April 24’ Saturday morning Come here early, it will be packed easily. Family friendly and bookable tables. Flat white has nice balance of coffee taste and milk, tastes fresh and nice.
Myself and my boyfriend have been going for over a year now and it’s genuinely our favourite cafe to go to!!! we both agree they do the best coffee! Shoutout to the staff, they are always so so SO lovely!!! they even gave us some free bakery treats at the end of the day which was so kind :)
Not good value for money. I asked for a regular black coffee and got a cold ‘fruity’ tasting blend. No problem changing it but staff not very engaged. I understand they are probably earn a minimum wage. The sandwich was ok but overloaded with rocket leaves. As we were leaving the table I noticed mouse droppings on the floor. Had we noticed it before I wouldn’t have stayed. I couldn’t find a member of staff to report it to. The only girl serving was busy with a customer. Would not return.
Lovely scones and pastries, great coffee, friendly polite staff.
I've known Machina since its early, rustic days in the former Tollcross venue. Then it evolved into a sleeker operation, and now, here in Marchmont, it's at its sleekest. Large, very nicely designed multi-room environment, beautiful varied displays pf coffee equipment, in sum an appealing place to sit in and sip your coffee and perhaps savour one of the nice-looking sweets. What about the coffee itself? It used to be superb. Now, it is still ]good and well-executed, but the blend they served seemed a little more ordinary to me. Maybe cost-control, maybe my tastes have evolved, the fact is that I no longer find the coffee here to be at the same top-top level. But, I repeat, it is certainly very good. Prices are very high. Staff varies: I've met some friendly and competent, others disengaged and not well-informed. There is a policy that regulates the use of laptops - perfectly understandable in view of the tendency of many people to use coffee shops to get a workplace where to stay half a day on the cheap.