Costa Coffee — Restaurant in Exeter

I don’t normally come to this part of town because I usually use Exeter Central station for train travel but I often go on long journeys by train and for that, of course, I have to use St. David’s.

I start early in the morning and before heading into the station I stop at this Costa first for my morning coffee and a cake sometimes too.

The staff are always friendly and welcoming, service is quick even when busy. The coffee and cakes are excellent as you’d expect from Costa. Note: it is just a takeaway Costa purpose built for travellers using St. David’s station so don’t expect tables chairs and china cups.

I will always come here because the Starbucks opposite the station’s ticket office and the Pumpkin coffee shop on platform 5 are both massively overpriced, they’re very messy and the staff simply don’t care about...

A very badly run coffee shop with mostly uninterested and blunt baristas who are low energy. In the past, they messed up so badly and spilled milk down my leg and barely apologised. Nowadays, they are the mask police and demand to see an exemption to wearing a mask when I say I can’t due to hidden disability (even though no such document legally exists and doctors have said that they are not granting exemptions). I believe what they are doing is actually illegal under the Equality Act 2010 so they ought to be more careful with their zealous insistence on masks. May be a contender for the worst Costa Coffee I have...

I went in for a quick coffee and snack before my train on 21/2/2023 at around 4:30. I was served by a boy with curly hair and piercings who was absolutely lovely and polite, and the girl making my drink with him was so happy and bubbly in the background singing away. Seeing this kind of happiness really cheered me up after what was quite a dull day prior to this. Hopefully these two can get a little bit of recognition for amazing customer service and...