Cup

Here's to the future... by Alison

There are some really exciting changes taking place in Teacup during the next month. If you haven't been happy with the cafe before now I definitely urge you to come back in and see the changes for yourself. Alison

storming out of Teacup by CP

Hopeful for some change of attitude in this initially great replacement to Love Saves the Day, I went in to meet friends. But I was the first to arrive. Since I was here last u now have to wait to be seated in the near empty space this Friday about 9.30 am. I declned a window seat and dared to choose my own table to be asked to sit elsewhere as I was alone. It seems I needed to explain my choice and thought: hey, you know what? You don't deserve my custom! And flounced out. Poor, very poor - get your front of house sorted - and ditch the attitude!

teacup brimming with 100% success! by Claudia

in the past, I felt uncomfortable stepping into the former 'cup', afraid i wasn't 'quirky' enough, perhaps I should have sported socks on my hands!! but now, well it's a totally different place, service amazing and very personable, attentive staff, with great knowledge of the products they are selling. The atmostphore is cosmopolitan cool, a healthy and refreshing break from the '5-haircuts in one/I'm in a band' look that I find in most N.Qu cafe. The food is outstanding quality and does not hold back on quantity = fantastic value for your money. Especially when considering the lifeless, mournful look of the staff in Oklahoma, that offer a plate of beans and toast with burnt bits and a dry after taste. Finally, the open plan, spacious and airy environment is welcoming, even inviting as i visited teacup on three consecutive day, just to make sure this place wasn't a 'one off'. It is consistently outstanding business from soup to service, I would urge you try to the carrot cake it is organic and outstanding!!

fashion by hesta

cup has now rebuilt itself to give even more space to the staff. maybe it was becasue they didnt have enough space before that they were unable to do anything other than think they were looking pretty. this is what i thought. but i was wrong. it still toojk 15 minutes to get a cup of coffee! yes great pies and smoothies. pity still about the staff

cup becoming teacuponthomasstreet by dom

hi, thanks for yor feedback and review, I'm Dom the new managaer at cup. We know there have been issues in the past with service, we're working hard to make cup special everytime and would like say that soon we will re-launch as the tea cup on thomas street. we have two new chefs making fresh homemade cookies, croisants, pan au chocolait, cakes and all things savory daily...

More Duff than Scruff by Gideon Bustard

Comparing Cup to the sadly missed Love Saves the Day is a bit like comparing a prize race horse with a lame donkey. Admittedly it’s a lame donkey owned by a rather cool local DJ. Whilst I want to like Cup I can’t quite get over the fact that when it comes to the basics, i.e. hot food, good service, it’s not delivering. The highlights of Cups slightly worthy, and mainly drink based, menu are definitely the quiche and the pies. The pies are from the rather brilliant Pieminister and bloody delicious they are too. Unfortunately the mash is slightly reminiscent of packet Smash and not really worth the extra cash. Also a quid for gravy is total daylight robbery. The quiches, particularly the mushroom and peppercorn one are also tasty especially with salad and homemade coleslaw but keep your fingers crossed it’s served warm all the way through as it frequently has a cold patch in the middle. In their selection of ready made sandwiches you’ll find such egg mayo, spinach and tomato chutney, sheeps cheese with rocket and mackerel and horseradish. Definitely more hmmm than mmmm. The thing about Cup is, it all feels slightly for show. There are always several reasonably good looking people behind the counter but, aside from scowling, they don’t really do much. The service is appalling, they take at least ten minutes to make a drink and quite frequently bring the drinks after the food has arrived. If you dare to complain they dart looks at each other as if to say ‘can you believe the cheek of this person wanting their food in under an hour!’ and slam your refund into your hand. The dead magpie in the window will get up and fly out of the door before any of the staff will consider offering an apology, even if you’ve been waiting over an hour and in the end seen your order given to another table who have started to eat it because they too are on the verge of dying of hunger. The cakes are all delicious. But, as with everything at Cup, they too have their downside. In this case it’s the price. A small slice of take away cake cost me £2.75. Which I felt was slightly too much. Like I said, I want to like Cup. I really do. But it just seems to me that Cup thinks that things like service and hot food aren’t important because, in their own heads, they are already way better than anyone else.

Great tea by Keith

you can get mr scruff teas here and good place for a break if your record shopping