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Cafe MCvia Google

about 1 month ago

I pay close attention to the non-coffee offerings in every coffee shop I visit — they reveal far more about a place than the coffee alone. Good coffee is the baseline; most of the shops can manage that. What really defines a great coffee shop is everything else: the cakes, the food, the teas — the final pieces of the puzzle 🧩. Faculty is the perfect example of this. Exceptional coffee paired with genuinely top-tier cakes and food, all handled with the same level of care. It’s proof that when a shop gets the details right beyond the cup, the coffee was never an accident. (I got the Tiramisu basque cheese cake & batch brew☘️)

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Phil Hayesvia Google

about 2 months ago

I’ve been here many times over the years back when it was considered best coffee in brum and it has continually has got worse. Went in November with my girlfriend and she got the toasty was an anemic bread and filling was if whoever made it had blowed on it to get it cooked and coffee was very average only slightly better than one gotten from the millions of chain places around the location. I was traveling to London and didn’t have time to make it over to temple row so decided to try it one more time and support small a business but will definitely be the last. Not busy, one other table and a few people getting takeaways got a bacon sandwich and flat white £12.87. Coffee looked ok but was bitter and lukewarm, no natural sweetness even worse than the one in November. Bacon sandwich was just grim, almost a boiled taste and fat not rendered doorstep bread just miserable. Pastry’s on the counter looked good but after what I had I didn’t feel like giving any a shot, maybe the reason the hot food is rubbish is because a baker is making it? I bet faculty was so glad when Yorks moved but instead of being the best coffee near new street they kept being below average for a specialty coffee shop. If you want actually great tasting coffee in Birmingham I would go coffee bar collective. I never write reviews but I’m just shocked how bad it is here.

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Loz Baker (GoSuLoZ)via Google

4 months ago

Visited here after being recommended by someone we know. The interior is a little run down and dingy but nothing too bad, it seemed more like the style they were going for than anything else. We ordered a flat white and espresso and 2 of the egg on toast with cheese dishes. The coffee smelt quite bad when it arrived, had a very strong acidic vinegar smell and tasted even worse, very acidic like it was gone off. I took 2 sips and was unable to drink any more, it was easily the worst coffee I've ever had. We were very confused and wondering if it was just us because everyone else seemed to be drinking their coffee and the reviews about the coffee are very good. We were hopeful that the food would redeem the bad coffee, however it was not what we were expecting at all. We were expecting egg on toast with some cheese on top but we got some very lightly toasted bread with a cold boiled egg cut in half and a block of cheese. Very odd, it's like we had to make it ourselves and it wasn't very tasty. Also just a single cold egg for £8 is very poor value for money. Overall very disappointing and again we were quite confused because all the reviews are good.

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Nat Thomsonvia Google

5 months ago

I've been here lots and have never been disappointed. This is the best coffee I have tried in Brum. I usually just snack here and find a great selection to chose from. If you are a coffee snob you will be fine here. ☕ It helps that the staff are very pleasant and helpful too.

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Dalvia Google

11 months ago

I was drawn in by the lovely smell of coffee when I walked past. I just about found a table for two of us as it was quite a busy time. Service was generally good. I had a flat white which is usually my standard coffee shop order, and it was decent. Lots of lovely looking cakes and pastries but I wasn't hungry so didn't try them.