I mentioned before that the last time we used Fed & Watered it broke a fairly long run of being quite disappointing. It had always been the go to place, mainly through lack of competition in the airport, it also monopolised the all-important views of the runway. We stopped for food a short distance down the road from the airport this time and I was only in the mood for coffee once there, and since you know where to stand with Starbucks and they now have to most commanding view of the apron..... I went there.
My wife though only finished shopping after I had finished my iced latte and was also looking for a quieter part of the airport to breast feed our son. So we ended up back in the new revamped Fed & Watered. The area that the old F&W sat in has been expanded a good deal, but F&W itself is now smaller as it shares the expanded space with its sister premises 'Coco' and 'Chopped'. The décor and set up look the part, it's stylish and modern. The only downside is that to use space more efficiently, the other 2 outlets cover a lot of the window area, which is a real irk to me as I'm a big kid and I like to see out at airports!
All we got here in the end was an Americano and a brownie, and we were really only getting those to use the seating for feeding the baby, so we didn't experience the hot food. However looking around it was notable that despite being dinner time most other people around were having similar to us, tray bake and tea/coffee.
The girl that served us was 'OK', there was a little of the unenthusiastic demeanour (that seems to have been mentioned about this place a few times on other review sites) which wasn't great, but the service was prompt enough. I couldn't see the coffee being made but it was just 'OK'. I didn't taste barista made, more the sort of coffee you get in the likes of Greggs where the staff just hit a button on a machine. It wasn't bad, but not amazing either. The brownie was quite nice and seemed fresh though.
All in all the seating and décor make the new F&W a nice place to be (despite covering so much of the windows), even if I couldn't guarantee that the food and service has risen to the same standards! read more