For the lack of anywhere better, the best of a poor choice, lunch and coffee at the Bridge Patisserie.
Why is Winchester so poor for anywhere to eat?
I looked in several places, and walked out.
Bridge Patisserie is in a lousy location, on a busy, narrow main road, where you gasp for breath and risk being run down on the narrow pavement.
I first ate in Bridge Patisserie last year, and have seen it slowly go downhill.
Nice decor, but lousy tables and chairs, very cheap and tacky. The artwork on the walls excellent, but no change from a year ago.
The cakes much of a muchness, all variants of the same. Poor choice compared with an indie coffee shop that prides itself on its home baking.
The chocolates look delicious.
Very poor choice of food to eat. We have finished lunch. Why? If run out, fair enough.
Staff unfriendly, marginally better than Costa or Starbucks.
I settled for a slice of pizza. It was that or nothing.
Cappuccino was good, but no information on the coffee, where sourced. I assume neither organic nor fair trade as did not say.
The coffee was Mozzo, a brand coffee. Beans and ground coffee (ground coffee months out of date). Lots of waffle on the packet like when company started, artwork, but nothing about the coffee.
Asking the price of the bagged beans and ground coffee, expensive, though this I did not appreciate until compared with Waitrose later.
Not heard of suspended coffee and were not interested. That attitude sums the place place up. As did: We are closed!