Although no stranger to Brighton with two other shops this is a relative new comer to Kemp Town. Not specifically a coffee house, they are serving up so I though I'd check them out.
As always it's the coffee the venue and the service that I look at.
The coffee: 3
Served in a take away cup we are not off to a good start here. The woman who made the coffee went at it with all the skill of an ox and it was somewhat roughly put together, the milk was steamed a little too long and the beans were similarly treated. Having said that the coffee is locally produced by the wonderful red roaster and was flavoursome with a decent top, in fact I've had worse served up by red roaster baristas. Chocolate was offered and sugar was available on the table.
The venue: 1
It's hard to get away from the fact that this place is a bakery and to be honest they should stick to what they are good at. It feels like they've looked at the bit of spare floor space they have and thought "I know let's have a coffee shop" it doesn't really work. Along one side of the shop there's a single long bench with bench seating either side and that's your coffee house. The bakery is busy and rightly so as the range of breads, cakes and lunchtime treats that they do is amazing, the smell of the place has got to be one of the most satisfying smells I've ever encountered in a coffee shop. Smells aside the space is a wee bit too small and I was bumped several times by bakery customers while trying to drink my coffee. If you fancy the novelty of sitting in a working bakery to have your coffee then this is the place for you, my guess is try it once then come back for the bread.
The service: 2
Pleasant but not knowledgable about coffee and busy with making bread. Not much else to say. If the place is empty it'd do fine for a quick take away (red roaster gets the credit though) otherwise walk the extra five meters to Ground coffee house or turn around and walk the two minutes to the totally excellent Artisan.
OVERALL SCORE 6 out of 15
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