AMOKA Coffee and Bites — Restaurant in Vancouver

I felt like a lot of care goes into into the business here. The vibe is very homey - no fancy aesthetics, but it’s comfortable. The staff seem very nice. Huge menu of sandwiches, salads, and breakfast-y things like oatmeal. There’s a display case in front that has some of the sandwiches and stuff in it, but anything on the written menu is fair game to order, which I did not realize until I saw people with sandwiches not from the case. Also there’s the usual coffee/tea drinks and a variety of baked goods, all of which looked delicious. I had an egg & avocado breakfast croissant, a key lime pie, and a flat white. I think the prices are really fair. The sandwich was made on a cheese croissant and had an additional slice of cheese inside which made it very cheesy but very yummy. The crunch of the melted cheese on the outside was really good. The hard boiled egg inside was a little different from the usual scrambled or fried egg in breakfast sandwiches but I liked this better with the avocado. The only complaint I have is that there was a lot of grease on the bottom of the sandwich, enough to pool on the plate. I liked that they served it with a mini pickle. The key lime pie was a fun and unique take on the dessert - it was made up of layers of key lime custard and tea biscuits. I loved the texturing and the lime flavour was very pronounced. They did a great job on my flat white too. They served it in a disposable cup even though I ordered for here but I’ll assume that was an honest mistake. Loved the vibe and the food was very well made, so I...

It's my second day in a row coming here and I love this place. Both days I got the avocado toast with smoked salmon (note: it comes with a poached egg I asked to leave it off; smoked salmon is an add on but at 11.25 all in this is an excellent price for quality). They use real avo and high quality bread and salmon. Yesterday I had one of their conchas (Mexican bread) which were lovely and not dry and and made me homesick. I took home a guava cream cheese Danish and banana caramel nut muffin. I happen to be sitting for a while and left smelling like all of the wonderful things their magical baker was baking. Today, I had the toast again, but also this lovely Spanish cake, which is flour free made of almonds and orange. Nut based cakes can be dense or crumbly.. this one is light and perfect. My oat milk latte had the right microfoam, excellent flavor.

Clearly, I'm a fan, I'm only sad that I'm not from here or this would be my regular spot...I might still be back 2 more times before I leave tomorrow given the fresh lunch...

So this used to be quite a different place when I first started coming here a few months ago. I used to come for the fresh orange juice and the avocado toast. Unfortunately they don’t do fresh OJ anymore and the avocado toast which used to be 2 big pieces of bread with a generous amount of avocado on it has been less than halved so there’s only 1 small piece of bread now. The price has stayed the same on the other hand. I get that inflation has increased food prices but this felt like I was getting ripped off in comparison to what I had not that long ago. Ok they give a small side salad with the toast now but I don’t see how you can essentially halve the portion size and keep the same price. Unfortunately I doubt I’ll be coming back because the 2 things I used to love about this place are no longer there. I kept a 3 star rating because the quality of the food is still good and the staff are...