The Milkman Reviews Summary

Coffee Quality

Pros:

• "Excellent tasting coffee."
• "I’ve just had THE BEST COFFEE I ever had in Scotland!"
• "Coffee was the best we found in Edinburgh."
• "This amazing little coffee shop is the answer to all your caffeinated dreams."
• "The espresso was great."
• "Hands down the best flat white I've ever had."
• "This cafe has really, really good coffee."

Cons:

• "The coffee was mediocre."
• "Espresso has a nice crema, dark roast but very sour."
• "Their coffee beans are perfectly roasted with a tiny bitter aftertaste."
• "Coffee was pretty good, cakes a bit sweet for my taste."
• "The only thing that let it down slightly was the quality of the coffee, it was very well made but just not my taste in coffee beans."
• "Coffee is expensive for the size you get - taste wasn't anything special."
• "Service it was poorly, slow and burnt coffee."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Super friendly staff."
• "The staff even saw I had my empty reusable water bottle and offered to fill it up without me even asking."
• "The store is very nice and the staff is very welcoming."
• "So friendly staff. I once had a conversation with one of the baristas about a book!"
• "The staff were welcoming and friendly."
• "Beautiful service and great people."
• "The staff is amazing, always really friendly and pleasant."

Cons:

• "There's a lack of seats and staff kinda unattentive at times."
• "Very long wait (poorly staffed). Felt sorry for the only barista on duty with 10 people queueing."
• "Nice location but service very slow, took over 10 minutes."
• "Service also needs to be improved. No smiles at all and even borderline judgmental."
• "The staff were busy talking to each other instead of clearing the table of previous customers."
• "What lacked for us, was the two really rude unfriendly employees."
• "There was no seating indoors and when I was trying to stand indoors just to call a ride, they were pretty picky about where I could stand."

Ambiance and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Their branding and interior are on point."
• "Small business with nice decor."
• "Cozy little cafe with the Old Town vibe! Comfortable tables and seating etched into the stone walls provides the place with a certain ambiance."
• "Nice and cosy atmosphere in a cute coffee shop - I was reading a book and ordered an americano and blueberry muffin."
• "The vibe was a cave kind of cosy vibe."
• "Tucked away on a quiet side street, The Milkman offers a warm and inviting atmosphere."
• "A lovely cosy coffee shop in Edinburgh, worth a visit because of its beautiful interior and brilliant coffee!"

Cons:

• "The atmosphere isn't very relaxing."
• "The only negative thing is that you will not have much space in this place."
• "The place is also a little small, very limited seating."
• "One thing to be aware of is that this coffeshop is TINY - only one table, one 'reading nook' type of space' and the rest is bar stools."
• "The place has very limited (and by the looks of it - not comfortable) seating inside and some space outside."
• "The interior is very small with limited seating - because of its location, centrally located in Old Town, it also gets lots of visitors."
• "A cozy little shop perfect for meeting a friend but unsuited to big groups wanting to sit it."

Food and Pastries

Pros:

• "They also have taaasstyyy cinnamon buns 😋😋"
• "Yummmmy brownies."
• "Chocolate Babka and the Cardamom caramel bun were delicious."
• "The almond crossiant I had was amazing."
• "All of the baked goods looked amazing and the brownie that we tried was chocolatey and fudge would really recommend."
• "Wonderful pastries too with a large selection."
• "Selected high quality pastry/cake selection."

Cons:

• "However pastries are median at best. Little choice and uninteresting from a flavor/texture POV. Almost dry."
• "Lemon and Matcha cake was very dry though and crumbled into pieces with the fork."
• "The brownie was too hard, I was expecting a soft chocolate brownie, but I can't even cut it with a knife."
• "The pastries are below average - Definitely not freshly made."
• "Cappuccino was good, pastries and cakes were a big miss."
• "Not much choice of the food. If you walk 5 min more then you can stay much nicer places so why here?"
• "Visited here a few months back. Wanted to order a cake or pastry as well as a coffee, but chose not to as there were flies in the cake display."