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Not as good as Panera's but afternoon bite was decent got the sweet potato salad with a green iced tea latte also had the breakfast version with 2 eggs and toast. I did not enjoy the oily dressing they served me to pair it with but the well made latte overcompensated that with the mini chocolate.

I normally frequent Starbucks to curb my coffee fix, but since moving to the GTA, Aroma has become my new go-to for lattes. However, service is extremely slow.

I love how they have a container for lemon water that you can just walk up and to and grab a cup of if need be. <br/ <br/ We stopped in a couple of weeks ago for a quick hot chocolate and the Iced Berry Tea Lemonade. The lemonade was super refreshing, and would be great for the current warmer climate, unlike when we got it and it was still -15 degrees Celsius out.

FOOD:<br/ We had come here for some hot drinks on a cold Sunday afternoon at around 4:30 pm. I had chosen the Hot Chocolate, while my mother had chosen the Americano Coffee; we had decided to share a slice of Carrot Cake. The Hot Chocolate was very delicious, nice and sweet, with just the perfect amount of chocolate (which was all on the bottom, and needed to be stirred in order to have the chocolate flavour throughout the entire cup). I loved how a small bar of chocolate was included on the side of the mug; a nice touch! The decoration on the top of the mug was picturesque, looking like it was like a work of art. The Carrot Cake was also delicious, very moist, and well-prepared. You could definitely tell that care was put into making these items the best out there!<br/ <br/ ATMOSPHERE:<br/ This cafe was located in Square One, which makes it very busy, with people coming in and out at all times. The only thing that I wasn’t too crazy about was that the café was quite cramped, making it difficult to get-up when needed. I did understand that this was a very busy area however, it just wasn’t very comfortable to sit down in considering how difficult it was to get in and out of the space.<br/ <br/ SERVICE:<br/ We had placed the order at the front, and when it was ready, they had called out my mother’s name over the microphone system. It wasn’t too loud therefore, if you were speaking loudly, you may miss hearing your name. All of the baristas were very knowledgeable, and definitely showed care in placing a diligent order for all customers.<br/ <br/ COST: 1 Hot Chocolate 1 Americano Coffee 1 Slice Of Carrot Cake Around $11.00<br/ <br/ WOULD YOU RETURN?<br/ Absolutely, without a doubt! I really loved the items that they had here (although they were a bit pricey, which was understandable considering the quality). I may get my item to go next time as it was a bit cramped when dining-in.

I spent a few hours today shopping at the new Square One Mall. Its a really cool place. At 4:00pm the urge for coffee and a light meal hit, I went to one of the touch screen info kiosks and found there was an Aroma right around the corner. Yeah!! This Aroma is located right near an entrance and was very sunny and pleasant, with high ceilings.  It was very busy, but didn't take long to be served my brewed coffee and a salad that I actually crave, the sweet potato/red lentil with goat cheese. Its a delicious combination of flavours and textures and the cheese is very creamy. Highly recommended!