Favourite cafes

[Harrisfan]

What are your favourites?

 

Mine are Cafe in Law and Dose Expresso. Both in Udon. Great coffee and snacks.

[DonniePeverley]

You get lovely instagramy cafes in Thailand. But the actual state of the coffee is horrific. 

 

Today, twice i had to send back my cup as it came back luke warm. You can never get a hot cup of coffee. 

[Harrisfan]

Just now, DonniePeverley said:

You get lovely instagramy cafes in Thailand. But the actual state of the coffee is horrific. 

 

Today, twice i had to send back my cup as it came back luke warm. You can never get a hot cup of coffee. 

How hot do you want it?

[scubascuba3]

My favourite coffee shops are outside basic ones, often with a garden. Least favourite are inside AC sterile ones, like Amazon, but ok if no other choice

[bkk6060]

15 minutes ago, DonniePeverley said:

You get lovely instagramy cafes in Thailand. But the actual state of the coffee is horrific. 

 

Today, twice i had to send back my cup as it came back luke warm. You can never get a hot cup of coffee. 

?  3 to 4 cups a day always hot.  And, the quality here is so much better and less expensive then the west.  Dark roast is amazing here. 

Saying the coffee is no good and never hot, is like saying all the women here are fat and ugly.

[DonniePeverley]

16 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

How hot do you want it?

 

 

Hot.

 

I want to take my time drinking it, over a conversation. If the first sip is luke warm (which invariably it is in Bangkok) then a few minutes later (with the ac on) it's going to be a cold drink, which is absolutely horrific. 

 

Why doesn't Thailand get it ?

[Harrisfan]

Just now, DonniePeverley said:

 

 

Hot.

 

I want to take my time drinking it, over a conversation. If the first sip is luke warm (which invariably it is in Bangkok) then a few minutes later (with the ac on) it's going to be a cold drink, which is absolutely horrific. 

 

Why doesn't Thailand get it ?

Ask for rorn mahk.

[DonniePeverley]

8 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Ask for rorn mahk.

 

I do. 

 

Just now i have come back from my local cafe. I said i wanted it extra hot. He nodded. Then gave it lukewarm. I told him to take back the cup and bring it hot. He took it back, and bought it back luke warm again. I gave up. 

 

Doubt he was bothered. The shop was packed with westerners sitting on their laptops with a bottle of water, using their electricty and wifi. 

[Harrisfan]

1 minute ago, DonniePeverley said:

 

I do. 

 

Just now i have come back from my local cafe. I said i wanted it extra hot. He nodded. Then gave it lukewarm. I told him to take back the cup and bring it hot. He took it back, and bought it back luke warm again. I gave up. 

 

Doubt he was bothered. The shop was packed with westerners sitting on their laptops with a bottle of water, using their electricty and wifi. 

I prefer room temperature or cold. 

[DonniePeverley]

3 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

I prefer room temperature or cold. 

 

 

Different strokes for different folks. 

[scubascuba3]

38 minutes ago, DonniePeverley said:

 

 

Hot.

 

I want to take my time drinking it, over a conversation. If the first sip is luke warm (which invariably it is in Bangkok) then a few minutes later (with the ac on) it's going to be a cold drink, which is absolutely horrific. 

 

Why doesn't Thailand get it ?

They don't use thermometers, also when i have a poor coffee it's often because the person making it doesn't drink coffee

[Harrisfan]

10 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

They don't use thermometers, also when i have a poor coffee it's often because the person making it doesn't drink coffee

Pattaya is full of dodgy stuff it seems.

[Liverpool Lou]

49 minutes ago, DonniePeverley said:

 

 

Hot.

 

I want to take my time drinking it, over a conversation. If the first sip is luke warm (which invariably it is in Bangkok) then a few minutes later (with the ac on) it's going to be a cold drink, which is absolutely horrific. 

 

Why doesn't Thailand get it ?

I think it's you who doesn't get it.  AC'd premises are intended to be cool, it is not horrific.  Why do you patronise AC'd cafes?

[proton]

Tankay isan

Khean isan

Isan Holiday

Dara Cafe

Param 9 Cafe

Villa Cafe

Thonburi Cafe

Krungton Cafe

Isan Happy Home

Isan Tawang Deang

See Saw Cafe

 

Almost all gone now and they did not serve coffee and cakes 😁

[Harrisfan]

Just now, proton said:

Tankay issan

Khean issan

Isan Holiday

Dara Cafe

Param 9 Cafe

Villa Cafe

Thonburi Cafe

Krungton Cafe

Isan Happy Home

Isan Tawang Deang

 

Almost all gone now and they did not serve coffee and cakes 😁

Need cakes for profit 

[Liverpool Lou]

42 minutes ago, DonniePeverley said:

The shop was packed with westerners sitting on their laptops with a bottle of water, using their electricty and wifi. 

You say that as though, by drinking coffee, you think you are more important then they are...there's no difference, they're all customers using the same electricity and Wi-Fi as you do.   

[Liverpool Lou]

21 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

when i have a poor coffee it's often because the person making it doesn't drink coffee

"...often because the person making it doesn't drink coffee".

In a coffee shop, how could you ever know that to be the case?

[Keeps]

You grass me up Bignok or just one of the mods lurking? We'll soon see......

[connda]

Cafe Connda. 

[Keeps]

6 minutes ago, connda said:

Cafe Connda. 

I've heard it's ok as long as you avoid the owner....555

[save the frogs]

14 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

What are your favourites?

 

Mine are Cafe in Law and Dose Expresso. Both in Udon. Great coffee and snacks.

 

Just remember to boycott the Americano.

 

[freedomnow]

Cafe Knocking Shop....always comes nice and frothy.

[scubascuba3]

11 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"...often because the person making it doesn't drink coffee".

In a coffee shop, how could you ever know that to be the case?

it's obvious, if the coffee doesn't taste good vs other shops i.e. beans not good, milk not good, then it's most likely because they don't know what good coffee is like

[DonniePeverley]

19 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

You say that as though, by drinking coffee, you think you are more important then they are...there's no difference, they're all customers using the same electricity and Wi-Fi as you do.   

 

The business model is flawed then. I saw numerous people walk away as their was no seating. 

But you had primarily westerners sitting there, buying one bottle of water, then setting up a full office on a table - if there was a spare chair they'd use it to put their bags on. 

 

None of the staff did anything to play fair and move them on after 30 minutes or so. Nope they just sat their for hours. After my lukewarm coffee, i went to a few shops. Came back as i left my umbrella, and the same souls were sitting there. 

[Harrisfan]

2 minutes ago, DonniePeverley said:

 

The business model is flawed then. I saw numerous people walk away as their was no seating. 

But you had primarily westerners sitting there, buying one bottle of water, then setting up a full office on a table - if there was a spare chair they'd use it to put their bags on. 

 

None of the staff did anything to play fair and move them on after 30 minutes or so. Nope they just sat their for hours. After my lukewarm coffee, i went to a few shops. Came back as i left my umbrella, and the same souls were sitting there. 

The business models seem to be flawed in a lot of places.

 

What you need is pretty simple

- coffee that people want ( if people want hot give em hot)

- food or snacks people want

- fair prices

- reasonable atmosphere

[BangkokReady]

2 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

The business model is flawed then. I saw numerous people walk away as their was no seating. 

But you had primarily westerners sitting there, buying one bottle of water, then setting up a full office on a table - if there was a spare chair they'd use it to put their bags on. 

 

None of the staff did anything to play fair and move them on after 30 minutes or so. Nope they just sat their for hours. After my lukewarm coffee, i went to a few shops. Came back as i left my umbrella, and the same souls were sitting there. 

 

That's fairly typical in chain cafes in Thailand.  I see Thais doing this all the time.  Often you see meetings or classes where they buy one drink and sit for hours.  I even often see Thais take up a multiple table with their bags, then half disappear for a while and come back later.

[BangkokReady]

On 3/22/2025 at 2:51 PM, Harrisfan said:

What are your favourites?

 

Au Bon Pain and Café Amazon.  

[Ralf001]

Hi Cafe - Phan Thong

[Robert_Smith]

On 3/22/2025 at 3:15 PM, short-Timer said:

Any cafe where you aren't present.

jesus fella - is everything OK?

 

I can recommend some great meds if you like!

 

bob.

[it is what it is]

why would i recommend a cafe on here, it would only encourage undesirables to visit