Story Coffee
Ram Quarter, 15 Barley Walk, London SW18 1UL, United Kingdom
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FR44+VH London, United Kingdom
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Monday: 7–16
Tuesday: 7–16
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Thursday: 7–16
Friday: 7–16
Saturday: 8–17
Sunday: 9–17
Tuesday: 7–16
Wedneasday: 7–16
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Sunday: 9–17
I like the fact that this one has opted to promote itself as “screen free” so deters the use of laptops and tablets inside and trying to encourage some human interaction.
The owner is a great guy, and the café manager Douglas is awesome – he and the other baristas are excellent, knowledgeable and most importantly friendly - creating a welcoming place for locals.
I’ve been going here almost everyday the past year since the birth of my baby and found it a nice place to chill with her whilst drinking excellent coffee.
The interior is lovely - one of the nicest I’ve been to in London, particularly love the marble counter and the bespoke furniture.
Definitely worth a visit.
Why do restaurants continue to fit out their property with lightly coloured fabric that stains so easily? It just looks dirty and is not inviting or welcoming to people that actually care about the environment they’re in. I see this so often and it’s so illogical to me, and a waste of resources because surely it’s difficult for them to maintain such a non-durable choice in design.
On the food side, choices are very limited if you have coeliac disease and are vegan like me. Alternative milks on offer are positive, with almond being offered in addition to oat. Whilst I understand that oat tastes best in coffee, it’s a no no for coeliacs who don’t have dairy. And we can all do with a bit less soya. They didn’t have any gluten free bread so I basically had to have smashed avocado with an egg on a plate, and pay the same price someone who could eat sourdough would pay. It’s an expensive life being a coeliac!
The actual venue is nice and great to see some activity in this part of Wandsworth after years of development in the making. But it appears that STORY have possible gone into a unit that isn’t big enough for them, as they had a lot of stock on show and a big hoover right next to one of the tables. Not as big a deal to me as the dirty seats and lack of options for coeliacs though.
The reason for deducting a star is that one of the stool like tables was so wobbly you couldn’t balance an anvil on it let alone a coffee and mine went everywhere.
I told one member of staff at the start and they apologised and another member of staff asked how everything was later and I said I was disappointed to lose most of my coffee due to a damaged table. I wasn’t offered a replacement by either person and felt this was pretty poor from them.
So great coffee, friendly staff but a pretty mediocre customer experience. I probably wouldn’t return sadly
I also enjoy the fact its also a screen free cafe - it creates a more engaging a open environment and less of a cold space for workers on calls and tapping away on laptops.
My favourite coffee shop in London! Cant recommend enough!!