#cafejohor

UFB-Union Fashion Bar Garden is a cafe located in Taman Pelangi, Johor Bahru, that operates from 11:30am to 1am on a daily basis. This cafe is construted under the concept of a unique New York Garden theme, that serves an all day dining menu, a combination of desserts, dine-ins and bar. The exterior of the cafe is built with blue rooftop with fans hanging for outside sittings, a few dining sets, coated in brown and black colour, feels breezy and airy enough for those that enjoys sitting under the sun without the extra sweat. Across the wall along the street is painted with a visual art paired with the UFB branding. Entering the cafe present us with a bistro-styled countertop with an integrated cake display, and the interior dining sets of glossy wood and stools, checkered wall art with artificial grass, that are both enticing for a good casual dine-in session over. The food and beverages served are generous in volume and tempting in smell and taste, that are also presentable visually. Overall Impression: The cafe maintains quite a standard on quality control for its environment and the food and beverages served, quite a recommended introduction to cafe go-ers in our opinion.

A.Felix Cafe is a cafe located in Masai of Johor Bahru that operates from Monday to Sunday, 9am to 11pm. This cafe goes with its value to provide a relaxing corner for people to enjoy a cup of coffee, whilst indulging in the beauty of simplicity at the same time. We are greeted with a cleanly decorated bar counter with simple brown and white accents, and the signature logo of a.Felix in blue and white framed on the wall at the back. The surroundings of the cafe are mostly furnished with pastel colours, relaxing ambience, and well kept furniture and decoration. The food ordered is well presented with its tableware, looks palatable and appetising enough for us to enjoy our time over there, smooth latte, succulent chicken, crispy nuggets, savoury pasta, and well-balanced waffle in terms of sweetness and crispiness, as well as the spongy layered cake. Overall impression: We are satisfied with the ambience of the cafe, the comfort it provides for customers to enjoy a simple meal, with friends or family. For a cosy and 'bright' cafe of this kind, we would prefer to spend time here with friends or recommend couples to spend their good time here instead for a simplistically good meal.

CATS Cafe JB - Cats At Their Sanctuary is a cafe located in Abdul Samad Lorong 2C, Johor Bahru that operates from 12:30pm to 9pm daily. Aside from the obvious implication of a cat-themed cafe the brand name portrayed, this cafe actually houses live and kicking cats for customers to interact with, be it a photo-taking, cuddling, playing session. Besides the artwork and decors of cats, the variety of different species of residential cats are a joy to experience with, a well-kept space for customers to spend their time indulging in their meals and companion of the furry kids. Generally, the cafe is just a cosy-conceptual cafe like the usuals, but also installed with several kind of platforms for the cats to roam around from different altitude, an adorable sight to behold. The gloss-finished dining table fits with most of the presentation of food in a minimalistic approach, nothing too distracting during our dining session despite the potential of cats interrupting by jumping up the table. Overall Impression: Animal lovers that do not have issue with allergies and not concerned about potential hygienic issue do feel free to have a visit, the space where freedom of animal and human interaction exists during a meal.

La Strada Coffee is a cafe located in Permas Jaya, Johor Bahru, that operates from 10am to 10pm daily. The cafe signifies the message of a cup coffee is a journey with a story of its own. During daytime visits to the cafe, the ambience is kind of gloom, but with the sunlight shining through the windows, it is balanced out with a cosy lighting. The environment is modern-paced with uniformed decor on the walls, contrasting carpet, elegant wooden table tops with fine lines, cushioned chairs and constantly adjusted lightings to fit the mood of the day. Yet, the food presentation may have lacked in work, such as inadequate food to platter contrast, placement, and colour arrangement. Overall Impression: There is definitely room for improvement over the presentation of the food and beverages, otherwise, the cafe is still likeable for its environment. After all, the mentioned improvement is really a crucial factor as it is the thing that attracts customers for another visit.

Vanilla Bean - Coffee X Pattisserie is a cafe located in Persiaran Senibong, Johor Bahru, that operates from 9am to 10pm daily. The cafe emphasises its inability of being a jack of all trades, but is capable enough to serve customers with their signature cup of coffee, handcrafted home bakes, with the finiest and freshest ingredients they have chosen. Free of any ornated decorations over the interior of the cafe, it is consistently freshened with a row of artwork over the walls, beside the dining sets, portraying a basic design language over the cafe. Although there may not be much work put into the presentation of the food, as they are placed on a generic blank plate, the food itself looked really appealing on its own which we would deem as a more critical element to have us engaging it with our taste buds. As for the beverages, there are also inviting with its layered look and additional points for the decorated coaster underneath. Overall Impression: A good place for appetising desserts to one's heart's content, a cafe that put up to its promise of quality coffee and desserts that is easily worth of a visit.

The Replacement - Lodge & Kitchen is a cafe located in Bandar Johor Bahru, Johor that operates from 10am to 7pm daily. The cafe is taking in a modern and contemporary approach in its design style, with a blank slate of white ceiling coupled with fluorescent lightings in a mixture of black and white lamp shades, and the rest of the furnishings in neutral colours except the wooden tables. The food presented in the porcelain platters and trays are a nice addition to highlight their style in presentation of their dishes. Although the taste of the dishes is by no means inferior, they focus more on the aesthetic of them. Overall Impression: A stylish cafe on a modern and contemporary approach for its styling in presentation of its dishes and environment, therefore, an advisable choice for those concerned more on the visual element.

Passionfood Cafe and Bakery is a cafe located in Taman Pelangi, Johor Bahru that operates from Tuesday to Sunday, 12pm to 11pm during weekdays, and 10:30am to 11pm during weekends. What makes this cafe special is not limited to its passionate motto of serving passionately homemade cuisine, but also the fact it's located in-between common household area and is built on one as well. Like the terraced house around, the cafe have a rather limited parking lot, therefore other visitors would have to park their car beside the street and walk over. Since the cafe is built in a terraced house, it possess a natural cosiness and we felt as if we were at home during our visit. The ambience is on point and as comfortable as we are in the cafe, we do not feel like we are in a public area at all. The dishes presented are of the typical Western way of arrangements on blank plates but are already looking delectable on its own for us to dig in. Overall Impression: We appreciate the moment when we are able to make ourself at home in a cafe. This is the place should you want to have a feel of indulging in cuisine offered by a cafe at home.

Monsta Cafe is a cafe located in Skudai, Johor Bahru that operates daily from 11am to 1am. The interior design of this resembles the harbour front because of the colour sceheme, blue and white, and the overall furnishings are quite random, such as the green scenery on the wall that poses no link to the branding or theme of the cafe. The dining sets are considered “childlike” too, the design scheme confused us on what kind of ambience that cafe is trying to present to its customers and for us, it felt more or less like a kindergarten-based approach. To be honest, the random furnishings turned us off as it does not even rhyme well or complement each other, that the presentation of the dishes are only so-so under the lightings, and a glance over the environment made things harder for us to enjoy in the cafe. It just lacked so much in the presentation of itself to its customers, way too insincere. Overall Impression: Unless you have a thing for design language of this kind, that we do not even consider it being abstract of artistic in any way, we have couple more of recommendations for you to refer to.