Reviews for Carmelito Café in Barrhaven, ON
A cozy place with a great ambiance! The decor is quite retro and the setting is really great for old friends to catch up and... have some good coffee and rich dessert. You can skip dinner. I found the staff friendly but not quite helpful. With a handful ofcustomers they seemed overwhelmed. Read more
We are regulars here, we prefer the after hours when the place is still full but t as loud. The coffee is great; the pastries... are delicious but the cakes are to die for! Nothing negative to report of.. go there for your daily chill or your friendlygathering. You won?t regret it Read more
Classy cafe. Its decorations make you soar while sipping a cup of coffee and eating delicious dessert! Beautiful place for... meeting friends and family, and even for studying or reading. This is my first visit and surely not the last. Read more
Went for afternoon high tea, pictured is the premium ($45) high tea. Beware long review. Positives: Ambiance was very nice and... it is a beautiful, spacious cafe. The people who work there are very nice! I could see myself coming here to buy a drink andstudy or catch up with friends. Nice outdoor space as well. The tableware was pretty. We had a good time despite the negatives!If I had come for the regular cafe, I would have given four stars at least, depending on what I would have had. Negatives: forfour people, it was near $200 for high tea. For that price, we kind of expected higher quality food. Some of the food wasalright, but several of the desserts were bland and stale. The eclair in particular tasted like it was a few days old. I almostcouldn't finish it. The scones...were not good. For high tea, they give you a selection of commercial teabags and you can onlytake one. You get One Teabag for a $40 pretax/tip high tea. There were paper sugar packets on the table and we had to ask formilk. The people are very nice, but we kind of felt like we'd been forgotten. We ran out of hot water several times and had towait ~30 minutes before anyone came over. One of my friends had to go up to the staff to ask. Online menu was different fromwhat we were served. Tea options were completely different. Unfortunate, because black signature and Earl Grey were kind ofwhat I was hoping for. Oh well. Conclusion: I think the cafe itself is quite nice, but I can't recommend the high tea. It'svastly overpriced for unfortunately mediocre food and nonexistent service. This is unfortunate because it is a great way tospend time with friends and I was really looking forward to a lovely experience. I am usually quite generous with my reviews butI left feeling honestly scammed, so two stars only :( Improvement suggestions: The cafe should emphasize improving service, oreven just add a keg of hot water for self-service. Place a much, much higher emphasis on the tea. Conside Read more
I heard a lot about this cafe but both the service and the food/drink were below average. We ordered 2 iced americano (one being... decaf) and a Nutella cheesecake. When we got our drinks, we weren?t able to tell which one was decaf because it wasn?t labelledor anything! The cafe wasn?t busy at all when we ordered so I feel like they could have taken a couple seconds to differentiatebetween the two. As for the Nutella cheesecake, the cake itself looked nice (with real Nutella inside the jar used to decorate)but the overall taste was disappointing. Read more
The cutest cafe in Barrhaven! From ambiance to customer service, and food selection to decoration, Carmelito Café is the place... to be! They have a huge space with beautiful furniture and wall art. It feels like a dreamland in here like Alice in Wonderland???? There's also peaceful café jazz music playing in the background at a very low volume, make this café a great studyspot! This is only my second time here, but I will be coming back again and again. Not just for the yummy food ???? but thecustomer service is really something else! Chantal is an absolute gem and is very helpful if you're ever wondering what toorder! Also, the boss Claudia and new hire Tatjana are very sweet. There is another gentleman (Brandon) who works here andthey're all so nice! Carmelito Café is the place to be if you're looking for yummy pastries and drinks with an amazingambiance and cool vibe ???? Have a look at the photos and you won't be able to resist coming here!! Read more
Better off going to the one on Preston. I tried this location for afternoon tea after enjoying their baked goods at their... location on Preston Street? the food was overpriced and the staff didn?t seem to know what to do at times. First our tea came,and the oat milk immediately curdled. When I went to ask if it would be possible to get new tea bags and more hot water, theworker was really confused and said she needed to speak to her supervisor first. She came back to explain that we might just notbe used to their kind of oat milk as its not refrigerated. We understood and just wanted to drink tea with no milk at thispoint. She said that?s okay but it would be $3 extra for each? okay. The afternoon tea special came out and looked nice, butwas dry and looked better than it tasted. Stale and unappetizing. Read more
Went to the barrhaven store right at 9am on a Sunday just as they opened. Very cute jazzy little place, looks bigger on the... inside than it does on the outside with a nice little 'quiet' section away from all the music but still within ear shot. Coffeeand deserts were delicious and the service was impeccable. Everyone working kept working (cleaning) when there wasn't anycustomers and everything was presented with care. The absolute only downside I could find was that the signage on some of thefood was either scuffed or completely nonexistent. Read more