Coffee Haven

I’m so glad we found here, it’s a lovely place for food and drinks. Family friendly too, wheelchair accessible and the food was lovely

Nice spot for a quick coffee. We stopped for breakfast. I had the French toast, OH had the full Irish.

The French toast wasn’t anything special, just the basic eggy bread type option. Which was fine with the maple syrup on the side. But it was lacking the oomph I’d had elsewhere.

OH had the full Irish and it was adequate, no potatoes as listed but I think they had none as other plates going out were lacking too. OH requested no tomatoes and this was lucky as a table behind us received 5 tomatoes that looked like they came from a tin. Nothing wrong with tinned tomatoes but they can be very strong and for breakfast, a bit rich.

The coffee was flavourful and I would come back for coffee.

Paid Parking is available to the side or across the road. There is free parking across in Golden Island as well

A decent place to have breakfast, went in seeing good Google reviews, no parking nevertheless (that’s not the reason for the 2 star – but bad experience). A few items they serve are good – for example the eggs benedict. But too many blunders on the same day that forces me to give a 2 star.

– Ordered a vegetable soup and got it served with bacon strips – wow!
– Ordered fresh orange juice – supposedly their specialty and got served with 50% filled with just ice and the rest of the juice tasting just ok.
– Tried to call the staff for 10 mins without any use, to ask what was in the soup!
– The prices were high given the location and service

May be it was a bad day for them, but based on my experience it’s only a 2 star.

Good place for a brunch.
They gave ample seating. Parking available in the shopping area opposite to coffee haven.
Most of the food is delicious.
The Chicken Vol-au-Vonts was a standout dish. The white sauce went well with the chicken stuffed pastry.
The pancakes, eggs Benedict and vegetarian pasta were nice as well.

The soup can be avoided.

We did have a couple of hassles as well:
– the staff was not very attentive – we didn’t get water till we explicitly asked at the end of the meal
– when we asked about the soup of the day – it was told the soup is vegetarian – but for some reason they decided to put some bacon bits in it which seemed absurd in a vegetarian soup, they however replaced it when it was brought to their attention.

Staff are lovely, food is nice, just think it’s a tad bit overpriced for what it is, especially in comparison to other places in the town. The menu we looked at online is an outdated one, prices have gone up a few euro since. €3.50 for a glass of apple juice and ice.