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| - My first experience with Urbana Coffee was unfortunately a poor one.
They have another location in Toronto, where according to my fellow Yelpers, did not have a good experience with them. I was hoping that my visit to the Yonge and Davenport location wouldn't be the same. Unfortunately this was not the case.
The coffee shop is situated in a prime spot with busy foot traffic from Yorkville. When I walked in, it looked busy with groups of people talking, some working on their laptops. Their free Wi-Fi is one of their attractions and the reason why my colleagues and I decided to meet up to discuss upcoming projects.
Firstly, the Wi-Fi wasn't working. I didn't have a laptop but my friends were trying to log onto the network, which wouldn't connect. Fail.
Secondly, the food. I bought a lemon poppyseed muffin to go along with my double Americano, and when I brought it back to the table, I realized that it was hard. And stale. I will admit that sometimes I will eat stale muffins, the ones I make at home, but when I buy one from a coffee shop on a Saturday afternoon, I assume that it's somewhat fresh. Did I return or complain about it? I didn't, and I regret not doing so.
Thirdly, the food. Well, my friend's food but it deserves to have its own paragraph to mention how disappointing it was. My friend bought a Dufflet's lemon tart and after a few bites realized that it had an odd taste. It was stale. Again, it's a Saturday, don't coffee houses get a supply of food regularly?
With the disappointing food, unimpressive coffees and inability to do any work without a proper internet connection, my overall experience at Urbana is enough for me to keep going to Starbucks.
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