Phinista Cafe

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2025-02-24

We were excited to try this place after seeing everyone else’s photos/reviews, but we ended up being very disappointed. We had spent $45 on 3 lattes, 2 buns, and 1 banh mi. The iced saigonese was pretty good. The matcha latte was good too; good quality matcha, just wasn’t sweetened when we asked for it to be sweetened. The iced phin ube didn’t have any ube flavor in it. It just tasted like a regular cà phê sữa đá. We ordered the lemongrass beef banh mi and the baguette was not toasted and it was hard to chew. The biggest disappointment was the matcha and ube buns we ordered. We asked for both to be warmed with the custard filling. The buns were not warmed up and actually tasted stale. They cut the buns open like a bagel and spread the custard in like it was butter. We really wanted to like this place, but the quality was terrible.

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2025-03-11

Good spot for Vietnamese snacks and coffee! I tried the Iced Saigonese, which was pretty sweet even with ordering a less-sweet one, but was overall yummy! My only complaint is I wish I could taste the sea salt foam more, pretty much only sweet came through. Overall a fairly good Vietnamese coffee spot when I’m in the area, worth coming back for the food!

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2025-03-25

The Iced Saigonese (Vietnamese Coffee with Sea Salt Cold Foam) was really good at first because the slightly salty foam and the sweet coffee complemented each other very well. However, the creaminess of the cold foam became overpowering towards the end. I’d recommend getting the traditional Vietnamese Coffee at the store instead. The Pandan Bun was very underwhelming—the Pandan flavor was barely noticeable, and the bun wasn’t fluffy enough.