Ozone Coffee Roasters, Shoreditch Reviews Summary

Location

Pros:

• "Just around the corner from Old St tube."
• "Close to Old Street station and great for a quick take away on the way to work."

Cons:

• "We wanted to have a coffee inside, for 15 mins we waited to be seated, completely disregarded."

Coffee Quality

Pros:

• "Favorite cool coffee and breakfast place in London."
• "The coffee is excellent, they cater for vegetarians, coffee is excellent."
• "The coffee is definitely 5/5, we had a V60 and it was super smooth without any sour aftertaste which makes it fantastic."
• "Genuinely the best coffee I’ve had in London thus far."
• "Coffee is important. Specialty coffee is rare. This place pulls proper shots and artfully crafted beverages."
• "The coffee is at highest quality with everything that speciality coffee has to offer."
• "Coffee 10stars... delicious."

Cons:

• "The coffee was not very tasty. the blend was very odd…"
• "The only thing subtracting a star was the burned flavor of the espresso, was too much so I think the shot could have been pulled better."
• "Coffee was good but was a little burnt."
• "I had flat white with oat milk which is abit bitter however."
• "The latte is just not great."

Atmosphere & Ambience

Pros:

• "Great coffee and light meals, excellent vibe, great to sit in the aromas of the coffee being roasted right there."
• "The atmosphere is cosy, even though they have this industrial looking, with minimalist touches."
• "Definitely my favourite place for breakfast in Shoreditch, great setting and the service is always excellent."
• "Chilled atmosphere, top class informal, friendly & efficient staff with many thanks to Doogle & team."
• "It's a great place to socialize as well as work."
• "The place has an amazing buzz."
• "Warm and ambient atmosphere with waiting staff attentive but not intrusive."

Cons:

• "It may be a bit too loud for some as the music was at quite the high volume incl the amount of customers."
• "Quite noisy inside too."
• "You don’t feel relaxed: the music is too loud, and I had feeling that we need to eat quickly as there was a queue."
• "The place was very busy on a Thursday morning and very noisy."
• "It was quite noisy upstairs if you wanted a quiet conversation."

Service

Pros:

• "The standard is always great the staff friendly and helpful."
• "Great service, our waiters were very nice and attentive."
• "The staff are lovely too. Friendly, attentive and generally pretty knowledgeable about the food."
• "The staff are all lovely and the service and food was quick."
• "Service was also quick and efficient."
• "Lovely place, but the waiter, Simon takes it all! He was very helpful, so kind and served us with extra care."
• "The staff is extremely accommodating and fast with their service."

Cons:

• "Be prepared to be asked to move a lot if you're doing work there."
• "They were quick to take the coffee order but very very slow to get the coffee to our table."
• "Unfortunately the service was very poor, had multiple people walk past without taking my order, had to ask."
• "Service was good but sometime I felt like nobody was actually listening..asked for honey twice."
• "Service, extremely slow every visit, asked for the bill 3 times today and it wasn’t even busy."
• "The waiting staff were very rude and keen to rush us through eating."
• "The wait staff are beyond useless. There is no smile or interaction."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is excellent, they cater for vegetarians, coffee is excellent."
• "The food was delicious and really well prepared and while not cheap was really good value."
• "The food is also great- fresh ingredients, perfectly balanced dishes, well executed."
• "The poached eggs on bubble and squeak was delicious."
• "Every single dish was very simple but had a great taste. You could tell that the ingredients were of high quality."
• "The food was awesome, fish of the day and risotto with a nice mixture of flavours."
• "The food is exceptional too."

Cons:

• "Used to like this place as they had great brunch and coffee but recently the quality has been changed."
• "But it was a shame that the food became more normal than before."
• "Eggs benny bubble & squeak was cold in the middle and completely lacked seasoning, mainly crushed potato and two pieces of leak."
• "I paid around £13 for toast with heritage tomatoes, goats cheese and an herb vinaigrette. It was overall lacking in flavour and the portion size was smaller than I expected as well (especially considering the price!)."
• "The mushrooms on sourdough which was way too salty and had to be sent back."
• "The food was dry and didn’t live up to the pretentious setting."
• "Probably the most disappointed I’ve been with an English breakfast."

Value

Pros:

• "The food was delicious and really well prepared and while not cheap was really good value."
• "It is a little pricey, but don’t mind paying a little more for pure quality."
• "Good prices considering the location too!"

Cons:

• "I dont get why they charge 3£ for service for one person."
• "In total we paid about £20-30 per person."
• "Everything was exceedingly overpriced."
• "It was fair to be charged with 15% service charge but extra 20% VAT on top of the food & beverage price which are excluded from the menu price seemed kind of rip-off targeted at non-local visitors."
• "Tad expensive."
• "But £3.50 now for a t/a flat white (or over £4 to drink in)?!!"
• "Always find brunch a little expensive for basic ingredients (count 17-20£ for a tea and single dish)."