East Cafe - Vancouver

Haven’t gone back here since I tried it out, some 2 years back, but I can’t wait to be back. Its a great place to get some work done away from the hustle bustle of the crowd.

Excellent coffee, probably the best I’ve found on the strip! Nice service and super yummy ham and egg brekky muffin, yum! Been here multiple times in a row the coffee was so good.

It was late in the afternoon and we were tired of looking for homes. We walked around in the neighbourhood and found this small cafe. It was right at the corner of Nanaimo Street and East Hasting. It looked cute and interesting to us. <br/ <br/ We went in there and ordered a medium latte and a medium matcha latte. We were chatting with the barista that it was our first time to drink coffee here. She was very friendly and said she hoped we would enjoy the coffee here. She made the coffee for us. She did not disappoint us at all!! Both the latte and matcha latte were SO GOOD! <br/ <br/ The cafe also sells some interesting non alcoholic drinks like apple juice and other fruit juice in an interesting packages. If I am in this neighbourhood again, I would definitely come back to try other coffee beverages.

This morning, we're smack dab at the corner of Nanaimo and Hastings, which served as the center point of Mike's life for decades. Heading for school, waiting for the light to change. A boy with a tennis racquet handle always sticking out of his backpack, taking a handy shortcut across the parking lot of the 24 hour Church's Chicken which by the way, still stands in the same place.Long time residents know it simply as Hastings Sunrise. Although years ago, this area was re branded to its modern moniker, East Village. So there's history. And this particular neighbourhood café, feels comfortable, like it's always been woven into the lives here.As we come through the door of East Café Stop 51 of our weekly Search for Vancouver's Best Coffee a girl behind the counter cheerfully calls out good morning. Behind us, regulars come in. In turn, she loudly greets each by name, asks how they're doing. That's the thing about East Van, Mike says. Once locals find a place they really like and trust, that's it, end of story. It quickly becomes a part of their routine and they'll stick by it, like nobody else.

Oh, i so very much adore this place. Made my first visit this afternoon out of utter spontaneity, and i fell in love as soon as i entered the café! It has such a cosy neighbourhood café atmosphere, further enhanced by the fact that there were a few patrons there with their children. Tomo, who was behind the counter, was utterly hospitable. I had a very lovely cuppa and one of the best muffins i have had. Seems to me that their bakery items (muffins, cookies, biscotti, etc. are house-made. I sat by the corner window, feeling 'protected ' from the hectic traffics on E. Hastings and on Nanaimo. Spent an hour there getting some school work done. East Café shall be my regular lingering place from now on!