Boyce da Roca - it rocks

I've been to this place twice now, first visit was ok, second very good.

This place is a bit hipster, which sometimes comes with nonchalant service but this place managed not to fall completely in to that trap.

First thing first, the coffee is very good. A proper flat white, flavour spot on, maybe could have been hotter, but that might have risked damaging the flavour. Milk texture was good. An all round strong performer

I had piece of banana cake/loaf which was yum. Baby Spiller got most of that though.



Gooooooooooood

A couple of the nice touches included water bottles and glasses at all tables, some kids books and toys in the back room, local art on the walls and staff offering to turn on the heater in the back room for me.

There food menu looks good too, some great looking sandwiches on big bread.

One of the things that does bug me about this place is the staff that stand right outside the door smoking, not a welcoming sight. Also, there were times that the staff seemed a bit too interested in catching up on each others antics from the night before.

This place would do reasonably well on a baby friendly scale as there is a decent amount of room  to get a buggy through and as mentioned some toys and books around. I don't think the staff are too fussed about having babies around but they don't make it difficult.



Stuff for the kids

 

The big table, some of the local artwork on the wall, sorry it's a bit fuzzy.

I like this place and will be back. I'd like to give their food a try. They do supper clubs from time to time for those of you without kids who can do such things.

This place would fit well in all sorts of trendy parts of London, a testament to the changes happening in Streatham. Tooting and Streatham appear to be in a battle to the death for the next best thing in SW London, it's great to be a part of it.
 

Gone are the days of ready the paper with a coffee, Sammy the Snail was a pretty good read though.

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Scores:

Coffee
Hot: 9/13
Aroma: 10/13
Flavour: 11/13
Texture: 10/13
Presentation: 9/13

General
Service: 9/13
Food: 9/13
Atmosphere: 9/13

Overall 10/13