Yellow Wood Cafe — Restaurant in Broxtowe

I recently visited Yellow Wood Café with the intention of using their workspace, but unfortunately, the experience was quite disappointing. My friend and I paid £17 between us, as we were planning to work for a few hours, and the cafe requests you use the work space if you plan to work for more than an hour, and the workspace was advertised as offering individual tables, charging ports, good WiFi, a free drink, and access to water.

While we did receive the free drink, we were directed to a single large communal table, there were no individual tables or charging ports as we were expecting. Additionally, there was no water provided, and the space felt quite warm, making it uncomfortable to stay for long. When we inquired with the staff about the setup, we were told that this was simply how it was today.

We ended up leaving after only 15 minutes, as the workspace did not meet our expectations based on the description. While I believe this café could be a lovely place to visit, the workspace was unfortunately not worth the price. I hope the cafe considers adjusting the advertising to better reflect...

The first time we came they only supplied coffee and cake, but now they offer lunches. Yay.

The first thing that strikes me, it’s a lovely atmosphere. Nice and friendly staff and customers.

It’s great to see they welcome laptop working and have a fair guide available to see. Encouragement for extended laptop working is upstairs with a nominal fee.

Parking is available in the Broxtowe’s car park is opposite or if you can keep you visit time down to 30mins there is free street parking round the corner (we managed 35 mins and didn’t get a ticket).

It is on the tram route with a stop just 2 mins up the road.

The tomato soup with sourdough was lovely.

The facilities are...

Lovely new corner café! I've seen them building the place up week by week while walking past, and you can tell a lot of thought and care was put in the details. The interior is streamlined, warm and serene. The cappuccino was proper, and the compostable cup and lid hold up very nicely. I wish them good luck with transitioning to their full menu, will be back to try it.

edit, a few months down the line: I came back for the now sit-down service, and I must say it was excruciatingly slow - close to 15 minutes to get a coffee, with only two other customers sitting in. Needs...