Espresso Mondo

I would pretty much avoid this place - it is tired and pretty dingy. I went in last night for a latte and it tasted like hot water with no milk or coffee. This place could be brilliant as it is a great location with lots of windows but inside it is pretty depressing - worn floors, worn chairs, lacklustre menu. I remember once ordering pasta with pesto and I got a massive plate of dry pasto with a tiny splodge of shop bought pesto in the middle with. Disgusting.

I came across the above review while browsing for info on Espresso Mondo to pass on to some pals I'm having dinner with next week and I just want to say the whole thing is nonsense.

I have been a very satisfied customer of this establishment since I started working in the Centre a few years ago and I visit at least twice a month. The staff are very approachable, the atmosphere is great and there's always a good music album on, reflecting on the good taste of the owner (that's big in my culture). Finally, the food is great. Always plenty of it, freshly cooked and not too processed. I have not once experienced the ghastly sysmptoms described by our hypocrondiac buddy...

Oh, and if you are on your day off and fancy scrambled eggs and bacon on toast and a free read of the Guardian this is your place. There.

Only go here if you enjoy being violently ill the day following your meal. Management didn't offer any apologies or any room to believe it was their fault so customer service is also apalling. The Brazilian Chicken Wrap that caused it all was lame at best yet the source of a horrific bodily trauma. Don't do it.