Cofio Lounge

I was breaking in new shoes, the first in a decade or more. This and an early morning run , had left me hungry. The grade 2 listed building reached out to us, in we went.

Friendly staff, happy, smiling, chatty. A relaxed and pleasant atmosphere. Portraits adorned the walls and a murmuration of lampshades kept a close watch over those below.

As we walked to our table Bruce kicked in on the sound system, "I'm On Fire" drifting through a room full of charectour.

Prompt service and very tasty food. Coffee that was easy on the taste buds. Not huge portions, but satisfying none the less, all rounded off with a teacake.

We left full and happy. Outside a busker guitar in hand, harmonica in mouth kicked into "Hungry Heart". It was worth the fiver I had in my pocket for the reminder....

"..... we took what we had and we ripped it appart.
Every body's got a Hungry Heart"

I didn't need reminding, but I enjoyed the song.

Cofio Lounge now operating 'find your own table' policy. Choice of ordering at the bar or via the app. Used app with no problem. Mac and cheese with bacon very tasty.

Absolutely loved this place. First time here but stopped for lunch with a friend. The staff are so friendly and the service is really fast. It was a nice hot day so we say outside (they have the choice of seating inside or out) the seating outside is also covered so good for rainy days too :-). I had the tapas which was delicious! In particular the buttered chicken and hummus. My friend had the all day breakfast and he said that was lovely too. The inside is decorated beautifully and plenty of inside seating. The toilets are up a fair few flight of stairs, and unless they have a toilet on their ground floor, unfortunately this is not wheelchair accessible or would not suit someone who might have difficulty with stairs. Reasonably priced, food and drinks for us were about £16 p/p, but obviously it would depend on what you had. They do a tapas Tuesay which is 3 tapas dishes and a glass of wine for £11.

Lovely architecture, staff, and I tried something new. A mocha with coconut milk. It's like a coffee flavoured bounty bar, all harmoniously layered in glorious symphony!

Lovely decor and service. The food is always tasty, fresh and there's great attention to detail. I asked for a pumpkin spice latte and the staff drew a cute little pumpkin on top. I loved it 😍

Just popped in for a drink and coffee. Not too busy (late sunday afternoon) but great atmosphere, sitting and enjoying the interior & company. Lot of people had popped in for just drinks or food which looked great.

Dog friendly indoors is always nice to find. This place also has such Cosy Club vibes which is great too. Only a pudding trip this visit but the food arriving at the other diners tables looked so good. Great for Vegans with their own menu. Can't wait for our next visit.

This was on a Tuesday at 5pm and the lounge was not busy and had at least five staff working. You can’t order anything with dietary restrictions on the app (which they make a virtue of my claiming that it’s so they can get your food correct!) you have to go to the bar which meant that we had to queue. When we got to the bar they’d run out of the soft drink we wanted to order. We finally ordered food and after fifteen minutes when the food arrived the very simple dietary restricted meal (a double burger) was wrong as they had added some sort of pulled meat instead of one of the burgers. The waiter then checked with the kitchen and after five minutes came back and said I could either keep the meal as it was or wait a further ten minutes whilst my companions food was getting cold to get what I ordered. I reluctantly chose to stay with the meal that had been delivered.
At no point was anything other than a cursory apology offered. The waiter didn’t offer to take my companions food back to keep warm or offer to provide a complimentary drink to say sorry. All we got was a slight shrug.
On using the men’s restrooms the cubicle was not clean and had run out of toilet paper.
Overall an unsatisfactory experience - would recommend against going here!