like a warm milk with a hint of chocolate flavor. Its still good for grabbing a drink and wandering around the RAD.

Great coffee! Patio is quaint and overall an enjoyable atmosphere. Came here twice in the 3 days I was visiting Asheville and Im glad I did!

Good coffee - single origin light roasted beans. One single origin espresso that was well made into a flat white with almost no bitterness- best I’ve had in Asheville so far.Atmosphere - calm, relaxing, open spaces with comfortable decor and lots of seating. I love the loft space and the mountain mural on the outside of the building.Staff - made a good coffee, able to describe different pour over options.

Great coffee and a great atmosphere! The espresso was of good quality and loved they emphasized the taste of their coffee. Entire building and area made for a great experience.

On my first visit, I had issues with my card. After fumbling trying to fix it, they simply gave me my drink and said not to worry. So I came back, bought beans (decaf!) to make at home, and tipped some extra. This is some of the best at home coffee I’ve ever made. I love their customer service and their coffee!

Very cool and unique setting. They also display local art that is available for purchase which I love. I got the cold brew with a scone and it hit the spot

Loved the vibe of this place. Latte art was pretty cool too.

Great coffee, Covid-conscious, and in a great location for walking/art shopping.

Wanted to be adventurous, so I got the blueberry honeysuckle flavor. Its delicious!Also, the building is beautiful and with a lot of character, would totally hang out here if I didnt have my dog with me.

Very chilled atmosphere. Relaxing. Open spaces and airy. Excellent tea and coffee. I appreciate they let the tea seep for 6 minutes...this allows for the full flavor to distribute. The coffee process is no different, except that its ground right then. Exemptional establishment.

Nice friendly staff and good coffee all in tge samevenu.

Helpful and polite staff. this is one of the few places that has a good drip coffee

Delicious coffee.This is the kind of craft coffee my husband and I love searching out in each city we travel to/through.The inside decor is awesome with seating in and outside.We ordered two iced oat milk lattes. One ‘juniper orange vanilla’ and the other ‘blueberry honeysuckle’. They. We’re. Amazing. -I didn’t have a favorite as they were both so delicious!Also the roast was so good- I’m glad because we bought a bag to take home!Love love the syrup innovation and creativity.This will officially be our Asheville coffee stop every time we come through town!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Latte’s are very well made. Love their store-made oat milk and the interior is very comforting. Great stop in the morning!

Summit is definitely one of the best coffee places in Asheville! I love it. It has amazing coffee, fast WiFi, a friendly staff, and a super chill environment! I definitely recommend it! 👏🏻

Great coffee in a very cool setting. Surrounded by old brick walls covered in street art and murals, this quality coffee shop has everything you need. Good food and excellent coffee, this shop has everything you need. Stylish yet cozy inside with a good deal of outdoor seating as well. Plenty of green plants add life to the interior already full of lots of natural light. Also a great sticker collection!

Cute place! Loved the vibe and the coffee!Iced Americano was strong and satisfying

One of my favorite coffee shops in all of Asheville! Their Pitch Black coffee is so rich and delicious nothing else compares.

Customer service is wonderful! I’ve traveled around the world and drink espresso solo or dopio everywhere I go and was shocked to find this spot in Asheville, the espresso is delicious! Not bitter and very smooth. Nice for sipping and a great outdoor space. This is a must stop little cafe’ when traveling through North Carolina.

I love Summit! It’s my favorite coffee shop and in my favorite part of town, The River Arts District. A must visit!

Such a cozy coffee shop! They have two levels, the top being like an overhang that looks down on the rest of the shop. Coffee is great and food was unbelievable as a nice healthy breakfast.

Great coffee and beautiful indoor and outdoor environment.

Best coffee in Asheville is there Kona blend. Smooth and no need for any additives. Nice space too.

Great coffee and atmosphere. I love that they serve local Mills River Creamery in their coffees.

A little pricy but convenient location, cute and trendy. Good music. The breve latte I got was so delicious. 😋 The staff was memorably nice.

This place has such a good vibe, you can sit here for hours to work, grab some snacks, and sip on coffee. They carry milk alternatives as well!

Quick service. Excellent coffee options. Unique setting in Asheville right across from the spectacular new Greenway.

I’ve been coming to this shop for months now. Compared to other places around town, the basecamp drip is the best I’ve had. They support local artists, the baristas are friendly, and great music is always playing.

Great coffee ☕ vibe and service.

Best coffee shop in town. Quiet location for working or meeting groups. Coffee and food are excellent! Highly recommend.

We had bagels and coffee and they were very good. With so many places to try in Asheville, it was a bit overwhelming to choose which one to go to. But Summit was a solid option. I wish I could have gone back to try more. Give it a try you wont regret it.

Although this was highly rated we strongly disagree. It was confusing to order as we didn’t see a menu or anything, the staff make you wear masks which is bothersome, and the cold brew was super subpar for the price.

Quaint little coffee shop.Friendly staff, cool merch and great hot beverages. =)

Freshly roasted coffee, tasty sprodas (espresso and soda water, trust me, its refreshing and amazing) and very woundeful staff.

Industrial Arts districts reclaimed wonder. Over the top hip and cool but with substance, doesn’t rub you the wrong way at all. The coffee and the small bites, bagels, coffee cake etc are all solid. I had a great pour over. It’s covered I. Graffiti and has an exposed wooden frame inside. I wouldn’t be shocked if there’s a raw denim mill hiding in here. Quintessential Asheville.Lots of nice people hanging out and If you get here early you might be tempted to spend your whole day and wait until the like styled bbq joint and brewery on the other side of the street open...

Coffee maybe good, but girl cant make Cortado at all. Cozy interior. Too much ladies with laptops on Sunday.

Interesting dine-in experience of having to mask up between bites and sips. an establishment that disregards science and panders to fear?though logically, they should close down dine-in and only offer take-out, like other coffeeshops do. but then requiring to mask-up between bites and sips defies logic.did not see any wipe down of surfaces after guests left. apparently, there is no fear of spreading through contact with surfaces though science says otherwise. at least they are consistently defying logic and science 🤷‍♀️

Lots of great coffee shops in town. Summit didn’t disappoint. Love it’s out of the way location. I enjoyed the patio lots of murals to enjoy.

Draft oat milk latte was one of the best lattes I have ever had.

Highly recommend the lavender latte !

I called to ask if the coffee shop was open for indoor seating and said we’re coming to Asheville from Floridaand one of the staff who picked up replied in a patronizing tone... “oh great...Wear a mask!” and then hung up the phone on me. I couldn’t believe how rude she was. Perhaps she should stick to decaf. Hopefully this divided behavior isn’t a reflection of the mentality among other Asheville businesses. Either way, looks like we won’t be visiting this coffee shop after all.

Very nice experience. Fair prices. Awesome location. They have oat milk, which I found tasty in my improvised cold latter. Stevia at the side bar. Teas are generous, and they give you the tea to re-steep. Didn’t partake, but they have some good beers in the cooler for the warmer days. Great WiFi.

My coffee was cold & tasted like coffee flavored water. I asked f/cream &sugar & they said they have to put it in but ever asked how much. I asked for packets & they had none. Suggest they spend more time preparing the coffee the way the customer wants it instead of being mask nazis. Don’t waste your time or money.

Very rude staff. Came here to grab a local coffee only to be attended by a rude gentlemen. He asked what we would would like, we asked for a moment to look at the menu. He immediately replied with “just so you know, we close in 4 minutes”. We ordered our latte after feeling as we imposed on them. When we received our coffees, they got the order completely wrong (type of milk). I wanted a large whole milk latte and my girlfriend wanted a small almond latter. We got a small whole milk latte and she got a large almond latte. I would have asked to have this fixed, but would have hated to ask them to fix their mistake since they were obviously in a rush to leave.

Great coffee and very reasonable prices! The barista was very nice and I liked the ambiance. Everything youd want from a coffee shop in the arts district

If youre a local or a tourist Summit Coffee Co. is a must for youre coffee and relaxing atmosphere fix! They roast their own beans, make their own mocha syrup, and its located in the heart of the River Arts District. Must I say more?

Expensive for 10 Oz. I had asked for a hot mocha. It was warm, but I like to sip, not gulp so my drink did not stay warm for long. The baristas carried on a conversation amongst tbemselves like I was not there. I had tipped as I paid, but Ive had friendlier service at any gas station that has self service mocha and cheaper, too.

Filthy. Don’t know when it was last cleaned. Coffee was sour and cold. Don’t bother making the stop.

Relaxing atmosphere, amazing drinks and snacks, friendly staff and free parking

Amazing atmosphere and let me just say the iced dirty chai is phenomenal. The people who work here are all so kind I highly recommend stopping by

Their lavender blue cold brew is amazing!

Summit is an awesome place to grab a delicious cup of coffee and get some work done. It’s usually never too loud, so it’s a great place to focus. If the indoor dining room is ever loud or busy, their outdoor seating is also awesome. I love spending time here and especially love their coffee.

Stopped by on the way out of Asheville. Had their Koke Natural, Ethiopia on drip, and it was one of the best Ive ever had. Super smooth and fruity. One of the easiest coffees to drink! Will definitely be back the next time Im in town.

Poor Service, Low Quality Beverages - When the board at a coffee company lists only one drip brew, you should beware. When you ask the guy behind the counter whats in the blend and he tells you to go read the bag, you should leave. Sorry we didnt. Not satisfied with the coffee, seems like only milk on the counter, and the report from one of our kids on the hot chocolate: Meh. Not chocolaty. The foam is yucky.

Terrible! $40 for 5 drinks and a few muffins. If it was good, I wouldnt care, but it was bad. Cold coffee! How do you screw up drip coffee? Not to mention, dont plan on putting in sweetener and creamer. They have to do that for you. Id like a refund and Id recommend going elsewhere.

All time favorite coffee and espresso roasts! Great baristas.

Great location across from my favorite BBQ place. Great coffee.

I recommend coming here for some good coffee then walk around the art district .Coffee is tasty and they have lots of fun latte options if that’s your jam! Nice staff and a lot of indoor and outdoor( some covered ) seating. Enjoy !

I have tried REALLY hard to like Summit Coffee. They are in a cool location and have so much potential - but the customer service is just so bad. I have been 4-5 times recently, and the first time my latte was barely warm. Next time I asked for it extra hot, and it was barely warm again. Each time I have asked for it piping hot, and the baristas response was we measure the temperature with our hand. Which I know to be true since Ive worked at a coffee shop. That being said, make it extra hot! The other baristas hardly acknowledge your presence when serving you. PASS.

The staff was nice and courteous, the atmosphere is pleasant, and the location is neat.Unfortunately, incredibly overrated. I wish I had listened to some of the poor reviews. Theyre overpriced, especially considering their coffee is not great. Also, one coffee was served lukewarm and the other was room temperature. Easily one of my least favorite coffee shops in Asheville.

Nitro latte was a first for us! So good on a hot summer day. 🌞My iced Secret Garden was sweet like a daisy yet bold like a rose. 🌹 Yum!If I lived nearby, Id definitely work from wifi here. They have such a good energetic vibe going on that feels like a great place to be productive and creative at the same time.

By far the most overrated coffee shop stop on our trip. One of our coffees wasnt warm, the coffee itself is mediocre, and the pastries are okay at best. Most frustrating of all, this place is totally overpriced.That being said, we loved the environment and the staff was courteous.

Banging coffee, sweet staff. Chai with the oat milk and a dash of cinnamon is FIRE

Sweet vibes! A great place to hang out!

Great coffee but unfortunately not the customer service to match. Curt service at reception might have been forgiven, but being told abruptly that ‘we’re closed’ literally 5 minutes after sitting down with coffee, with absolutely no mention of closing time when ordering moments before is beyond frustrating. As someone who has spent a career in Hospitality this kind of service will make me take my business elsewhere moving forward. Disappointing to say the least.

Stopped in while visiting Asheville and had the best experience. We actually had to come back the next day on our way out of town. The male employee taking our order was so kind and even thanked us for coming back. Not to mention the delicious coffee.

Really good coffee and very nice people working there.

Excellent service and the staff was amazing!!! Ill definitely recommend to my friends and others

This place has charm and the drip coffee is okay, but it is confusing what’s on the menu (most shops have the big board, this place has place mats).

My almond milk chai was good. Califia barista blend + rishi chai steamed.I sat outside in the tent and read a book with the chai.

Coffee is real good! Love the cool atmosphere of the shop and in the art district. Big fan!

Excellent oat milk latte!

Came here on a day trip and decided to stop at Summit! The baristas were all SO friendly and my latte was perfect.Thank you for enforcing masks! I will definitely be back here.

Good coffee spot!

Great coffee! Great atmosphere! Check this spot out!

Such a great little coffee shop in the river arts district. The coffee is delicious, the staff is friendly and they have quite a bit of great things to offer. There is lots of community style seating, probably a great place to study. We really enjoyed our time hanging out, it was a great visit. When were in the area again well certainly be sure to stop in again.

Good place for coffee and hanging out

Delicious coffee, experienced baristas, and excellent space inside and outside. They also sell coffee beans and other nice merch. My favorite coffee shop in town

If I could, I would give this place no stars. Came in there, greeted with attitude right away. When my friend asked the batista for personal suggestions, they gave her one word answers, rolled their eyes, etc. After we got our drinks, they kept asking us if there was anything else we needed, glaring at us to get out, even though there were others around. The experience always overshadows the quality of the coffee, good or bad. But the coffee was mediocre and the service was despicable. Never going back. Never recommending to anyone. Do NOT come here, unless you want to have a bad day.

Nice location but customer service is not good here. The workers are unprofessional, disorganized, and seem to really not care. For instance, the barista messed up my drinks multiple times, drinks don’t taste the same, and restrooms are not clean. They also have this unwelcoming demeanor to specific customers (trust me, I have been there enough times to notice that). With proper management, I can see that the coffee shop has the potential to grow but its current state is in a shambles.So to change my work environment, I went to the Odd’s Café for the first time today (I’ve heard good things but never been). Customer service, the taste of the coffee, ambiance, and cleanliness of the café exceeds expectations.

Good coffee, nice atmosphere.

This was the best coffee I tried in town, but there were so many I could not try... You will not be disappointed.

Amazing coffee and pastries! I love this place!

Friendly folks, good coffee, nice atmosphere with a lot of heart.

Delish and creative espresso beverages can only be superceded by the chocolate chip cookies made in house.

Great coffee in an unique setting. Staff was very friendly. They handled covid well wearing masks properly and enforcing social distancing.

First time here, loved the layout & decor. Staff is friendly & just pleasant to be around. I tried their Lavender Blue Latte iced & sweet, heavenly days that drink is life changing!! So smooth! So good! How have I not lived with you all my life!?! Ill definitely be back! Plus, its next door top 12 Bones BBQ; maybe get dinner & a coffee next time 😉☕❤

Attentive service, nice location, parking, well set-up for COVID in the warm months, of course excellent coffee, one of our favorites in Asheville!

This was such an awesome spot, I’m so glad we came here! It’s in the River Arts District which is a cool area and inside the coffee shop the atmosphere is very welcoming and relaxing. Seems like a good place to sit, do some work, and drink great coffee. The barista had some great suggestions on how to make the drinks even better. I loved the cool loft area. We bought some of their beans and drank them the next morning and those were also great! We’ll definitely back to this cool spot. Thanks!

Always great coffee. Outdoor seating. Can take you joe on a walk and check out graffiti art murals.

I stopped in this place passing thru Asheville as it was one of the highest rated in town. This place seems to be proud of oats... Staff was more interested in their own stuff, less than friendly but not rude. But isnt that what coffee shop employees are supposed to act like in good quality coffee shops? I mean why would you want to be happy and welcoming to someone whos gonna spend 10 dollars on two drinks?I noticed that masks were required, and also noticed that the 4 customers sitting at the tables for a prolonged stay did not have masks on. Maybe employees got lax or scared about mask rules after the other review with the people who didnt like getting told to wear masks?Onto the coffee review. I got a drip brew and a maple pecan latte. It was sweetened nicely, not too sweet. The temperature on the latte was okay, I didnt get to see the foam itself cause the barista capped the latte. Maybe thats a good thing because of all the maskless patrons hanging out putting their breaths into the recirculating HVAC system. Something funny about the ethiopian drip brew. Not bright and fruity, but maybe even a little vinegarie (if thats even a word). It was okay though. A cup of Trader Joes uganda specialty release is just as good...oh yeah I said it, Your drip is on par with Trader Joes coffee.The main reason this place got three stars is that they dont carry half and half? I asked for the maple pecan latte to be made as a breve, but they dont have half and half so thats impossible. Im really confused as too why they wouldnt. And I am genuinely interested in why you as a coffee shop do not have it, if someone who reads these reviews in management wants to let me know. Maybe there is a good reason Im not aware of. Watch, Ill be a big dummy if the management write back to this review and says they usually have it but were just out of supply when I was there. If so, the rest of this review can be ignored. I didnt ask the checkout guy because he repeated the same thing twice to me and in a somewhat robotic fashion when I inquired twice, just to make sure I heard him right, that there was no half and half available. I asked him twice because I was wondering what kind of cream I would put in my drip coffee. So I decided not to ask why at the time since he seemed less than interested in my surprise.I dont know if they are trying to make a statement of some sort? Maybe there is no room in the fridge because of all the oat milk? Many high-end coffee shops wouldnt think of leaving half and half off of their menu. For example, Coava, Stumptown, Coffee House Northwest, Sterling Coffee Roasters, Barista, Cafe Vita, and Case Study, to name a few, all have half and half. All make breves and have half and half for your drip brew. Even Coava, who only recently added honey, to be able to sweeten any of their coffee drinks with, has half and half or cream. Yes they are pretty much purists there at Coava, but still they have half and half. So Im not sure what kind of statement, if any, is trying to be made with this being off the menu.But dont worry for me, dont cry because they deprived me of half and half. Fortunately I had some half and half in my car in a cooler cause I had been camping. I promptly put it into my coffee. I also had some almond biscotti in my car to go with my drip coffee to help comfort me. If you had a nickel for every time I wrote half and half in this review you could afford a sip of coffee in this cream free coffee shop.

Locally roasted single source beans. New selections monthly. Place has a peaceful happy vibe with great attentive baristas. Live music is scheduled a few times a month and local artwork is in rotation. Dont like coffee? They have some local brews on tap too.