Era Espresso — Restaurant in Armidale

Given these challenging times in April 2020, I was treated to a brief coffee visit to Era espresso.

Given social distancing guidelines I did not want to be found waiting and unnecessarily being in public, so I ordered a cold brew.

I was delighted at the speed of the service and was back at home socially distancing quick as a flash.

This whole experience was greatly enhanced by a warm greeting by name from the barista Kyle, warm and welcoming smile of the young girl serving me and a young guy who I heard called "lachie".

This operation looked to be running very smoothly under the guidance of a second barista, a slightly older looking gentleman who other staff seemed to be answering too, the supervisor I imagine.

Definetly a worth while, safe and welcoming highlight to my socially distanced week.

Awesome work guys and...

Our breakfast here was one of the most unpleasant that I have ever experienced. The bearded man was extremely rude and this was totally without cause. Simple requests we made such as for salt and pepper, napkins, and table water were all met with disgust and aggression. He acted as if we had asked him to chop his left foot off. These are all things you would expect to be provided at any decent cafe. As I walked back in to the cafe to ask for the salt and pepper, he announced "oh my god" to the other staff and rolled his eyes. I was shocked and extremely disappointed with our experience here and would not recommend...

We ordered the eggs benedict and a banana smoothie with 2 coffees. Some might think that a banana smoothie would be healthy but not this one- I don’t even think there was an actual banana in it but where it lacked bananas, the sugar most certainly made up for it. Needless to say, I chose not to give that to my 5 year old. The eggs were terrible with a slice of packet ham and I couldn’t cut the bread because we were given plastic knifes. Would not recommend unless you just want a coffee which is ok.

The only saving grace of this place was the super...