Phin La located along Yonge St. near Byng Ave serves up Vietnamese drinks in a casual space. This is the store's second location where their first store is in Thornhill. The storefront isn't big but there are benches inside to enjoy your beverages. The store is also fully accessible as well (unclear if they have washrooms or not). Currently they are in their soft opening phase where there is a 10% discount on all orders.
Menu wise, Phin La has a variety of classic, signature, lattes, ice blended, matcha and non-caffeine drinks. They have quite a selection of signature drinks including a banana cream coffee, ube cream coffee, pistachio cream coffee, sesame coffee, salted coffee, egg coffee, pandan coconut cream coffee as well as a North York exclusive signature drink...a jasmine cream coffee. You can get a regular latte or matcha latte in those similar flavours listed in their signature drinks list as well. Non-caffeinated drinks include a cloud ube, pandan coconut water, as well as a young coconut avocado (which is another North York exclusive item).
Being a fan of Vietnamese coffee the menu was pretty overwhelming as there were so many choices to choose from. In the end I opted for a small pandan coconut cream coffee. I ordered at the cashier and my drink was made in a few minutes time. Service was friendly.
Drink wise, I felt that the pandan flavour didn't full come through and the colour of the pandan coconut cream was such a bright green! The coffee tasted good but I was a bit disappointed in the pandan cream. Perhaps I should just stick with their classic Viet coffee drinks next time.
Overall, a great selection of Vietnamese coffee flavours in a casual space. I was a bit disappointed with my drink but I'd be curious to return to try other flavours. read more