Mum's The Word — Restaurant in Vancouver

Went there for a evening drink with my husband on a very slow Wednesday night. The bar tender was busy chatting with some girls and didn’t bother to acknowledge us when we walked in (even though I said hello) we waited for a minute until I said hello again and which the bartender begrudgingly told us to grab a menu and sit wherever. So we did and then after deciding what we wanted to drink we sat there for like 15 minutes until I went to the bar to tell him we were ready to order and asked if it was bar or table service. He ignored me at first to keep talking to the girls he was talking to, then I ask again. He turned to me with attitude and said “Bar service, what do you want?” So I ordered our drinks and then he said he’d bring them to us but instead he just ended up yelling it at the bar and making us come up to get it because again, he was talking to the same girls. The drinks were subpar and honestly if they weren’t on sale I would of said not worth the price. I watched him treat two girls who clearly weren’t his type the same way he treated us, almost like we and then were an annoyance because he couldn’t talk to the girls he was hitting on and actually had to do his job. There were a ton of cockroaches crawling around in the dishwasher area and behind the bar (we could see them from our table, we were seated at the very end of the bar at the table looking directly behind it), and the bathrooms weren’t very clean. All and all I’d say maybe we caught it on a bad night but we tried to go again and had the same bartender with the same attitude, the bathrooms still weren’t clean and the cockroaches were still all over behind the bar. It feels more like a unclean college dorm room than a...

In a sea of pared down, cold aesthetic coffee shops darting the Drive, Mums The Word stands alone and above all the choices.

The aesthetic is new school and inviting. So much to looks at. Almost like something you'd see in Austin TX.

Tattoo flash iconography cover the ceiling and bathroom walls...a large bar stretching across the length. Large windows give you a VanCity sight line that has disappeared in other neighborhoods. Really cool.

My easy going host served up a Honduran pour over coffee. They operate as a black coffee bar. She meticulously crafted the Java. And hot damn it wasn't bitter. And gave me a nice boost. I tried a buttery chocolate croissant that made me rethink my life. It was freakishly amazing!

They are apparently serving alcohol at night after restrictions ease up. Which is exciting. The room courts a social vibe that is nonexistent in my world.

Im picky about where i go these days. And taking a chance to try Mums The Word was a pleasant suprise. It will be a great joint to hang at without the dippy drunks and snooty kids that populate establishments on the Drive.

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This place captures what I love about East Van. Feels cosy, quirky, and welcoming. They are a pour over focused coffee bar. I had something by the House of Funk which was smooth and delightful. I’m not normally a black coffee drinker and I found I genuinely could taste the flavours and had no desire to add milk.

I like the aesthetic of this place. East van in the most endearing way possible. I chatted a bit with the guy behind the decor and liked his concept of making a space that would be his ideal living room. It does feel like stepping into someone’s living room. I like the minimalist coffee bar look too, but I must say it’s nice to see something with more life. I’m not a design person by any means but feels like Victorian meets rock and...