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Drink Shop & Do

9 Caledonian Road, N1 9DX Full details & map

Café-bar: British

Drink Shop Do - © Daniel Gianini

Time Out says 6 Users say 4/5 Rate it

By Time Out Editors Posted: Mar 30 2011

This café, open daytimes through evenings, is decked out in a girly nostalgia chic with retro furniture that's for sale. Crooners are on the jukebox, the waitress looks as if she's on her way to a Lindy Hop, customers play Scrabble.

The café menu's simple, and limited: a slice of quiche with salad, sandwiches, large scotch eggs. The quiche was flabby, the salad an odd mix of ingredients that didn't quite work. More effort is made with the cakes: walnut and cranberry, orange and almond, and a score of other confections displayed on the counter. The selection of teas is excellent, presented in pretty teacups.

In the evenings the naughty alcoholic drinks come into their own - the 'Ginger Rodgers' (sic) is made with rum, raspberry purée, lime and lashings of ginger beer. There are many events held here, either crafts oriented or just plain silly, such as 'dot to dot disco'. From a purely culinary perspective Drink Shop & Do may be a triumph of style over substance, but ah, what style.

Tags: European, British, Cocktails, Hip factor, Central, King's Cross, Budget, Café, Café-bar

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Drink Shop & Do details

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Drink Shop & Do

9 Caledonian Road N1 9DX

Transport King's Cross tube/rail

Telephone

020 3343 9138

Drink Shop & Do website

Open 10.30am-11pm Mon-Fri; 10.30am-midnight Sat; 10.30am-8pm Sun

Meal for two with drinks and service: around £30

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Comments & ratings 4/5 (Average of 6 ratings)

By Juan - Apr 13 2012

1/5

The service is disorganised, slow and rude. Cakes were stale (not surprising, as they'd been left out on the counter with flies buzzing around them) and the place is a total rip-off. The place is littered with junk shop tat with ludicrous price tags.

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By jilli - Nov 29 2011

5/5

I love the food; healthy salads and quiches and giant sized scotch eggs. All of the cakes are really yummy; almond & chocolate cake is amazing as are the custard tarts not flabby but oozing fresh custard and sticky puff pastry, lemon drizzle citrus and not too sweet, and so many more to try... mmm!

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By Roxy - Oct 24 2011

5/5

Cute place, food is not gourmet, but its is still good for the price. Service too is not super fast, but there is a good, chilled atmosphere and great interiors.

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By Fran - Sep 13 2011

This is one of my favourite places to chill out with friends either for lunch or after work. It's also one of the few places serving decent cake in Kings X, and quite possibly London! Can't help thinking Time Out have been too stingy on the star rating, but then perhaps it's because they want to keep this lovely little gem to themselves!

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By ani - Jul 26 2011

4/5

lovely place for catching up with friends

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By Cookie - Jul 16 2011

3/5

We had a great night - such a kitsch place, but it is just very unfortunate that there is such an inhospitable owner. Would have got five stars if she had been more pleasant and accommodating.