Department Of Coffee and Social Affairs in Tower Hamlets

Tea was great 👍 But I'm sure hot chocolate is meant to be hot first one was warm second one was colder than the first Staff really nice

Disappointing. Barista was rude, we were given small paper cups inside and the coffee was lukewarm and mid. Cakes were good however!

Café caro e insípido. El lugar estaba sucio. La leche en el café estaba ridículamente caliente. 3) 10 para un pequeño capuchino. Personal antipático.

Mitten im Spitalfields Market. Kaffee passt, der Service und die Preise dagegen nicht. Nur eingeschränkt empfehlenswert.

Intriguing name, which got me in there. Good bitter coffee - just as I like it. Pleasant but functional staff.

I ordered two coffees and noticed he started to make the coffee in paper cups (not very environmentally friendly) and when I requested a real cup as we were sitting in the café he refused saying they didn’t have enough staff to wash up cups and was very condescending and rude. I have never been in any coffee house that serves coffee in a paper cup unless taking away. The toilet door, floor and sink were in a filthy state, I would not recommend this place due to rude, lazy staff and hygiene issues…..avoid! Spitalfields Market Branch

Quick cortado while on the go, not a massive review but thanks to the Department of Coffee and Social Affairs for a really intense, good cup of coffee. Good service, great setting, a pleasure all round.

Trengte et sted å sitte med for lunsj. Kom tilfeldigvis forbi denne lille koselige kafeen nær Carnaby Street. Nydelig kaffe og god og sunn lunsj. Utrolig billig.

Beautiful presentation, great little coffee shop wonderful greeting BUT the WORST coffee I have ever tasted! The coffee was so bitter that I thought the machine had not probably been cleaned out BUT when I ask they actually said that is the flavour of the coffee bean. My first and definitely LAST visit.

Been going to this cafe for a while now as the coffee is decent. Went there this morning with my family, we were 5 min early from opening time and didn't realise we were early as all the doors were wide open. We were nearly thrown out of the place as we walked in. Staff simply treated us like criminals. Won't be going there again, regular or one-off customers don't deserve this sort of treatment. Londoners deserve better and there are many great places to go to.

first visit to this chain coffee shop and unfortunately my last. staff friendly but the coffee wasn't very good and Luke warm which I hate.

我們來到這家位於舊斯皮塔佛德市場的咖啡店 吃早餐, 雖然這裏的座位空間不大, 但是能喝個熱呼呼的卡布奇諾咖啡是很舒服的, 價格並不貴大約在兩塊半到三英鎊左右。

On a tour of better coffee shops in London. Very interesting coffee, you can tell they are working at it. Good breakfast sandwiches. Good service.

Italians stay away pls. Coffee had a weird and unplessant flavour and 5 £ for two coffe is definitely too much. It's a shame 'cause it's very nice place.

I love Coffee and I am always happy to try out new coffees and I could be called a terrible hipster for the freshly ground coffee I bring home for my cafetiere. I was really looking forward to this place, loved the logo, mantra etc. Whilst nothing is wrong with the place and the coffee is excellent, 3 £ for a not very medium flat white is a hard sell in my book (same price for a latte etc). I repeat great coffee but at a price...

Coffee was good, though it cooled too quickly because it's served in a glass. Chocolate twist was delicious and enormous. Coffee prices were high, but the coffee and a pastry for £4 deal is good. The "large" coffee was served in a small cheap glass tumbler. The small coffee was served in a similar cheap glass, about the same volume as you get in those tiny fruit juice glasses at a hotel breakfast buffet. The ambiance is unpleasant. Cheap tables in an echoey basement. Doesn't appear to have had any thought put into the decor. Unless that thought was "let's do this as cheaply as possible". Cheapest possible tables, chairs, glasses, napkins, decor. Like a builders' cafe, except for the high prices. When they make a coffee, it's so loud that the conversation has to stop. All you need is one person with a loud voice, and the noise is unpleasant and intrusive. Pleasant staff.

A cool coffee shop doling out well crafted hits of espresso-based goodness. Really nice pastries too, which are especially welcome when one is in need of a mid-shopping spree break.

Stopped off for a quick coffee and ended up hanging in the basement. A bit of an error was made with the coffee, but a lovely guy sorted it out for us. A decent coffee and relaxed atmosphere, with the bustle of spitalfields just out of earshot.

This small shop is in Old Spitalfields Market has a nice variety of coffee brews and snacks. Plus, you can buy a number of coffee grinds to brew at home. Visiting from the states, I welcomed the excellent flavor and service that seems to have been lost with the big chain cafes. Wish there were more of its kind!

A place like this is all about the quality of the coffee and on that front I think they have got it right. Had a Cortado that was served in a small glass cup. Great flavour and a good strong kick from the coffee. Prices are at the high end of things but no worse than my other favourite Taylor Street. Might not be my everyday choice due to the cost but for a really good coffee when you need a little something better than the usual costa or Starbucks this is a good option.

A tiny coffee bar in Spitalfields Market. I had a great flat white and a citrus bakewell, while my friend a peppermint tea and a brownie. Good fresh cakes with a generous slab of each. The drinks were also pretty good and fresh. An earlier...

Excellent coffee brewed by very sweet and service oriented young people! We enjoyed both the latte, flat white, croissants and plain toast with (plenty of) bytter. Sweet!!!

Not inexpensive, but one of the nicest cappuccinos I've had. Could have been a little hotter; we were sat outside in Feb and it'd have been nice to take a little more time over it before it got cold.

The toasted sandwich was cold and felt like it was made of low quality ingredients. The waitress was welcoming and smiley but she did not pay proper attention to the order and ended up bringing something I enquired about (juice) but clearly ordered something different....

I am writing this on behalf of the other half, who isn't a reviewer on Trip Adviser. He is a real coffee connoisseur, wereas I can't stand the stuff! We were in London Monday to Friday last week and when on holiday he can consume...

Nice coffee but I am not sure how one can justify the coffee prices being inflated and the coffee cups being smaller...

Great coffee spot. You won't be disappointment by the service or product. I will be back again for sure.

Been to the one in Hatton Garden before. This one has a similar industrial feel about it. Very nice coffee, I had a flat white. Small 6oz? Top end of £ . My colleague had a tea and they were happy to put in her...

Not cheap (£6.40 for oat latte and flat white) but delicious coffee and great to sit outside in the market and watch the world go by! Friendly staff and the acme cups and saucers reflected the attention to detail at this funky venture.

Visiting Spitalfields market for shopping. Stopped off tea. Brilliant. Friendly staff. Lots of different teas and coffees. Cookies and cake as will as a little shop. Good find.

Heavenly peanut brownie and great service to boot! Offered my wife a free brownie after she told them how delicious it was...

I have never been charged so much for so little! We ordered a hot chocolate, latte and two cappuccino's (and a soft drink for our friends daughter). The hot drinks all came up in receptacles the size of thimbles (ok I've exaggerated here, but they...

Used to work nearby and come for a coffee there quite often in the morning, great crowd, great tekkers, quality coffee, would recommend 100%

Sat morning coffee at corner of spitlefields market. Very enjoyable watching world walk past but mainly good coffee, go for flat white. Not overpriced for good coffee IMO.

Very good coffee - an expensive 2 shot latte - but not really hot enough. It probably wasn't helped by sitting outside in a wind tunnel though (although it was a hot summer morning everywhere else). However, the whole event was raised to almost perfect...

Called in for a coffee while working nearby. Ok it's a bit more cramped than the Leather Lane branch that I usually go to - but coffee was great.

SLOW staff, and I mean SLOW SLOW SLOW which is odd because there are so many of them looking pretentious and needlessly angst-ridden behind the counter. One takes the order, one WEIGHS the coffee (oh please!), one dispenses it and a final one adds milk...

The quality of coffee is almost comparable to that of the best places in the vicinities (e.g. Nude), but the seating is uncomfortable, mostly outside, at the edge of the market so that on cold Winter days it's definitely not ideal. £2.90 for the smaller...