ARS Cafe and Gelato

"ARS Cafe sits along with numerous restaurants within walking distance along Monserrat Street. ARS serves coffees from many different countries with a small, simple, and eclectic style cafe seating. You’ll always get a great espresso pull with lots of flavor & the food is good, but the coffee is better. No Wi-Fi means people are looking at the local art displays on the wall, chatting, reading, listening to the music playing, or playing it themselves! Supergreen bowl is my favorite & I have never seen the gelato station open."

"If you're looking for a near-perfect coffee house experience, this is your place. They only use compostable paper and "veg wear" plastic. Their menu features a host of menu items that are vegetarian. Items we ordered: avocado toast, croissant, and their "super green" fruit bowl. Both were sublime, and I think the green bowl would be vegan if not for the honey. My only comment is that they seem to burn their shots a bit, but that could be a style thing for them. Their commitment to local arts is fantastic. We arrived one day and there was an art exhibit; the next day it had switched to another. This place is incredible and I wish we lived closer to it. Update: keep in mind that they stop serving food at 1:00. We went back for another round of the super green bowl and were denied. :)"

"Perfect breakfast spot before hiking Diamond Head. Great iced cold brew. Matcha latte was more milk than matcha, but better with simple syrup. We had the smoothie bowl and salmon bagel. Realized the bagel was missing the poached egg, but it was great without. Beautiful cafe with a classic feel and watercolor art on the walls."

"The vibe here is super rad. My first time here, just googled a cafe and this one popped up. Had a small americano and it was smooth and delicious. I also ordered the avocado toast and it was perfection. Just the right amount of feta, and sprinkled with beets (my fave!) with a side of fresh rocket/arugula (also my fave!) I wish I took a photo before I mopped it all up. I’ll definitely be back here. Cool art, friendly staff and a relaxed chill atmosphere, what more could you want for your morning coffee break!"

"This coffee shop is a bit fancier than I had expected! It’s interesting that they don’t allow Wi-Fi, but that is probably a smart business move to get customers in-and-out and a pretty well-trafficked area. The vibe is very cool and quite unique to a lot of coffee shops that I’ve been to. A bit more dark, moody. Very dark-academia for the most part, lol. There’s a bit of extra seating in the back part of the cafe which is convenient. We got the avocado toast (very yummy!) and banana bread (not bad). Our coffees (not latte and iced latte) were quite tasty as well."