R Ki Coffee Lab

One of the most unique spots with great quality coffee, you don’t come across places like this often. Owner was super nice, definitely worth a visit!

It's a very nice coffee place. Nice and cozy place for hang out! The batista is very nice, too! The coffee is nice as well! Seems like they have a section for teaching coffee art? Looks cute!

They only sell coffee, and there are very few indoor seating options.

It looked very promising and had such great reviews online. The sign out front warned customers that they just do coffee. No snacks, nothing else. Excellent!Inside the layout was cozy but a bit haphazard. Honest, it wouldn't take much work to re-arrange things and make more room for the customers to sit and have less stuff getting in the way.The first warning sign ... where's the smell of freshly roasted or ground coffee? I see the barista measuring out the beans and grinding to order.We went with the more basic items, espresso and piccolo. As I lifted it to my nose, there was ...well, aroma, but not a strong coffee aroma. Piccolo was ... I'm going to say reasonably bitter, but it wasn't exactly bitterness, just strong flavour that is close to bitter, but not nice. Plus a very noticeably sourness despite the milk (not the most sour coffee I've had). The espresso was just sour and bitter. My partner in crime reported that it was worse than drinking herbal medicine. We agreed that it was most definitely not a pleasant drinking experience. Afterwards, the bitterness lingered in my mouth for quite a long while afterwards.I noticed the rest of the customers were having the relatively large cups (so definitely the enhanced drinks) or iced latte so maybe all that stuff covered up the basic coffee taste here? I can't imagine it being a pleasant coffee experience otherwise. We've been making the rounds in Metro Vancouver, trying out all the coffee places we can find and this is not near the top of the list.Sorry, cannot recommend, will not be coming back.

Cute cozy coffee shop! Easy to find parking! However Coffee was disappointing. too light, not for people who love medium or dark roasted. Change to 1 star for a rude owner response! Review is review, that’s how people know about this place. Sometime you just have to take criticism as owner and improve.

the coffee is great, not hot enough tho. very well trained barista, the service is standard. they used to have a pastry counter, but now there is only coffee on the menu. upstairs seating was closed since covid, don't know why they still haven't opened it. a lot less traffic compare to before covid, too bad the shop passed its peak times....

Feeling grateful to find such high quality and cozy cafe in the area. Enjoyed a nice cup of Latte. Loved sitting at the bar area watching the pour over making and chatting with the barista. Bought a bag of beans roasted in-store. The warm vibe of the cafe delighted me on this rainy Sunday.

Not a place for stay. Just to grab a coffee and go.Edit:Thanks for the owner’s response. Downgraded to 1 star. Just get more “real” coffee lovers.