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Best Coffee in the Shopping Centre

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    #32
    TheMightyI
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭TheMightyI


    I agree with previous poster - the new coffee shop in Next is pretty good.


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    #33
    nikpmup
    Registered Users Posts: 2,510 ✭✭✭nikpmup


    Just got back from Next, and yes, the coffee is good. They also do very a nice pancakes, bacon and maple syrup breakfast - I wasn't holding out much hope for the food as it appears to be all prepackaged sandwiches but the pancakes were lovely. Only problem with it is that I spent a fortune in Next on the way out!


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    #34
    rolion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,362 ✭✭✭rolion


    Hi,
    Not in Shopping Centre but just few minutes North...the Bewleys Barista inside the Texaco petrol station beside Roselawn Business Park.
    Nice, deep, touchy taste !
    hmmm...


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    #35
    Arciphel
    Registered Users Posts: 2,840 ✭✭✭Arciphel


    rolion wrote: »
    Hi,
    Nice, deep, touchy taste !
    hmmm...

    prudd.gif


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    #36
    George Michael
    Closed Accounts Posts: 145 ✭✭George Michael


    have tried costa, starbucks and butlers and they are all pretty poor, with starbucks being the worst. butlers isnt too bad, but ive had better


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    #38
    Staplor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,123 ✭✭✭Staplor


    George Michael wrote: »
    have tried costa, starbucks and butlers and they are all pretty poor, with starbucks being the worst. butlers isnt too bad, but ive had better

    Butlers does have a free sweetie though


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    #39
    George Michael
    Closed Accounts Posts: 145 ✭✭George Michael


    Staplor wrote: »
    Butlers does have a free sweetie though

    ah yea the chocolates are lovely, ill give them that


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    #40
    Seve OB
    Registered Users Posts: 15,987 ✭✭✭✭Seve OB


    was in Dunnes this morning and fancied a coffee. Decided to try their machine down beside the bakery.

    NEVER EVER GO THERE    .

    It's muck, horrible, tasteless and as weak as ditchwater.

    And I'm not even all that fussy about my coffee


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    #41
    amdublin
    Registered Users Posts: 20,653 ✭✭✭✭amdublin


    Leonidas - great coffee and free sweetie like butlers too!


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    #42
    Staplor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,123 ✭✭✭Staplor


    Wetherspoons, free self serve refills on filter til 2pm. Not amazing, but given the level of quality around the centre, it's the best value if you've time to kill.


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    #43
    Bottler70
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭Bottler70


    Always liked McDonalds coffee. Probably not a popular choice but really like it.


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    #44
    Tigerbaby
    Registered Users Posts: 578 ✭✭✭Tigerbaby


    Java Republic factory/ restaurant. Ballycoolin. Only open during the week. Normal daytime hours. food too. Very popular spot.

    Now thats coffee I like. You can see the process of roasting etc going on too.

    Nice experience.


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    George Michael
    Closed Accounts Posts: 145 ✭✭George Michael


    Tigerbaby wrote: »
    Java Republic factory/ restaurant. Ballycoolin. Only open during the week. Normal daytime hours. food too. Very popular spot.

    Now thats coffee I like. You can see the process of roasting etc going on too.

    Nice experience.

    java republic is hands down my favourite coffee.


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    #46
    nikpmup
    Registered Users Posts: 2,510 ✭✭✭nikpmup


    Tigerbaby wrote: »
    Java Republic factory/ restaurant. Ballycoolin. Only open during the week. Normal daytime hours. food too. Very popular spot.

    Now thats coffee I like. You can see the process of roasting etc going on too.

    Nice experience.
    Yessss!!! Forgot about them. Lovely coffee & grub


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    #47
    handlemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 6,003 ✭✭✭handlemaster


    isnt it great to have so much choices so close by


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    #48
    Pat Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,004 ✭✭✭Pat Dunne


    For the size of the area I would say the choices are fairly pedestrian and predictable in D15, with very few independent businesses in the mix.

    If you take Dunboyne, Rathoath and Dunshaughlin, I can think of at least ahalf of dozen plus places where I can get a really good breakfast or a coffee/tea and a freshly made piece of confectionary which is produced on the premises. The really nice thing in my books is that each and everyone of them are independents and only one is a pub.


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    #49
    amdublin
    Registered Users Posts: 20,653 ✭✭✭✭amdublin


    Pat Dunne wrote: »
    For the size of the area I would say the choices are fairly pedestrian and predictable in D15, with very few independent businesses in the mix.

    If you take Dunboyne, Rathoath and Dunshaughlin, I can think of at least ahalf of dozen plus places where I can get a really good breakfast or a coffee/tea and a freshly made piece of confectionary which is produced on the premises. The really nice thing in my books is that each and everyone of them are independents and only one is a pub.


    It's a bit of an apples and oranges comparison really...


    Dunboyne, Ratoath & Dunshaughlin are villages, of course you will not get a starbucks or butlers out there. Instead you get the local small coffee shops/cafes.


    The towncentre is exactly the place where starbucks, butlers, Leonidas, wetherspoons would locate themselves. And exactly where a local café would not.


    However down in Blanch village or Castleknock village there are the cafes/coffee shops just like the ones in Dunboyne, Ratoath and Dunshaughlin.


    We really do have a lot of choice in D15, we are very lucky I think!


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    handlemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 6,003 ✭✭✭handlemaster


    Pat Dunne wrote: »
    For the size of the area I would say the choices are fairly pedestrian and predictable in D15, with very few independent businesses in the mix.

    If you take Dunboyne, Rathoath and Dunshaughlin, I can think of at least ahalf of dozen plus places where I can get a really good breakfast or a coffee/tea and a freshly made piece of confectionary which is produced on the premises. The really nice thing in my books is that each and everyone of them are independents and only one is a pub.



    When you compare rental prices in Dublin 15 and meath its a different market. The tried and tested business model will always win out


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    #51
    Pat Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,004 ✭✭✭Pat Dunne


    handlemaster wrote: »
    When you compare rental prices in Dublin 15 and meath its a different market. The tried and tested business model will always win out

    I agree in regard of the rent in D15. However to my mind, tried and tested is your usual corporate giants, overing fairly average mass produced fair. More a case of marketing than substance.


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