First coffee I had at Hark was excellent in terms of an enjoyable flavour, but at $6.59 and served without a saucer or spoon, it would want to be good. Not dissuaded and willing to vy for a street park on busy Duthy Street again, I returned to have another cup. I did look into some other reviews of Hark and agree with the comments regarding no posted prices as well as the intrusive music volume. The 'menu' consists of what you can see as well as the 3 posters on the wall. We decided to try a ham and cheese croissant as well as the mushie toastie. The 4 bites of croissant were tasty but almost all moisture had been baked out of it. Likewise, the toastie was a sourdough crouton with some pesto scraped on and some mushrooms. Yes, I should have sent it back as it was almost inedible and offered a high risk of breaking a tooth. Given other positive reviews maybe this was an off day, but with so many other quality cafes out there I...
Read moreFor two days now, Hark has been serving coffees ONLY in Paper Cups what is going on? Yesterday, I was told "We're only Allowed to serve it this way now". Today, I'm told: "This is not my decision - speak to the Boss". Finally the coffee arrives and it is (uncharacteristically) Beyond Ordinary! Revenge Perhaps? Disappointing - to say the least - because the coffee here was invariably good Before. Something is going very wrong at this cafe. Already their coffee is substantially more expensive than its local competitors. Something needs to change -...
Read moreGreat coffee and nice staff. Reasons I am not giving 5 starts are: The music is so load and not suitable for a busy cafe (noticed this every single time). Cafe music should be light not disturbing people's conversations, should have no vocals and make calm environment allowing people to use their laptop if they want. The other issues are flies were all sitting on fresh breads at the counter. They were not covered. Coffee in small cups are served with no saucer. Breakfast items are not priced on the board so you should ask the price or realise when...
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