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This corner coffee shop is a neighbourhood institution
Story of community, connection and the people behind the counter
Last updated: Friday 26 June 2026
Six weeks after his first daughter, Isabella, was born, Mikhael Bou Rjeily opened mischu. Nearly 14 years later, the blend named after Isabella is still behind mischu's award-winning coffee, while many of the young families who first visited the café are now watching their children grow up there too. What started as a Sea Point coffee shop is now a neighbourhood institution and the quiet force behind cafés, restaurants and hospitality spaces across the province.
The kind of place where the baristas know your name – and your dog’s. Image: mischu
Over the years, mischu has become woven into the routines of Sea Point locals.
Customers stop in before work, couples settle into their usual corner table, and families return
