Daily Grind

Despite loving Spitalfields, a lot of the permanent vendors are hit or miss. Sadly, Daily Grind is a miss when it comes to good coffee.
It’s perfectly acceptable if you need a quick caffeine hit, but you won’t find anything special here. I’d walk over to Brick Lane or hit up one of the kiosks set up in and around Spitalfields instead.

Awful awful place. Will not be going back EVER! Terrible coffee and incredibly rude and unhelpful staff. Don’t be fooled by the convenient location and nice exterior. Any bland chain would beat this place hands down.

My encounter with this place started with a chap staring blankly at me from behind the counter. I never did get to the bottom of whether he wanted me to order at the bar or simply take a seat! Luckily I did get the skinny latte I had requested and it was delivered to my table.
The coffee was fairly insipid, but it was big, hot and the milk was non-​fat. I probably won’t be returning.

A clean and friendly café with great choices of food and drink. A nice change from other coffee chains and it was pleasant to sit outside. Though my French friend pointed out that the stainless steel tables are a bit blindingly bright when the sun is shining!

Life is too short for a bad cup of coffee. The «Daily Grind» really does sum up the experience you get here. It’s something you have to do (get caffeinated) but it’s not particularly enjoyable (generic, slightly burnt Italian roast).
Esmee H’s review made me laugh because it was so damn true. Ordering a latte, a cappuccino without the chocolate showed up. It was a mid week morning and the place was pretty much empty. The service was pretty damn quick because of that.
Now don’t give your café a witty coffee pun name if you’re going to serve up these cups of crap.

The daily grind isn’t trying to pretend it’s something it’s not. It’s a simple old-​school English style greasy spoon café that lives in a corner of Spitalfields market.
Reasonably priced, if not amazing food, decent atmosphere and nice décor.

Das Frühstück war hier wenig überzeugend.

Pleasant little place, but the coffee is just as bad as you can expect in most chain coffee shops in London. Not really recommended, unless like me, you are caught in the rain nearby.

Jacket potato and coffee… mmmm. Me thinks not. Ill stick to coffee and a muffin (no matter how detrimental the later one is for my svelte silhouette)
Though this coffee shop doesn’t have the most delicious muffins I must say, and the coffee is not particularly good as well. The Daily Grind seem to be more concerned about growing the company than the product itself. I wont say the coffee sucks, but it certainly is not remarkable. If you crave a coffee and are around the area walking odds are like me, you will enter and get a cup, but I must say if I never go back, ill be fine.

The Daily Grind is located about 5 mins away from Liverpool Street station and occupies one corner of Spitalfield Market. As such it invariably houses businessment and women throughout the week and shoppers on the weekends. Because of its location it will always be pretty popular as a place to stop for a quick brew but as a coffee shop it certainly isn’t somewhere to actively seek out.
In spite of its name, I find it unlikely that any sort of grinding takes place in here at all; the coffee tastes very dull and uninspiring and seems to serve no other purpose than to make you a bit jittery. The tea is fairly decent but with nothing particularly adventurous. In addition you can buy a range of sandwiches, paninis and the like which whilst tasting ok, certainly do not justify the rather extortionate price tag.
Chances are if you shop at Spitalfield you’ll probably end up here at some point or other but I would suggest trying to avoid it. The Daily Grind is the perfect and rather sad accompaniment to the rather tragic nosedive this area has witnessed recently.

Well, this certainly isn’t the type of place you would go *intentionally.* Located just off of Spitalfields, I’m sure they’re busiest when the market is in full swing — especially since they serve crepes and your typical eggs-​based British breakfast starting at 7a.m. But I had the misfortune of happening upon it in the late afternoon, just before close-​time, which is an unusually early 4p.m. By the time I got there all the food and cakes had been whisked away with the exception of some packaged biscotti, madeleines, and Oreos (Oreos??).
Feeling rushed, I ordered a muddy and flat-​tasting Americano and sat down at one of their tacky orange-​vinyl-​covered tabletops — quite a juxtaposition to the inviting cornflower blue sign hanging just above some lovely silver round tables outside. Unfortunately, both of those were occupied, so I was stuck with the cheesy American music inside.
Ten minutes to four, with the smell of cleaning products permeating the air, I tossed my half-​consumed Americano on my way out the door. While I would never declare this as the worst place you could end up for a cup of Joe, I also would never end up back here on purpose.

Only popped in here for a quick coffee over the weekend, and my friend Krystle who is living near here at the moment, regularly partakes in a hot beverage. She had a coffee and I had a hot chocolate, which was very frothy. I’m a fan of froth, it makes the drink thicker and creamier, but even this was a bit much as it didn’t leave much liquid to contend with. I was bought this drink as bribery for sitting outside rather than inside so from what I could see, they makes cakes and sweet pastries as well as hot sandwiches and panini.
Service however was really slow, we sat down at a table that hadn’t been cleared yet and Krystle took about 10 to 15 minutes to order and get our drinks. It is pretty busy as small cafes go and the queue seems never ending. I like that they have outdoor seating, as it opens out unto Spitafields market, so you can see what’s going on and the hustle and bustle without having to actually be in it. Good place to just observe and survey the lay of the land.