Phê
Coffee shop · Capitol Hill
721 E Pine St, Seattle, WA 98122
Highlights
Vietnamese cafe with inventive coffee, matcha, and brunch
Vietnamese cafe with inventive coffee, matcha, and brunch
"Estimated Wait: At least 1 hour on weekend afternoons The Payoff: Expert-level matcha with various cold foam toppings "Seattle is a coffee town, and yet, everyone’s waiting hours for matcha instead—never has a caffeinated beverage generated more hype around here. Phê’s line is the most torturous, comprised of grown adults snaking around the sidewalk for a cup of green tea plopped with banana pudding. How silly. But I recommend hiding in the bushes, ready to pounce when they’ve completely run out of matcha. That way, the crazed masses disperse, and you can grab a just-as-excellent Vietnamese iced coffee and move on with your life." - bryan kim, team infatuation, will hartman, bryan kim, matthew jacobs, nicolai mccrary, nick allen, sylvio martins, cathy park, mariana trabanino, ryan pfeffer, candis mclean, aimee rizzo
"That line you see snaking around Pine is thanks to this Vietnamese cafe that serves exemplary matcha in a chic garage-like space. Each highly concentrated drink is whisked to order, and even when they’re out of matcha, excellent coffee and hojicha hold down the fort." - kayla sager riley, gabe guarente, aimee rizzo
"After building serious hype with pop-ups around the city, Phe’s got a permanent spot on Capitol Hill. People are already waiting hours in line here for things like banana pudding matcha lattes, matcha einspänners, and hojicha lattes." - kayla sager riley, gabe guarente, aimee rizzo
"A stylish new Vietnamese cafe on Capitol Hill that has just opened and contributes a contemporary, design-forward presence to Seattle’s expanding Vietnamese coffee scene." - Harry Cheadle
"This new Vietnamese cafe has a robust food menu that includes banh mi and xoi man (a rice bowl with a rich, salty array of meats like pork floss and pate). But if you come here, you’re coming for the drinks, which are inventive even by the standards of new-wave Vietnamese coffee shops. You might wonder, after looking at the menu, “Does the ‘corn cold foam’ on the Phe Bap really taste like corn?” And it does — it’s so corn-y it’s almost savory, and best enjoyed by scooping it up with a waffle cookie." - Harry Cheadle
