Coffee#1 Aberystwyth

One of the better coffee shops in Aberystwyth. Really nice coffee - recommend the seasonal blend, I had a flat white and it was delicious! Fast WiFi that didn’t cut out at all, comfortable seating in abundant supply. A great spot to catch up with friends or get some work done as I did. Dogs welcome too!

If you expect to grab a quick coffee before 9.00 when second member of staff arrives think again. Great cheerful staff lovely coffee but they should have two staff on the till from the time it opens. The individuals on the early shift do their best but really they need two. It's been like this for a while fortunately I have not been in a rush. When I am I go elsewhere.

My fiance and I visited after a visit to the Eye Clinic and we were surprised to find only one member of staff on duty making drinks and serving. Service was given without a smile and items were advertised on the menu, but were not available. Coffee was pleasant but the staff seemed to have the hump, probably because they were short staffed. Halfway through drinking my coffee, more staff appeared and they smiled!

Seemed to be the only place open in Aberystwyth for breakfast at 8 a.m. this morning. The interior had reasonably tasteful ambience. But what use is that if you have doubts about the hygiene of the food you are given? There was an insect crawling on a teacake carefully covered with a see through plastic film. When I told the lady behind the counter about this, she snapped that it would be a raisin and would not bother herself to look when I tried to show that the 'raisin' was crawling. Luckily the breakfast wrap I had, though it tasted of warm cardboard and cold sausage, had no creepy crawlies.

Great coffee with friendly service. Does get very busy though and not overly easy to find even with maps. I had an extra shot as I like my coffee strong but you don't need to.

Having walked a couple of miles into town we wanted to find a dog friendly cafe and this was the first we came across. Downstairs was rammed so we headed upstairs, as a group of 6 we were disappointed to see all but one were set up for 2-4 people max, and most clientele here were students on laptops. The one proper 4 seater was covered in used cups and plates on trays and cleaning bowls and sprays, however I found 2 additional seats, pulled them to the table and hoped some staff would appear to continue clearing the table. They didn't, so I moved them myself to some nearby vacant 2 seater tables, before fetching our coffee. We enjoyed our coffee and cakes - the children really loved their Halloween gingerbread skeletons.
There was only one toilet available/working, the disabled/baby change downstairs. The soap dispenser was empty but fortunately we had some hand sanitiser on us. I never saw any other staff to mention it to, and I never saw anyone come upstairs either so the trays were all still there when we left.
A nice place let down by possibly not enough staff (in their defence, all the staff I did see were really busy at the never ending queue downstairs).

1. Good coffee
2. Good staff
3. Gluten free and dairy free cake!!!
4. Dog friendly so I got to say hello to some cute dogs

Attention to detail is fantastic great coffees and snacks with caring and excellent staff