Shaghf Cafe | Fairfax

Atmosphere was great and the servers were polite. The decor is great as well. We saw a lot of hype on Instagram for the place. It looked good and decided to try it out. We were a bit surprised by the tastes and textures of some of the foods. It felt like they were haphazardly put together. We tried a few different items and the combinations did not work out. Perhaps our palettes did not conform to their demographic. I suggest anyone going there to try 1 desert first and if they like it, order more

Holy sweet cakes Batman! Be prepared to consume a lot of sugar! I got the African pudding based on recommendations I saw online and I wasn't sure how sweet it was going to be so I ended up getting karak tea to mitigate some of the sweetness. It paid off because the dessert comes with ice cream and if I had gotten one of the sweet lattes it would have been way too sweet for me. My husband got the shaghf tart and a pistachio latte and they were both individually good, but the tart had a level of sweetness that I couldn't handle. He has a big sweet tooth and enjoyed it. They also have a fruit tart that is not in the display box, I might try that next time and probably pair it with a less sweet drink again. You order up front and they call your name, it was just one person working so thin

After Iftar craving filled ❤️. Definitely a good vibing place to chill, do some computer work or just hang out with friends. We got the pastry and drinks. I'll definitely have to come back and try something else from the menu. 10/10.

The place is very nice,we had the winter special caramel coffee, tiramisu and croffles:Dubai chocolate and fruity. The coffee was ok I would say,croffles too. Had better,the banana didn’t taste sweet,had a good crunch to the croffles. The downside is parking during winter times,you have to park in the garage max 4 hours. And they have the Wi-Fi sign but it doesn’t nit work,that’s a bummer.

The pistachio frappe was honestly disgusting. We ended up throwing it away. A frappe should be thick and creamy, but this one was extremely runny and tasted like pistachios blended with water. I’ve tried this drink at other locations in different states and they were much better, so this Fairfaix location was very disappointing along with the Falls Church location. The dessert and coffee were also very mid. The place itself also seemed poorly maintained. There were spilled fluids on the floor that hadn’t been cleaned up, the trash had a sewage-like smell, and no staff were there to greet customers. The whole place felt disorganized and not well run. Overall, a waste of time and money. I would not recommend.