An iced matcha latte on a worn wooden bar at Rooms Coffee, with a vintage turntable, tube amplifier and a wall of vinyl records glowing behind
Hi-fi listening café and record shop · Barrington St

The best iced matcha in town, poured over vinyl

A jazz-kissa on Barrington Street where warm analog sound and a handmade matcha set the whole afternoon.

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4.8 on Google219 reviews
1237 Barrington StreetHalifax, NS B3J 1Y3
Open daily8am to 6pm
The idea

Built around the music, not the wifi.

Inspired by the Japanese jazz kissa, the small cafés where people come to sit close and hear records the way they were meant to sound. A vacuum tube amp warms every track while the espresso pulls.

Inside the room

Warm wood, vintage glow, records turning.

The interior of Rooms Coffee, wood-panelled walls, vintage horn speakers and shelves of vinyl records
A vintage vacuum-tube amplifier and a turntable with a record spinning
Hands flipping through a crate of vinyl records
A cozy corner of the café on a rainy day, a matcha by a fogged window
The owner and resident DJ behind the bar, lowering a needle onto a spinning record
How the room came to be

A record buyer, a DJ, and one good idea.

Eddie Yang spent years buying records across Asia and spinning as a DJ before he turned this Barrington storefront into a listening room. The shelves hold vinyl you can take home, and the matcha gets whisked by hand at the bar.

Jazz, soul, and hip hop fill the room while the espresso pulls. People stay, settle in, and connect over what is playing.

Eddie Yang
Owner and resident DJ

Come sit a while.

Find us mid-block on Barrington in downtown Halifax. Dog friendly, vinyl for sale, no rush to leave.

  • Monday8am - 6pm
  • Tuesday8am - 6pm
  • Wednesday8am - 6pm
  • Thursday8am - 6pm
  • Friday8am - 6pm
  • Saturday8am - 6pm
  • Sunday8am - 6pm
1237 Barrington StreetHalifax, NS B3J 1Y3
(902) 223-6696Call the bar with a question
Dine-in listening room and record shopOrder at the bar, pick a seat, let the turntable run
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Drop by

Pull up a chair and listen.

Walk in any day between 8am and 6pm. Order your matcha or latte at the bar, flip through the records, and stay for a side.

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