Honey 2 A Bee Coffee & Crepes

Honey 2 A Bee in Tempe, AZ is a coffee and crepes shop with a menu that swings from specialty lattes and Turkish coffee all the way to Dubai Chocolate crepes and late night waffles. Yes, late night.

Let me start with the hours because they deserve their own moment. Honey 2 A Bee is open until midnight every night of the week. Friday and Saturday they push all the way to 3AM. And the espresso machine stays on until closing. If you are an ASU student who has ever desperately needed a real latte at 1:00AM during finals week, you now have a place. You are welcome.

The coffee program here pulls from two different traditions and both are good. The espresso drinks use a dark roasted Latin American blend sourced from Passport Coffee and Tea up in Scottsdale and formulated specifically for Honey 2 A Bee. Part of the blend is Brazilian. I ordered the small size on purpose. They pull two shots in both the small and the medium so going small meant less milk and a more concentrated cup. My regular readers know I tend to reach for light to medium roasts when it comes to espresso so the dark roast was a bit strong for my taste. That is on me not on them. Looking back, the medium size would have given the milk more room to balance things out nicely.

The Turkish coffee uses Al Ameed, a pre calibrated medium roast ground fine from Arabica beans with cardamom added for traditional herbal notes. It was aromatic and well rounded. If you have never had a proper Turkish coffee this is a good place to start.

We also tried the lemon mint refresher. It was bubbly, bright and delicious. A tiny bit on the sweet side for my taste but I asked Abdul (the owner who was there that evening and could not have been more welcoming) if they could dial back the syrup next time and he said absolutely. Good to know.

Now about the crepes. I asked Abdul which one was the least sweet and he pointed me straight to the Honey and Cheese Crepe. Best decision of the evening. It came with whipped cream and strawberries and it was perfect. Not too sweet, incredibly satisfying and honestly I could have eaten three of them without apology. If you are like me and prefer things on the lighter side of sweet, start there.

For those who want to go the other direction, the Dubai Chocolate crepe is the one you have been seeing all over social media and it earns the attention. It looks extraordinary. Do yourself a favor and schedule a gym session before you go. You will need the head start (just kidding).

The staff were genuinely warm and attentive in a way that felt like Middle Eastern hospitality rather than a transactional coffee bar experience. You feel like a guest here not a number in a queue. The space is cozy and smaller than you might expect but it works.

For parking: it is free. Pull into the garage at the back and park on the first level. Look for the Retail Parking or Carmin Retail Parking sign (check the listing photos for reference). There is also a customer bathroom available right behind the shop inside the Carmin building.

Honey 2 A Bee is doing a lot of things at once and somehow pulling all of it off. Great coffee, a dessert menu that demands attention and hours that make every other shop in Tempe look like it goes to bed too early.