Olivia Gable
Nice big coffeehouse with lots of different seating (anyone fancy lounging on a huge leather sofa? I do!). Really nice friendly staff. Free wifi. The usual assortment of pastries and snacks. I visited when I was in Newcastle temporarily, and going here became my daily routine. They have strangely delicious porridge full of all kinds of seeds and a dollop of maple syrup stirred in. I had a nice sweet potato sandwich for £2.50 that was quite good as well. They also use coffee roasted by local roasters, which I'm always pleased to hear. I felt like I could chat to the staff if I was up for it or be left on my own when I wasn't--and that to me is what really makes a place feel homey. Worth a visit, and it's not far from the city centre!
Justin Moseley
Cool and funky. Coffee was great. Far better than generic high st chains
Eric Lloyd
Rustic spot, down to earth town centre basment cafe, poached eggs and bacon very good, asked for well done bacon, got it, breakfast meeting to start, then two more meets with coffee, made very welcome, staff rather nice, great place for casual meetings, coffee particularly good, just looked at a few reviews, most do not describe the place I have just enjoyed breakfast in 🤔
Ian Flattery
Waited forty minutes for a bacon sandwich with stale bread and two horrible streaks of bacon. The sandwich was supposed to come with tomato sauce but did not, the staff were running around like headless chickens all clueless and unable to complete the simplest requests. My two friends were asked at least four times what they ordered by different members of staff and waited forty minutes for cold hash browns. The hipster charade can only do so much for this horrible, unfriendly dive.
Kate Moralee
A huge disappointment after looking forward to an exquisite coffee and home made food. It would appear to have the industrial look on the surface, however on closer inspection the aloe vera plants on the windowsill are dying, many of the plants in the overhead hanging containers are already dead - if you are going to do something and charge London prices - do it well.
This place takes the artisan coffee brand and destroys it. London priced coffee (£2.80 for a flat white - even in London I won't pay that), London based roastery (why not use local roasters guys and support your local business - there are plenty of them in the North East - I am from London and I can name several) staff with insufficient knowledge about coffee and their products.
Not a great start - but I persevered. The coffee to be fair was ok - though would not pay the extortionate price for a syphon method coffee again - especially not here.
The menu looked interesting and the home made produce at the counter also looked good. This gave the impression of quality home made local produce. I asked about the avocado on toast - sliced with no condiments - no thanks, avocado smash at least guys (an avocado needs some flavouring to bring out the flavour). Moved on to hot smoked salmon with asparagus and poached eggs, with gluten free lentil bread. Well to say i was disappointed is an understatement. I was served a slice of Tesco own brand hot smoked salmon with flavourings (think it have a bit of dried chilli on the top) which was cold, on top of some asparagus, rocket and a couple of poached eggs. Eggs, asparagus and lentil bread were ok - though lacked flavour. I knew that the smoked salmon was cheap shop bought produce immediately - and to be fair when i asked if they cooked the salmon themselves they said no and brought me a pack to show me where it was purchased from.
I fed back my dissatisfaction and explained how their attempt at brand "home made quality artisan produce" had led me to believe that all of their products would be of the same vein. I will not be making that assumption ever again.
To sum up: over priced, bland, mixed quality, unknowledgeable staff - way out of its depth and an insult to quality coffee shops everywhere. Give me Pink Lane every day.
Deborah Elliott
Love this place! Great vibe, great looking place with great coffee, food, beer, wine and staff ��
Conor Lee
Traveled across the waters for the weekend with my head held high, only for my weekend to be chewed up by this unfriendly warzone of a coffee shop. Waited up to 40 minutes for a cold breakfast with numerous bits missing. Staff had no clue what task they had undertaken and approached me numerous times asking me what I had ordered, some might call them headless chickens and I could not agree more.
Safe to say I will not be making a return to this unorthodox dive.
Josh Stewart
This place serves really high quality food and coffee, with uncontested service and a warming background.
Jason Ramsay
Lovely staff, very friendly. Good coffee at a reasonable price. Didn't try any of the food but the menu looked good at very moderate prices
Emily Bambridge
Great place, fab food and selection of drinks. Would totally recommend to others!
Cian O Neill
Would give it less than 1 star if possible, sadly Facebook won't let me. This place is a complete joke shop and a half. I don't know what was worse, the near hour long waiting time or the fact that the "staff" were running around like a bunch of headless chickens not knowing their head from their arse. Please do not go here
Ruth Bufton
I've never even been but after reading your only 1* review I felt I had to leave you 5* just to address the balance for the sake of humanity.
1) Smolked salmon isn't cooked it's smoked! It's in the name!
2) Nowhere smokes their own salmon they all buy it in, even in London!!
3) Add some seasoning to your avocado if it's under seasoned!
She makes herself look like a knob and me want to take my family to your I'm sure lovely establishment at the earliest convenience!!
Colin Dilks
Great find in Toon. Friendly staff, lovely food, great decor. Relaxing on a Saturday evening when the rest of town was crazy! My new favourite hangout.
Joe Clark
Had the best vegatarian breakfast ever here this morning. The BBQ butterbeans and sweet potato hash browns made it. Thank you!
Adam Mouse-Zambrzycki
Great coffee, fresh handmade food and brownies enjoyed all the more on a Sunday afternoon, this is a must do place.
Helen Arts Ferguson
Nice atmosphere, free wifi, good place for meetings and working :)
Katie Smith
Same great coffee and cakes as your old place but totally different vibe. I think some cosy nooks need to be created & the toilets definitely need a clean!
Bobby Bolam
Great coffee, great staff, great food and even has high chairs to feed the little ones. Far better then Main Street coffee shops.
Chris Renwick
Fantastic coffee and an excellent coffee shop, highly recommended!
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