Costa Coffee

Nice décor and plenty of seats, place was busy today but service was relatively quick. The chicken and bacon toastie was probably one of the best I’ve had, plenty of filling and with just enough cheese on the outside to give it a nice flavour.
Latte was standard Costa coffee nice enough but have had better. Tables were cleared quickly and the cleanliness of the seated area is very good. They have a large seated area outside which no doubt will attract customers when (if) the sun shines. Would definitely come back again if passing

Being the coffee snob that i am, i only ever drink Starbucks coffee or pods at home. But i’ve recently discovered that Costa Coffee is just as nice as Starbucks or maybe even nicer! I ordered the Caramel Latte Cooler — it was delicious (and calorie-​lious too) — cool coffee, caramel topped with cream!
I ordered my coffee to go and the staff were quick and friendly!

Decent café, clean and comfortable with a great outdoor seating area, however speed is not their strong point!

This isn’t too bad for a Costa coffee, but I think the biggest draw is that its relatively new. Its average coffee like most Costa’s and the service was very slow (it was quiet when I was there) Its nicely decorated and does for a pit stop but in all honesty when you have IKEA next door offering ok coffee and food for a fraction of the price that is probably going to be your first choice.

I do like a costa skinny latte with sugar free syrup. That’s what brought me here today. As Costa’s go this one is pretty average, the only stand out being the outside seating area which is a morning suntrap. The service in here is pretty laid back, I had quite a wait to get served. There’s a good variety of food on offer and the usual coffees. Good to visit on a sunny morning if you’re not in a rush!

An afternoon pottering round the furniture warehouses of Hollywood Exchange, and if you want something better than the coffee coloured water IKEA serve or the smell of Subway eeks you out (perhaps that’s just me) then Costa is your only option.
It is bright and clean, with a good outdoor space that would be pleasant if it wasn’t freezing, and it was surprisingly buzzing. It wouldn’t be somewhere I would choose to go for a coffee but I suppose everyone else was like me and the overdosing on sofas had made them thirsty.
Look, it’s a chain. You get the usual Costa menu. They have nice looking sweet streets, but boy is it slooooow. Really slow. I’ve never seen such a lack of urgency in barristas before. The queue took ages, and by ages I’m talking almost 20 minutes for a takeaway. I almost gave up.
In the end yes, I got what I wanted, but even for a chain in an industrial estate this place is soulless. If you are having an affair or a bad hair day and don’t want to see anyone you know it’s perfect. Not if you are in a rush.