Milano

What a charming little spot! We stumbled by this place while walking down Adelaide, looking for a spot to grab a quick warm drink.
This place is humble yet chic. Very trendy, but minimalistic décor, clean and tidy, with sweet, humble, friendly, and prompt service. It was late morning, and I wasn’t feeling a coffee, so I opted for a London Fog. They only sell their London Fogs in one size (a Large) — and while I initially thought $ 4.00 was pricey for one drink, the Large was… well, large. Akin to a Starbucks Grande, but slightly bigger. Decent value. The drink itself was nice and sweet, went down perfectly smoothly, and just the perfect temperature. Overall, really happy with it.
While they do have tea lattes, coffee is clearly their true love. Coffee contraptions filled the barista area, and they had packaged beans on sale for you to take home, if you happen to fall in love with their brews. Can’t wait to come back and try more of their products!
For a London Fog, with tax, my total came to $ 4.20.

This place has a great variety of coffee and a nice environment to hang around. Bonus, one of the owner is a huge basketball fan!

Located in Entertainment District, Milano Espresso Bar hails from Vancouver, processing west coast heart with Italian soul. This is not your familiar coffee chain or your hip wannabe coffee joint, we were educated in the art of enjoying coffee. Café Milano designs the entire coffee experience from the roasting of beans to the selection of filtering paper. The coffee bean was roasted until it is completely dehydrated where the bean is at its most intense concentration. My friend and I ordered the Bourbon and Turk Island coffee. While I am not a coffee aficionado, it was a great experience nonetheless. I can feel the barista’s enthusiasm for his art.

Stopped in for a bit of coffee, and a place to charge my phone. Found a great spot!
Milano has been opened for 8 months now, and originates from Vancouver. Our guy who greeted us was incredibly informative, friendly and cared very much about the service. The menu has pretty extensive variety for coffee lovers (i.e. pour over coffee, lattes, americanos, mochas) and all reasonably priced. I ordered a Hedgehog Mocha, which has 2 shots of expresso, chocolate, and a shot of hazelnut, topped with whipped cream. I got the Regular size ($ 4), which was more than enough for me to sip on. Large would be $ 4.8.
My friend tried out their seasonal drink, which was the White Pumpkin latte (name to be determined). We call this the «beta» testing, because they are still crowdsourcing opinions on it. Our opinion? Very nice and smooth, did not have a truckload of «PUMPKIN-​SPICE-​IN-​YOUR-​FACE» flavour, which was a nice change from the Sbux PSL. Much more subtle. It tasted festive, but more of a refined pumpkin taste. I loved that they asked us for our opinion and really listened. They explained their process when experimenting with making this new recipe, how many shots of pumpkin flavour, etc… made the experience very personal.
The service was very friendly, and can definitely sense their passion for the coffee bean. Spoiler alert — they will be rolling out a holiday menu soon, so I’m excited to come back to see!
P. S. — they have an outlet almost at every sitting spot, so ideal for a «recharge» (get it?)

I’d like to call myself a coffee connoisseur, but more like just a caffein addict. A friend and I were looking to get coffee in the area and we were recommended to go here. Firstly let me say, woooow, best americano I have had in a long time. So creamy and delicious. You can even choose the type of beans you want for you coffee which I really like.
This place is so darn cute! It’s pretty small but there is enough seating. Really cute décor and super nice informative baristas. You can tell they really love what they do, and that they really love coffee.
You can even buy take home pounds of the coffee they make which is a huge plus because they have some really nice beans there. Totally check this place out if you’re looking for a new coffee place in the area!

I was walking by and recognized the «Milano» name, as I’m a regular at the Vancouver locations.
I had an almond milk latte and chocolate croissant. Both were delicious.
The space is small, but cozy. The employees working during my visit were very welcoming and warm. I also enjoyed the music they played!
I will return to this MIlano location.

The croissant was fresh and delicious. The Americano was great. The décor is modern and stylish. Great spot.

I found this place on Unilocal as I’m looking for a coffee that taste closer to Rome’s. I had their latte and it was really good. Nicely handcrafted. I like the rustic feel outside but the inside interior isn’t as welcoming & relaxing enough to stay and enjoy your cup of coffee. The ambience lacks that inviting feels. Service was ok not great. Price point is better than starbucks /​other specialty coffee shops.

The medium bean pour over was fantastic. I want to try the dark blend next.
Great spot, owners are amazing and have lots of stories to tell. Croissants are also quite delicious.
Place has a great name to. Grandissimo caffe!

The Americano is delicious! Nice modern décor, free wifi. Not the most friendly service — they gotta work on those barista smiles.

Great little coffee place off Adelaide. Went there today for the first time: their coffee selection is great and changes daily. The staff is very knowledgeable and super friendly. I had a capuccino and it was delicious. Much better than Starbucks and much more enjoyable experience as well. They seem to also have some good breakfast pastries, muffins etc. I will try it next time and if great will add a 5^th star.
Also, they do catering to offices which I will try next time. Will report back!

I’m a regular Milano customer and have been since their opening. The service is extremely warm. The drink menu is extensive and each beverage is crafted with care. Milano also carries some of the best chocolate /​almond croissants in town. If you’re lucky, you get there just after they’ve come out of the oven and they’re still warm.
I recommend the raspberry mocha!

The hedgehog latte was divine! Also loved the almond croissant. Regular latte was also good. Not many seats in the café but love how bright and airy it is.

Great coffee. I usually get the Pour Over, which has great blends. I recommend Turks Island, very rich and complex.
Service is amazing — you’ll never meet two more friendly guys than Christian and Jerry. Big plus = we are able to discuss Raptors and my home team the Lakers.
Great ambiance, very bright, good sunlight. Very relaxing place to unwind a bit for the afternoon coffee.
Highly recommend folks to drop in — great addition to the work neighborhood, especially for tech /​startups!
My new go-​to.

A cute new coffee place close to the financial district, opened just about three weeks ago.
My experience was not quite what I expected but the coffee shop has some merit.
First of all the n terms of the décor and ambience, the place deserves a sold ⁵⁄₅ as the owners really tried to make it look unique and give it a relaxed feel good vide which I think they totally achieved.
But the positivity stops there. The prices are by far the highest I’ve seen, even higher than the highest of highs. The reason I say this is that the medium coffee is actually what you might consider small size at a lot of places and a large is a medium and so on. So the bang for the buck is sort of low. Coffee add ins like almond milk are an extra kidney. ³⁄₅
Now the prices might not be a big deal if you say to yourself that you’re the type that will pay for quality coffee at a nice coffee joint. The thing is, coffee tasted quite average. Worst of all, I ordered almond milk here, and when the barista was making the coffee he reached down in some dungeon in the floor and got the carton, this looked as sketch as the rub and tug next door to the place. Once again you might say what’s the big deal? Well that same night I got terribly Sick and had to call sick into work the next day because apparently the milk that they used had expired. That kept me on the toilet for a solid 5 to 6 hours with no end in sight to loose stool. What a nightmare. ¹⁄₅ for coffee taste.
The service was fine. And sort of average. ³⁄₅
So I guess this might not be a great place to start, they might want to learn from the boys over at m square.
Value for money is not the best but if you like to look at the latest interior décor styles you might want to come here.

Milano is a Coffee Roasters and Café based in Vancouver and this location is their first non Vancouver location.
I love the simple and chic interior. The Macchiato ($ 3.25) I ordered was a nice and bold flavour with a nice crema.
On a weekday 11:00 am, I could not find a table to enjoy my coffee but I did enjoy sipping mine at the bar area.
Service is definitely a 4 star. While I was sipping my coffee, one of the barista serves me a glass of cold water without me requesting for one!
Definitely worth coming to Milano for an espresso drink when you are in the area!
I can’t wait when they have the espresso tasting bar set up like in Vancouver.

Very nice space with plenty of light. Easy to work from here for an hour or two or just stop in for a casual drink with a friend. Not pretentious (which many of the newer places can be), friendly and knowledgeable staff, good selection of beans/​pastries, and good coffee.
Add this place to your repertoire of very good coffee shops in Tdot, who both ‘get it’ and won’t disappoint.

This review is solely based on my cappuccino that I tried here.
Here is the verdict
Espresso: Medium
Crema’: OK
Milk: Frothed Poorly
Latte Art: n/​a
I would say a mundane version of cappuccino. One can have a better iteration for main chain offerings.
They do offer other variety of beans so I think this is more of a espresso shot spot
2.5 Stars.

I passed by this new coffee roaster which was opened 2 weeks ago. I picked their Americano and it was pretty good. They have a variety of beans for your Expresso drinks. The setting of the store is modern and clean. I won’t give a score of 5 since I had better Americano in another place. I will definitely come back for their cappuccino and latte to see if I will give them a higher score next time.

Comment… Seriously, the food courts and Starbucks and Tim Hortons and Thai Islands etc. etc. under Bay Street will turn you’re brain to mush with stimulation overload. Plus, queues 10 people deep at Starbucks — forget it. Too much stress for too short life.
Milano Espresso Bar on the other hand… breath in… breath out… breath in… breath out. My espresso (actually a «Long Black» yeahiknowshutup.) was deep in flavor and non-​acidic. Good pastry and friendly service. Wifi five bars. Listening to the conversation, they seem to, as expected, know their coffee too.
5 stars, I don’t know? After the chaos of Bay Street I’d give more for this. Do yourself a favor, visit.
Did I mention the best single cup of coffee I ever had was in Italy in 2001.