St Presso Coffee, Elit Avenue — Restaurant in George Town

Cosy neighbourhood coffee bar and diner serving freshly prepared food from the kitchen, with pastry and cakes at the counter display freezer. Highlights include Seafood Aglio Olio Pasta, Wild Mushroom Aglio Olio Pasta best paired with strong and delicious Piccolo Latte. If you like Pesto Sauce based Spaghetti, customise the Seafood with Pesto and transform it into Pesto Seafood Spaghetti.

Pasta Bolognese is well balanced with enough tomatoes and minced chicken. It is naturally flavoured by tomatoes without artificial added sweetness. When you bite into it, your tastebuds will know it to be authentic and house made, not from a bottle or can of sauce.

The pesto is fresh and flavourful, lots of herbal goodness and olives.

The Salted Egg Pasta is pleasant, not salty at all while having all the goodness of chicken, vegetables, sliced olives and cheese.

Creamy Turkey Carbonara turned out well balanced with just enough cream.

For a bit of salmon try Smoked Salmon Aglio Olio Pasta.

All Pasta dishes are well done with balanced moistness and taste.

The Grilled Chicken Sandwich is delicious and offers great value for its size. Another popular sandwich is the Avocado Chicken slice Sandwich. Sandwiches come with accompanying salad.

Crepe Cakes are a lighter serving option compared to cheese cakes. Double Chocolate Crepe Cake is a delicious treat that does not overwhelm your taste buds.

Their chocolate cakes are highly recommended especially Double Belgian Chocolate Cake and Black Forest Cake. Order their New York Cheese cake. Its density and texture rivals that of established restaurant and bakery franchised outlets.

Check out the flavourful Flat White. For stronger coffee, try out the Macchiato and Ristretto.

If you want some variety while keeping it balanced, go for Hot Mocha which is mildly sweet, Winter Melon Coffee that is a delightful combination that deserves much praise for its fine balanced blend of juice with Americano in Hot and Cold varieties. Hot Houjicha Latte that balances latte with the taste of roasted rice flavoured tea leaves. Worthy mentions for coffee include Cold Mint Mocha and Cold Sea Salt Caramel Latte(less sweet option).

For non coffee drinks order the healthy Avocado Latte taken without added sugar, Gut friendly yoghurt drinks (strawberry, mango, green apple dragon fruit options) are highly recommended and refreshing cold fruit juices such as Red Guava add variety to your dining and drinking experiences here.

There's the Affogato that deserves mention. Vanilla ice-cream or Dark Chocolate ice-cream with medium roasted espresso poured over is an ideal balance of indulgence and restraint. When the melted ice-cream blends with espresso, it fills the taste buds with a pleasant after taste as you drink up what's left of your...

Well this is a new experience for me. The shop has been around for a while now. When i first reached, i had second guess about going in but the owner opened the door and made me feel welcome immediately.

She offered tons of menu options and sounds very convincing and inviting. She offered me a free tea while waiting for my food to be ready.

I had their bolognese and iced matcha, which I don’t have anything to complain about. But i guess some people might not like the matcha because of the powdery texture and leafy taste.

I was abit surprised to get some apples with my takeaways.

Will surely comeback in the future for sure to try different drinks, dried pasta that they have which looks so appetising and their cakes too.

Would love it if they manage to get their interior updated and look forward to their...

Update: Just 15 minutes after posting my review, the management had identified the problem as a production error and replaced my drink for no charge. The replacement had stronger cocoa undertones, but still had a subdued yet acceptable dairy content typical of most local brand cafes. Kudos on the customer service, and I hope the brand continually improves its product and service over time.

(Old review - 1 Star is specific for the order of a cold Signature Organic Pure Chocolate. There is barely any dairy strength and the cocoa solids and butter is non-existent, pointing at a subpar powder mixture drink akin to what you find at night markets. It's unfortunate that I'd rather pay a mere 90 cents more for a generic yet full bodied version at...