Ninja’s Luxe Café Pro gets a Jonathan Adler finish in Versailles pattern, brass, and wood

If you buy something from a link in this article, we may earn a commission. Learn more

Ninja’s flagship espresso machine now comes dressed by Jonathan Adler. The Luxe Café Pro by Jonathan Adler (ES771SL) keeps the guided brew system that made the standard Pro easy to live with, then wraps it in a geometric Versailles pattern, polished brass, and natural wood. It sells for $899.99 at SharkNinja while supplies last, and the finish is the entire story. Nothing in the brew path changed, and nothing in the box did either.

That’s a $150 premium over the standard Pro in stainless at $749.99. Same machine. Same coffee. Different counter presence.

Price: $899.99
Where to buy: SharkNinja

Versailles on the panel, brass on the hardware

Adler’s Versailles pattern covers the panel behind the brew group, the surface that faces the room across an open counter. It’s a repeating geometric of blue, teal, and white columns edged in gold, and it doesn’t sit quietly. On the standard machine that panel is plain stainless. Here it’s the first thing a guest notices from the doorway, before the portafilter even comes into focus.

Adler built his name on bold geometric pattern, glossy color, and classical references pulled into modern rooms. The Versailles name points at the palace parquet, and the panel reads the same way, cubes stacked in blue, teal, and white. It’s a strange reference for an espresso machine. It’s also the entire point.

The hardware gets the same treatment. The portafilter turns in polished brass with a natural wood handle, the tamper lever and drip tray wear brass too, and the milk jug picks up a wood handle of its own.

It photographs like furniture because that’s the job.

SharkNinja lists the colorway as Silver, Wood & Polished Brass. Everything you touch changes.

Ninja’s own pitch opens with glamour belonging on the countertop. Strip the pitch and the fact underneath stands on its own: the finish is the product.

The standard Pro underneath

The brew system is the standard Pro’s, part for part. It brews four ways: espresso, drip coffee, cold brew, and hot water. Barista Assist Technology recommends a grind size for the beans you’ve loaded, then adjusts brew settings on its own. An integrated conical burr grinder covers 25 settings, dosing runs by weight on a built-in scale, and the tamper is built in, so the puck takes one pull of the lever.

The grinder, the scale, and the tamper all live inside the machine, so the counter holds one appliance instead of a station of separate tools.

Milk gets the Dual Froth System Pro, which steams and whisks at the same time for hands-free microfoam. Five presets run from steamed milk through thin, thick, and extra-thick froth to cold foam, and the insulated steam wand works with an XL jug.

Cold drinks aren’t an afterthought, either. Cold brew comes out of the same machine, and the espresso side runs a cold-pressed setting for iced drinks that need a slower, cooler extraction.

We’ve already spent time with this machine in its standard finish. Our Luxe Café Pro review dug into the guided workflow and the drinks it produces, and our head-to-head against the Breville Barista Express shows where it lands against the segment’s default pick. The Adler edition changes none of those conclusions. It changes the room. Nothing here asks you to relearn the machine.

Built for an open counter

Most espresso machines get bought on specs and then apologized for visually. This one starts from the other end. It’s a limited edition sold while supplies last, aimed at the holiday gift run, and SharkNinja is selling it direct alongside Target and TikTok Shop. There’s no edition size published, so nobody can tell you how limited it actually is. Orders ship free and land in four to six business days.

The box covers the full routine: portafilter, XL milk jug, single, double, and Luxe baskets, a cleaning brush and disc, descaling powder, cleaning tablets, and a hard water test kit. A one-year limited warranty backs it. Shipping is free, since the machine clears SharkNinja’s $99 threshold on its own.

Who the finish is for

If the standard Pro is already on your shortlist and your kitchen runs open-plan, the Adler finish is the rare design premium that shows every single day. You’re not buying better espresso. You’re buying the version you don’t have to look past. At $899.99 with free shipping from SharkNinja, it’s an easy gift to justify for someone setting up a serious coffee corner.

Set it next to the standard Pro and the choice gets simple. The drinks are identical, the workflow is identical, and the warranty is identical. The only variable is the room it sits in and whether that room deserves the pattern.

Price: $899.99
Where to buy: SharkNinja

Everyone else should buy the stainless Pro at $749.99 and put the $150 toward beans. It brews the identical drinks, guides you the same way, and frees up counter money for the grinder’s next bag. The Adler edition isn’t about the coffee at all. It’s about the room. For the right kitchen, that’s the whole argument, and it holds.

Love our content? Sign up for our newsletter today. No ads, no spam, just links to our latest articles!