Platform 7 Coffee — Restaurant in Vancouver

There was an unexpected power outage at UBC last week, so after getting ready in the dark that morning we were looking for a local café that we could enjoy a coffee and quick breakfast at before work.

Platform 7 is en route to the office and has good reviews so we took a chance. The café is a great little spot to grab a coffee and treat, plus it's set to look like the interior of an old European train station - very cool! The staff are welcoming and courteous. When we arrived at 7:30AM, we had our pick of tables, though around 8:30AM was clearly rush hour as that's when the place started filling up and folks grabbed their lattes and muffins to go. Note that it does get pretty loud during peak times, not only because of the people but mainly their machines. It's also a long, narrow space with tall ceilings. It can be difficult to hear each other at moments when all of the coffee grinders/steamers and whatnot are all on at the same time but it generally passes quickly.

We each had their medium roast coffee and the ham breakfast sandwich. The coffee was excellent, a clean taste with no bitterness. The sandwich was also surprisingly good - I assumed it was just ham, egg and cheese, but there was also some delicious red onion, tomato and avocado tucked in there. Well played, Platform 7! My only wish is that these other toppings were evenly distributed through the sandwich.

Would happily come back to try their other coffees and try their baked goods. I...

They have the most beautiful coffee bar! Everything I ordered today was delicious and the service was super friendly. I usually get let down by breakfast sandwiches but they do it so flavourful here!

The staff was really knowledgeable about their coffee and gave really good recommendations.

The decor was absolutely stunning my eyes kept wandering back to the simulated sky! Definitely makes me forget about the rain for awhile 🥰

☕️What I ordered: oat latte chai latte hario v60 drip coffee breakfast sandwich butter croissant

🌟recommendations: The chai was so aromatic and the flavours were so deep, blending perfectly with the milk.

The croissant was absolutely delicious, crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, and such a lovely butter flavour. Highly recommend!

(Pro tip) dip your butter croissant in the last 1/4 of your chai latte 🤯 SO. GOOD.

The booths are right next to the coffee bar and I loved watching the baristas make their coffee.

Overall a really nice place to set up for awhile or go for a cafe date! They have some seating outside too.

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Lovely place and cozy atmosphere. I like their aesthetic touch on the place as they tried to mimic the interior of a rustic train cabin. That definitely helped me having a very relaxing experience at the place, especially the slow, mellow music and the warm ambient lights. Staff was friendly, bright and always willing to help. Food quality is decent. I had their almond croissant, and I can say that the outside seemed to look a bit over baked, and overall felt dense on the inside. That being said, It was moist and tasted great. Americano misto took a bit longer than I was expecting and taste was ok. I wish they were let the milk warm up a bit longer cause it was a bit cold for my palette. Price-wise, items are well priced. Which is great for people who enjoy going out for coffee. UPDATE: I ended up ordering a second drink, which was a latte. It was cold as well despite me emphasizing on making the drink warmer. Overall, I had a good experience...