Malabar - Sevenoaks

While your food and coffee isn’t bad, I would spend my money with you 10 times more often if I didn’t dislike the decor so strongly. It seems you are the only cafe that hasn’t updated their decor since the 1980s and I don’t understand why. Every other coffee house uses natural wood, lots of indoor plants, large windows for natural light without chunky brown framing and minimalist neutral colours for the walls with the odd arty feature wall but you guys go with brown, beige and orange which as a colour palette is losing you a lot of custom I’m sure. Please invest in modernising your style so I can enjoy my local coffee house.

Malabar claims to serve the best coffee in Sevenoaks. It 's the best cappuccino I 've found and a cafe I intend to go back to. It ticked all the boxes: good flavour, strong, creamy, generous, served at an appropriate medium temperature and well presented. The service is straightforward pay at the counter on ordering and none of those awkward Is that all you 're having? questions. Tempting large pastries and paninis, not yet sampled. Dog friendly. Accessible toilet.

We visited on a Saturday afternoon after doing some shopping. We had different flavoured milkshakes with marshmallows and whipped cream. There were all delicious, I'm looking forward to try more flavours. The food on displayed looked great but we weren't eating only having a drink. We'll be back to try more.

Closed yesterday. Tried calling before my visit and the stroppy staff kept hanging up the phone. I arrived at 9 and asked for one of their standard croissants with a filling. I could see them being made up but not quite finished. I was told I could only have what was already out. I said I was happy to wait for it to be made up. I was told it will be done when its done. Not just lacking in basic customer service but rude and grumpy with it. Its appalling they have not been fired. Get rid of the staff!!

Staff have the worst attitude I’ve seen in a long time Food was very basic not enjoyable Avoid there’s much better coffee shops to spend your money in.