Mr West Cafe Bar

food and drinks were both just okay - took forever for both to arrive because baristas were chatting and not actively making drinks. it took over 30 minutes for avocado toast (not pictured bc we didn’t wait for it to arrive for our photo)

We were really disappointed with our brunch here. The bread was bland and lacked any real flavor, and the nuts in one of the dishes tasted rancid, which made it hard to enjoy the meal. Unfortunately, both of us experienced bad diarrhea the following day, which raised concerns about food quality and freshness. We hope the cafe takes this feedback seriously and improves their ingredient handling and quality control. The coffee was nice though!

This place USED to be amazing My favorite was there Mr. breakfast and their potatoes home fries turned into dry, not even crispy potato cubes. The first pic was today and the second was the same dish few months ago. Do u see the difference in potatoes? I also added chicken (it used to be so juicy and well salted that it was my go to add-on) and they served this extremely dry and unflavored curry? spiced chicken. How is your chicken spiced with curry but has no flavor? And if I added “chicken” add on, I definitely was not expecting curry chicken. I thought more of a grilled chicken (like it used to be). Is this always the case or did the chef got lazy and gave me whatever was left over in the kitchen? (And yes, the chicken was cold too!) It’s just so sad that my favorite brunch place became mid overpriced restaurant. I loved this place so much that I wanted to bring my parents from overseas here because the food USED to be so good. Now, if someone brought me here after long flights I would be offended. Seriously what happened? Disappointing and sad. (But the sever was amazing and atmosphere were really great. Just the food quality was extremely bad)

We chose this café for a laid-back evening drink, and it was a great pick. Mr West delivers a cozy, stylish space filled with greenery and natural light. It’s perfect for grabbing coffee or wine whether you’re coming solo or with friends. We tried their veggie sandwiches and avocado toast, and we were pleasantly surprised by how much we loved both.

Avocado toast was really good - great coffee as well, it takes a self serve sort of service model - which I thought works out very well especially in the university area. It also opens way earlier than anything else in the U village, good place for grab a quick breakfast and coffee while enjoying your morning walk there.