Nora P.
Yelp
Delah is a coffee spot nestled in the heart of Oakland near the 19th Street BART station, walkable.
They have individual servings of coffee and pots/carafes served on beautiful trays with sugar, tea light candles and a cup. Visually very appealing to the eye. I paired my carafe of Delah Mofowar, a blend of medium roast coffee, cardamom and cream, with a lotus cake and a chicken meat pie.
The coffee was delicious, sugar on the side so you can adjust to your individual tastes but the coffee spoke for itself. I had the lotus cake which is very reminiscent of a tres leches cake but with less sugar, hints of spices and the lotus were subtle but noticeable, the chicken meat pie was okay, nothing to scream about and fell apart with every bite, it was similar to a minced meat with seasoning.
The decor is absolutely beautiful, large paintings on the walls of hues of cream, browns and blacks with gold accent. An embossed ceiling in black, an array of various lamps, areas that had simple tables and an area with a large u shaped wall with pillows, fur, small tables for the coffee, decorative ethnic pieces in various places. The serving tray and coffee ensemble was glass and a bronze.
Service was great. It's a walk up ordering, no table service but plenty of seating while you wait. Service was efficient and polite. Having never been there and not familiar with all of the foods, gentleman at counter was patient and kind in answering my questions.
All in all an experience to be had, visually so pretty, service was great. Coffee was very good. 4, 4.5 if I could because I felt the food choices need some work in taste and presentation. While lotus cake was given to me on a plate the chicken meat pie was a noisy paper bag and probably the last thing patrons relaxing/working want to hear.