I love coming here to study- especially late at night and early in the morning. During the day...not so much. While its not that bad normally, there are always days when annoying people come in and decide to hold High School Musical Fanfest 2008 in the middle of the cafe.
Overall though, this is my favourite Espresso on campus. There are various seating options: a myriad of small tables upstairs and downstairs( and I mean SMALL, so its better for individual studying), a few soft L sofas thats great for lounging, and bigger tables downstairs.
Most importantly, their food and drinks are pretty good. I especially like their 3-cheese avocado sammich, their buttery flaky cheese danishes, and their raspberry cream cheese coffee cake. My two favourite drinks here are the raspberry iced tea (green) and the white chocolate mocha (its a lot better than other mocha that I've tried). Perfect drinks for both cold and warm weather!!
The staff at this particular Espresso Royale are extremely nice.
AND they have FREE INTERNET- not that crap that Starbucks pulls with the codes and what not.