Blas Cafe — Restaurant in Dublin

The missus and I used to come here to get what we called "a good coffee" as a treat. That is because the places for a coffee nearest our flat are the Spar, Centra and McDonalds. Blas easily outdoes these kinds of places with their quality. Unfortunately, I just can not give the place a high rating nor recommend it. The last three times we've been by to get a coffee the service has been outright terrible. I don't have any issue with a longer wait at places when they are busy, but this hasn't been the case for Blas. The last time we went (about two weeks ago) we ordered two cappuccinos to go and had to wait twenty minutes for our coffee. There was one person ahead of us, and no one behind us. The place wasn't busy by any reasonable assessment of the dining area. We waited patiently, but after about fifteen minutes of watching the older fella working as barista chat to who we assumed was his mate, my wife went up and asked the woman who took our order if it would be much longer. When she asked the barista what order he was on he simply and genuinely said "I don't know..."

His response is, unfortunately, the new sentiment I will adopt when or if I ever consider going back to Blas in...

We have been in Dublin for 7 days now from Australia and everyday we have been searching for the best coffee and breakfast/brunch. Well we found it! When I say we have tried alot of cafes and coffee shops in our search in Dublin, I mean we have searched ! Multiple coffees a day in hope to find one. Blas hands down is the best coffee. Smooth and creamy. The perfect blend of flavours and consistency a flat white should have. Our only disappointment is that we found them on our last day!

The food! My gosh! I had the Marrakesh breakfast and it was divine. Full of flavour. I was also impressed as we are travelling with 3 kids, the staff let us know that they can pretty much make anything the kids would like. This made my kids very happy! My youngest able to get just a plain porridge and My middle able to get her craving fill of a bacon and eggs roll (Bap) Very very happy we stumbled on this...

I was the only customer in the queue early Monday morning after dropping my son to Bolton St college. There were maybe 4 other customers sitting down. The place was practically empty.

The tall blond server at the coffee machine could not have radiated more disinterest in my custom. She oozed "am I bovvered" energy. I had 2 questions.

1. Could I have an americano.
2. Is the wifi good?

Even though she was the only one behind the counter she told me to move 2ft further down the counter to ask for coffee. She ignored my wifi question until I repeated it.

Once I stood in the exact coffee ordering spot , she asked what I wanted without making eye contact.

I said I already told her over at the coffee machine.

Anyway I got sick of her sub/dom game and saved my money and parking fees...