Avenue G
291 Byres Road
Glasgow G12 8TL
Great tea and probably great coffee
I have a confession, I'm gonna need you to be very open and accepting of this, it's hard to come to terms with personally and accept it as an integral part of me. I hope you won't think less of me...
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... I'm not much of a coffee person.
I feel like this is really bad for a cafe reviewer.I apologise that I can't rave about the beans of a place, but I have a few good friesds who are coffee lovers so I'll from now on ask them. Sadly my caffeinated friend who has visited Avenue G has only ever tried their tea. I can understand why she would maybe jsut stick to the tea though, as it is GREAT! I got the peppermint tea and absolutely loved it. it came in loose leaf form in a metal basket that fitted perfectly into the little coffee cup. You got enough hot water for two cup-fulls, which made me a happy little bunny. I'm guessing that if their tea was so lovely, their coffee will be even better. It's one of those places that prides itself on it's coffee and variations, different origins and not just the one standard cup of Joe. (UPDATE: apparently my friend went to Avenue G and had the coffee and thought it was TERRIBLE. she said she'd had better instant coffee :/ Sorry for the assumption!)
Avenue G is the first place I went to in G-town and I just kinda ended up in there by accident, walking down Byres Road, I remembered my friend mentioning the spot, so I just popped in. I walked in and striaght away knew it was right up my alley (or avenue...). The cafe is very basic and monochrome and stripped back, just how I like it! It's a rather narrow space for a cafe but it's got an upstairs area with more seating, i also discovered that this is a very common configuration for places in Glasgow. The upstairs area could be described as a indoor balcony that looks onto the downstairs shop. They also have a few usable plug spaces so you could settle down for a while and work.
I only got a very short time in Avenue G, so I only had time to get myself the tea and a granola bar. Granola bar was pretty standard, maybe a bit too much dried fruit in for my liking, kinda dominated the thing. They offered quite a large selection of little cakes that did look lovely. I wish I'd gotten another chance to come here and try out their lunches but I wanted to build up a base of several Glasgow posts
My "barista" was super lovely, and we had a chat about all of the other good places in Glasgow for lovers of cool cafes, he even had this card with all companies that revolve around quality coffee! The sill was also really nice (strange thing to notice, I know) there were all there products that they were selling like the Dalfour jams and some mints.
Avenue G is the first place I went to in G-town and I just kinda ended up in there by accident, walking down Byres Road, I remembered my friend mentioning the spot, so I just popped in. I walked in and striaght away knew it was right up my alley (or avenue...). The cafe is very basic and monochrome and stripped back, just how I like it! It's a rather narrow space for a cafe but it's got an upstairs area with more seating, i also discovered that this is a very common configuration for places in Glasgow. The upstairs area could be described as a indoor balcony that looks onto the downstairs shop. They also have a few usable plug spaces so you could settle down for a while and work.
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I only got a very short time in Avenue G, so I only had time to get myself the tea and a granola bar. Granola bar was pretty standard, maybe a bit too much dried fruit in for my liking, kinda dominated the thing. They offered quite a large selection of little cakes that did look lovely. I wish I'd gotten another chance to come here and try out their lunches but I wanted to build up a base of several Glasgow posts
tice, I know) there were all there products that they were selling like the Dalfour I had a good short sit down in the place but didn't properly set up as I was at a high chair and in a hurry. I hugely recommend the peppermint tea. I can't give a comment on the savoury food service but the sweet stuff was pretty good. A good place for a quick stop if you're around the uni, as Byres road is really close-by!
Next post shall be in a few weeks, I originally wanted to post weekly but I've now had to realise how impossible that'll be, so Once every 2-3 weeks will be the regular posting schedule. Bearing in mind that my "regular" is about as reliable as a film camera's aperture settings.
Have a good monday,
Lara xx
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