The Hipster cafe: The London 'Anti-Cafe' Where Everything Is Free But You Pay 5 Cents A Minute Just - Polidicks

Looks like most of the furniture was free / from a charity shop, and I presume there are no other staff apart from him so you're making your own tea and coffee, so other than the cost of the building and the cheap coffee there isn't much else to pay for.

I wouldn't mind if this took off. There are a lot of loopholes, though, and personally the decor could use a lot of work but the idea itself and not this particular cafe appeals to me a heck of a lot. As a cafe manager who spends around nine hours a day in my cafe, I can tell you I have people sitting in my cafe for hours. More than five cents, I think, because bills don't pay themselves, but I would welcome people to sit in a cafe and not feel like they're intruding. They're doing me a favour by staying, and I would love to make them feel comfortable in my place. My cafe's name is Therapy, since we're next to a hospital, and having patients, customers and doctors all feel like they have to move out to make room for the next table of people to be seated so we can make an average of a few dollars profit on a meal doesn't seem right to me. Giving them a place to stay while they're at their worst, while they give a roof over my head, does. Maybe that's just me, though.

So if you pay 10 cents can you take some of the lamps and the chairs home?

We have these in Moscow, and I've been to one. They're quite nice. The one I've been to is a nice space for either small meetups (such as the Doctor Who group of about 10 people, we watched new episodes weekly), and it is a neat working space, there was a separate room there where people just worked in peace

[QUOTE=OnDemand;43509114]So if you pay 10 cents can you take some of the lamps and the chairs home?[/QUOTE] Would you, though? Like, really? Look at them. Would you?

[QUOTE=Riller;43509155]Would you, though? Like, really? Look at them. Would you?[/QUOTE] If it was IKEA furniture I would

That place looks like my grandmother's cabin

alright i figured out the trick they start charging when the customer orders a coffee they take an hour to make the coffee idk

wow I'd actually pay that price if you think coffee actually should cost what you pay at a cafe for it you are a tool

I actually like this

if you fall asleep you're screwed...

I'd rather just buy a coffee and be able to sit there as long as I like rather than being charged £3 an hour

[QUOTE=carcarcargo;43509571]I'd rather just buy a coffee and be able to sit there as long as I like rather than being charged £3 an hour[/QUOTE] £1.80 per hour. And considering the price of a single cup of coffee in most other cafes I'd consider that most reasonable. Although the furniture could do with improvement.

[QUOTE=AK'z;43509349]if you fall asleep you're screwed...[/QUOTE] Decaf coffee only is the trick

Oh it is 5 cents, but 3p per minute, well that's not so bad

[QUOTE=carcarcargo;43509571]I'd rather just buy a coffee and be able to sit there as long as I like rather than being charged £3 an hour[/QUOTE] you take longer than an hour to drink a cup of coffee?

[QUOTE=The DooD;43508502]I don't know, he's done this before and it's been successful. But I don't see how 3p a minute is supposed to pay for anything.[/QUOTE] Probably because they're expecting more than 1 customer a day?? wtf [editline]12th January 2014[/editline] just noticed all the clocks in there are tiny. clever tactic [editline]12th January 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=carcarcargo;43509648]Oh it is 5 cents, but 3p per minute, well that's not so bad[/QUOTE] no it's 5 cents a minute. what are you trying to say here? "Oh! it is 5 cents per minute but it is also 3p per minute" help

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;43509333]wow I'd actually pay that price if you think coffee actually should cost what you pay at a cafe for it you are a tool[/QUOTE] if you don't, you're the fool. most cafes struggle as it is. if you worked in one, you'd realise why they cost what they do. milk ain't cheap, beans ain't cheap, paying the barista ain't cheap, maintaining the machine ain't cheap, paper cups are cheap. but not that amount of them.

Who knows, maybe places like this that turn into social hangouts but only charge per minute rather than fixed prices for items might be the new thing. It doesn't sound like a bad idea. 5 cents a minute unless it's extremely popular doesn't sound like it would be enough though

We have a couple of these in Moscow, the price is usually around $2.5 per hour. They've got board games and consoles there, and are quite popular amongst high school/university students. Can't really eat in there but they're quite good for spending some time in a group. No sign of them leaving the busienss

also this is a neat idea but it seems like they're hideously undercharging for it. i'd pay, like, $10 for an hour, considering all the food and coffee I could eat in that time. and that's the reason you'd go there, if you wanted to nurse one coffee you'd go to a regular cafe

looks kinda chill. i don't know what all the fuss about tbh [editline]12th January 2014[/editline] i think most people in this thread are sperging out because the title has 'hipster' in it lol

Lots of student bars tend to have games and such now, and they have proven quite popular. This concept is potentially good, they just need to charge a bit more and get a good atmosphere going.

[QUOTE=.Lain;43509871]looks kinda chill. i don't know what all the fuss about tbh [editline]12th January 2014[/editline] i think most people in this thread are sperging out because the title has 'hipster' in it lol[/QUOTE] Doesn't help that the furniture downright fits the Hipster stereotype, nor the artificial and digitally applied filter added to the images.

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;43509333]wow I'd actually pay that price [B]if you think coffee actually should cost what you pay at a cafe for it you are a tool[/B][/QUOTE] Please enlighten me on what I should be paying.

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;43508268]You pay less for being in there than riding public mass transit for the same amount of time. [/QUOTE] The bus I get into the city does a huge loop that I can sit on from 5am till 2am if I really want to Me and my friends have a plan to spend the entire day on it when we have absolutely nothing better to do with our lives OT I think it actually looks okay, although the prices seem far too low to be economical. Without sounding dumb are there staff members or do you make your own coffee and stuff? Also it looks like the room smells of old clothes and coffee breath

That is really not that bad, spend 2 hours in there and you still spent lest then buying a coffee at starbucks.

[QUOTE=O Cheerios O;43510286]Doesn't help that the furniture downright fits the Hipster stereotype, nor the artificial and digitally applied filter added to the images.[/QUOTE] what's wrong with the filter (if it is one)? [editline]12th January 2014[/editline] i think it looks cozy

Hahaha, these people are going to crash and burn so fast it'll set a record.

Looks like a shitty bedsit.