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| - This cafe is a fine place to drink coffee and read the paper indoors. Its coffee and tea products are mostly mediocre, although quality varies.
Regarding the coffee and tea and associated drinks, such as cappuccino, Espresso Royale rarely produces a good cup. Quality is usually not bad, but overall it tends to be mediocre. Given the quality, coffee and tea drinks are overpriced.
The other items for sale, especially the fruit salad, yogurt and cereal, and so on, are good, and competitively priced. I haven't tried the cookies, pastries, chocolates, biscotti and other little things because I rarely buy them in any cafe.
Service is friendly and good, although not necessarily the fastest. The shop has a drive-in window, so be aware that the barista might well be working on an order from the window, and not ignoring you at the counter.
The indoor area is very nice, and makes an inviting area to sit and enjoy the coffeehouse experience. The outdoor area is well designed but suffers from having a horrid view of Neil Street and the strip mall's own parking area. That's really too bad but nothing can be done about it.
Summary:
Espresso Royale is a decent cafe with strengths in some areas. It suffers mostly from selling a mediocre product (coffee and tea drinks).
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