Comments on the Poetry Café

The Poetry Cafe is well-loved.  Here's some comments we've already received;  contact Ely Ahamed on poetrycafe@poetrysociety.org.uk if you would like to pass on a comment.

Customer Comments

"A place to reflect, be oneself and alone at times without feeling uncomfortable. I like its functionality."

 

"Laid back peaceful atmosphere, unpretentious."

 

"I like poetry and the cafe but I'm not an event groupie - it's good the place can cater for people like me who want a corner not to be sociable."

 

"Really nice food, big portions, calm atmosphere."

 

"I like the use of good ingredients: good oil, good bread etc. The cooks seem to care about their food..."

 

"Relaxed atmosphere, quiet, friendly, civilised! Always somewhere to sit, papers available, very good fresh food, good background music and exhibitions, good that you can come for just a coffee or a full meal or a drink."

 

Press Comments

 

The Poetry Café was voted one of the top ten cult cafes in Elle Decoration, and is also included in the Guardian/Cafe Met guide to London's most funky, stylish and interesting cafes. "Of course all cafes are 'poetic' in the psychogeographical sense - Frenchness, smokiness, loneliness - and most people have penned the occasional ode over a half-empty stretto. But here poetry is performed and shared..."