Incredibly friendly staff that answered all my questions regarding dairy free alternatives with…read morepatience. Ordered an oatmeal milk latte & avocado toast with scrambled eggs. Both were exceptional and were delivered to my table in short order. Very inviting atmosphere and fairly quiet, even though busy, on an early weekday visit. Traveling thru the U.K. from the States for a couple weeks and this was one of the finest coffee shops I had the pleasure of visiting.

As mentioned elsewhere the room is impressive and well decorated with art-deco touches…read more Nice informal bar area with tea, coffee and cakes available, coffee and a cake for £2.50 is the current value offer. The bar food is the usual salad, burgers, sandwich and wrap selection typically under £10, but there are some interesting sharing platters for around £10. Recommended

Spectacular conversion of the former printing hall of the Bournemouth Echo, to create an ambitious…read morecombination of bar, brasserie and patisserie. This is another venture by serial restaurateur Andy Price, who already has Aruba and West Beach. A recent 'Business lunch' was good value at £15.50 for three courses. Starters included an excellent pork terinne with shallot jam. For mains, we enjoyed fish & chips, lasagne, and bangers and mash. The lasagne was very generous, coming in big oval cast iron lidded dish. The bangers and mash could have done with a green vegetable. Puds of berry compote and ice cream; and American style pancakes with maple syrup and vanilla ice cream were both done well. The overall verdict, though, was competent but pedestrian brasserie fare, rather than anything special. Will have to try dinner, or go a la carte, next time. And may have to hurry, because they were practically empty, so this may not be venture that is sustainable. UPDATE (Nov 2010) This place folded in the summer, and has been bought out of administration (sans the debts) by the same owners. It reopened this month. A recent visit for lunch found it much improved. There is a large area of upholstered seating for teas, coffees, etc, which also improves the formerly clattery acoustics. There's also a counter selling the marvellous homemade chocs from Chococo in Swanage. The food was also a big improvement our eggs Benedict and pumpkin & sage risotto were both spot on. Desserts were imaginitive like the deconstructed Mai Tai, and fig tart with licorice parfait. Pretty good for thirty quid, incl coffee. Let's hope it doesn't go downhill again, as Bournemouth needs a place of this ambition. The Maitre d' doesn't auger well, as he has no idea how to do greet and seat, and neglects new arrivals to such an extent that several gave up and left!! Here's hoping for the best UPDATE (July '13) The restaurant now seems to have stabilised as one of the best dining options in Bournemouth. A couple of recent lunches have been spot on, and service is good now as well. Still imaginative cooking. Fig, blue cheese and parma ham salad excellent, and the fishcake, wilted spinach and poached egg consistently tasty. Lunches about £30-40 for two with drinks, incl. coffee ain't bad for this quality. Do go, and support a venture that deserves continued success.

Perfect place to entertain budding young artists! We weren't sure if this place would still be here…read moreas the last review was in 2009 but we're very glad we found it open! Nicely presented sandwiches, very reasonably priced and lots of lovely Dorset teas served in hand painted pots. Kids (or anyone) can choose from a range of ceramics & take their time to paint them. A very relaxing few hours spent by all!

Popped down here with a friend during exam period to take a break from revising that didn't involve…read morealcohol and it was one of the most fun things I did at uni. It was like going years back in time to school art classes only this time there was no teacher telling me what to do. The two of us were there for about 3 hours but it seemed like 20 minutes and then a week later we each had our own hand-painted mug. Loadsa Fun and the coffee is fantastic!

Located at good location, centre of everything so you would think that this place would be…read moreexpensive and good! Well sorry to disappoint you there to say that yes this place is expensive but really bad. Quality of their food is terrible, well at least when I went there. And the prising for bad quality lunch was astronomical. I do not recommend this place for anyone. I bet their motto is "Not the quality but the quantity"

Nice place, somewhat rude service crew always in a hurry - to expensive for what you get. Nice…read moreviews though

This is my favourite kebab place is excellent for a freshly cooked kebab and the portions are…read moregreat value