Olive & Bean Reviews Summary

Category: Cafe Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Address: 17-19 Clayton St, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5PN, United Kingdom

Phone: +441912330990

Rating: 4.4
based on 173 reviews.

Coffee Quality

Pros:

  • "Coffee is really great quality - definitely enough to wake you up /see off a hangover!"
  • "The cappuccino was piping hot, just as it should be."
  • "They make the best flat white I've ever tried."

Cons:

  • "was a coffee that tasted funny and smelled funny too."
  • "The hot drinks were slightly on the lukewarm side by the time they got to us."
  • "The latte coffee cup that I ordered come with a bad smell."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Lunch is delicious too with many sandwiches and paninis on offer."
  • "The avo, cherry tomato and feta toast is absolutely delicious."
  • "Lovely food, very fresh and tasty."
  • "The food here is always excellent, particularly the toasted paninis and scones, but the whole range is good."
  • "Food was exceptionally delicious!"
  • "Everything I have had there is delicious."
  • "The food is absolutely delicious."

Cons:

  • "The food was mid, nothing special and wasn’t worth it."
  • "Panini had so little filling it was tasteless."
  • "When our food arrived it was poor, myself and my friend had huge blocks of unmelted cheese in our panini."
  • "Taste meh, no seasoning. Poached egg over cooked."
  • "Once we got our food it was two mediocre paninis accompanied with a salad that was terrible and a few crisps on the side."
  • "The scrambled egg arrived they were severely undercooked and watery."
  • "Food was awful, my panini was mostly cheddar, even though I ordered the chicken, bacon, cheddar and chilli jam panini."

Service

Pros:

  • "Lovely staff, v chilled."
  • "Service time is also consistently high."
  • "Service is always just as it should be in here... attentive but relaxed and friendly."
  • "The staff were really attentive and friendly."
  • "Staff were pleasant and very accommodating and couldn't do enough for you."
  • "Service was swift, server was very friendly."
  • "Staff very friendly & helpful."

Cons:

  • "Nice place but service is terrible and the food is sub-par."
  • "Staff okay but extremely slow service and not that busy."
  • "Service was nonexistent, we waited 30 minutes to order."
  • "The service was also pretty slow although the staff were very friendly."
  • "Service was horrible. Staff seemed racist."
  • "Service was terrible. The waitresses were ignoring us the whole time."
  • "The service was very slow."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "The upstairs seating area is a great place to relax."
  • "Beautiful and lovely environment."
  • "A truely awe-inspiring selection of high quality food, especially a wide choice of magnificent cakes."
  • "Great cafe, rustic, old cottage type vibe."
  • "Lovely environment for a Sunday breakfast."
  • "Interiors are light and rustic, making for a laid-back coffee spot vibe."
  • "The place was quaint and beautifully and thoughtfully decorated to have a homey, cosy feel."

Cons:

  • "My only criticism is that the upstairs seating area was cold, like VERY cold."
  • "Very cold and I imagined it to be a little cosy cafe - anything but."

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