I had gone to this new building along Dona Soledad Avenue corner Afghanistan not to go to this new coffee shop, but to inquire about the services offered at the Elorde gym above it. But since it was a hot day and I felt like I needed to take a short break, I decided to drop by Black & White Garden Cafe.
This is your typical coffee shop with no pretensions about what it is. You go in and have coffee and any light snack on their menu. Since the place is quite new -- only a few months in operation --the inside is quite clean, thank you. The aircon was also cool, which was great considering that it was one of those days when the temperature was expected to hit 40 degrees.
I was the only customer when I came in, but a couple more entered when I was nearly done with my coffee. Since both the Elorde gym and the Black & White Garden Cafe are new businesses, they are still feeling their way. The coffee shop will be dependent on the gym for a good number of its future clients, so I guess there must be some synergistic relationship between the two.
There's a security guard house just outside the coffee shop, so that has to add to the security aspect. Not too far off is the latest branch of Starbucks, but I have to surmise that this little coffee shop will not be competing with that giant.
For quiet business meetings, Black & White could be a good place as it offers more privacy than Starbucks. read more