Phinista Cafe

96 Peterborough St, Boston
(617) 262-7700

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Grilled Barbecue Chicken Banh MI
Grilled Barbeque Pork Rice Bowl
Matcha Strawberries and Cream
Iced Saigonese Sea Salt Phin
Banh MI - Grilled BBQ Pork
Banh MI - Lemongrass Steak
Vietnamese Iced Latte
Phinista Matcha Bun
Banh MI Sandwich
Bakery Pastries

Menu

Phin | Viet Coffee Selections
Phin Sữa | Vietnamese Coffee Latte
Cafe sữa - our sustainable vietnamese coffee beans filtered through the traditional phin, served with condensed milk over ice (đá), or steamed (nóng).
ICED Saigonese | Sea Salt Phin
Traditional Vietnamese Coffee with condensed milk, topped with our signature sea salt foam, iced
ICED Phin Ube
Traditional Phin with condensed milk, topped with our house Ube sauce, iced
Phin Đen | Vietnamese Drip Coffee
Our sustainable Vietnamese coffee beans filtered through the traditional phin, served iced, or steamed.

Tea Canvas
Iced Strawberry Matcha
Indulge in the refreshing flavor of our Iced Strawberry Matcha and experience a delightful blend of antioxidant-rich matcha and luscious strawberries. This deliciously smooth beverage is the perfect way to cool down on a hot day or satisfy your sweet tooth. Treat yourself to the irresistible combination of matcha and strawberry – order your Iced Strawberry Matcha now and elevate your taste buds to new heights!
Iced Ube
Your Choice of Milk, Ube- Taro, House Syrup, Iced
Matcha
Chai
House Marsala Chai, Milk, Iced/Hot
Thai
Black tea, Star Anise Cinnamon, Cloves, Condensed Milk, Iced/Hot

Summer Refreshers
Enter, The Dragon
Dragon Fruit Lavender Lemonade

Bánh Mì - Vietnamese Sandwiches by Bánh Mì Oi
Banh Mi Grilled BBQ Pork
High heat, golden flames, and smoky tender pork shoulder to bless some bread. Mix this puppy up with some fresh pickled veggies and some vietnamese influenced bbq sauce, and you may have just found your fav.
Banh Mi - Lemongrass Steak
Soaked in our lemongrass marinade, the steak absorbs all the savoriness and herbal flavors shining when it's grilled with honey glazed atop.
Banh Mi - Classic Cold Cut
So you like the good ole times. Some nice 60's and 70's groove. Well, this is the banh mi for you. Throw down this classic cold cut with pork bologna, ham, pate, and the house specialty butter aioli. Blast the temptations and get this temptation in your belly.
Banh Mi - Grilled BBQ Chicken
Sweetened with a dash of honey, white pepper, herbs, and tons of love, and no need for a so. This is the only chick you need in your life.
Banh Mi - Mom's Classic Tofu
This vegetarian banh mi hails not 1, not 2, but 5 spices. If you like Asian flavors and prefer life on the greener side, this is made for you.

Viet Rice Bowl
Rice - Vegan Mom's Classic Tofu
This vegan rice bowl hails not 1, not 2, but 5 spices. if you like Asian flavors and prefer life on the greener side this is made for you.
Rice - Grilled Barbecue Pork
High heat, golden flames, and smoky tender pork shoulder to bless some bread. Mix this puppy up with some fresh pickled veggies and some vietnamese influenced bbq sauce you may have just found your fav.
Rice - Grilled Barbecue Chicken
Sweetened with a dash of honey, white pepper, herbs, and tons of love, and no need for a so. This is the only chick you need in your life.
Rice - Lemongrass Steak
Soaked in our lemongrass marinade, the steak absorbs all the savoriness, and herbal flavors shining when it's grilled with honey glazed atop.

Salad Bowl
Salad - Vegan Mom's Classic Tofu
This Vegan noodle bowl hails not 1, not 2, but 5 spices ;) If you like Asian flavors and prefer life on the greener side, this is made for you.
Salad - Lemongrass Steak
Soaked in our lemongrass marinade, the steak absorbs all the savoriness and herbal flavors shining when it's grilled with honey glazed atop.
Salad - Grilled Barbecue Chicken
Sweetened with a dash of honey, white pepper, herbs, and tons of love, no need for a S/O. This is the only chick you need in your life.
Salad - Grilled Barbecue Pork
High heat, golden flames, and smoky tender pork shoulder to bless some bread. Mix this puppy up with some fresh pickled veggies and some Vietnamese influenced bbq sauce, you may have just found your fav.

Sweet Crepes
Is This Heaven
Fresh strawberries with glorious butter sweet whipped cream, egg custard filling and caramelized walnuts to top with cocoa glaze.
Mon Amour
Hazelnut spread, house custard creme, strawberries, caramelized walnuts, and whipped cream.
Tri-berry Parfait
Strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, greek yogurt, custard cream, granola, honey. No need to hit snooze three times, this is your sweet wake up crepe.
Nutella Crepes

Pastries
Lemon Poppy Muffin
Apple Cinnamon Muffin
Pitaschio Muffin
Blueberry Muffin
Phinista Matcha Bun
Phinista Ube Bun
Butter Croissant
Phinista Pandan Bun

Chef Special
Khao Man Gai
Only Chix you need (on Rice) - Braised Chicken on top of Garlic and Ginger Rice - Chef's mom recipe

Espresso Based
VIET BUZZ
DOUBLE ESPRESSO SHOT WITH CONDENSED MILK
AMERICANO
DOUBLE ESPRESSO SHOTS WITH WATER
CAFE LATTE
DOUBLE ESPRESSO SHOTS WITH MILK
CAPPUCHINO
DOUBLE ESPRESSO SHOT WITH MILK AND EXTRA FOAM
DOUBLE SHOTS
DOUBLE ESPRESSO SHOT

BOWLS - RICE
Mom's Tofu Rice Bowl
This vegetarian rice bowl hails not 1, not 2, but 5 spices ;) If you like Asian flavors and prefer life on the greener side, this is made for you.
Grilled Barbecue Chicken Rice Bowl
Sweetened with a dash of honey, white pepper, herbs, and tons of love, no need for a S/O. This is the only chick you need in your life.
Grilled Barbecue Pork Rice Bowl
High heat, golden flames, and smoky tender pork shoulder to bless some bread. Mix this puppy up with some fresh pickled veggies and some Vietnamese influenced bbq sauce, you may have just found your fav.
Lemongrass Steak Rice Bowl
Soaked in our lemongrass marinade, the steak absorbs all the savoriness and herbal flavors shining when it's grilled with honey glazed atop.

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Recent Reviews

Small place but super cute. Seemed busy but only one person working the front so there was a small wait. Ube matcha was good but could’ve been sweeter. Strawberry matcha had good sweetness just hard to drink with how big the chunks were. Ube bun was pretty good, exactly what you want but a filling would take it to the next level. Overall good experience, not a bad place to stop if you’re in the area and good food around it too.
July 2025
Sorry but this was not as good as everyone has been saying. I can’t give this place 5 stars. I came close to closing so maybe that’s why. Staff was friendly but instead was like 90 degrees. Rice bowel was ok. I’ve had better
July 2025
This café was cute with outside seating. Staff were friendly and nice. We ordered a lemongrass steak banh mi and banh mi chao. The lemongrass steak was tender but toooooo salty for me and it didn’t have the slightest taste or smell of lemongrass. The rest of the fillings were fine. (Also the price for this banh mi is on the high side so definitely wasn’t worth it)

The banh mi chao used a tomato sauce similar to the one used for spaghetti and had an American...
June 2025

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Phinista Cafe

96 Peterborough St, Boston, MA 02215
(617) 262-7700