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Coffee not too good, initially, but he seems dead keen to get it right. I wouldn't have said anything, except that he asked me, and has continued to do so ever since. The grub looks OK, nothing very ambitious, but fresh-looking, and reasonably priced (my espresso was a mere £1.20).
What else? A big, floppy, elephantine, immensely comfortable sofa. Two of them, actually. Not crowded. Peaceful enough for reading or study. I shall definitely add the Hamlet to my list of regulars.
PS. He gave me a little kid's lolly, as a parting gift. I hadn't the heart to say no, although my lolly-sucking days are long over!
It's a shame they are right on the road though, the al fresco eating area loses it's appeal when there is a mahoosive artic lorry revving it's engine at the adjacent traffic lights.
Other than that it's splendid. The breakfasts are much better than the Sunshine, they have a wondrous array of other meaty things with chips and the owner couldn't be nicer.
I love Monmouth. I love it more since I went with a tea-drinking friend and found out that they don't do tea.
I thought the Hamlet cafe was okay - very eager to please. I like their motto on the wall: 'To eat more or to eat more, that is the question.'
I only really like coffee from Caffe Nero, but the nearest one to SG is in James Selby's on Holloway Road. Too far to trek.
I like the tea in almost every local cafe, nice and stewed and served a bit warmer than room temperature.
Do not on any account buy a coffee from the kiosk to the right of the ticket windows for FP overground trains. Like the other overground kiosks, it seemed to be organic, and charges accordingly: £2.05 for a cappuccino. It was such appalling sludge, I took it back, and complained bitterly. He made me another - no difference. At least he refunded me my money, without being asked.
What's the next one like, just up the first steps, and on the right? It hasn't been there all that long; looks good, but I'm wary now.
The third one. on the Cambridge platform, I CAN recommend. I had an espresso, expensive, but genuinely organic, and very good.
In our new development plans (see separate thread - hopefully due for completion start 2012), we're planning to have an arts cafe, library and gallery space up on the sixth floor, with views over Finsbury Park... Will be open to the public, prob not ideal as a place to grab a quick coffee on the way to work, but it will be a nice place to chill out and read the paper.
There. Glad that's off my chest. Now I've got a focus group on pensions to go to.