Coffee by Austin Chase

Two weeks ago, I decided to have a little catch up with a lovely friend of mine, Cindy at Austin Chase Cafe in The Gardens. I learned of this place from the Groupon website. Since I missed out on the discount coupons for their coffee, I have decided to pay them a visit despite the fact that I will be paying the full amount without any discounts. Austin Chase is located next to Italiannies Restaurant in The Gardens. When we arrived, I was almost immediately pleased to see a comfortable setting. We were ushered to our seats and I spoke to the person in charge of my intentions to do a review.


I was quite disappointed when the waiter told me that they did not have any signature coffee. However, I am proud of myself for always doing my research beforehand! I shall elaborate further later.

After contemplating I decided on the Hazelnut Latte while my friend settled on their Signature Hot Chocolate. Upon waiting for our orders, I was pleased to have spot this:

Definitely a treat to all ice-cream lovers out there!

The cafe setting was very simple, with just several couches and little coffee tables. To be really honest, I found the tables and chairs to be a little too small and low for adult seating. I felt like I was squatting at a tea party! Oh however else, the chairs were really comfortable.

Not too long after a few snapshots, our drinks arrived. We were asked to try their muffins as it was 50% off that day, beaming from ear to ear we agreed!

But first, let us talk a little bit more about the drinks...

Hazelnut Latte

The Hazelnut Latte was  very creamy. I always love a good latte with enough milk and the faint of hazelnut was just nice to ease the bitterness of the coffee. Even though the waiter failed to introduce a signature coffee, this was definitely one of the best choices in the menu. Most importantly, it was served freshly brewed. The latte gave me a quick booster after a rough day at work. It has changed me :

Changed me from cranky to snappy!   :P

Signature Hot Chocolate

Cindy's Signature Hot Chocolate was by any chance one of the best hot chocolates I have ever drunk. The minute I took a sip of it, my eyes widened. The chocolate was not too sweet yet not too bitter. It was just semisweet giving the sufficient chocolate-y taste yet not over doing it. Drinking this makes me feel homely indeed. I loved the fact that they served it with some chocolate chips on it as well. Definitely a good choice for non coffee lovers.

Chocolate Chip Muffin

Blueberry Muffin

Unfortunately, the muffins did not live up to our expectation. Yes, in no doubt at first the muffins looked worth the price as they were pretty large and worth the price. However, the muffins were less flavourful yet a little on the dry side. I would say that the muffins did not match with my drinks, I even stopped at the first slice of my Chocolate Chip Muffin.

Despite the dissatisfaction over the muffins, I did not regret stepping into Austin Chase's Cafe. As I've briefly mentioned above that I have done my homework upon coming to this place, Austin Chase coffee beans are homegrown in Seattle, USA. Austin Chase offers premium coffee brewed from hand roasted coffee beans. According to my research, Austin Chase prefers to hand roast coffee beans by small batches to maintain the full bodied roast thus higher quality of coffee.

At Austin Chase, they too offer ice blended coffee and other set lunches. I would strongly suggest this place as a place to meet up for light meeting or just casual afternoon tea area. What really caught my eye was the allocated room for private meetings to take place.

Strawberry Frappe and Lunch sets!

Austin Chase's Egg-cellent Breakfast sets                                                                                    

Allocated room for private discussions

Overall, I would conclude that Austin Chase is a nice place.  To you readers, I would not recommend the muffins! However, don't miss out on this place because the latte and hot chocolate is really worth it. 

Hope you enjoyed readingt till then to my next visit. :)

Yours truly, 

Charmaine Jeeva

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