Beehive Coffee House

I’ve been coming here with my friend who is a local for about 7 years, but unfortunately this will be my last visit sadly. The coffee and cake is decent enough, though I think the options are limited given that only a couple of cakes aren’t vegan or gluten free labelled. Not to mention a cupcake cost £3.95 and is more expensive than a slice of cake. That aside, it’s now gone from a coffee shop renowned for its freak shakes, into a Chinese restaurant. When we arrived the place was full of people ordering Chinese, and when you are having coffee you don’t really want the strong smell of Chinese wafting near you. And it is very overpowering. I think you are either a coffee shop or a Chinese restaurant, utterly bizarre concept. And on a Sunday, we had to be seated at a low table as all the tables were filled up at 1:30 which has never been the case when I’ve visited previously, but obviously it’s very popular for its Chinese dishes now rather than its freakshakes and coffee.

Popped in here for a coffee while the Motaparts next door was working on my car. I was only going to have a coffee but got tempted by the cakes on offer, which apparently are all gluten-free. Which is very good to know, i have family abd friends who are gluten-free for medical reasons. I decided on the chocolate brownie. It was very tasty. I wouldn't have known it was gluten-free if they hadn't told me. The coffee was very smooth and perfect accompaniment to the brownie. They do have a full menu of paninis etc, as well as noodles (which seemed very popular). Definitely will be going again!