The Roastery

"This place is next to Kew Bridge train station. A lot of the footfall is from people about to get on a train and grabbing a coffee/bite to eat. Therefore they often don't have long to hang around and wait to be served/coffee made. I put up with their slow service a few times because the coffee is generally decent and the food is good quality (which is why it's 2 stars, not 1). But I was standing by the till today, train coming in 5 minutes, 3 staff members in the kitchen area doing non-essential food prep and NONE of them came up to take my order. After about 100 seconds of be staring in disbelief, one of them bothered to acknowledge me and said they would be over in a few seconds (which would have been more like another minute), to which the train was coming in 3 minutes and they hadn't even taken my order, let alone made my coffee, so I just left. The level of customer service is appalling. Given the location and type of customers that come in, you would think they understand the need to be quick (I can live without the smile and friendly service). Edit 07/02/2023- I came in here one more time from desperation of needing a coffee. My train was coming in 8 minutes so I thought there should be enough time to get a coffee and get onto the platform. Just two people in front of me in the queue, so you'd think 5 mins and you should be out. 10, yes TEN minutes later, I got my coffee and MISSED my train. Absolutely Never again. Avoid this place of you're coming for a coffee and getting the train"

"Convenient location, it connects to Kew bridge train station."

"Nice place to express lunch/brunch. Beautiful venue, very well presented. Very friendly and helpful staff, fast service. I found the chicken club bread a bit soggy but I'm giving it 5 stars as the place in general was above my expectations."

"Good location by the tube station in Kew Bridge. Eggs Royale is good portion. The falafel wrap needs to be served with some salad or crisps but I guess it’s not not for the price."

"Great for express lunch. Love the decor too. I particularly like their jacket potatoes served with salad. The avocado baps are nice too. Sometimes they might get in a pickle and delay orders but generally OK. The reason I gave only 3 stars is because the coffee is horrible! A cafe (especially in Kew) is expected to serve better coffee, even if its not artisan. The coffee quality is worse than Nero and Costa and that's bad enough. Maybe they need to change their roast or machine or both."