After wanting to meet up with a friend for a catch-up sesh, we settled on MadHouse for the location and for the high reviews.
The staff were friendly and very welcoming. Loved that type of attitude, just brightened up our day! We ordered a cappuccino and a few pastries - the nutella-misu (isn't that brilliant!?) as well as the brightly colored, oversized coconut and strawberry macarons. We sat down in some leather chairs - was pleased that there were plenty of places to sit.
Of all the things, the coffee was to die-for. Strong, earthy, delicious. I absolutely loved it.
However, the pastries were not my favorite. As someone who regularly makes tiramisu and has made macarons numerous times, the Nutella-misu cream was delicious but the cake was dry, and that totally ruined it for me. The french macarons were artificial tasting and there were huge air bubbles - the crust needs to not shatter when you try to bite into them. We threw them away.
I highly recommend the coffee, and the service was awesome - just maybe they should re-work the pastries I described.