Lotty Café — Restaurant in Zhongshan District

If you are looking for authentic artisan coffee in Taipei, this is the place! They roast their coffee beans fresh on site, and have great selection of drip coffees and espresso style drinks like lattes, mochas, and others. They serve your cup with the cutest little designs made by pouring the steamed milk into the freshly brewed coffee. I don't know how they do it, they must have take classes at some coffee-art school!

Plus, they have a nice menu of snacks, like fresh waffles and sandwiches. I highly recommend the fresh waffles with a latte -- absolutely delicious, and a great alternative to afternoon tea!

You can buy their fresh-roasted coffee by the bag too. So much better than anything Starbucks sells!

There's plenty of seating inside, and the decor is new and modern. Also, they have free WiFi available, so it's a great place to hangout, enjoy a delicious coffee, and catch up on your email. And it's a quick walk from the...

Surprisingly delicious food. We had their tomato soup. It was amazing. No meat either.

For the main dishes we got the tomato chicken with noodles and fish fillet with risotto.

For the tomato chicken, presentation was great. Taste was along the same lines. Well done! 👏

For the fish fillet, taste was lacking. With the risotto flavor was better. They did bring us some pepper for an added kick.

Chocolate cake is good. Sweetness is hovering the “too sweet” line. Presentation was superb.

Also it’s quiet! Nice spot to do some work.

We’ve been living across the street for about a month. Now we’re regretting not...

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