Esquires Coffee - Dartford

Today I visited Esquires in Dartford where I ordered a cooked breakfast and a hot drink, I asked for certain items to be cooked in a certain way. The venue was fairly busy as it was inclement weather and market day. After I ordered the polite staff members on duty requested me to take a seat and they would bring my order to me. I didn't have to wait long and my order was delivered to my table just as I had ordered and was hot, tasty and presentable. I found the price competitive if not slightly cheaper than other local cafe's/deli's. After I had finished the crockery and cutlery was removed and I was asked if I required a further drink as I was working on my laptop. A further drink was brought to me. I found the staff extremely professional and the food 10/10 This is about the 6/7th time I have visited and always found it a welcoming, clean and warm place to eat and catch up on my laptop. I will definitely visit again

Weekday lunchtime visit. Dirty tables, unhelpful and unfriendly staff. One dish had poached eggs that were solid. Other dish had a hash brown that was still frozen. After complaining, the hash brown was scraped off the plate, and a replacement dumped on a side plate a few minutes later. Most of the food on both plates was left as it was so bad but the staff didn’t even bother to ask why the food was left. A new Starbucks is due to open and local Facebook groups are moaning saying that we should support local independent cafes (Esquire’s was even mentioned) after this car crash of a visit I’d be surprised if they have any customers left once Starbucks opens.

“Soup of the day” was a can of Heinz tomato soup. For £5. Bread? £2.50 extra. So I went for a cheese and ham toastie. Plastic cheese and wafer thin ham on thin sliced bread. Luke warm coffee. Poor quality and over-priced.

We had a lovely afternoon with delicious coffee and carrot cake. Very friendly and welcoming Staff. Highly recommend!!

Visited 28/5/22 for a tea and ham sandwich, I was charged £8.80, steep, but I thought surely it will come with small amount of crisps/side salad, crusty bread? No, sliced bead with one slice of processed ham. Wont be going there again, other places in town much better value and service with a smile.