Spring Valley Coffee @ Spring Valley Shopping Centre — Restaurant in Nairobi

Spring Valley Coffee is a star among many good alternatives. My favourite. The café is a bit old school (a good thing),and their coffee is the best in town. four locations (as I write this), and this is the original. New owners in 2018 that are making it more of a brand to reckon with.

Parking is a bit tight, but with some patience it works out. The shops around it are also old school and a bit pricey, but adds to the old feel of Nairobi. As in not yet a mall. Which is wonderful.

The area is green and has many big houses. The mushrooming up of not so high standard expensive apartments blocks has not totally overwhelmed the area yet. So well...

Great experience! The barista on shift, Raphael, proved to be very knowledgeable in answering a barrage of questions about coffee from former barista and coffee shop owners. Not only did he conceptually know the specifics but he knew what he was doing in crafting the coffee when we each ordered very different espresso items across the menu. The environment is great as well providing a safe and relatively quiet place for interpersonal connection or personal work. It was a bit difficult to find because there was not sign labeling the shop but otherwise...

My partner and I come here several times a week for coffee before work and we love it! We love the ambience and cosiness of the back part of the cafe, the staff always provide excellent and friendly service and the coffee is always fantastic. EDIT: we initially left feedback about an incident in the cafe between manager and staff which was unpleasant to witness, but have since been filled in on the context which...