Cafe Cognito - Menu

St Swithin Street, AB10 6XL, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom

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4.6 💬 2129 Reviews
Cafe Cognito

Phone: +441224209727

Address: St Swithin Street, AB10 6XL, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom

City: Aberdeen City

Menu Dishes: 6

Reviews: 2129

Website: http://www.cafecognito.co.uk/

"Situated in a fairly unique area of Aberdeen minutes walk from Union Street but at the same time quieter and residential, it was when visiting a relative I happened upon Cognito and stopped in for lunch. While in theory a ‘coffee shop’, I think that rather undersells the appeal of the place. While the hot drinks are there, it also offers a fine selection of bakes and cakes, ice cream (including a dog friendly one! and hot snacks. I went with the standard ham and cheese panini, which was lovely. The place is definitely quirky, it has a nail salon inside it, with limited seating inside but a nice looking outside patio (how often that gets used in Aberdeen I don’t know with racks of cards on sale. The girl who served was lovely, and not in a fakey customer service way, just genuinely nice, doubling up my side of crisps when I asked for no salad. All in Cognito is a lovely little cafe. I’m not in Aberdeen enough to know if it’s worth going out of your way for, but if nearby it’s def worth a visit!"

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BiggRedds BiggRedds

Lovely staff, lovely mint chocolate ice cream....good vibes and all. Definitely recommend this place

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ronaldmH7478TO
ronaldmH7478TO

Wonderful service lovely coffee and cakes also a beautiful special gift card so many individual cards thank you see you soon


davidgraham5
davidgraham5

Staff nice, place cool and very clean. Food pretty good. Coffee shockingly bad. Flat white is made from a machine like at the premier in


A8084HLtraceys
A8084HLtraceys

Food and drinks were lovely as always and we visit here regularly but will not be returning. Lady who works there is always very offhand and not at all welcoming, today we felt uncomfortable as she was making comments about us to other staff members. View menu


elainaqc1
elainaqc1

My daughter an I popped in for a cuppa and a fancy and I can honestly say I loved it. The coffee was great, the chocolate banana loaf... Oh my goodness, so tasty and the wee bit of tablet mmmm. I will be back. The staff were welcoming and smiley. Couldn't fault anything.


Pam
Pam

Was in for lunch today and food and drinks were lovely , however the older lady that works there was very rude and abrupt to us and made comments about us to another member of staff not very professional at all this has also happened before so not just a one off go quite regularly but won’t be going back


charliefrbs
charliefrbs

I only recently started visiting here during lockdown and I have returned a number of times since. Tasty coffee and yummy food, and on the door Covid safe service with a smile. Only slight gripe is that I wish they had more veggie sandwich options. Otherwise great wee café worth supporting through lockdown View menu


David
David

Whether for a takeaway or sitting in , Cognito on St Swithin Street is a stalwart of the North East Coffee scene . Massively popular with huge repeat clientele due to incredible service and high standard of coffee , sandwiches, salads and scones and cakes . Very cosmopolitan cafe and exceptional service from Shona and her young , enthusiastic team .


Fedupbeingrippedoff
Fedupbeingrippedoff

My wife and I have been customers here (Queens Cross) for some time however no more...the quality or should I say lack of quality of the paninis has pointed us in a different direction in the future. We have noticed that we are basically paying a premium price for a piece of doughy heated mush. This together with the over inflated price and authoritative attitude from the young staff towards the virus sees us take our business elsewhere...


16
16

Situated in a fairly unique area of Aberdeen minutes walk from Union Street but at the same time quieter and residential, it was when visiting a relative I happened upon Cognito and stopped in for lunch. While in theory a ‘coffee shop’, I think that rather undersells the appeal of the place. While the hot drinks are there, it also offers a fine selection of bakes and cakes, ice cream (including a dog friendly one! and hot snacks. I went with the standard ham and cheese panini, which was lovely. The place is definitely quirky, it has a nail salon inside it, with limited seating inside but a nice looking outside patio (how often that gets used in Aberdeen I don’t know with racks of cards on sa... View menu

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