The Monocle Café Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The staffs are warm with their lovely smiles welcoming you."
• "Staff are friendly and a little eccentric."
• "Welcoming warm atmosphere, friendly staff, nice food."
• "They serve good coffee with a smile (behind their masks)."
• "Staff are friendly, warm and diverse."
• "Friendly and prompt service."
• "Staff were very friendly and welcoming."

Cons:

• "Both times the ladies at the cafe were quite cold and acted like they were not so interested to provide service."
• "The barista just served me coffee downstairs without sugar... he was not friendly either."
• "Service was unwelcoming as many comments saying."
• "Really bad service and very unfriendly, untrained and unprofessional staff."
• "The staff was totally lost and so slow."
• "Horrible service! Very unwelcoming entrance."
• "The service at this cafe really leaves more to be desired for."

Food & Drinks

Pros:

• "Truly delicious pastries."
• "The cafe serves delicious coffee and delicious cinnabon cake, and sandwiches."
• "The flat white that I ordered was exquisitely presented with a lovely taste and chocolatey undertones."
• "I had the cardamon bun and it was so delicious and fresh!"
• "Great coffee and pastries (their cinnamon bun was delicious)!"
• "The Katsu Curry was delicious 😋"
• "Every dishes at The monocole cafe are so great, delicious, good amount and healthy."

Cons:

• "The coffee is insanely expensive and tastes like 16 espressos and 4ml of milk in a 12oz cup."
• "But it's an EXTRA ONE POUND for an iced coffee! That is adding a third onto the price."
• "The katsu sandwich was not that great as the bread was just plain white bread and the chicken doesn't taste of katsu."
• "The tamago bento came straight out of the fridge. Icy cold egg rolls, rock hard rice."
• "Basque cheese cake really dry, texture more like brownie, not creamy at all."
• "The walnut brownie was dry. It can be missed."
• "The chocolate chip cookie was freshly made but had a taste of cardamom or something else in it, which was not what I was expecting."

Ambiance & Location

Pros:

• "Monocle Café is the perfect place for an afternoon coffee."
• "The quaint, aesthetic cafe find is on everyone's visit list too =)"
• "The environment is cozy, very comfortable to spend your morning and afternoon here alone or with your friends."
• "Very nice and quirky cafe, it might look a bit crammed but the design & ambiance make it look quite cozy."
• "It's located on Chiltern street, Marylebone, surrounded by beautiful antiques shops and art galleries."
• "A great neighbourhood cafe serving the lovely Allpress bean in groovy cups on smart wooden boards."
• "The famous shop front of the Monocle cafe is indeed really beautiful."

Cons:

• "Quite small so not that many seating options."
• "However the place is really tiny. There are really no spaces."
• "Not a place for working on a laptop if you need the internet or for chatting with many friends."
• "£6 down and without any Wifi. You can’t even read the magazine for free."
• "Seating can be a little awkward."
• "One small downside is that it is not cosy enough for me inside with narrow corridors and rooms."
• "They have quite tiny space both in the ground and underground floors."

Value

Pros:

• "Well priced for the area, with an excellent happy hour deal as well."
• "£7 for an americano with oat milk and bun, extremely reasonable considering it was like being back in Sweden."
• "And getting a Monocle plus coffee deal here is definitely the cheapest way to buy the magazine."
• "Good coffee and matcha drinks. Food is tasty and priced well at £7 per dish."
• "Fantastic style, great coffee and polite staff."
• "The food and drinks are superb (especially if you are into Japanese themed dishes)."
• "Coffee is very good and staff are lovely."

Cons:

• "The coffee was average and food as not fresh at all~ horrible!"
• "The portion is smaller than average, but more expensive than the usual."
• "It was good but too expensive for the value."
• "Coffee is great, and although punishingly expensive, only average priced in the area."
• "The ridiculously expensive 5.5GBP pear tart was super sweet, the tart base tasted horrible, so I couldn't finish it."
• "The food and drink prices are higher than average."
• "Overpriced, presumptuous, rude service."