End Of An Era - Espressoholic To Close

pissface · *by **pissface** on Wed 11/Mar/09 11:24am*

get yourself a piano tie and really lead the pack

thelivo · *by **thelivo** on Wed 11/Mar/09 11:31am*

pissface wrote:
thelivo wrote:Midnights is IMO the most overhyped. Sometimes you get good coffee in there but sometimes its bloody awful, and don't get me started on the service....

their service changed a while ago from being really snotty and useless to being actually quite good and responsive most of the time. and the food is really good.

service in general in cafes is vaguely bad or patchy, which is what you get with any poorly paid pool of predominantly temporary workers.

the atmosphere in midnight is what i go there for, as with most cafes that's the deciding factor (eg lido sucks plastic fake scrotum)

Fair play - the last time i was in there when the girl making the coffee was pretty much straight out rude was couple of months ago. Perhaps i will give it another try.

pissface · *by **pissface** on Wed 11/Mar/09 11:50am*

hmm... yeah i guess they have their good and their bad staff. it would be interesting though to see how long someone lasts in th ecafe if they are rude: it would be a good indication of the general tone of the place if management put up with it for long.

Also, there is nothing wrong with hauling someone up on that as a customer, though often such rude people have a sort of passive aggressive way of doing it that you only realise afterwards they are being deliberately snotty.

you can also complain to The Boss

and see what happens.

the guys that regularly serve in there (theres a red haired guy, and a young dude who's ok but a bit show-offy) are really good.

Jono · *by **Jono** on Wed 11/Mar/09 11:51am*

pissface wrote:
thelivo wrote:Midnights is IMO the most overhyped. Sometimes you get good coffee in there but sometimes its bloody awful, and don't get me started on the service....

their service changed a while ago from being really snotty and useless to being actually quite good and responsive most of the time. and the food is really good.

service in general in cafes is vaguely bad or patchy, which is what you get with any poorly paid pool of predominantly temporary workers.

the atmosphere in midnight is what i go there for, as with most cafes that's the deciding factor (eg lido sucks plastic fake scrotum)

Yeah - I've found that the service at midnight has been somewhat better over the past 18 months or so than it ever used to be. And their food is still nice. I kinda prefer fidels for food, but the ambience at Midnight is generally nicer. Fidels can feel like a supermarket on $1 bread and milk special days sometimes - especially if you're sitting out front where the queue jams up the room.

Consistently best cafe food I've had in welly was at nikau (which is closed while the gallery upgrade happens).

thelivo · *by **thelivo** on Wed 11/Mar/09 11:57am*

Ah - was wondering what had happened to Nikau. Glad its a temporary closure.

pushbikerider · *by **pushbikerider** on Wed 11/Mar/09 12:39pm*

happybaboon wrote:
Nick_K wrote:
pushbikerider wrote:
CrustyMTB wrote:And latte bowls?!? Why does good coffee need to be diluted by a pint of milk? Surely they should've gone the way of David Banes Cardies?

Happy baboon showes his true Palmy North colours.

In my defence everything in Palmerston North is about 7 to 15 years behind the times....... So things like latte bowls and mullets are still the height of style here. Next month the fad is going to be chatter rings

Fraser · *by **Fraser** on Thu 12/Mar/09 7:14am*

I liked Espressoholic, they got Welli addicted to the family sized latte, never a cafe I was regular however they ran for 20 years, so you must have been doing something right.

Buy hey step away from the steamer... next thing you will be going into is recommending or shunning a cafe in Wellington on the condition of the toilets.

bugle · *by **bugle** on Thu 12/Mar/09 8:51am*

On a vaguely related note its Midnight Espresso's 20th birthday this weekend, Cuba St is closed etc

Oli · *by **Oli** on Thu 12/Mar/09 9:04am*

Wow! I was there for the epic opening party then the even more epic 1st birthday one - can it really be that long ago since they opened? :crazy:

bugle · *by **bugle** on Thu 12/Mar/09 10:09am*

Oli wrote:Wow! I was there for the epic opening party then the even more epic 1st birthday one - can it really be that long ago since they opened?

Surreal eh

phunk · *by **phunk** on Thu 12/Mar/09 10:42am*

Oldfagz

bugle · *by **bugle** on Thu 12/Mar/09 10:46am*

phunk wrote:Oldfagz

newfag you are spending too much time on 4chan

phunk · *by **phunk** on Thu 12/Mar/09 11:42am*

bugle wrote:
phunk wrote:Oldfagz

newfag you are spending too much time on 4chan

Eh?

Thermo · *by **Thermo** on Thu 12/Mar/09 12:58pm*

Now where am I going to get a slice Chocolate Silk.....

Actually do they still have that? It's been years since I've actually been there.

wachtourak · *by **wachtourak** on Thu 12/Mar/09 4:32pm*

phunk wrote:
bugle wrote:
phunk wrote:Oldfagz

newfag you are spending too much time on 4chan

Eh?

lol, oldfags are the elite group on 4chan don't you know.

I'd post a picture here, but as this is an open forum I'll invoke the wrath of the banhammer :lol:

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