Exchange Coffee Co — Restaurant in Burnley

Hopped up onto a couple of stools, two dirty cups in front of us on the counter, taken away, no eye contact, no acknowledgement of our existence. Three members of staff came to our end of the counter for various duties, but still no eye contact nor acknowledgement. I tried the house macchiato and my wife the Asian Uganda moon (I think). No advice as to the strength or otherwise of the various blends. My coffee was average, certainly not up to the standard of other coffee houses, my wife's coffee, extremely weak, almost floral. Admittedly her fault for not asking, but by this stage we were losing interest in the whole experience. No offer of a loyalty card. I could NOT recommend this experience to anyone and certainly not to someone I cared about. Next time I will keep my money and appetite for the market cafe, while they don't have the extensive range of exotic coffee, they do have good food, pleasant staff and a coffee worthy...

I love this place for an excellent choice of coffee's & teas plus toasted current tcakes/crumpets and cakes. Only downside is customer's eating their savory food bought elsewhere both sides of me today,which the smell of made me feel a bit of nausea and put me off my order, there are at least 3 other seated cafe areas for enjoying different sorts of savoury food. Other places don't allow you to consume your own food for various reasons. Other than that,I would recommend exchange coffee in Todmorden...

Very friendly, very reasonably priced. Quality coffee and tea from a local roaster based in Blackburn. Oat, soya and coconut milk available. Small selection of cakes and cold drinks. Gluten free and vegan options available. Located inside the market (no dogs). High stools to sit at, and high counter (not wheelchair height), seating area also available. No toilets in the market. I did revisit when there was a young woman staffing the coffee bar, and it is probably fair to say that she was...