Hannah McKeand
Google
I had heard such good things and I really wanted to love it, but I must assume they were having some kind of disaster day because TnT really fell short in some critical areas. I primarily went to buy a loaf of sourdough, I am a bread baker, so I was totally bewildered to see every one of the many loaves in this bakery burnt completely black and charred. I could not see a single one that I would have spent money on. It was absolutely tragic to see so many loaves, that should have been beautiful, totally destroyed.
We decided to have a light lunch and a beverage anyway. My friend had avocado toast, which looked like it would have been nice except it was served on a thick slice of the burnt bread toasted, she ate the middle and said it was tasty enough. I ordered the gluten free option with was dressed heirloom tomatoes and ordered a side slice of bread. The bread was, I could now see with this untoasted side, very underproved with a dense claggy texture. Sorry TnT, but your baker needs to go back to basic bread class, you can’t be underproving and then burning large quantities of bread like this! What a very sad thing.
The gluten free option, without the side of bread, was just a small bowl of chopped tomatoes with a light dressing, tasty, but expensive and lacking imagination. Why no mozzarella or avocado or greens? Gluten free, does not mean tomatoes only. Also, there was still a produce barcode label stuck onto one of the tomato chunks, so not sure they had been washed, they certainly hadn’t had much love put into them.
The place was not busy, maybe 3 other small tables, but the service was also very slow it took 25 minutes for our food to arrive, which was very long for what we ordered, and then we had to ask the whereabouts of and then go and get ourselves the silverware. There were also lots of unbussed tables, making the place looked unkempt.
We ordered a latte and a golden milk to drink, they arrived promptly and were both excellent.
The ambience and atmosphere are pleasant, except for the toilet which for some inexplicable reason is incredibly dark and lit only by fast-moving multicolored disco lights. There was no toilet paper.
All in all, a really sad disappointment. I still want to love it, because it does have a cool vibe, but absolutely first and foremost, they need to learn how to make bread and not burn it!
20th August update:
I am never unhappy to give a place a second or even third and forth chance if people really disagree with me and love a place. So gave T and T another try. Once again, I had a delicious latte, and on the recommendation of others tried one of their bagels with cream cheese. It was very good. The bagel was not burned and had a great chewy texture and a good, strong sourdough flavor. I can see why people enjoy them. The service was much better on this visit and the tables were being bussed efficiently and it presented much better so I am amending my rating up a little on all categories.
Nevertheless, when I looked to see for some baked goods to take away, they had limited stock, and once again, what was available was once more very sadly, burnt. Picture this time to demonstrate. TnT took my last review very badly as you can see, but it was given objectively and I think was fair. I give praise for things that are good - and take note of things that need work. I know it is hard to swallow criticism, but often an honest but fair voice is your best friend in business.
I want you to succeed, there is nothing more valuable in a community than a great cafe/bakery. Figure out your great artisan oven, and stop burning your otherwise lovely product. It doesn’t matter if you think it is just characterful, if otherwise potentially enthusiastic and wannabe loyal customers think it just looks burnt.
Come on! You got this!!!