Apartment Coffee - 161 Lavender St.

I love my coffee.. but I know nuts about them. I can't tell the type of beans, I won't know the geography of their origin, the science in the preparation, nor able to describe how they taste. To me, its like a lever switch - "Good" or "No good". I this case, it's the former :)

Beautiful space, great quality materials and chairs. If you like arabica coffee (sourish taste with different notes, freshly grounded in store, they do a good drip coffee, water temp kept at 95 degree Celsius, few times of pouring, brewer will taste the coffee in a small cup to ensure quality) If you like robusta coffee (difficult to find there) They have a coffee with milk , which was the peru beans (in the menu) which was strong enough to be noticed above the milk but not fragrant enough for me. Their hot chocolate is great. I feel it was a little sourish also, but very very fragrant. Not thick, but the fragrance I’ve not tasted in any other place, so great. Got the Honduras hot chocolate. So, in conclusion, go for the hot chocolate if you like hot chocolate, it’s 70% cacao. No worries about the sweetness, it’s not. And the coffee with milk is decent. Although I prefer more fragrant.

A friend highly recommended this place and I decided to try it out today with a few friends. Boy, was I really happy we did! When we arrived ,this place was already crowded .We took a seat outside and waited. This guy came out to acknowledge us and also passed us the menu. Don’t be disappointed with their small menu offers cos if this coffee joint can survive so damn well without selling any cakes or bites and just solely on selling what they do best- coffee! You know this is the place! Coffee was SPECTACULAR! Besides this, the two guys inside the shop are very polite and friendly, which really added to the whole joy of this coffee joint! Great service staff and awesome coffee cannot go wrong. I spilled my water and one of them came right up to have it cleaned and even asked if I was ok. Now, that’s a score right there! Keep up your stellar work guys! So happy I found you and will be happiest when i I share the joy so others know you too!

We were here on a weekend. The service is friendly. The timber chairs provide some warmth to the space, the interior gives vastly a stark feel. Still, it's a decent place for a simple good coffee to be finished in an hour.

staff are very polite and hospitality is good. coffee is good. smooth texture and a little nutty. but the cup seems a little small at maybe 200ml for $5. the cafe isn’t as “white” as advertised in their google images (not that it’s a huge issue). good place for sitting down for coffee but definitely not for work. seats and tables were specifically designed to not be conducive for table-top activities, but just a simple sit and drink style. a huge downside of this place is the 1-hr seating time.

Revisited this cafe again and was blown away by the uniqueness of the cold chocolate drink. I thought it would be just chocolate drink served with ice cubes but the entire drink was served chilled with no ice cubes. This resulted in a very rich drink although the staff took awhile to prepare it. Staff were friendly and it was also good that the cafe limited patrons to 1 hour so that there would not be seat hoggers. Overall I would patronize this cafe again.

We came all the way from Melbourne, and this is our first stop for coffee. It was an amazing experience. Love the hospitality from all staff, Agnes brewed my filter and it was so delicious. Simple space yet so serene. Very recommended if you’re ever in Singapore.

Day off visit for a cuppa. Very simple place with friendly service. Brew was good as well. The only bite they had was cinnamon bun but was pretty good. Could do with more pastries but no complaints. Most customers were there for the brews anyways. Felt like a lively place without the noise.