The Coffee House Review

The Coffee House always seems to be the winning choice when me and my friends decide to go out for late night coffee. It is always open, seems less like a chain restaurant than Coffee Culture, and is relatively close to where everyone lives. They also serve breakfast, lunch and dinner but we only ever go for coffee. The Coffee House is located at 290 Montreal Street (across from the Dux).

On Saturday night we were going to go to the Dux to have a few drinks but there was a cover charge and some of us (including me) are cheap bastards so we decided on coffee instead. I couldn’t find a park on the street so I had to park in the Art Gallery parking building. They charge $1.10 per half hour or part thereof so I was not happy. Two of my friends also had to park there. Maybe we should have car pooled.

I hadn’t eaten dessert so I decided to order one of the dessert-like special coffees that I always want to get but can never seem to justify. I chose the Caramel Mocha latte. The service was good and all the coffees came out fast. The chocolate flake was good, the whipped cream was good, the marshmallows were good, but the coffee itself was crap. Someone went a little crazy with the chocolate powder and it totally overpowered the whole drink. Most of my friends ordered some variation on hot chocolate and they all had the same complaint. So, overall, the atmosphere was great and there was a vast selection of hot drinks, but the drinks really weren’t up to scratch. I wasted $5.80 on my drink but I had a great time chatting with my friends and that is the reason why I will probably go back to The Coffee House.