LIST: Pretty Manila cafés to enjoy some good coffee and smell the flowers
Beautiful and fragrant flowers are a gem especially if you live in the city, where it could get tiring to sniff out not-so-good air quality on a daily basis.
It seems as though the only places you can appreciate their gorgeous petals and lovely smell are in flower shops or flower farms. Not to worry, as flower cafés have been continuously blossoming in various corners of the metro.
There's nothing more soothing than sipping an iced beverage or a hot cup of coffee while surrounded by the colorful sight of flowers and their sweet-smelling fragrance. If you agree, you might want to check out these food spots in Metro Manila where you can get refreshing drinks and be one with nature at the same time.
Flower Ranch Café
This humble café in Mandaluyong City began as a small flower shop in 2015 until they eventually decided to offer not only fragrant and carefully curated bouquets, but drinks to quench your thirst as well.
At Flower Ranch Café, you can have a wide selection of different flowers to bring home. You can pick from fresh red roses (P100 per stem), dried flower bouquets (P1,300), dried flower boxes to give to yourself or a special someone (P650), and many more.
For their drinks, they use high-quality Arabica beans from Mt. Apo. You can choose from their homemade rose tea cold brew (P150), ice expresso tonic (P150), hot cappuccino (120), iced latte, and more.
Fifty Nine Flower Café
For a classy and Instagrammable flower coffee shop, you can head to Fifty Nine Flower Café in Makati City and enjoy taking pictures in front of a colorful scenery of beautiful blooms.
With its gold and brown colors, the shop gives a rustic and elegant vibe as flowers fill every corner of the quaint space, from the walls to the ceiling.
Aside from selling fresh and dried flowers and flower arrangements, they also offer a variety of drinks to make your visit more enjoyable. You can delight in their caramel macchiato (P125 hot, P135 iced), mocha (P125 hot, P135 iced), cappuccino (P115 hot, P125 iced), and more. They also offer non-coffee beverages, salad, sandwiches, pasta, and desserts.
Flossom Kitchen + Café
Located in San Juan City and Quezon City, Flossom Kitchen + Café lets its customers experience the feeling of being in a hidden garden filled with walls of green plants and aromatic flowers.
The owners of the café were inspired by their childhood dream to start a food business as well as their travels in various countries in the world. Aside from a menu that serves comfort food that could delight the taste buds of all ages, Flossom Kitchen + Café also offers fresh flowers for purchase such as its wondrously glowing orchids (P800 to P1,700).
For food, you can order their fluffy cream pancakes (P380), thin-crust pizzas (P420 to P550), Cheesy Chicken Volcano (P350), Chili Beef Casserole (P300), and more.
Sakura Hanami
Lovers of the famous Sakura or cherry blossom trees in Japan will surely regard this café as their haven. Found in Quezon City and near the University of Santo Tomas, Sakura Hanami aims to give its customers an authentic recreation of cherry blossom viewing and tea drinking in Japan through the use of real edible petals.
With their perfectly pink walls and ceilings permeated by roses and cherry blossom branches, as well as their stuffed animals waiting to be cuddled as you sip their signature Sakura Bubble Tea (P99), you'll feel like you're actually experiencing the wonders of Japan all in the comfort of their charming coffee shop.
Besides their signature drink, you can also order their Lava Pear Latte (P99), Hanami Dream Tea (P115), Red Velvet Cheesecake Milk Tea (P105), or their Cherry Blossom Fizz Tea (P105).