Parlour By Ashley Isham

Stumbled upon this very hidden corner of the even ulu-ier Orchard Central. You probably wont have known that there's this little cafe tucked away as there's basically no real signage except for a short A-board placed just outside its door. Decided it looked cosy enough for an impromptu chilling and headed in.

I suspect this spot is really more of an afterthought as its focus is really on fashion by the beloved designer. It feels like it was set up for its similarly atas customers who wants to rest their feet after having a hard time deciding which dress to buy, but later on finding out the space is really quite empty most of the time, decided to open it up to non-customers.

The luxe set up makes it quite unique than your average cafe in Orchard, on top of its cafe in a shop setting.

Menu is restricted to only coffee / tea / drinks and sliced cakes outsourced from some place I cant remember. They have an afternoon set which is priced at $19.90 for a pot of tea and a slice of cake which is a little pricey I thought. Cake - I ordered the chocolate one (mango and other flavours are available) - well cake is not really the exact word to use as it really like a cake version of a mille-feuille with layers of thin crepe alternating chocolate and cream. It was okay and I felt the cream taste was too heavy for my liking. Nothing memorable. Tea was avergae too.

Service was very slow, not sure if its due to the staff really being meant as the staff for the boutique itself rather than cafe service.

Would I come by again? Not deliberately but if I really need that quietness and space to chill out, maybe.