Cafe Mondo

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Ho-hum 6th October 2008

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What with a hundred nations of the world all selling fast food takeaways in the area, Stratford doesn’t really – do café society for some reason, although I suppose Café Mondo is in its own way, a brave attempt. But it’s brave, cramped and flawed. There are too many tinny, easily-knock-overable tables crammed into too small a space, and the staff don't seem to make a very great effort to actually serve the customers either. I found the food / beverage ordering process in itself to be a bit of a mystery and somewhat frustrating. Are you supposed to wait at a table? If you do, nobody seems to take much notice of you. Are you supposed to wait at the till? In that case someone is guaranteed to ask you to please sit down again.

Maybe things have improved since I last visited. Maybe a visit’s more enjoyable if you’re already familiar with the ins and outs of the place. Goodness knows it certainly has enough old-hand devotees, and they all seem very fond of it for some reason.