Restaurant: United Bakeries

Occasionally I go out of my stamping ground and see what else is there.

When I needed to spent some time waiting in a different part of the town, I needed to have a look elsewhere. So by switching the area, I switched also the environment. And to say it straight ahead: Not good.

It started very promising and then let me down.

United Bakeries at Majorstua looks much smaller from the outside than it really is. That’s a plus because you’ll probably always get a place to sit, drink and enjoy. Especially in the back-area the walls are covered with power-sockets. For almost every coffee-grainer there’s a double power socket. It looks like it’s made for Nerds.

But that’s where it ends with the nerd compatibility. Unfortunately.

The WiFi is open, but you get redirected to “welcome-page” first, where you have to press a button in order to be allowed to enjoy the wonders of the internet.

This literally fucks up your open tabs in your browser - all get redirected to that page. Thanks for that. This is one of the big sins and already made my day.

Another thing is the coffee: If you order a single latte, you get a huge cup where the bottom is barely covered with coffee, the rest is milk. Nothing against a lot of milk in a coffee, but that was more like milk with a bit of coffee (for the color, ofc.).

As huge as the desk is, as few people were there to take your order. I am willing in their defence to acknowledge that it’s Christmas time and people are tired. So maybe I should give them another chance and to prove me wrong.

Beside these technical issues it might be a fine place to hang out for a chat with friends.

• WiFi: stable, but fucking with your tabs.

• Power: yes, a lot.

• Coffee: yes, of course

• Mate: no :(

• Food: Yes.