Caffe Chino

A nice place to go for a coffee and cake so fluffy you will want to eat two. Also do bubbles tea and whole range of cakes and tarts that can be taken away. Friendly and helpful staff.

If you’re looking for bubble tea in Chinatown this is the place to go. Mimicking some of the kitsch European meets cute cafes you find in South East Asia the Décor is fun and quirky. The green tea sponge and Japanese cheesecake are some of the softest and fluffiest cakes I’ve had.

I always get really excited when I visit here because there are always new and exciting things to try! Every time I visit I try a new cake or pastry and I am mostly always impressed. The only time I wasn’t was when I had a green bean roll but that was due to it not meeting my personal tastes rather than it not being of quality. My favourite roll is the one filled with pineapple. It is a dream!

One of my favourite places in the city, this cute café offers delicious cakes (I love their cheesecake and their chocolate mousse cakes) and a variety of hot drinks and bubble tea. Kawaii would be an understatement. Gave them four stars because sometimes their service is very slow during busy periods, but the quality of the baked goods outweighs it somewhat ;)
Often take visiting friends here for a sweet treat. Great that they are open until 9pm too, even on Sundays.

This little café is so pretty! — The décor and the cakes! I just had to pop in to take a look!
They have a small seating area and generally I think it’s more geared up for take-​outs as most cakes are self serve, however its still inviting.
They apparently do vegan cakes to order and I don’t think I’ve ever seem their selection before anywhere else, so stop by if you want something different from the norm!

I am a huge Japan fan. I love the food, the culture and the «other worldliness» of it all. It was with excitement that I discovered this place on Unilocal (after a heads up from Unilocaler Charlie S).
Located in the Arcadian Centre in the gay/​Chinese quarter (whichever you would prefer to term it), this little café is pretty easy to miss unless you walk through from the Bullring side. Even then, in amongst the supermarkets, the accessory shops and the other cafes and bars — you could still be oblivious.
The exterior is adorned with a cute green and pink sign and there is some outdoor seating available. On entry, I knew this place was a good choice to stop and grab a drink. With the boards offering bubble tea, sweet tea, jelly tea and loads of different varieties of cakes and pastries; you’re a bit spoilt for choice.
There seemed to be everything from the saccharine sweet cream cakes to pork buns and many different variations on sweet and savory fillings. I’m glad that I was with Charlie on my first visit as I very well may have been a bit overwhelmed with the choices available.
I opted for some kiwi jelly and apple ice tea (like bubble tea, but with little pieces of jelly rather than bubbles) and Charlie had some sweet tea (served with condensed milk for added sugar). Both drinks came to about £5.50 or so, which wasn’t too bad considering the size of the cups. My «jelly slushy» was, quite simply, amazing. The perfect drink for a hot day. It actually tasted of Kiwi and apples and the slush was cooling and refreshing. I had a little sip of Charlie’s tea, but not having as much of a sweet tooth as I used to; I found it a little too sugary for my taste.
We sat in the café and enjoyed our drinks in the super cute surroundings. Again, every detail has been considered to get maximum «kawaii» value. The tables and chairs look like they’ve been snatched out of a café in an animé and the shelves were stacked with goodies to buy and take home (such as buns, pocki, sweets and snacks).
The staff were friendly in our brief exchange and seemed to be genuinely interested in personalising every drink to the personal choice of the customer. So thats a check for customer service, choices available, décor, quality of product and price. I believe that makes it a 5* review!

Always recommend here as cute date venue, date with friends or a romantic date. Or just treat yourself with a nice tea (Taiwan milk tea is my favourite!) and delicious baked goods — they even sell Café Chino’s buns and cakes in the big Wing Yip supermarket! I really recommend sausage bun and cocktail bun, always taste so fresh and filling and less than a pound each!

I just love this place, it makes me so very happy.
A Parisian-​style Chinese café, it is totally cute and kitsch and it sells all manner of Chinese beverages including the now very popular bubble tea. But tea alone does not a café make, and you can also choose an unusual cake/​bun from a large selection, including green tea buns, which are my personal favourite.
You can buy additional quirky Asian treats from the other side of the bun counter, and the shop specialises in very fancy occassion cakes, which i’ve never tried– but they look the business.
There is seating inside and outside, usually available. Unless i’m hogging them. see you there!

Love, love, love this place. It reminds me of the Asian bakeries back home, where you can get coffee or boba (er…“bubble tea” for probably the rest of you) along with a choice of pastries and cakes to take home or nosh on with your drinks. I bought mango milk tea with boba (tapioca pearls) and will bring my husband here so he can get his almond milk tea fix. They also have a few Pocky-​like and savory snacks in addition, sat above the pastries.
Bonus for this place is that the milk tea isn’t too sweet, but then again it is all personal preference. This is a great place to have pudding after a meal, or if you’re in the Arcadian centre and just want to chill. Today’s weather was definitely a factor in my coming here ;)

This is where Parisian patisserie meets traditional Chinese bakery. The pistachio and pink signage is a clue to the sweet pastel coloured confections that can be found inside. There are dainty fruit topped tarts, sweet and savoury pastries, egg tarts and slices of luxurious gateaux. I’m a big fan of their Parisian-​style macarons — especially the chocolate and pistachio flavours.
The drinks menu feature bubble tea, green tea lattes, exotic fruit juices and ices and the intriguing basil seed drinks.
Caffe Chino’s range of bespoke and special occasion cakes is a stunning sight to behold.

I can never resist places which serve bubble tea and when I saw a sign outside Café Chino advertising their bubble teas, in we went to get some. We couldn’t help ordering some egg tarts either which were quite delectable. I thought that the bubble tea was overly sweet, hence is advisable that you ask for less sweetness when ordering.

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I can never resist places which serve bubble tea and when I saw a sign outside Café Chino advertising their bubble teas, in we went to get some. We couldn’t help ordering some egg tarts either which were quite delectable. I thought that the bubble tea was overly sweet, hence is advisable that you ask for less sweetness when ordering.