Okay so I needed to get on with some stuff using the internet on my laptop but wanted to get out of the house. I wasn't feeling a bar or pub and was ideally looking for a coffee shop with free Wi-Fi.
So I left my house, laptop in hand, to stroll around near where I live in search of somewhere. At the end of my road I stumble across Abacus Coffee House, after walking only about 3 minutes from my door. As I peered through the window I noticed a guy in the window using his laptop (this MUST mean there's Wi-Fi)!
As I entered I noticed that they're open until 11pm in the evening from Monday - Friday... how good is that! I've always wanted to find a coffee shop to spend the evening as an alternative to punishing my organs with alcohol or abusing my mind with under stimulating bullshit on the television.
So I asked if there's Wi-Fi and, most importantly, if it's free... And it is! Score!
Okay, so far so good. Next to tick off the list is good food and drinks at an affordable price... Which get's a nice BIG tick from me!
Then, and this is quite an important one in my opinion, has it got friendly staff and good service?... It certainly does! I asked for a skinny mocha and they went about making it. We went to sit down (on a HUGE comfy leather sofa WITH plug sockets right next to it to plug in my dying laptop) and a few moments later the waitress came over to explain that they'd run out of skinny milk and so had the 3 local corner shops. She asked if we'd mind having semi-skimmed milk, which of course was no problem because she'd already gone far out of her way to get what we originally ordered. Plenty of other coffee shops would have just given me whatever milk was easiest for them so I appreciate their service.
So far Abacus Coffee House has ticked every box; opening hours, service, food, drinks, price, Wi-Fi and comfy seats.
Then there's some excellent extras to top it all off...
- A garden/patio at the back with a covered area and heaters
- Shishas
- A nice flat screen telly
- Good music adding to a nice atmosphere
- Loads of up-to-date magazines and newspapers
- Toys and fun things for kids (in their own area to contain noise)
This has got to be the best coffee shop I've rated on Yelp to date. Perfect. read more