Espresso Library Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Excellent service, great coffee and food."
• "The service is great and the staff is super friendly."
• "The staff were great to help us pick out gems from the menu."
• "The service received was brilliant as expected and all tables were clean and tidy."
• "The staff were very friendly, and service was fast and welcoming."
• "Service was quick and attentive."
• "Service is quick and staff are welcoming and friendly."

Cons:

• "I find their service very very slow and their coffee leaves much to be desired for the very high price they ask."
• "Very rude male staff member."
• "I've been there 3 times, each time I had unfriendly to rude service."
• "The staff were snooty."
• "The service is sometimes really poor."
• "Service was disorganised. One coffee was forgotten."
• "Service is terrible. Waited 21 minutes with no service."

Price

Pros:

• "The drinks, however, are reasonably priced; there are many to choose from."
• "This place is definitely not overpriced considering you may just get a coffee and sit there and work on your laptop for hours."
• "The food was high quality and affordable."
• "Good coffee but a little overpriced, however considering the freshness, it's worth it."
• "Good food considering it is fresh so don't mind paying extra."

Cons:

• "Things are a bit on the expensive side but good quality."
• "Insanely expensive for small pretentious plates."
• "All coffees - including the Americano, are incredibly expensive."
• "£3.25 for a cup of tea. At first, I thought it was a joke."
• "It's super expensive! The food is nice but they have a crazy pricing system."
• "Exremely overpriced for no special reason."
• "Ridiculously overpriced with honestly appalling customer service."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Great place to hang around, people-watching through the windows or enjoying the art on the walls."
• "The place is really nice, it has personality and is generous in space."
• "Lovely calm atmosphere with local artists work on the walls."
• "Interesting place where hipsters with their computers, tourists with their bags and parents with their children are all smashed together in a relaxed atmosphere."
• "With floor-to-ceiling windows and white walls, it is well lit and bright, giving a modern and clean vibe."
• "Amazing cafe, a life-saver for any student in need of a relaxed, spacious setting to work."
• "The whole place has a really nice atmosphere, super relaxing and enjoyable for a date or catch-up with friends."

Cons:

• "It is hard to find charging spots in the cafe as they are usually up against the wall."
• "The pancakes where very stodgy and poorly described on menu."
• "We found this to be an awkwardly laid out cafe."
• "The music doesn't match the ambiance of the cafe."
• "Little loud for me as I struggle to hear in busy environments."
• "The baby change bathroom was gross."
• "Inside seemed kind of empty/runs down and even the vintage bikes are mostly gone."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "Really enjoyed the avocado toast with salmon and capers, very flavorful so you can tell the ingredients are good quality."
• "Had a lovely brunch, the menu is well suited to many of not all your dietary needs."
• "Coffee however was amazing (I have my coffee black) paid for a large mug. Taste was incredible."
• "Friendly staff, lots of non dairy options for coffee at no extra charge."
• "Great interior and generous full-on Porridge-like-no-other."
• "The drink and food are delicious."
• "They serve very good coffee and food."

Cons:

• "The food itself was rather disappointing."
• "flapjack far too sweet, need to use less sugar guys, no free wifi at weekends so couldn't use my iPad."
• "Awful! Lovely design and great homemade food, so why 1 star? Well, the Internet connection is non existent."
• "The iced latte coffee was very watery and lacking any distinct flavour."
• "Espresso was rather disappointing."
• "Coffee was too sour for my taste."
• "The espresso was absolutely dreadful (lukewarm, super acidic and bitter- almost as if the beans were burned.)"

Facilities & Extras

Pros:

• "BONUS: You can bring your bicycle in and hang it on the wall."
• "They are a bike-friendly café and I think you're allowed to take your bike inside and keep it by the communal tables!"
• "Reliable free and blazing-fast WiFi if you want to work, and cozy seating to chill out, read or study."
• "The cafe is bicycle friendly too with plenty of space to leave your bike."
• "Popular with cyclists at the weekend with plenty of seating outside."
• "Great for larger groups due to the seating outside. Excellent for summer too."
• "A beautiful cafe situated only a five/ten minute walk from town."

Cons:

• "No free wifi at weekends so couldn't use my iPad."
• "The only problem is that they don't have wifi so you cannot work on your computer if you need the internet."
• "There is no WiFi access on the weekends (to deter student WiFi pests apparently)."
• "They also have no WiFi."
• "As soon as we took out our laptops, the waiter came over and told us that we wouldn’t be able to stay more than an hour and a half."
• "Sadly, the service was a bit lacking: it was slow, they got our order incorrect."
• "The last 2 times I’ve come we’ve had missed and wrong orders, unclean glasses and mugs."