Costa Coffee — Restaurant in Dublin

I really like it here its just perfect the ambience is perfect and the staff are brilliant and friendly. My Dog Teddy loves their porridge but the coffee is always smooth and never smokey. I love here too because it is very cosmopolitan and European we have come of age. I love to people watch and listen to all the different languages and accents we are indeed becoming s more circular society. My elderly mother and mother in law were bigoted about the new Irish and I bring them here to teach them of their errors and finally I have changed their opinions somewhat. Coffee shops in Ireland are the new pubs the places to meet and listen. Coffee houses have helped ease the multicultural aspect of a new Ireland to those that fear change and of course introduced hardened tea drinkers to the virtues of good...

Coffee etc in this establishment is the usual Costa quality. However, on the day I visited, while I was standing waiting for my coffee, the stack of paper take away cups fell to the floor, right beside where the Baristas were walking to and fro constantly. It wasn't an especially clean floor. I checked. It was wet and there were coffee grinds there. One lady quickly picked up the cups and replaced them from where they fell, and the others continued to use them. I pointed out that they had fallen and got "Ok. Thank you" and things continued, business as usual. I normally ask for a paper cup, in case I need to leave earlier than planned. This experience...

Was served by a very rude woman who almost shouted at me asking how many drinks I wanted while I was trying to make a cake selection, was bad enough she was shouting but I couldn't understand her accent which made the situation even more uncomfortable. I knew her co workers were also uncomfortable with the situation as they looked at me from behind her with facial apologies. This would have been a regular meeting place for myself, sisters and mother to get together for a chat, but this is no longer our place of meeting as I felt I would not hold my tongue with embarrassment a second time. We have started to meet...