CAFFAINA COFFEE GALLERY Mingcheng Shop — Restaurant in Kaohsiung

Fried told me it’s good but maybe another store. Maybe I caught them in a bad day. There were 3 at the counter and none seemed too interested to help us. We ordered and found out the two main dishes we want they don’t have. What they did have was just a few items plus cold sandwiches in the display case. They didn’t speak very clearly so we had to ask them to repeat multiple times. Wife wanted to get desserts so we picked two and they said sorry, that one is not available! That did it for me. We still got the dessert then...

Came here a lot in the past and though expensive, enjoyed the tea and atmosphere to work. Coming here with a friend recently we ordered a sandwich, a cake and a big tea (about 300nt in total) and the server still insisted that we had to order at least one drink per person. Upon asking for any options of a pot of tea we could share she shrugged and pointed at the different sized cups. (note we speak fluent Chinese) Begrudgingly we complied and found the cake had gone soft and the tea so strong it made me dizzy. Not coming back...

First of all, I used to like this place. Great vibe and good drink. But....here comes some interesting experiences We just had. We didn’t know we MUST order A drink or A soufflé platter for each person to sit in. We originally ordered a New Orleans spicy chicken sandwich, a cake, and a hazelnut latte. Totally was about 300 NT. Long story short, It’s alright to have this kind of policy (we understood), but the server today who told us wasn’t too polite. We ended up have to spend about 400 NT to dine in (could’ve gone to Starbucks for a better deal and services). And then drinks (earl grey latte and hazelnut latte) were so strong like the tea were overnight tea. They made it way too strong and bitter. Hopefully this passes to whoever runs the...