Tiny Tiny — Restaurant in Newcastle upon Tyne

3.5/5. Been trying all the independent coffee shops in Newcastle, and was really excited to try this place after seeing everybody rave about it. Even the Uber driver who took me there was saying it’s his favourite place, and was really passionate talking about it, and seemed hyped that I was trying it for the first time. Perhaps I just went here with unrealistically high expectations but I was a little underwhelmed. Don’t get me wrong, the coffee wasn’t bad by any means, I still enjoyed it, just not as much as I thought I would, I have had better. The Mexican bean rancheros was pretty good, as was the lemon and poppyseed muffin. The service was decent, and the interior was unique, had more character than a lot of coffee shops. I don’t want to be harsh, it’s above average, and I have nothing bad to say other than it didn’t live up to the hype but maybe that’s on me for expecting so much. If I just casually walked into this place off the street for some lunch and coffee, I would have really liked it, it’s just the preconceptions I had. I’m clearly in the minority though, I’m sure this is a lot of people’s number one spot in the toon, and always a delight to see an independent place gain a...

I had an awesome day getting work done at Flat Caps today. They met and exceeded my expectations of a coffee shop.

Plenty of good options to choose from for food and drink. I personally ordered a latte with almond milk, the avocado on sourdough(Mexican) with an added 2 poached eggs. After breakfast/lunch I went back and got a pour over(filtered?) coffee that was out of this world delicious with no milk! I just love when you can get a coffee and enjoy it for the simple pure taste of it. I would order it every time. I also stayed hydrated with the water they generously provide at the front(that they never let run out🙂). The bonus to it all was the dark chocolate selection they have. I went for the 100% dark of single origin, just like their coffees by the way😉.

On top of all that, the bathrooms were clean and well stocked. There were plenty of tables and even some with outlets. There were lots of pastries to choose from that I did not try, but that is what subsequent visits are made for!

The staff were really friendly and nice. Someone is obviously on top of it here in organization. It is not easy to make a business look and run this good.

So do yourself a favor and go try...

i cant lie this place is so gentrified its insane… why is there apricots and walnuts on the turkish eggs???? WHY SO MANY???? when i sent it to my turkish friend she just said “white ppl…” IT COST £14 MIND YOU! oh and £4.50 for 2 sausages…. so for £18 you can get 2 eggs, a pile of walnuts and apricot and a tiny bit of yoghurt. There was more walnuts than yoghurt. Oh, and its £1 if you want chocolate on your latte, so an iced mocha is £5 ! listen this is worse pricing than london. I just cant believe how much they charge. they asked if we wanted to tip before we had got our food. just insane pricing for Newcastle

edit because the owner got mad: I did a geography degree, I know what gentrification is. I also have worked in 2 coffee shops over tbe last 2 years, i love making a mocha!!

i work in service so know how much it struggles. i also know, during a cost of living crisis, that eating out is a luxury for many and i reserve the right to be outraged by prices :) we were sat outside so we had to pay first and were asked to tip. you should look up reverse racism because you dont seem to understand it....