Purple Perk Coffee Market

The line can get really busy on weekend mornings so get there early. Their latte wasn’t that good for the price of $5. Bland. Crew were nice and cheerful to customers. A lot of tables inside, as well as patio chairs. They have wide variety of food menu from lunch/bfast meals, handhelds, desserts and pastries.

Purple Perk has always been a great place to grab a coffee or a bite. Lots of options for a hot breakfast/lunch and a wide selection of baked goods. It's a great place to have a solo coffee or meet with friends. If you're looking to have your coffee to stay, just be aware that it's a very popular spot and seating can be tight! The coffee is great, and they have extensive options for syrups as well, including many that are sugar free. Today I had an americano misto and it was excellent, a great espresso flavour nicely balanced with a perfect amount of steamed milk. I tried their "everything but the kitchen sink" muffin for the first time as well, but found it a bit underwhelming. While it was nice and moist with a lovely coconut topping, the batter was very plain and overwhelmed the muffin- it felt a bit light on the add-ins.

Horrible experience. Rotten foods. Super rude service from the owner. My friend always wants to try this place, so finally we went last Saturday. The cakes look amazing. And I order Mango A GoGo salad. While my friend is enjoying her cake. Took them 25 mins to bring me the salad. Ok fine, and it’s looks ok. So I started eating. When 1/4 way through the salad, most of spinach on the bottom were black yucky rotten and the mango were slimy. I tried my best to picked out the good leave, but it was not enjoyable when you paid $15 for a salad and picking through rotten vegetables. So I took the plate back inside to show them the rotten salad, and the guy at the counter looked at it and said “what’s wrong?”. I was kind of shocked, I said I can’t eat this, can I have something else instead? So he brought the plate into the kitchen. Couple mins later, the owner of the restaurant came out with the same plate to my face, asked me again “what’s wrong with the salad? It’s spinach!” I looked at him, and looked the rotten salad, and said “I know it’s spinach, but they are rotten!” Then he said, “If that is the problem, why you ate most of it? What do you want me to do now?” I responded, “I didn’t know when I started eating, and I didn’t see the rotten part until I ate most of the top good leaves. I want to order something different. May I please?” I told him I want to BLT sandwiches meal instead(by the way, the BLT combo is supposed cheaper than the mango salad. And supposed to come with soup/fries) So he walked away. Another 20mins later, he came out with the sandwiches, throw it on our table, i didn’t even have chance to say thank you, but he already walked away without saying anything. No soup nor fries… I honestly feel really horrible how he treated me as a paying customer. I am not a beggar begging for he foods.

Very trendy local owned coffee shop. I enjoyed the items we ordered and consumed. I felt that the staff at that time could have been a little friendlier. Prices are not super competitive but I guess a small shop like that needs to charge more to survive in these trying times. I’d still go back. Hopefully the next customer service experience will add a star