Kafe de Manila 💜

With purple being my favorite color, and ube being one of my favorite desserts (married to a filipino), this is a completely biased review. But walking into those store made me so happy. Getting to choose between so many delicious deserts and drinks, playing the coin game with strangers, taking the perfect selfie and relishing that first excited sip... what a great time. It felt like like a welcoming club of other sweet lovers and I fit right in.

They warned me before buying the Vietnamese coffee 6 shots of espresso. Ube flan really good. Not too sweet either. Spent all day drinking my coffee cause I don’t wanna get too wired.

Kafé de Manila is a nice bright shop right on Main St, I love the purple color throughout the shop. The staff and owner are very kind and sweet, I appreciated the warm customer service, recommendations, and smiles. I ordered the iced ube float with no coffee or matcha, which is really good! It's not very sweet, and that's how I prefer most of my drinks. I will definitely be stopping by to order it again! I also ordered the ube tres leche and the ube bread pudding. I still have yet to try the ube tres leche, but the bread pudding is delicious! When you order the bread pudding, they'll normally add an additional crème brûlée brown sugar finish on the top, but I asked that they not add that to my piece. It's the perfect sweetness for me as it is without the additional sugar. I was told that

Kathy, the owner makes everything from scratch, including their ice cream. The iced Ube float with Matcha topped with Ube ice cream was phenomenal. Not overly sweet and perfection in a cup. Her ube cookie was sublime. I can't wait to come back.

Update 7/17/25: they moved from Raritan to Somerville. Still tastes delicious. Only 1 mini table and chairs but there is a window bench you can sit on. The Ube Matcha with Ube Ice Cream was delicious! _________ Original Post: UBe Heaven!!! The UBe Milk Tea with UBe Cold Foam was delicious! The Mango Shake was good too. The UBe Crinkle Cookies was so good and cakey. If you don't see them on the shelf, ask if they have any more. Most likely they are cooling in the back. The Pandan dessert was good as well. Great people and a great place to go to satisfy your sweet tooth.