Opposite Cafe Chapel Allerton — Restaurant in Leeds

Dreadful. Sloppy service. Sandwiches are tightly wrapped in some sort of film wrap, actually they're squashed. My ham, Cheddar cheese and Branston pickle was manufactured, beige, fatty ham, I can't be certain if the square cheese was Cheddar but it had little taste, the pickle couldn't be found. There was a scattering of green leaves in the sandwich and on the plate, a lot of which were not fresh by several days, they were yellow and brown! Our tea arrived with milk in a clear glass bottle, the bottle was not clean. I asked for a glass of tap water and was presented with a bottle without the lid on, which was half full and had clearly been on other tables. It was so grubby around the inside of the neck and around the outside. There was no way that I would have drunk water from that bottle.

The staff don't inspire confidence when you look for cleanliness. There's plenty of them but not once did we see any tables being cleaned between customers, we'd had to clear crumbs from the table we were sitting at. All in all this place spends too much time concentrating on gimmicky things like putting baked beans into a tiny clear pot with a lid when one orders beans on toast along with a cube of cheese and a tiny cheese grater so you can grate the cheese yourself, with difficulty. Tea is loose leaf tea and served with 'infusion-type balls' in mugs. However there's nowhere to put this infuser once the tea is brewed and removed from the chunky white mug, because it doesn't fit in the provided saucer!

One thing that did bring a smile to our faces was that the Earl Grey tea came served in a very different tea-infusing pot. But once again once this was used, where did one leave it? Great little idea, makes good tea but lack of staff thought!

There's a need and place for an independent coffee shop/cafe in this area. Done properly and well it...

I visited Opposite Cafe yesterday which was a busy Saturday on a cold afternoon during lockdown in January. I have been a regular customer at Opposite throughout lockdown and I'm a big believer in supporting independent coffee shops. Usually the experience has been great and the drinks of high quality, however, I felt I needed to write this review after the standard of service I received yesterday. I ordered a flat white and hot chocolate and after waiting around 30 minutes and seeing others who had been after me in the queue come and go, my partner went up to the counter and the server said 'don't worry we haven't forgotten about you' so we continued to wait. After a further 10 minutes, we were very chilly and had come to the conclusion that our order must have been missed off the list so we said to the server that we were going to leave it as we couldn't wait around any longer. She said the 2 drinks on the counter were ours (a latte and an oat milk hot chocolate) to which I replied that they were not our drinks and we had been waiting for a very long time. She replied to me saying that we had ordered a latte and we hadn't been missed off the queue. She did make us a flat white in the end, however, the situation which I imagine was just a simple misunderstanding of her confusing us with someone else, turned into quite an unpleasant experience. I will be coming back as 9/10 we have a good experience here, however, given that this is one of the pricier options in Chapel Allerton, I do expect a better level of...

Proud to call this place my local!

How people could go to the Starbucks next door is completely beyond me.

Service - Every single time I come in I am greeted so nicely by the ever pleasant staff, always courteous and always welcoming.

Atmosphere - Lovely local feel, a little gentrification nation sometimes but it's independent coffee shop in Chapel Allerton so it's to be expected.

Food and drink - I've never been disappointed by a drink i've had from here. Of course the sandwiches and pastries are quite pricey, but again. You're paying the Chapel Allerton tax on top of the Independent coffee shop tax so I don't mind and they're always delicious!

Standouts;

Matcha Latte - Yes im basic, yes im white but having had many a Matcha Latte in my time I can safely say this is the best in Leeds.

Chai Latte - Aforementioned basic whiteness aside, this Chai Latte is truly so luxurious, so aromatic, so flavourful. I wish I could have this before bed every...