Camden Cafe

Mica Valenzuela

4.0

I love the whole concept of Camden being a cafe when you enter but a hidden bar in the second floor! It's one of the places I was able to visit and can certainly be qualified as one of Cebu's hidden gems.Even though Camden is known for it's breakfast menu, my friends and I dropped by for dinner. We had a hard time finding it though, and in the words of my friend, "The open sign was bigger than the name of the cafe itself," but I guess that's so it doesn't attract such a huge crowd as the place is a bit small. Still, the place was so aesthetically pleasing, with the cafe and bar looking very clean with its minimalistic theme and the huge white "Camden" sign and the famous red "Karma" sign upstairs that make for very good Instagram-worthy pictures.Just our luck, the cafe was occupied as someone was holding a birthday dinner (which is a heads up, this is a very good place to have a private birthday dinner!), so the waiter allowed us to take our food up to the bar, where we got very good seats. We got two orders of Bacon and Eggs with toast on the side (you have a choice of toast or rice, but if you want rice, you have to explicitly tell them as toast is the default choice. we didn't and ended up having to order extra rice, but it was all good) and Aglio Olio and Carbonara (their menu has expanded to include pasta now), with Lemonade, Orange and Calamansi drinks. The prices were reasonable to me, considering I got a hefty serving of bacon (fried perfectly!) and two sunny-side up eggs when I thought I was only going to be served one. They put a bit of chili powder on the eggs too, and serve them with tomato sauce. The two pastas we ordered were good too, the carbonara was creamy enough and was my personal favorite, and the oil of the aglio olio was so good, my friend asked for rice to eat with the leftover oil.I hope Camden remains a hidden gem though! There's beauty in coming to a pretty cafe and not seeing it filled with people. I'm hoping to try the pancakes next. Hopefully they change their pay as you order scheme as well as I find it a bit inconvenient when it comes to extra orders. Nevertheless, this cafe has a lot of potential, and I can't wait for them to expand their menu!

Kelvin.tanu0

5.0

This all-day breakfast café is perfect.PLACE: The location was good! Tucked in at the heart of the city. It gave me the feeling of " so near yet so far " since it's in the heart of the city, still it has the peaceful ambience inside and outside. (Wae samok 😂) The interiors were very rustic with the long wooden table and the raw plastered wall with the g.i. Pipes used as wall luminaires which was really pretty and interesting. FOOD: What I love here is that the servings were big! I was here 3 times already, trying almost everything. My personal favorites were Pembroke's Dish, Banana Pancakes and their Brownie ala Mode! 😍😍😍 everything was worth the price. The brownie ala mode was very soft and it was not that sweet that's why I love it. SERVICE: Very fine! I love how friendly the staffs were. You got to try it there 👌🏻

Hansel Ian Lastima

4.0

The banana pancakes were to DIE FOR!!! Great relaxing, fancy vibe the place had specially how the music fits so well! I love love looove this place!