Cartel Roasting Co - Phoenix

This coffee is really good. Pleasant and professional employees and quick service in a busy airport!

I’m sure it’s difficult to run a decent coffee shop in an airport. But I can’t in good conscience recommend this place even though it is trying very hard. I’ve had weak iced tea with more flavor than the single origin cold brew I ordered, and the breakfast burrito was still cold inside. The salsa was flavorful at least.

Great coffee with locally made food. The use high quality syrups in their drinks too! Very impressed! Tucked next to gate C13

I am always lenient at airports, out of sheer desperation. Cartel’s offered a truly fresh, Fresh Fruit Cup which I desperately needed, a vegan donut with glorious pink frosting (yes, I know ~all an oxymoron) and a beloved cinnamon roll that had way too much cream cheese frosting on it, but was forgiveable because the roll part was very good. I ended up walking a mile to find this place in terminal C, having been given wrong directions by Airport Golf Cart Personnel, but I was still grateful I found it! I did not try the coffee, but I’m sure it has to be decent if the baked goods and fruit cup were a win! These are the very lame remains of the cinnamon roll, with scraped off icing on the side!

Baristas are super knowledgeable. Great pour over. Don't go to a chain. Support this place. This is real coffee. Haven't had better coffee in an airport