I was excited to be this close to the Dome when I first arrived for a conference at Ravensbourne yesterday. Everything looks so new and clean at first sight - more Belgium than London. Needless to say but my excitement waned as soon as I tried to find a decent place to meet a friend for a quick coffee. Chains only on Greenwich Peninsula. Costa is my least favourite of the big players at the best of times ... I struggled with the plastic -y sandwich choices opting for a toasted one, may as well have them warm it up for the eat-in Surcharge! Unfortunately it was absolutely devoid of flavour and not worth the long wait. Service was appalling, how do they cope when they have more than three customers? The maestro (yes,it says so on his t-shirt) ignored me while handling what must have been a very involved order and just turned his back when he realised he missed me, serving the guy behind instead. And it carried on ... too many words for a simple coffee shop already. Try and avoid! read more