Have you ever been in a situation where you want something so much but when you get it you actually understand it wasn’t worth it?
Short history
There are so many people blogging and posting pictures about Elan Cafe. Instagram is full of them (photos and people both). All photos look great and makes you want to visit the place. So we have added it to our roadmap.
Hard to get
We have tried to get into Elan Cafe on “Park Lane” few times, spread across 4-5 weeks. Every time we went there the place was crowded and there was a huge queue outside. We even waited for 30 min once, hoping the queue will clear quick. It didn’t. But I guess that’s normal. If you wait for 1+ hours outside, when you get a table you will definitely not rush to leave.
Finally! We are in!
After being unsuccessful with “Park Lane” few times, we decided to try Elan Cafe on “Brompton Road”. We actually succeeded on the second attempt (two weeks after the first one).
When you actually walk thru the door the first impression is “WOW! That place is nice.”. But then you start looking around and start seeing the other side too.
Tables are so close to each other that if you want to stand off the chair you have to ask the table next to you to move a little bit so you can squeeze out. Very disturbing!
I was expecting Elan Cafe to be more… something. I turned out to be full of teenagers taking selfies and tagging themselves on facebook. Because of them, it was very nosy.
Food
Maybe because we went there over the weekend most of the food was gone. I don’t understand why a coffee place will use the weekend as excuse not to supply more food, but hey, that’s my opinion.
I have ordered an omelette which turns out to be pretty good so I tried to enjoy it as much as I can, knowing that I will probably not go back anymore ever again.
