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Platonic companion · Coffee & dinner sittings

I'm Elena. The table's on you — the listening is on me.

One table, one sitting, one person's full attention on whatever you've been carrying around. No app, no roster — just me, a menu of coffee and dinner sittings, and a calendar you choose from once you're approved.

Request a sitting

Strictly platonic, always public venues. Coffee $150 · Dinner $300/hr · you cover the tab.

About me

Why I do this

I spent six years in hospitality watching men come in alone, order the same thing, and light up the one time a bartender asked a real question. Most of you aren't short on people — you're short on anyone whose job isn't to need something back.

So that's the service. You request a sitting, pick the venue from my shortlist, and talk about the real thing — the job you hate, the marriage that ended, the father stuff. I'm trained in active listening, I don't flinch, and I don't perform interest. If I'm at the table, it's genuine.

I'm not a therapist and I'll never pretend to be one. What I am is very good at the thing that's gone missing: sitting across from someone for an hour or two with nowhere else to be.

Book a sitting

Request your table

Coffee by day, dinner by night, open most days. Every new client is screened first — payment link and venue details follow approval.

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Choose your sitting

Pick a day & time

Open most days — Mondays are mine.

Choose a day and a time above to continue.

Request & screening

Sitting
Day & time
VenueShared only after approval
Due after approval

For both of our safety, every new client is screened before anything is shared.
You'll receive the payment link, my photo, and venue details only once approved — usually within 24 hours.

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Request received.

I'll review your screening within 24 hours. Once approved, your payment link and the venue details arrive by email. Come hungry, come honest.

House rules

What a sitting with me is — and isn't

I run this alone, so the lines are bright and non-negotiable. They're what let me keep doing this work well.

This is

  • A strictly platonic, professional service
  • Real coffee & dinner sittings at public venues from my shortlist
  • Trained, undivided listening without judgment
  • Prepaid online — I never handle money at the table
  • Screened — every new client passes ID verification and a background check before my photo, venue, or contact details are shared
  • Confidential. What's said at the table stays there

This is not

  • A date, romance, or anything adjacent — ever
  • Therapy, or a substitute for mental-health care
  • Available at private residences or past 11 PM
  • Negotiable. Testing a boundary ends the sitting, unpaid time refunded, lifetime ban
  • Anonymous — first bookings are ID-verified, and a friend always knows where I am
Before you book

Questions I get

Is this a dating service?

No. You're paying for my time and full attention, and every sitting is platonic by agreement on both sides. If you're looking for romance, I'll cheerfully point you to the apps.

Is this therapy?

No — and I hold that line carefully. I'm a trained listener, not a clinician. If our conversations touch on crisis or clinical territory, I'll warmly point you toward professional support. Several regulars have told me a sitting here is what finally made booking a therapist feel possible. Best review I've ever gotten.

Why do I have to be screened?

I meet strangers alone for a living, so screening isn't personal — it's the price of admission for everyone, and it's why the good venues keep hosting us. ID verification plus a quick background check, done once. Approved clients book freely after that.

Why these rates?

Because you're not booking an app profile — you're booking me, my training, and my discretion. I keep my calendar deliberately small so every sitting gets my full attention. Coffee sittings are the gentler way in.

Can I become a regular?

That's the heart of this. Once you're approved and we've shared a first sitting, standing bookings are open to you. Rebooking is mutual — I have to accept, too.