Costa Coffee - Carlisle

There was a fight through the door for smoker outside. the place looks dirty and tatty will not be back

Having found our usual Costa's nearby within Waterstone's bookshop temporarily closed for redecoration, we ventured into this franchise for our afternoon coffee. There were the usual groups of smokers hogging the outside tables, but inside several tables seemed empty. Once inside it immediately became apparent...that both the table-tops and even the floor was filthy with waste food and litter. The whole place looked very grubby. We conducted an abrupt about-turn and bee-lined for the exit....pronto!

We have been a few times over the last couple of years, always hoping for an improvement- but alas no! This is the grubbiest most unkempt Costa we have ever been in. This is an embarrassment to Costa and Carlisle- get a grip!!

I’m a big fan of Costa Coffee and their coffees are always excellent in my opinion. Bearing that in mind I am rating this an average Costas as the premises were small a bit tired and not very welcoming. It was a lovely Saturday afternoon...and we sat outside which was pleasant. Probably would have went elsewhere if we’d been restricted to sitting inside

Picked up chai lattes from drive through (a regular and one on kokosmilch). Unfortunately, we were not able to end as they were both too spicy and too sweet, I guess the ingredients were badly balanced.