Foodstory Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Environment

Pros:

• "The best coffee place I have ever visited. This place just feels like home."
• "Great for a cold afternoon to read or just chill."
• "A great central cafe for meeting friends, working, relaxing and of course eating the amazing vegetarian food on offer."
• "Great friendly environment, great for any occasion from studying to meeting friends to even having a acute business meeting."
• "Great atmosphere, friendly staff."
• "Relaxed and spacious interior with friendly staff."
• "The environment is quirky and atmospheric and sometimes if you are lucky someone will play the piano."

Cons:

• "The dying plants in the windows are a good representation of the current state of this place."
• "Cafe was very cold! lots of people just hanging out reading books and on laptops."
• "The place to sit inside was super cold."
• "The place is a bit cold, today there were multiple customers sitting in their winter jackets."
• "Not once did we see any waiting clear a table, cafe was very cold!"
• "However I think the pipes in the toilet are leaking, very wet in there."
• "Toilets could be a bit better."

Food Quality & Options

Pros:

• "The mushroom and egg sourdough toast was pretty good, although a bit too sweet for me. However the kimchi toast was AMAZING!"
• "Always delicious freshly made food! The salads are so good!"
• "Lovely food, staff ask for allergies as dishes can contain nuts and gluten which I found helpful."
• "Healthy vegetarian food, various salad available."
• "Shockingly good vegan food here, with a lot of options."
• "Amazingly tasty and high quality food."
• "The food was stunning. The flatbread alone would have been sufficient but the salad was amazing."

Cons:

• "This soup is OFF, reheated from yesterday's soup probably."
• "They got our order wrong, and then insisted it was our fault, and then got the food wrong when it arrived."
• "Had a Mexican buddha bowl last time I was there and it came without avocado, with watery chilli, and so much carrot."
• "When our food arrived it was a let down. My chilli was bland and oily with no spice etc."
• "Last July my partner had a severe peanut allergic reaction due to unlabelled food."
• "Ordered the All Toast dish; hash browns and mushrooms were super salty."
• "The carrot cake was very dry."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "Rapid service despite being busy when I visited."
• "Friendly service reasonably priced."
• "Staff are always extremely friendly and even when the place is packed they try their best to keep everything running smoothly."
• "And they accommodate for dietary requirements!"
• "Lovely staff as well, and very knowledgeable about tg coffee."
• "Really friendly/ helpful staff. Will definitely return."
• "Very fast, efficient and friendly staff."

Cons:

• "The only problem I had with it was there was disabled toilet but Stairs going up to get into the building."
• "The attitude of today's staff, they were so unpleasant and rude, impatient."
• "Didn't even acknowledge us even after sitting down for almost 10 minutes."
• "Staff seem disinterested, kinda unwelcoming and often take a long time to serve you."
• "The service was painfully slow."
• "The empty tables had dirty dishes."
• "The service was extremely slow, we waited just over 10 minutes for two americanos to be served."

Value & Pricing

Pros:

• "Great food, very reasonably priced."
• "Had a lovely relaxed lunch, really reasonable prices and good service."
• "The food was tasty, reasonably priced and the place looks trendy and relaxed."
• "Really affordable, delicious, and socially conscious food and drinks."
• "The lunch combinations (two- and three-salad bows, soup and sandwich, soup and salad, etc.) are good value for money and the portions are generous."
• "Some items are good value, like a solo wrap."
• "Friendly service reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "Abit overpriced for what you get for breakfast."
• "What a load of overpriced mumbo jumbo."
• "Not sure it's always worth the price they charge."
• "I will come back but only as a special treat due to the expensive prices charged sadly."
• "Abit pricey and quite a long queue."
• "Our bill £15.45 was a bit pricey."
• "A total bill of £17.50 for two americanos & two vegan sausage rolls was unreasonable for what we tasted & experienced."

Accessibility & Facilities

Pros:

• "The shop is great for reducing our carbon footprint."
• "The shop upstairs has a great selection of food and eco cleaning and beauty products."
• "If you follow a sustainable lifestyle this place is perfect for you, the food is great and they have vegan options."
• "They seem to offer a wide range of classes so it’s deafly worth checking out their Facebook page for future events."
• "Enjoy the eclectic mix, and venture up stairs for further offerings."
• "They've got a lovely zero waste shop that has products at affordable prices!"
• "Also a kind of social hub with a variety of events, & classes upstairs."

Cons:

• "The only reason for the 3 stars is because of the teeny tiny toilet, impossible to change a baby and no disabled access."
• "Only downside is there's only one toilet."
• "The staff range from super friendly to condescending, the latter happening especially if you ask for your coffee a bit differently."
• "Avoid if you have a peanut allergy - I had a reaction through cross contamination."
• "Have to give up your privacy/ data for WiFi which is a shame."
• "They aren't available on any of the main delivery platforms (JustEat or Deliveroo), which is a bit of a shame."
• "Toilets are checked morning and night but lacking tlc-"