A Sporting Chance

Advantages: If you like sport You love this place
Disadvantages: No Longer Open

...I think I am going to have to clear up a few things before I even start this retrospective look at the Sports Cafe, now retired and taking a seat in that big cafe bar in the sky. Having read the only other brief opinion of the Cafe I can safely say that with the greatest respect the member in question has got it completely wrong. They were in fact talking about a bar in the City Centre known as the ?Scrum Bar?. The good ol' Sports Cafe was located in the Cardiff bay area of the city. Not too far away from the likes of UCI (see previous review) Unfortunately The Cafe has closed down now, during the time of the Cardiff Bay re development it really rode the crest of the wave of new developments in the area and did a roaring trade, towards the end of its days, the scene had started to slow down and the management had decided that to...

Groover 20.05.2003 · Read review
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** The Chameleon Café **

Advantages: Excellent atmosphere, Comfortable seating, great low price food, friendly staff.
Disadvantages: Slow service, expensive drinks.

...** Introduction ** I am lucky enough to work in what is claimed to be one of the ?trendy? parts of London. The place they call Clapham. Whether it is actually ?trendy? is another story all together. However, luckily for me I am surrounded by bars, cafés, restaurants and of course the good old McDonalds or two! But this also means we are spoilt for choice. When we plan lunch we have to start planning from the morning. Indecisiveness is our middle name! But after a while we always break the list down to one or two favourite locations. And Perfect Blend is one of them. ** Perfect Blend ** Opening in 2008 Perfect Blend is a chameleon, it changes it atmosphere throughout the day very cleverly, from café to restaurant and then to a social bar. The second to be opened of its kind in London it really does stand out from...

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Cafe Nero

Advantages: Authentic Coffee, Clean, tidy premises, 1st class ambience and atmosphere
Disadvantages: Food range is not so great value.

...Caffe Nero is a leading Coffee store Retail Outlet located in many high street, town center, and Airport Lounge venues across England, wales and Scotland. The company sells, Coffee as its main product. Also they stock Tea, cold refreshments, panini sandwiches, cookies, crisps, Chocolates, cakes, and sweets. What I find that makes cafe nero different to other coffee Retail Outlet's is almost a combination of excellent Coffee, and a high standard of Customer Service. The Music in the background of the store is subtle and light. This allows people to read a newspaper, to socialise with friends, family, or to enjoy a relaxing cup of Coffee in relative peace and quiet. The atmosphere is what makes caffe nero a pleasant and welcoming place to visit. The staff seem to be team organised. I have seen Table's been cleared...

costas1234 04.01.2008 (29.05.2009) · Read review
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  Wii Resort For Island Sports

Advantages: Some great mini-games that really show off the MotionPlus accessory
Disadvantages: Expensive to fully kit out two remotes. One or two less compelling mini-games

...INTRODUCTION Our Nintendo Wii has been hibernating under our TV, gathering dust since shortly after Christmas. The Wii party games made a brief appearance for the holidays and the shine of Wii Fit wore off after our New Year?s resolutions met with their usual success and longevity (i.e. none). It?s a fab console, but it?s very ease of ?pick up and play? makes it just as easy to ignore in favour of other pursuits. However, we were intrigued by the promise and novelty of the new Wii MotionPlus gadget, and when Wii Sports Resort (WSR) ? essentially Wii Sports 2 ? was announced, it was immediately added to our Wish List. As such, I was delighted when I received it for my birthday last week, and It has played a part in our nightly entertainment since. WHAT?S IN THE BOX WSR comes packaged with the game (in its own DVD...

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The Tram Cafe

Advantages: Unique, cheap, excellent location
Disadvantages: None

...Whilst on holiday in Prague myself and my girlfriend were wondering back to our apartment after a day of sight seeing and we came across the Tram Café in Wenceslas Square. We decided to pop in for a quick drink and warm ourselves up. The Tram Café. The Tram Café is situated in the far end of Wenceslas Square in the City of Prague. Wenceslas Square is one of the major tourist attractions in Prague and is marked on every map so finding this unusual café shouldn't be too hard, although we literally stumbled across it by accident on our walk home. The Trams which make up the Tram Café were are trams that were once in use within the City of Prague. Tram number 11 used to operate at the Vaclavska Square from the beginning of the 20th century up until 1974. The motor tram car number 2077 was made in 1927 in Prague and was first used...

Jamie73 28.02.2008 · Read review
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The non-communication Cafe

Advantages: Not too smokey
Disadvantages: TVs on all the time. Expensive

...This is a bad idea for a bar. Take a fab location - on route from the Uni to town, right next to the hotel where most of the uni balls are held and add, wait for it, TVs in every seating booth. Nooo. If I wanted to watch telly I'd have stayed at home. It's fine for when a big match is on but a major conversation stopper when you're all just out on town. And the it's joining the growing number of bars in Cardiff which think they're trendy and think they can elevate the prices to trendier (ie expensive) ones. What they need here is more sports memorabilia to start talking points, or maybe some themed sport star cocktails to attract the pre-ball crowd in. Sorry to disappoint but I prefer henrys and Brannigans across the road....

disco-clare 11.08.2000 · Read review
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Cafe of Convenience

Advantages: Cheap and Convenient
Disadvantages: Poor Quality

...Tesco is probably one of the most popular supermarkets in Britain with its great selection of food and low cost purchases. It boasts its friendly atmosphere and helpful staff and after or before a busy shopping trip, it offers a place to sit and have a coffee and a slice of cake, or a full blown meal. Sounds great doesn't it? Obviously with many of these supermarkets all over the country, each one will be slightly different, yet hopefully I can give you an overview from the experiences I have had through many different Tesco Cafe's *****Cafe Overview***** The supermarket cafe can often be found quite near the entrance to the main store creating an inviting, if not slightly presurising, feel. There are many signs which boast great food and drink which brings your tastebuds to life (if only this were true...

elfbwillow 12.02.2007 · Read review
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A Cafe with Character

Advantages: Great setting, friendly staff, nice food
Disadvantages: Not very many tables

...Picture the scene: It's coming up to eleven in the morning, you're halfway up Union Street Ryde and looking for somewhere to have a nice cup of tea and a cake. Of course, on the Isle of Wight, you're never far from a cafe, and in Ryde that's especially true. There are no lack of teashops along the seafront and in the main shopping area, but if you want something more than your bogstandard cafe, then you should definitely pay a visit to The Orrery. **History** The Orrery Cafe was opened with the main aim of making enough money to open a Globe Museum on the same location. The owner of the cafe is a globe maker, and many of his creations can be seen in the cafe itself. **Location** The Orrery is located about halfway up Union Street in Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, and attracts your interest almost straight away...

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The Departure Lounge Cafe

Advantages: Lovely rural location, easy to get to, great food and pleasant staff.
Disadvantages: Does not take credit or debit cards and no Stella!

...The Departure Lounge Café THE PLACE WITH THE PLANE **** WHERE IS IT? ******* Basingstoke Road Alton Hampshire GU34 4BH Tel: 01420 80111 Email: pastyfarley@hotmail.com No official website as far as I know yet. Open seven days a week from 10 till 4. Sunday 7.00am - 9.00am Takeaway for Car boot Sale only ***** WHAT IS IT? ***** I found this place completely by chance and how pleased I am to have bothered to stop in the car park. I only came down for the car boot sale and low and behold saw this gorgeous little eatery tucked away in the corner. This little known café has only been opened a year so everything inside is still relatively new and shiny. Situated inside the HILLSIDE NURSERIES car park, it is easy to pass this completely without realising what a little gem Alton has on offer for food...

mrsmopples 30.05.2007 · Read review
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Sky Sports News

Advantages: Dedicated Sports News
Disadvantages: Repetition

...So here's a TV channel that's been reviewed plenty of times by plenty of people, yet few get fed up of reading about it?? Why? Because it's the freeview-made-famous station Sky Sports News. Available on Freeview channel 83 and Sky channel 405, it's a 24-hour rolling news station because, apparently, sports warrants this much coverage. Or perhaps more cynically, Sky pump that much money into their sports coverage, a 'news' channel is the least they can provide to the majority for free with having to subscribe to their sports package. Hosted by two newsreaders, normally a man and a woman, although some times it can be just same-sex pairings, they do all the things any normal news station would do. Deliver the headlines, breaking news and in-depth interviews with important figures from the world of sport. The on...

carl.mcqueen 04.08.2009 · Read review
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