Wellington Coffee Reviews Summary

Coffee Quality

Pros:

• "The staff are well informed and talented in making a mean Jo."
• "Can highly recommend based on having Fabulous coffee and scones which are super fresh."
• "The best coffee (or at least iced oat latte) in Edinburgh!"
• "Great coffee at Wellington, among the best in Edinburgh in my opinion."
• "Stocking Square Mile coffees and making excellent flat whites Wellington is a handy and cosy coffee spot."
• "purchased the best tasting coffee in Edinburgh that day."
• "This actually is the best coffee in Edinburgh, on par with the best in London."

Cons:

• "Never in my life have I paid over £4 for a cappuccino! £4.10?!??"
• "Terrible coffee. It looks cozy and picturesque, but the quality of coffee is one of the worst you can have in the city."
• "Both the croissants look like very nice, but they aren't fresh and the coffee nothing special."
• "I ordered chai latte and taste was ordinary."
• "The flat white is really sour, really different from what I had in other cafes."
• "Though the milk was done well, there didn't feel any taste of coffee at all. Barely a hint."
• "Also coffee was so sour I didn’t finish it."

Service

Pros:

• "Great baristas and lovely chat."
• "The folks here are awesomely quick."
• "Lovely service as well."
• "greeted with a warm smile."
• "Amazing staff as well, very friendly and fast."
• "The staff were really friendly, the coffee definitely met my friends high standards."
• "we were welcomed by the friendly staff."

Cons:

• "The female barista had taken a flat white that was the wrongly made drink and had poured some of it out, which then became my drink."
• "Terrible attitude from the staff."
• "Staff were un smiley to the point of brusqueness."
• "The customer service could be improved a lot."
• "Staff aren’t the most accommodating."
• "When coffees finally served the lady did not even hand them across the counter or look at me."
• "I was served by a lady with brown hair and had to ask her to repeat herself over the sound of the coffee machine to which she was extremely rude."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Beautiful decor and great location."
• "It's a small and busy place but very cozy."
• "The atmosphere is always so warm and inviting, making it the perfect cozy and homely spot to enjoy a cup of coffee."
• "Cosy, friendly atmosphere."
• "Very cosy café!"
• "A cosy basement coffee shop with good coffee and authentic decor."
• "Cosy little cafe inside, I love it for a little relax."

Cons:

• "The interior is rather small and can be crowded."
• "It's a small place, though so seating is limited."
• "Downstairs, tiny and cramped. And that's the reason for a mere three stars. I have walked down the stairs a couple of times to find it full up."
• "It's very tiny on the inside."
• "Steep stairs and a relatively small space mean this isn't really suitable for kids."
• "It's actually quite ordinary, tiny and quite dark because it's below pavement level."
• "Inside feels like a fairytale but the chairs weren’t comfortable."

Price

Pros:

• "Takes contactless payment for just a single coffee which is a nice bonus."
• "Very good value for George Street."
• "Coffee is always fantastic and the scones are unbelievable - reasonably priced as well."

Cons:

• "£4.20 for a very very tiny iced latte!!!! please what??? 4.20..... never paid so much money for a tiny coffee!!!!"
• "Expensive, but then no for George Street prices."
• "Also felt the coffee was on the higher end of prices for Edinburgh."
• "Pricey."