Taste At No 1 Ltd in Shropshire

One of best coffees ive ever had. Great carrot cake as well. And great service thank you

Great to be back at our favourite coffee shop in Ludlow. A warm welcome always awaits and our dog is always made welcome. Lots of choice on the menu and you can add LOVE to your drink. Well done to everyone who works there. Keep it up.

Simple good coffee, great service, totally central to Ludlow. Lovely place to meet friends great cakes and friendly staff.

I am not the greatest coffee drinker, but the coffee at Taste is amazing. The cakes are not too bad either 😉.

Love this place ! Our go to for coffee and cake ! Very friendly!

Drizzly Sunday afternoon and time to kill made so much better for Taste in Ludlow. The large flat white came with a cute health warning due to it's 4 shots, what a delight it was a very large flat white perfect temperature, Milk just right and a good string taste of the espresso. Highly recommended.

Doggy friendly cafe in the middle of Ludlow. Great stop for a coffee, cake and a well deserved dog treat provided which is always a nice touch!

I’m super fussy about my coffee. Best coffee in Ludlow for sure. In fact, best coffee I for a long time, including London. Lovely environment and service just right.

A busy coffee shop - which serves really tasty coffee. The staff are really friendly and helpful. There was also a great range of Ludlow gins on offer. What a fab place - loved it!

Well it’s the normal Ludlow thing, flogging the Gin thing to death . Overpriced and not worth the visit. The older member of staff was on his mobile ignoring us for some time. The young girl came to our rescue she was pleasant and made a good coffee. Better places to go than here…..

Dog friendly, very clean, smiley staff, good coffee. Will definitely go again

Delicious coffee, mocha and iced coffee!

This is a great coffee shop and one of my favourites by far to visit. I always make this my go to coffee shop & would recommend. However, sometimes coffee lacks consistency and on a Saturday the coffee is always outstanding made by the barista chap. But at other times particularly on a Sunday it can be very milky and disappointing. If it could always be like on a Saturday this would be great 👌 Illy is an outstanding coffee and I love Taste, but consistency is key.

Always visit with my nan & sister once a week for coffee & cake. Lovely atmosphere and staff are always very friendly. Definitely recommend

What a disappointment. The staff are rude and dismissive. Turned customers away because they were ‘so busy’ when it was calm and quiet. Had to clear my own table because the person who brought my coffee over walked off with an empty tray. Coffee cups also have dreadful little handles which make them very uncomfortable to hold without burning your hand. Could do with some quiet background music to cover the banging from the coffee making and the staff sniping at one another. Won’t bother again. What a shame.

Had coffee and a cake this morning and it was excellent. Very welcoming too.

I can only assume we deeply offended the staff member somehow because we received the most spectacularly rude service. This was a shame as the setting is lovely and the coffee was perfectly fine, the staff member however was breathtakingly, almost parodically, rude throughout and made us feel that she really didn't want our custom in any way

Great coffee, great service, great atmosphere.

The staff were unhelpful, the tea was OK but the cake was indifferent. On visiting the toilets I was horrified at the state and left without using. I would not return.

Nice coffee, cakes looked lovely but didn't deliver on flavour

Lovely coffee and nice space to sit and watch Ludlow life.

Good latte. Scrumptious carrot cake.

Lovely this is now our fav place to come its nice and clean and friendly for a hot chocolate and cake for my daughter and a coffee for me, it would be great if you could offer some toasties, sandwiches too, we love it here my daughter asks to visit every time we come to Ludlow.

Great place to stop for a quick bite and a coffee

Great friendly service, and the best coffee in Ludlow

Can't say much as only had coffee and a brownie but it was light, airy, friendly and happy to have dogs.

Dropped in for excellent coffee and cake on a rainy afternoon in Ludlow. Will make it a priority on our next visit.

Called in for coffee and cake whilst visiting Ludlow, wish we hadnt got to drive as would love to have sampled some of the vast array of gins they had on display. Cakes were beautiful, staff were friendly, cost was reasonable. Would highly reccomend.

I originally wrote a review in December 2016 for this establisment and have visited on a few occassions since- Naturally Covid got in the way so haven't been for a while- recetly popped in for a coffee and they still stock my favorite brand of coffee and still know how to make it- The service was excellent -- Its a tribute to this establishment that it has stood the test of time and is delivering consitently good coffee with a nice smile and great service. Worth a visit

Great cake. Great tea. Great service. There is a Costa down the street but for heavens sake…why anyone would go there I do not know

We visited Taste over the Easter break with friends, we decided to sample the various gins that were available, the knowledge from the owner Andy was unprecedented, he knew so much about the characteristics of the gins and the tonics and paired them together to maximise the taste, we learnt so much from him, there are so many gins and tonics on the market and have become run of the mill but Andy knew exactly how to serve and pair up unusual gins to bring out the exotic flavours !!! The following day we returned for coffee and cakes, again the quality of both were fabulous, terrific service, clean tables and lovely polite staff, if your in Ludlow you must visit for Gin and Coffee !!! Don’t miss it !!

Lovely little cafe. Friendly service and if you like different gins it's perfect.

Incredible cakes, delicious coffee, and service was so attentive, 100% worth a pop in if you’re in Ludlow. The macaroon was to die for

Nice hot chocolate. Shame no cream available with the coffee. I wasn't keen on dogs roaming around freely, fair enough on leads but not everyone wants dogs coming upto them

Wow, amazing coffee and even more amazing gin recommendations. My daughter and I visited here within 15 minutes of arriving in Ludlow as she was desperate for a coffee! We had our spaniel with us so we picked it because it was obviously dog friendly. What a great accidental find. We had excellent coffee and tea which while drinking, we started to look at the gins on display. We then chatted to the owner who was obviously a fellow gin lover and gave us excellent advice on what gin and accompanying tonics to buy. We would highly recommend for great value, quality of food, drink, service and most importantly gin advice. We will be back!

Quite simply the best coffee in the area and the staff are very friendly. Illy coffee has a taste of its own and it’s always spot on here. Better still the cafe is dog friendly. We wouldn't go anywhere else!

Friendly attentive service. Good coffee and gin!

Superb coffee and friendly efficient service. Great range of local gins too. Very dog friendly with dogs welcomed inside (Moose says thanks for the biscuit!).

This is simply the best place in Ludlow for coffee. They use Illy coffee - freshly brewed and always piping hot. It's also a lovely space, nice and light with a good flow of people coming and going.

Waited a bit to place our order - it was busy. Despite being willing to pay the owner waived payment because of the oversight. Nice to visit a place which values its customers. This cafe was recommended by a clothes shop (Oska) around the corner, so one good turn……..we recommend the espresso chocolate brownie. It’s top notch.

My partner and I love Taste! We come almost everyday and try their various sweets. The coffee is extremely high quality. I've also tried their tea, which was just as great. The inside sitting area has such a warm, welcoming environment.

We called in for toasted teacakes and drinks. We mentioned that we were going to the food festival and the lady that served us gave us the name of the guy doing the gin presentation which we hoped to attend. Long story short, the gin tasting should have advised to buy tickets in advance, it only said pick them up in advance so we were gutted but my sister name dropped thanks to the help of the lady serving us and we got to attend the gin tasting, so it is always good to talk to your waitress! She was pleasant and helpful and the toast/drinks were lovely, shame we didn't stay to taste the cakes which looked lovely.

Had a lovely well made take away large cappuccino, very nice. Back a year on and as good as always!!

great coffee, great service. Cakes looked good too!

Lovely cafe. Coffee is great! We only had toasted tea cakes but they were good. Nice atmosphere. Flat entrance for wheelchairs and buggies but the toilets are downstairs.

Our favourite cafe in Ludlow, Cappucino is lovely and creamy and the tea cakes are great. Dog friendly.

We visited on a Sunday afternoon for coffee and cake, fantastic from the moment we walked through the door until we left, amazing staff and they coffee one of the best ever, cakes fantastic and my handbag got a mention as well!. Thank you x

This is a lovely, light cafe with super friendly service and an impressive selection of Gins you can buy here.

Spotlessly clean with friendly service, very good tea, coffee and cakes. Dogs welcomed indoors as well as outdoors. Not our first visit, and certainly will not be our last!

We were welcomed in warmly even though they were close to closing. Our young sprocker Milo was immediately made a fuss of and plied with treats. Would thoroughly recommend.

Good coffee n various of other drinks n food!

We (me, my 11 & 9 old) visited here after a long and very muddy sunny-but-chilly walk on Sunday afternoon. Much-needed hot chocolates were ordered and swiftly delivered along with deliciously indulgent cakes. Staff were very friendly and welcoming and asked us about our walk...

Wow what a friendly place to be …. Saturday afternoon tea, coffee, hot chocolate & the most informative and creative Gin & Tonic experience we have ever had . Andy & Kirsten have the most wonderful and friendly shop ever !!! Lovely lovely lovely

We stumbled upon Taste while we were looking for somewhere to have tea and cake. We did have tea and superb cake but this little gem offers so much more so we sat a bit longer and chatted to the owner and then chose a...

Great welcome and dog friendly. Lovely Illy coffee and scrumptious cakes. Called in twice today and will be back. Thanks

Good coffee, nice cakes, helpful lady when we wanted to sit 6 of us. We will return.

On a day visit to Ludlow last week we sought out Taste At No 1 for a morning coffee. So many places disappoint with tasteless, weak, tepid lattes, cappuccinos and flat whites but here we were treated to quite one of the best lattes I...

I love coming to Taste, always something tasty to eat and they make the best Hot Chocolate. Also great place to come and buy Gin as they have such an extensive range.

We had a private gin tasting for 6 adults. The gins were all really special. Andy who was our host was relaxed, knowledgeable and great fun. All in all a fantastic night (not quite as good the following morning though - little bit of a...

Really nice coffee. hard to choose which cake to have as they all looked tasty. i had the victoria slice and i can honestly say one of the best i’ve had.

After reading the last couple of reviews I was a little dubious. However I can’t understand what they are on about. The staff were super helpful and knowledgeable. My friend has gluten intolerance and they had options for her. The coffee was superb. One of...

Needs to be renamed ‘Condescension R Us’. Poor service from male and female staff - maybe fine if you want gin.

Great place to stop for a really good coffee when mooching around Ludlow. Staff are super friendly !

After buying a gin gift, three of us wanted to buy coffee/ tea and cake. The one chosen by my friend had sold out - told by a rather surly waitress. I asked if carrot slice was the same as carrot cake - I was...

Came here several times during the food festival weekend. Very clean and friendly. Great coffee. Gin bar downstairs.

Whether you want coffee, tea, cake, gin they have it here. Friendly and attentive service and a light and airy place with seats outside too. We liked it a lot.

Well as i have to give 1 star to write a review... but i actually had nothing to review. We walked in and said we wanted to sit in, one of the servers advised us it was table service GREAT!... We headed outside and within two minutes the same woman came outsite. First she served a couple who had just turned up, fair enough but she did ask another couple who had been there a while another question and walked back in. We were a bit like "oh ok maybe just giving us a minute to have a think" Another 3 minutes later another local couple sat down with their groceries and a different server came out straight away and took their order...not even a glance over to us or to ask if we had been served. Another 2 minutes and the first woman came back to tell a couple that a table inisde was now free. In all we waited around 7 to 8 minutes with no service and yet other tables right right next to us being served. We headed the costa just 30 seconds from here to what was quick service, friendly staff and good coffee and cake.

Excellent coffee and wonderful cakes. The carrot cake was delicious. Highly recommended.

Excellent location, especially outside on a warm day, great staff, great coffee and free wifi too. Excellent gins sold here too if so inclined….

Always good coffee and nice atmosphere. Love the outside seating and umbrella.

Visited in July, nice little cafe with very good cakes with different flavours. Will visit again when next in Ludlow.

Stopped here for a tea in the afternoon. We were given a very generous sized pot of tea and had lovely cakes to enjoy too. Reasonable price. The cafe is well spaced out and seemed very well organised. Staff were friendly and attentive. A great...

Waited for ages for a dirty table to be cleared and were ignored, only to be then told they were closed. Very rude and offhandish. Went to another cafe down the street instead and had a lovely time.

Just stopped for coffee and enjoyed the outside tables and watching hustle and bustle of passing people . Coffee was good and service was prompt but not much interaction . Will stop again and delve into the lovely looking cakes !!

Great location, looks like it would be a perfect cafe. However, they don't cater to what a customer orders. I asked if they did iced coffee, and was told they could. Ordered it black, with no milk, and they brought me one with milk and said they could remake it if I needed it. Why not make it the way it was requested at the start?

Just popped in for a takeaway coffee, lovely staff, dogs welcome but most important the coffee was excellent 😁

Popped in for a coffee today & didn’t realise but they were just closing up. They were still so lovely and attentive, gave the dogs plenty of attention and a little treat each and it was lovely coffee. Just this quick experience with them has...

Airy cafe with nice cakes. Service with a smile. Lots of gins for sale too.... Central location bit so is most of Ludlow.

Amazing coffee. Just how I like it. A choice of oat or soya milk and a choice of vegan cakes. Fab service.

Lovely place to stop for a coffee and very reasonably priced. Staff very polite and good to see the venue being cleaned when people left. Nice abs covid secure. Happily go back, may try some gin next time!

Gin, gin gin, what more to ask for... We'll apart from their awesome cake and coffee!

Delicious coffee & cake. Friendly service with a smile through the masks. Gin purchase for a gift. Always visit when in Ludlow. Thank you

This place certainly ticks the box - coffee, gin and cake. What more could you want in life? Good location in the centre of town, providing a convenient stop off after visiting the castle or shopping. The coffee and cake was lovely and there is...

Nice place i would come back but Its a shame about the wet dog smell very off putting

With seating inside and out and a very clean and sparkling ambience this is a good choice for coffee and cakes.

We needed a central and unfussy place to meet up with friends and this little place proved perfect. Good tea and coffee, friendly and efficient staff. We would return without hesitation.

Sitting in the sun outside this excellent cafe opposite the medieval buildings of Broad Street, enjoying tea and cake - I had the chocolate brownie, my husband the lemon layer cake -rounded off our wander around Ludlow.

My boyfriend, my sister and I visited on Saturday afternoon, on our first trip to Ludlow. Taste had the only free table we could see so we went in for a coffee. Unfortunately it was very busy but all the staff were clearly doing what...

Taste At No.1 is our go to most days. Great staff, great coffee. Lovely atmosphere.

Nice coffee and cake, and a lovely chat about gins, will have to come back to sample

A lovely coffee shop with plenty of space inside and out. Very good coffee and friendly staff, also sell a variety of gins.

Excellent coffee and cakes, lovely people we visit everytime we visit here but I was just disappointed that the waitress didn't have a mask on when serving us. Most customers were in the older category so I feel she should have worn a mask. She came very close to us.

Best gin joint I've ever been in. Staff fantastic and manager Andrew really knows his gins

Great coffee and fabulous cakes with lovely friendly service. Huge selection of gins for sale and tastings available in the cellar. Well worth a visit.

The coffee was lovely and the staff are accommodating. As we are going carb free could not sample the cakes but they looked delicious! Also had a tater of some of the gins on offer and ended up buying a couple! Pups got a biscuit...

Lovely selection of gins. We elected for a nice hot chocolate and tea cake which was very welcome. Dog friendly with treats for our furry friends. Lovely clean toilets too!

We went to the gin tasting at No1 on Friday with our next door neighbours, and it was a brilliant evening. Hosted by Andy who had tremendous knowledge and experience with Gin. We tasted initially 4 gins all different and backed with matched tonics all presented by Andy explaining each one very professionally. This was followed by other Gins and combinations all very nice and we all learned a lot and amazed by the number and type of Gins available all different and with individual tastes. Can recommend this event to anyone - who likes Gin or wants to get to like it.Andy thank you for a fabulous evening and we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and we will do it again.

Best place for coffee - and gin - in Ludlow

We had the most amazing gin tasting birthday party here at the weekend. The host was very knowledgeable and presented the evening with a real flair for gin. We tasted 4 different gins, tonics and botanicals. The evening was relaxed and informative. Best night out in a long while. Totally recommend it. Great way to celebrate

Highly recommend Taste at No 1.Lovely atmosphere inside. The choice of cakes was very tempting The coffee is absolutely spot on . We both love coffee and my husband is fussy , but no problems with this coffee.And perfect for me as they had skinny milk .Now the gins The most amazing collection of gin and tonics I have ever seen.Ended up writing lots of notes down.100% recommend a coffee and cake here in the centre of Ludlow.