Caffè Spettacolo Basel SBB — Restaurant in Basel

Disappointing. How can service staff work in a coffee shop if they don’t listen what has been ordered? I don’t have a soft voice and it was not loud inside. My order = Caffe Freddo was apparently misheard and I was being served a regular coffee, which is hot. Freddo means cold, by the way, so I trust a barista knows the blatant difference between temperatures. As is quite in a busy train people need to rush to their trains, so I needed to leave my piping hot café créme behind. That’s CHF 4.40 for some publicity. You are welcome. Little piece of advice: if you are not sure what the order has been, just double check, our body has been equipped with an organ...

After having an amazing coffee somewhere else in Basel in the morning, I was hoping for a second round of good coffee luck when I visited Caffè Spettacolo. There was one barista in charge of coffee and two other staff serving and taking payments etc. This seemed promising and I was hoping the barista knew what he was doing. They also have oat as an alternative milk so that was also good. Well… my coffee tastes burnt so I guess he didn’t clean the portafilter or the machine very well. Such a disappointment… I took 2 sips and had to put the CHF5.10 “latte” in the bin. I guess I won’t be...

I had coffee, the coffee was just regular normal (not bad) coffee, but at a price as it where the best coffee on the world. And i see on your reviews a lot of comments related to the relation price- quality. But all the answers are only about the quality. Not related to the price that is really absurdly expensive. So i am really disappointed in two ways. But it's really important to put in first place the price, because this is not a fair price at all. Even if the coffee would be really really good, you can buy one Kg of that coffee for the price you do an Expresso. It's...