Joe & The Juice is a cool brand of juice bars and coffee shops, they have a large number of stores…read morein Denmark and Sweden, yet in the UK many of their stores (near enough all of them outside of London) are in big department stores, this location is inside John Lewis' on the upper floor of the Liverpool One.
The vibe is pretty cool inside, it's a little dark but it has nice views of the city and the decor just gives it a really cool vibe.
I ordered a large iced latte which came with vanilla milk, I really enjoyed it, the vanilla had a natural sweetness which added to the high-quality and organic coffee, I also like how they use bamboo straws here which are much better than paper for both the user and the environment, especially with the government's efforts to ditch plastic, bamboo is the best alternative and I wish other places saw that!
The prices are a little high, my drink cost £3.40 which is more than my regular drink (which is 8oz larger) would have cost at Starbucks, it also cost £0.10 on top of that to sit in for some reason? The vanilla syrup was a free addition which is the only bonus I can think of the price, if you do visit a lot it is worth buying a loyalty card where you can pay £27 to get 10 coffees, they also have these for their food and juices, which works out much more reasonable and a good price. I would have liked to see an expansion on their current points system which gives you free drinks every so often, rather than having to earn an insane amount of points to get perks.
It would have been nice to see a variety of flavouring syrups for the coffee, Christmas specials as it is December after all and a gluten-free food range.
The seating area is comfortable but the tables are a little low for my liking, considering this is a small(ish) area in a department store, they have made it rather comfortable.
The online ordering app is also impressive, it is much better than any other brand for the overall interface and how easy/fast it is to use and pay, better yet you can even get a free juice after your first purchase on the app, so I'll be looking forward to testing that - as juices are in the name of the chain after all!
The staff seemed friendly and helpful too.
One of my favourite coffee shops in Liverpool, beating my regular favourite Starbucks (Liverpool has so many crappy franchise Starbucks stores!). 4*