Sip House – Vietnamese Coffee in the U District my

****NOTE: This review was done during the Covid-19 outbreak. Of course, things are much different at the moment, but we hope things get back to normal soon and hope you will continue these local businesses****

Sip House

Description on  Sip House’s website: Coffee & tea have always been a big part of our daily lives. We named our cafe “Sip House” hoping to be your favorite destination to savor on your favorite drinks.

Neighborhood:University District

Address: 5001 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105

What we ate/drank: Matcha Coffee Latte- Matcha latte with phin dripped coffee, Coffee Crema-Vietnamese coffee latte topped with salted cheese flavor crema, Pistachio cream latte, Cinnamon Fall Apart from Macrina Bakery-brioche filled w/granny smith and cinnamon sugar topped with buttermilk glaze.

Comments:  We first visited Sip House, the new Vietnamese coffee shop in the U District when it first opened in July of 2020, right in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.  At the time you could still enjoy the interior while social distancing, but now it’s only take out*.

*this may have changed with the 2/1/21 updated policy.

The interior is L shaped and has an industrial feel with concrete floor and walls and wooden slats on the ceiling. There are floor to ceiling windows which lets in a lot of light as well as hanging Edison bulbs to provide some warmth.

Near the entrance there’s a high top table with stools and also a standing bar along the window with a gorgeous piece of flower art. The long part of Sip House has a continuous bench with individual tables and chairs. And more than any other coffee shop we’ve been to, Sip House is really set up for people to work with lap tops.  There is literally outlets spaced out every 8 inches along this bench.

Some other nice touches are the wall of plants and the self serve faucet for water.

The coffee used is Nguyen coffee.  There’s a ton of drink options both served hot or cold. My wife enjoys cold coffee drinks, while I enjoy hot. When asking which options were best served hot, they were very helpful and honest about certain drinks not being an option because they were best served cold.

Besides coffee drinks(including phin drip coffee options) they have fruit teas, milk teas and ice blended drinks. Sip House also has some pastries. We’re not sure if all their pastries are from Macrina Bakery, but the cinnamon fall apart we ordered was.

It’s nice having a coffee shop that really focuses on Vietnamese coffee drinks. When things go back to normal, I can see Sip House being jam packed with UW students. It’s also a block away from the University Farmers Market on Saturdays, so it’s a good option if you happen to be there.

Ratings(1-5)

Favorite Thing: Vietnamese-centric menu

Atmosphere:  4.50

Service: 4.75

Food Options: 4.25

Overall: 4.50

Eavedropping  Convo:   None

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