Downtown Des Moines Coffeehouse Review, Amici

by Tammy Bickford

If you are a non coffee drinker then I’ve got the place for you to try out!

[Josh note: I've been told that Amici is hands down the maker of the best cup of coffee downtown too.]

My husband and I aren’t coffee drinkers, but love going to coffee shops every so often and hanging out for something to do. Tonight we decided to visit Amici, the address is 206 6th Avenue. Even though we don’t drink coffee we found lots of options there for us non-coffee lovers.

When we arrived we told the lady we hadn’t ever been here before, and that we really don’t like coffee. She was very helpful to us and said we could do any of the drinks, with out coffee. We could even do steamers, cider, or hot chocolate. But the neatest was the Italian sodas. They have about 20 different syrups, that you create your own flavor of soda. The wildest one I saw Macadamia Nut flavored syrup, they also had rootbeer, grape, chocolate, mint, and so many other flavors.

We choose to create a black cherry soda. We ordered a medium black cherry Italian soda and it was only $1.70, what a great deal!!

It had such a rich flavor, and was so different than anything else I’ve ever had! I will definitely be making the trip back so I can create other flavors.

It’s so fun and definitely worth a try!

Oh and did I mention Free Wifi internet! Amici has to have the most comfortable chairs for downtown coffee houses.

How many stars?

The seating area was very clean, the atmosphere was calm and peaceful and they had comfortable club chairs and a lounging area.

Did I mention free WIFI, which is always good!

The service was very helpful and fast.

Overall I give this place 5 Stars.

Filed under: amici, cup o joe

4 Responses

  1. Patricia Munton Says:

    I own my own business Webit Inc, in addition as well volunteer for the Des Moines Jaycees. I am excited to see this in your blog as for September we will be holding our Speed Networking Event there. The more people know about these places downtown the better. Thanks for the review.

    Posted on August 30th, 2007 at 4:11 am

  2. Brett Fine Says:

    I have spent many early mornings at Amici taking advantage of their free Wifi. The staff is always friendly and they make a great cup of coffee. Im sure they wish they had a little bit better view(jail) but it is still a great place.

    Posted on August 31st, 2007 at 10:42 am

  3. ScottY Says:

    It’s a better view looking at the jail than looking out of the jail!

    Posted on August 31st, 2007 at 7:46 pm

  4. think « monk22 Says:

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    Posted on December 22nd, 2007 at 3:30 pm

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