Butterflies Coffee Shop

Only went in for a pot of tea, coffee and a couple of cakes. When we got the drinks I had to ask twice for the milk. Then eventually the cake’s arrived, nice and tasty I must be honest. The only thing I must say is the slowness of service and it’s not as if they didn’t have the staff lot’s of staff there, although they were quite young.

Whilst the staff were pleasant and friendly, the service was, as other reviewers have said, slow and despite the review in December 2022 the toilets still need a makeover. Dirty skirting boards and an old child’s changing mat do not encourage customers to return. We felt the food was pricey too and there were spelling errors on the menu boards it should read ‘potatoes’ and ‘avocado’.

We loved the pretty decor, the service was good mid morning, cake and lattes delicious. But two BIG gripes: very small tea cups for lattes were not good value at all as charged as much as at the best coffee chains for a good sized mug we sat inside by the window and the extremely loud noise from the constant bashing into the knocking box was deafening. Proper straight sided mugs and a rubber knock box would have given us a great visit.

Dog friendly cafe, which I’m mentioning early into review as we had trouble finding anywhere in the area that was dog friendly. Anyway this is a very cute little cafe/bistro and was very busy when we arrived on a wet Saturday. We ordered coffee/shortbread coffee cake. All very nice staff were friendly as well as being professional. Toilet facilities could do with a bit of a makeover. Was also a bit sad to see a young staff member eating her lunch from a sandwich box. It might well hv been her choice, if not surly the owners could provide a sandwich?

Staff are friendly, but service was at the speed of a snail on Valium. The food was frankly abysmal. Other half had smashed avocado on toast which came with a few lettuce leaves and some grilled tomatoes, which he said was OK but didn’t taste of anything. I’d asked for poached egg and caramelised onion (minus the original sausage proposed in the menu): what I got was two pieces of over-toasted bread with a poached egg on each, slapped unappetisingly onto a plate. A 5-year old could have managed a better looking presentation. We also had two coffees, and the total came to just over £20. Maybe I’m out of touch but that doesn’t seem good value to me.

The food we ordered ranged from poor to inedible. The soup stole the experience and instead of being potato and leek it tasted like cornflower mixed something indescribable, not only that it was £7.50. We ordered two, the cost of one was refunded when we complained. For the avoidance of doubt no soup was eaten. The rest of the food we ordered was either swimming in grease, for example the halved sausage covered in overdone red onion, or it was just unpleasant. The ham and cheese toastie was impressively poor, badly presented and dreadful to taste. You have to go some way to make a cheese and ham toastie this bad! I am very pleased other people have, judging by the reviews, had a better exper...

Visited Hill Road shops and saw this lovely coffee shop. Ordered an Americana and one shot Latte plus a piece of coffee cake and piece of lemon cake. We sat outside next to what I can only describe as a mouthy nagging old woman and her hen pecked husband. They went inside and ordered after us. As soon as the waitress came out with a tray of food, “mouthy madam” said it’s our order. She then tasted the coffee and decided it wasn’t hers (she had to have decaf) nor the coffee cake which she hadn’t ordered. What turned out, it was actually our order. She complained to the waitress who realised it was our coffee and duly brought the Latte over to me. I refused to accept and asked for a fresh cup....

We went into the cafe for lunch today, was immediately impressed by the decor and the hospitable greetings. A member of staff were helpful in finding a highchair for our little one. After checking the menu and chalkboard specials we decided on a Chicken/Mango/Mushroom curry and a bacon, brie and cranberry panini but unfortunately the curry was sold out but not removed from the board. I ended up settling for bacon and grilled tomato on sourdough which is precisely what I got. The bacon, brie and cranberry panini that the wife had was pleasant even if a little too much cranberry in it, for the sourdough I don't know where to begin, the toast was toasted well, there was too much butter on the t...

We popped in for a light lunch on a Friday just before 1pm. 2 out of 3 of the party were after a soft drink, which were both advertised on the board behind the till. Unfortunately, these were both out of stock. One of us ordered a cup of tea and we were shocked to note the price, which was the same as a cup of coffee. No extra hot water was provided until asked and so a very small pot of tea is provided for the price to begin with. During our visit, the tea cup was accidently knocked, resulting in a spillage. The gentleman helped us to it clear up, however we were not offered a new tea cup or saucer and so had to use a saucer full of tea, until the lady noted and gave us paper towels to soak...