Laboratorio Espresso — Restaurant in Great Britain

🔻 When ordered to go, flat white is always poorly made. Just overheated milk until steaming, poured over espresso. No texturing, no frothing, no technique whatsoever. Although, the same place, same great reputation and same cost. But you just don’t get the same quality for a to-go order.

Still, one of the very limited places serving good coffee in this area. Lab Espresso is truly one of my favorite places. They can easily maintain a consistent quality, if they choose to.

When sitting in, flat white is always made to perfection. Milk is perfectly textured and served with a nice latte art.

Though not offering a big variety of baked goods and Patisseries, their selection is relatively good as well.

You can’t always sit in as the place is small and can get crowded at times. I like their outside seating area, if it wasn’t raining of course.

One issue though is the attitude of the baristas working there. Although when you become a regular, you can see how nice and great they actually are.

I look at coffee places as a whole experience, baristas and other staff do play a vital role in creating a positive/negative vibe. Here, most of them give an impression as if they lack the spirit and look like as if they’re forced to be there. They create a very unwelcoming atmosphere. It is rarely that I get to encounter someone who’s welcoming, smiling and...

The staff behavior was very rude and unfriendly. When I arrived, I initially sat with my friends, but I later decided to move to another table because the one we were at was too small. However, a worker asked me to stay with my friends because other people wanted to sit there. I respected their request and returned to my original table.

Later on, one of my friends and I wanted to sit outside, but the chairs were uncomfortable. So, I took a different chair from near where I was sitting to replace the uncomfortable one. Unfortunately, the same worker told me not to change the chairs, even though I explained that I would put them back in the same place after I finished using them.

Eventually, the worker approached my friends who were sitting inside and asked them to leave, claiming that we had stayed for four hours and had overstayed our welcome. It's important to note that we had come to the café to study, as we had read in Google Maps reviews that it was a good place for studying. We had ordered coffee, tea, croissants, and desserts while we were there. Despite that the staff's behavior towards us was very rude.

Based on my experience, I cannot recommend this café to anyone. There are plenty of other coffee shops in Glasgow that offer nicer environments and more...

I was in Glasgow recently and with my new found enjoyment of "proper coffee" I decided to try another coffee house, away from my favourite. A quick Google search found Laboratorio Espresso so I decided to give it a go. From the outside it appears small, which is confirmed when you get in (I counted about 15 seating spaces), but decided to head in anyway. I ordered a double Espresso which was really good and enjoyed it at the window seat just people watching. Once I had finished my drink I approached the counter and asked the batista what the coffee was (as in, what brand / blend). He looked at me with a puzzled look that said both "are you daft?" and "why are you asking me this" which made me feel a little uneasy. The batista then told me that it was made by Barn Coffee from Germany but I can't remember the blend name as I was feeling awkward by now. For me, the coffee was excellent but the staff made me feel a little like I wasn't good enough to be in there. Its not the warmest or friendliest of places I have experienced which is a shame because, as I've said, the coffee...