Honestly I came here because I needed better wifi. I was having trouble with my personal hotspot on every idevice I have, Imperial Lane's wifi wasn't working for me and vodafone was having a moment (this was pre 4G). I didn't really want to buy coffee from here, it usually isn't that good, given past experience at other Esquires but the guy at the counter looked like he knew what he was doing so I thought I would take the risk.
I was pleasantly surprised. I don't really care where the beans come from and it is nice that they use fair trade beans but at the end of the day, if the coffee is bad, the coffee is bad. This short black on this particular occasion was not too bad at all. So I had a decent short black and free wifi for the hour that I spent there. The tables and soft seating is a plus, this Esquires is pretty cool, the way it is set out with large tables with plugs so you can work and charge your laptop and the upholstered chairs with high backs give you a bit of privacy, I think the layout is good. It is good to know that this is a 24 hour Esquires, if ever I needed coffee after normal trading hours then I would go back. read more