Root & Branch's second outlet really picks up in every way from the original café. Same really nice and friendly staff, same great attention to detail in everything from the customer experience, décor and of course the methodical and almost scientific approach to brewing a really good coffee which will be instantly familiar to anyone who has visited the one on the Ormeau Road.
This one comes with a few advantages in terms of the space. Basically this one is bigger. This has allowed them to offer more seats and expand on the coffee (without taking the focus off it) to include a small but excellent choice of food. I'm not 100% where they have sourced the food from but it is somewhere that pays the same attention to quality as they do with the coffee. I know I've seen Co Coture chocs in here before which if you check out you'll know is also the top of the top as far as Belfast chocolatiers go.
What impresses me is that although some aspects will cost a small premium over most other places, the gap in quality is wider than the gap in price. The main focus quite rightly remains on the coffee, and its coffee you like you'll go a long way to beat here. read more