The Joy of Cha

Coming from the Bay Area, California, I gotta say the Breakfast Bagel was pretty bomb! My boyfriend and I had the pleasure to eat this amazing breakfast bagel on our Sunday morning tour around Dublin. It was so meaty and cheesy and the perfect portion, I love it! Highly recommend!

Nice and cozy place, with great teas and pies. Friendly staff and affordable prices. I recommend the steak and onion pie!

Really friendly employee behind the counter, wifi that actually works, delicious scones and amazing tea section.

Dropped in just before closing time on a Sunday night. (Note, they close at 830 pm on Sunday — not the 10 pm listed on Unilocal). We had a friendly barista, and he made a truly EXCELLENT mocha. Smooth but bold espresso. If I had more time and they weren’t about to close, I would’ve bought some pastries. Looks like they do breakfast as well. A+ rating on the coffee from me!

This is a great little spot
They do a serious coffee despite specialising in tea, the staff are quirky and friendly and all walks of like sit side by side in a very reasonably priced little spot!
Cracking breakfast too

Very solid and reasonably priced café. I came here for a short lunch and wanted to try the «Irish Traditional Breakfast» as I saw on the sign. It was a hearty meal and I was not disappointed. Irish people must eat a lot of calories as the weather can be cooler here with the rain and wind.
I also ordered a Men’s Activity Tea. This was a slightly spicy tea meant to wake you up and get you going. Not as spicy as a chai but very easy to drink.
It’s a very casual café-​type atmosphere run by friendly staff. There are a limited number of seats. It is a cozy atmosphere inside. There are a few tables outside and near the window that are nice for enjoying the weather (if it’s nice outside) and watching people pass by. The location is very convenient in Temple Bar close to the 747 Airport express bus.

Oh! Just WHAT a pleasant place. We came in around dinner time before catching a movie at the IFI and it wasn’t very full. It has the feel of a café — A café that serves breakfast all day.
It might not look like there’s much seating when you first walk in to the counter, but around the corner is a few more seats. I chose to sit down in the far corner. The whole place really just gave you a feel of a intimate San Francisco café. It made me really happy. I ordered the pancakes and my date ordered the classic club sandwich. I’m not sure what I was expecting but when the food got sat down in front of me, my expectations were exceeded. The pancakes had a delicious side of berries and irish butter, topped with delicious canadian maple syrup. And my date’s sandwich was HUGE. Perfected toasted and beautifully made and stacked with a fresh fresh fresh green salad in the middle… it did kind of transport you back to San Francisco for a minute. The waiter was nice and indulged our jokes. And it was all an extremely reasonable price, which only made me happier because the food was so delicious.
I certainly suggest a breakfast, lunch, dinner, or breakfast for dinner stop here.
I know I’ll be back for the food. I unfortunately didn’t get to try the coffee or tea.

Most delicious breakfast of our visit to Dublin! Hot and fresh! Didn’t have room for a scone so I ordered one to go and that was a great idea!

Nice selection of teas and cakes, very reasonably priced. The décor… well, it is cosy and warm. A nice spot to just settle in for a while and get some work done. Free wifi is always a plus.

Lovely teahouses are well-​needed in Dublin. I googled this one and found it online. I was surprised by their lack of effort on social media. This was reflected inside as the service was a little unfriendly and the place lacked atmosphere. The tea is very good value and they offer nice variety.

The food was very good and not so overly expensive like the other restaurants around Temple Bar. You get what you pay for, especially the coffee is extraordinary good. The decorations are homely and the servers are nice and forthcoming. There were almost no tourists.

Love the back garden here, so dreamy romantic! Cos you can enjoy cigarette and coffee and feel like you are inside the café;)

Nicely located in Temple Bar, I stumbled across this little place whilst walking around and then got caught by freezing rain. There were other coffee shops in the area but all were very busy and some even had queues and this place was quiet enough. After being inside in the small and cozy tea house/​coffee shop for a couple of minutes it got flooded with people, which didn’t take long as they have about ⁴⁄₅ tables only.
The décor is nice with paintings, portraits and recreates a little living room. It is not very cheap as a slice of cake (medium one and very sweet and tasty — the apple tart is served with maple syrup) is almost 5 euro and the average coffee cup costs almost 3. The service is fine and the coffee does not take long to be served, even though they expect you to pick up the menu at the door instead of giving it to you at the table.
I just think they should revitalize the toilet, which is very old and does not look as nice as the rest of this tiny coffee house. Nice spot to meet friends for an hour or so as it tends to get crowded.

Mmmm Coffee.
Mmmmm Cake.
I’m sure this place doesn’t suffer from bad business as it’s a regular stop point for Sandeman’s free city walking tour (which we were on) however it provided a perfect refuge and stop point for a cold winters day.
It’s a shame I’m not a tea person as it offers an amazing selection of teas, but the coffee was lovely and hit the spot.
The cake was pretty darn amazing and really reasonable for a slice in the area. A complete indulgence of profiterole and cream cake is just what you need for your hols — or weekends — or lunchtimes.
It’s a small, intimate space with a really relaxed and homely feel. A nice alternative from the bars and coffee chains in TempleBar.

It was a wet rainy day in Dublin and I wandered in here because I was cold, and screw it, I wanted something to warm up my hands.
There is something rather nice about shops which look like they might be an apothecary in a former life. This shop has it in spades. Just look past the attendant, and you will see dark shelves full of colourful tea cococtions right up to the rafters.
Then there’s the smell, because if you are standing behind someone who has ordered tea already, you’ll be hopping up and down trying to see what they ordered, so you can quickly buy out the whole shop’s supply.
For people who aren’t so lucky, a chalkboard of customers’ favourite teas are listed, and I chose Turkish Apple. Safe to say I took what remained of the loose tea, and managed to get an extra two cups out of it when I got home, so well worth the 2.50 (approx.) that it cost.
This is also an excellent gift shop for those who have friends who are huge tea lovers, as they sell bags of loose tea (200g) for 10.00 (or so I think!). Little tight if you want to take the mother for some tea after shopping up in the Big Smoke, but I think the small size of the store adds to the atmosphere, and is well worth a visit if you’re wet, cold and miserable wandering through Dublin.

A wide and tasty selection of teas, but other than that I can’t say I recommend the place.
Cake was unpleasantly dry around the edges, had clearly been sitting out for more than a day without proper containment. Service was incredibly slow, and the sole guy working there went out front to take a smoke break while we were waiting to pay our bill (it was after posted closing time by the time we finished, but still). They could also use a fly zapper of some kind since they are a bit of a problem.

Great coffee and they do a mean soy latte.
Soy milk is a tough one to foam as overdoing it will turn it into tofu. So kudos to them!
One star deduction as they don’t use the marker scribbling method to differentiate myy two takeaway cups, which resulted in a 5 min tasting session with my mate.

Nice little tea spot! And by little i mean small! And by small I mean the prices. Compared to some tea rooms it was very reasonably priced for tea.
There is a seating/​smoking area out the back. Not sure how many seats out there but indoors it caters for about 18 bums on seats.
Will defiantly return for more joy!

Unlike men, not all tea houses are created equal. Places like Wall & Keogh and the Tea Garden have raised the bar so high that the Joy of Cha can’t help coming across as a little mediocre.
Mind you, mediocre still means it has some good points. The tea selection is pretty interesting. It’s not as massive as the previously mentioned, but they tend to offer strange concoctions of their own and not a rigid choice of well-​known blends and styles.
You’ll either find the interior charming or aggravating; it oscillates between quirky and crumbling. Seriously, the place looks like it’s made entirely of spent matches, orange paint and hope. It’s got a moodily lit smoking area out back too that reminds why I used to enjoy smoking so much.

Nice tea house that was a little hard to find using the Unilocal app. I’ve edited the address and sent it in for approval, so the app should send you in the right direction in future.
The place is cosy, if a little quirky and definetely a bit cramped. But once I found a seat and settled in, I found the place very charming and nice to be in.
It was fairly busy, which added to the atmosphere. There was only one member of staff though, who was snowed under. So I got a coffee and skipped ordering any food. I reckoned it would have take a while due to the understaffing. The one guy did play a blinder to be fair and kept everyone happy.
I would definitely return if in the area and needed a nice cup of tea with a sit down.