Exchange Alley Coffee House — Restaurant in Muntinlupa

Found it had over 4 stars on Google, decided to give it a try.

We walked in , had no idea of where to order, waiting to be seated, quickly discovered that nobody wanted to talked to us as everyone looked at us then went back to "being busy". The lady who took order from us later saw us and ignored us too.

Eventually, found the hidden counter, ordered 2 latte and some food. They asked us to sit upstairs.

I have an injured knee, I took my time to climb up the stairs then discovered that there's no seat upstairs 😅 so I slowly made my way down. On my way back, gave me the chance to have a look at their merchandise section, all very dusty including a t-shirt.

Our coffee arrived, it was alright. When food arrived, my egg benedict.....how do I put it, those 2 poached eggs were not cooked at all!!!! You can see water on the bacon mixed in with the sauce, egg white is totally uncooked. I couldn't eat it so told the staff, he asked something but I was not fully sure. I thought he would take it back and make another one for me. A few min later he came back from the kitchen said something like chef said your eggs can't be cooked the way you like, only way is scrambled. I thought maybe the chef didn't want to poach the eggs so I said ok to scrambled eggs.

Later on, the staff brought out my egg benedict, I discovered that the chef DIDN'T make another meal, they RE COOKED my eggs, that's why it could not be " cooked poached eggs".

I was feeling sick at that point of time, not to mention you might get a good chance to get salmonella from eating uncooked eggs. I have used my knife and fork to touch the eggs to see whether if they were undone, then chef just scrambled it from my plate? I thought COVID has lifted our standard of food hygiene.

Pros: Good location Loft style Coffee is ok

Cons: General cleanliness Food...

Coffee was good but there was nothing exemplary about it. We ordered Christmas drinks tho - which I think would not expose the coffee taste I would love to explore.

Place is somehow bare as I assume it was newly established cafe in Molito, and simplicity was the new beautiful now but it's just so so for me.

Surprisingly, they have service charges even the order process was 1. to order coffee at the counter and 2. they would serve it on the table.

Coffee was too pricey compared to other starting coffee shops with specialty coffee. (I guess they are paying higher rent considering they are at the open side of Molito)

Nevertheless, I love that they tried this new pomme frites (French fries) with curry. It's so smart! And the mix of spices in the coffee...

I had pour over single origin coffee from Cerrado, Brazil. It was light, nutty and had hints of dark chocolate. 👍🏼 I paired my coffee with their Avo Toast. It's either with egg, or prosciutto, or salmon. So I got the prosciutto, and it looked yummy. Gobbled it up immediately and forgot to take a photo. Twas delicious! 👍🏼 Sad though, that my coffee was served in a paper cup (which added a papery taste to the coffee). Food was also served in a paper take out container, and wooden utensils. The knife barely could slice the bread.

The staff lady helped me understand their menu better, and make the right choice.

Come on over and enjoy much more excellent, and great tasting coffee. The popular and over hyped green lady brand will definitely be...