Soooo much better than Starbucks! The menu is relatively small which makes it much more pleasurable to place an order since it's not as overwhelming.
We tried both the iced vanilla latte and the iced agave latte. Both were excellent with a wonderful coffee flavor that went well with the slight sweetness of both the vanilla and the agave. I can't drink lattes at Starbucks, they're always way too sweet but I sure can at Cartel!
Fun, funky environment and really nice employees.