Machina Espresso (tollcross)

Stopped for coffee and breakfast, sat outside. Great atmosphere. Excellent coffee, Super friendly barista / staff. Food was slightly underwhelming and overpriced. Barista totally knew what he was doing and coffee quality was excellent. 2 flat whites and a cappucino: nearly identical art. Great milk texture, nice temperature. food: toast, a scone and granola bowl. Was all just slightly underwhelming. Go! maybe just stick to coffee?

This place is so cosy! It has a laptop space for studying and laptop free tables if you’re just up to some coffee and food. We came for a brunch and I’m so happy we did so. The food is tasty, not the best out there but I enjoyed it. I’d recommend you order avocado toast with smoke salmon and chives. Such a friendly staff. Kudos! 🩷

This is a difficult one because I gave a similar place (specialty coffee shop with one of the best coffees in Edin) 4* just because they upcharge for alternative mylks even though everything else was excellent. Machina is very similar in terms of coffee quality - if you want great coffee, this is one of the places on my top list but they also upcharge for alternative mylks, so I was torn to give 4* to keep it consistent. But the prices in general are more accessible than in similar places. They had some vegan snacks and pastries available. If they chose to drop the extra charge we would definitely come more often.