And the most illiterate...

simply throw all cakes and snacks in your bag in quickest time and eat outside in a park

we're all capable of finding every deal posted on here ourselves too, so presumably you vote cold on everything?

The one in London is **** ... believe me, I was there.
£3.00 the first hour, £2 for the second hour and and £1 every hour after. on a dirty old flat.
They offer cookies and cereals from Sainsbury's and filter coffee that you can make yourself on a old coffee maker.
The kitchen at my office offer better services FOR FREE.
Also I could spend 2 or 3 hours or more at Nero, Costa or Starbucks for the price of a cappuccino.

I have been to the one in Liverpool. It was lovely and very different from the usual over priced American coffee houses. I helped myself to a couple of filter coffees, and had some toast. I did my own washing up, and will happily go back. It felt very relaxed and homely, and I would happily go back. I think I spent about £3.

Awesome! Even if you just need a pee, its cheaper than going in the train station!!

There is one in Manchester City centre and another one has very recently just opened at Media city, Salford.

Great idea. If the coffee's good might just be spending a bit of time there.
Have some heat.

Lol all YOU can eat being the word

I'm confused - WHERE DO I FIND ONE?
Is there a website or a list of these addresses (Liverpool, Manchester and London are pretty big places).

Expired - this is old news, and it's actually 8p a minute in Manchester.

Decent value for the first half an hour - quick meeting or a drink etc, but becomes a rip off (to me) if you use it to work in as a freelancer or to play a board game in.

That's such a brilliant idea!

Went a few years ago now. I really liked it nice and quirky also cool. More homely feel. Try it!

Went into the Manchester one with my son. Nice staff - but wasn't overly impressed. Cheap for a quick coffee though and the boy filled up on cake, so...

Agree. Should have at least acknowledged original poster.

i once went to one in Liverpool and i was just really firstly 6 mins for few cakes and down drinks as there also do cold drinks

Thanks for sharing OP!
Sadly I don't think this will work as a long term business model and for that reason I am out...
:stuck_out_tongue:

The one in Liverpool closed down early this year after having a dispute with it's landlord over “considerable arrears”.

I'm having a hypo

have been to one and its OK.

Do they provide beds..........cause with offer I'm moving in :sunglasses:

All-you-can-eat???

I've seen places around that offer these sorts of "rental" opportunities to businesses, renting out conference rooms and small cubicle rooms for people who regularly deal online and want a physical meeting. Ingenious little concept really.

I'm not sure how this would work, considering surely the food costs more to provide than they make in return? Coffee and Tea would be easy enough I'm sure.

Great, never heard of it before

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Good thinking

Id much prefer a cake fight for 6p a minute, better use of my time.

this sounds awful. I will avoid it.

Who is forcing people to become obese or diabetic? 6p a minute for a cup of coffee and use of wifi is pretty decent. You don't have to cram down loads of cake - and what business is it of yours if somebody does want a slice or two?

Since when do deals get judged on the potential for self abuse? Do you vote down TVs because they might turn some lazy fool into a couch potato? Are computers voted cold because some people spend too much time online? If you always vote cold on the basis that people can misuse the contents of the deal you'll be lucky to find anything worth voting hot!

Cold. Good luck to all those voting hot - hope you will manage your obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure & acid reflux well!

Really? I see you live in Leeds but when did you get to Manchester in a few minutes? 1hour 10mins with no traffic, 45 miles. That's 2hours 20 mins round trip, at least £10 in fuel plus wear and tear. Then you have to find parking and navigate city centre traffic...

Exactly! And the Huggies deal? Not exactly useful for those who are not currently toilet training their kids or do not have a Morrisons nearby.

cheers !

just the ones I read 5 minutes previously on all my news feeds.

lmao

lol, very true

i read the news, but missed this, so thank you OP! no thank you to trolls that post cold on everything to be mean

Emergency services are confined to 3 cities in the uk are they? Oh no hold on, country wide and for many different things. Searching posts. How desperate are you.

Or not as the case maybe.

Mmmmm, cake and a brew. What's not to like.. Yum.

Been to the Manchester one a couple of times, A nice relaxing place - yes you have to help yourself to the cake and coffee, but turns out those big coffee-shop style coffee machines are not that hard to use :smiley:

Well worth it for an hour or two

seems a good idea, until they get too many chavs and have to enforce a no tracksuit or onesie dress code

The Manchester one if really good, the staff were faultless.
I just wish they had similar cafes like it closer to me.

Seems an interesting concept, except the website mentions things like this...


... and you realise that moustache wax is mandatory.

Almost every other shop that has open food has one of these! In fact I have this exact model in my kitchen, best thing I ever bought btw.

soo trying

One of the Liverpool branches is right next door to us at work. I still haven't been, but some of the others I work with seem to enjoy it.

I've suggested we go there once a month for a coffee morning team meeting.

Some of you people want to have your cake and eat it.

I wonder how they will cope with environmental health / food standards inspections when they have customers washing dishes who are not incentivised to do a particularly thorough job?

I know what you mean with regards to respect etc. but I doubt the Krankies would cause much problem, I only know of two and ones a child so yeah maybe Jimmy would run amok eating all the cakes. Now can you point me to a cheap Chinese buffet and or Tesco cafe as I'd be interested, have you seen the prices in a Tesco cafe!!!

depends on how much you eat

Sick

Great concept and hope it works for them; I would worry that too many people would pop in for 5-10 mins eat some cakes then go get a leisurely coffee somewhere else...

There you go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aczPDGC3f8U

The Meaning of Life (Monty Python)

What is the name of that movie ?

I knew it was too good to be true! St Paul's Liverpool not 6p, not 7p but 8p!!!! Per minute! Now there taking the P.......8p my ar*****

YES,YES,YES!!!!! A deal that is in Liverpool.In fact two shops there,added heat,bonus and cake from Scouseland :smiley:

The one in Manchester is rank! Really cheap food, very dirty cups and plates....we didn't stay for the food or drink...good idea very badly executed....give it a miss from me

It looks like the London site is different from the main sites mentioned on the official web page. It is not about food (no cake at all) but about space sharing and hire.

Why did you post a deal specific to the emergency services then? Not exactly useful to those not in that line of work.

I really hope greedy people don't abuse it. I've been to the one in Manchester a few times, it's good but can see how it will end up if a load of Krankies turn up. Most people use it as a place to chill, work or relax, not to play supermarket sweep in the kitchen. The way these places stay open and thrive is from people being respective of the environment and agreeing with the philosophy (which is to share etc). If you are looking for cheap food, go to a chinese buffet or tesco cafe or wherever you usually go

Not entirely sure if I like the concept

All you can eat for 6p per minute,sounds like something a prostitute would offer

It looks delightful :confused:

As a cake aficionado :laughing: the moment I saw the pic on the BBC website for that story I knew it was gonna be rank food

It looks like someone's kitchen rather than a cafe. And what the funk is that floatin in the jar? :confused:
And that bug zapper on top of the fridge doesn't fill me with confidence either :laughing:

wont you get sick of eating economy food.

I bet some scrotes would try to do that too - Im all for legit freebies bit not at the expense of making a small business with a great idea go bust

hopefully they will have staff members keeping an eye on the food & dodgy customers to prevent that sort of crap

At £3 per hour for the London branch its still far cheaper than buying a coffee & snack from a branded coffee chain store

I dont think the exposure in the nationwide media & various website like HUKD is going to be good for them as it bound to attract a lot of freeloaders

sounded alright till i read this comment. if its like any of the dishes ive seen before id rather eat the food out my ass. dirty cups with tea stains in, food still stuck to plates and cutelry etc. just take your own plastic **** in, be a lot easier

Frank does :smirk:

Do you realise what a gormless statement you've written?

Thousands of people live in those areas where there is one and many people from other areas may visit those places in the future!

Cold. Not exactly useful to those not in those cities.

Thanks for that. I should have guessed it would be in Shoreditch though. Not too far from where I work but I think I'll stick to my usual greasy spoon.

The website does not show one existing in london

looks good

Sorted.

So you eat off plates and drink out of mugs that other customers have washed up?!

What's your excuse for having never posted a deal in 6 years then ? :smile:

Absolutely brilliant place to go, the one in town is the business

World class stupid comment!!!

work there for an hour and they will give you 2 hours for free instore!!!!!!!!!!! this just gets better!!

I'm SO making notes of this place, great idea, well done them!

Manchester Ziferblat is ace, clean and well stocked. A very relaxing place - you can put your stuff in the dishwasher too incae you don't want to get your hands wet.

Went to the Liverpool branch of this. Was initially worried I'd not be able to relax and would constantly looking at my watch. When I did the maths I realised I could stay for ages and it'd still be cheaper than a large latte from the chains.

Certainly got my money's worth and was a nice oasis from the crowds outside.

cold. we're all capable of reading the news.

Good for you but good for me too. Let's face it, I'm going for the experience alone but if it turns out not to my expectations then I'll won't go again.

Interesting

I'd stress too much though, queuing for drinks/food while the seconds tick away.

Personally don't think I'd be able to relax and knowing the HUKD forum, I'm sure most of you would be the same!

Where is the location in London !? Not in their website ... !

Will I be allowed to take in my racing spoon? :man:

Great concept but in true HUKD style..

Does anyone have discount/student codes I can use here? :laughing:

Read the report, interesting concept. Will try when I'm in Manchester next time. They should do a more upmarket one for those happy to pay extra & avoid the tramps.:smile:

Have stopped eating, visiting next month so I need to build up an Appetite

Yeah it's not like a normal coffee shop - but they do have filter coffee, espresso machine and cakes. You can spend an hour in there for £3.60 - surely worth checking out?

Yeah, lets make this nation even fattest!

5p in London according to website

Just read this before coming on here. This place is gonna get ransacked now that it's on HUKD.

I went to the Manchester outlet about 6 months ago... excellent place, clean and friendly... could not fault it....

What a great concept not having to put up with the "sales executive" meeting, you know the sort who order 1 grande coffee and seven straws and laff all the time trying to get Brownie points with the senior accounts executive. :man:

Won't last long at 6p a minute.

If only it was in Leeds. Have some heat mate.

If you pride yourself in preferring quantity to quality, then i guess you are going to like it here?

been the one in liverpool,full off cheap nasty cake and asda smartprice custard creams...place was rotton also but i put that down to the students who took over the place

Thanks for sharing - innovative concept, must try when in Manchester next.

P:)

oOwonder if they will have regular cleaners to clean up after the amount of cups consumed

been posted a few times but not for a while. The concept is ok but you are always watching the time and cant relax, you are looking at spending around £5 for two people for approx 45 mins. Plus I found other peoples cleanliness wasnt up to my standards so stopped going. Many a time plates where left full of food, instead of emptying the bowls etc they just put them in the dish washer or left them on the work tops, many plates stacked in the basin. Apparently they prefer you to wash the dishes after use, hmm I wonder why, I always washed mine. Food quality was ok it just depended on who bought the food in the morning, if Tesco was on the way thats where it came from.
I went a few times, I doubt I would go again.

Great post, thanks for the idea! Will visit the Shoreditch branch when I visit London in December. Plenty of heat from me too! :sunglasses:

:wink::wink:

simply throw all cakes and snacks in your bag in quickest time and eat outside in a park

an amazing concept only if they decide to come to Birmingham

This is where they get you. A 30 minutes visit consisting of 2-3 hot drinks and a few pieces of cake would most definitely not involve a quick nip to the loo for me. I'd probably be spending that 6p per minute being charged for my W.C visit, I'm getting old, the body doesn't tolerate like it used to.

That said, I totally love the idea. Definitely hot :smiley: