Stag Espresso @ Warburton Gallery

Nipped in here because the elephant house was too full! seats not very comfy but that’s the only thing wrong with this wee café. lovely decaf (I don’t drink full-​caffeine so sometimes I’m subject to very horrible coffee — but not today!) natural wood everywhere, beautiful townhouse features, free water available, and lots of pretentious hipstery magazines for sale (with titles like ‘monocle’, ‘wallpaper’ and ‘peot’. had a very tasty slice of pumpkin loaf. not especially quiet when I visited, but quieter than the surrounding cafes!

Like Jenny L, I can say «It’s so quiet» … cue Bjork. I entered and I was the only person apart from the friendly Barista.
I ordered a flat white (my standard coffee choice by far!). It was a good honest cup and give me more coffee go go go! Honstly i knew by that cup (third) before lunch I had to stop!
The room is big, lots of seats and tables, feels like and old classroom — quite quirky in an old worldy way.
I’d often passed whilst the place was a pop up for Artisian Roast and never ventured in but I’m glad i have now. Defo will be popping back in now and this time I may have a slice o’ cake!

Now isn’t this a lovely space to enjoy a quiet cup of coffee? I drink a lot of coffee in this end of town, and a lot of my favourite cups of coffee are in very crowded coffee shops. The original Stag Espresso is usually fairly busy at lunch time too, and a further walk. So, when I noticed the pop-​up gallery space that previously housed an Artisan Roast coffee pop-​up now housed a Stag Espresso pop-​up, I was very happy.
And even happier when there was a really friendly guy making the coffee and chatting with customers, big tables, good coffee and cakes, nice big windows to let in the light, and a slightly quiter café to sit in for a few hours. That won’t last long, no doubt, as we move into summer and festival season. But for the two hours I had to enjoy a flat white, work away on my laptop, this new pop-​up /​temporary (?) or maybe full-​time resident coffee shop is a welcome addition to Victoria Street!