Connect Coffee Museum is Connect Coffee’s interactive establishment located in Karen. A beautiful immersive space that takes you on a historical (and caffeinated) journey through the history of coffee, from bean to cup. As you walk in from the parking lot to the cafe you’ll pass a beautifully manicured coffee farm with a roastery right next to it - assuring you of that farm to table feel - coffee edition.

Stories coffee is a coffee shop located along Muthangari drive in Lavington. Originally from Beirut, Stories serves signature coffees and rich Lebanese dishes. I came here for lunch with a friend a while back and I think it was just about two weeks after they opened because it looked like they were still in the setting up phase on the outside. On the inside through - it’s quite a vast and yet cozy cafe.

Pickled is a cafe & bar located off Olenguruone Avenue in Lavington - where Nabo Bistro used to be. They took over the Nabo space last year and really revamped it, giving it a very boho-chic vintage style that is befitting of an up-market cafe. It’s surrounded by a lot of greenery, I really love that there’s a variety of plants everywhere inside and outside. There’s a yummy eucalyptus bush at the entrance that made me very happy.

A few months ago, I chanced upon the page of a new Vietnamese cafe called Ôkia and made a mental note to check it out. A few days after that I saw that the proprietor of Măm Măm, the Vietnamese spot in Westlands, was also the proprietor of Ôkia Cafe and made an even more solid note to check it out because she had done such a great job at măm măm already.

Onza is a very chic Mediterranean and French restaurant and bar located at Westgate mall. It’s been on my list for quite some time so glad I got to finally tick it off this past weekend. The setup is stunning, the decor, the mood lighting coupled with the ambient music - perfect setting for a dinner and drinks plan with friends or a date. I came here for dinner with my cousin for her birthday.

Pop’s Diner, located in Mwanzi Market, Westlands is possibly Nairobi’s first American style diner and as someone who spent a good chunk of her life on that side of the world, I was very excited to have a classic diner experience right here without incurring a flight cost. They really hit the mark on the decor, working in different elements of classic America like the juke boxes (wish they had one that actually works!