Costa Coffee — Restaurant in Basildon

Costa is one of my fave places, ok, my fave place to drink coffee, I visit the pitsea store at least once a week meeting up with a friend for lunch. It's the newest of Costa's around the area and it's definitely improved, to start with it wasn't great but now the drinks are always great, food is nice, altho it varys weekly to what they may have in or not. Only thing I would say is I wish they would warm up the latte glasses first, I always can drink my latte within 10mins, but may be that's their plan so you...

One of my favourite coffee places, and honestly, the only place to get a decent coffee in Pitsea. The staff are usually great, and the store is usually clean and tidy, but you can tell when they've had a rush as the staff haven't had time to clear the tables - granted, it seems like some of the customers have been trained to eat like wild animals and leave their tables in a mess, but it would do the store and staff a favour if there was an obvious "put empty cups here, use this if you spill your...

The drinks were good but we had the dog with us so couldn't go inside. Every outdoor table was taken, even though people had finished their food and drinks. So we had to sit on a public iron bench by the shops to eat our cake and have our drinks. Not once did any staff from Costa come out to clear tables,which usually gives a hint for people to go and let someone else who was standing waiting, use the table. We certainly would not be going...