Pleasant ambience, knowledgeable barista, let down by terrible coffee.
Placed order at the counter, brought up to the first floor by a waitress. No water (it’s called service).
The flat white served in a cappuccino cup. It did not taste good. Poor quality coffee made worse by fake milk.
Cappuccino. Never seen anything like it. It looked disgusting. A large glass cup (far too large for a cappuccino), filled with what looked like beige-coloured frothy soup. I took one sip, and instantly felt sick, I thought I was going to throw up. The taste was vile.
I returned downstairs, and asked for an espresso.
If you can ask for fake milk in a coffee shop, is it not reasonable to be able to ask for real milk?
I learnt it was Oatly. Watered down porridge with added enzymes. In Sweden, in trouble on many occasions for their false claims.
The cakes looked delicious. I would emphasise looked. I did not want a repeat of the experience with the coffee.
The coffee Extract. Not good. Not bad, but not good. There are far better roasteries to source coffee from.
The menu was uninspiring. Stuffed nachos. C’mon, you can do better than that.
During the week coffee tasting. Maybe they mean coffee cupping or maybe not. Cost £25. Reputable coffee shops run coffee events as a free event. They wish to share knowledge of coffee. To put this fee in context, a cocktail bar hosted a cocktail tasting evening. Half a dozen cocktails, two of each, the rubbish would be served in a bar contrasted with premium ingredients. The cost somewhere around ten or twelve pounds.
The coffee shop was very cold. Everyone huddled in their coats. But this was not restricted to Moon Coffee House. We visited a couple of other places, they too were cold. Scunthorpe very run down. Cost of living crisis, soaring fuel costs. I guess no one can afford heating.
Update: Moon Coffee House CLOSED. Reopened as Trattoria Caputo, an excellent Italian restaurant.
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