Will UK's first Pay-as-you-go cafe catch on?

[Michael Browne]

UK's first pay-as-you-go cafe opens in east London.

 

Charging 3p a minute just to be there! (but tea, biscuits and WiFi are free)

 

• Cafe Ziferblat offers customers all-you-can-eat biscuits and endless tea
  
• It charges for time spent, and customers must prepare their own coffee
  
• They must even wash up their own dishes
  

It's a cafe that offers all-you-can-eat biscuits, endless cups of tea and unlimited WiFi.

 

The only catch? You have to pay for your stay. The UK’s first pay-per-minute cafe Ziferblat, which means clock face in Russian, charges customers 3p for every minute they spend inside.

 

When guests arrive at the East London cafe they take a clock from the cupboard and keep it with them until they leave.

 

They then make their own coffee or prepare food – and sometimes even wash their own dishes.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2536221/3p-minute-UKs-caf-charges-fee-just-opens-East-London.html#ixzz2puR1kapf

 

[Desperate Daniella]

It will depend on how many people he gets through the door. It says unlimited tea, biscuits and wifi, but it also refers to the coffee machine. I wonder if coffee is free? Then he says the visitors or staff can prepare food, but I doubt if that is free.

 

His business rates and staff will cost a lot, and each visitor who sticks to the free stuff will generate just £1.80 per hour. If he gets table blocking for hours by people who stick to the free stuff and are there to keep warm he could have a problem.

[DogManDave]

...His business rates and staff will cost a lot, and each visitor who sticks to the free stuff will generate just £1.80 per hour. If he gets table blocking for hours by people who stick to the free stuff and are there to keep warm he could have a problem.

 

And who among us wouldn't ALSO ensure that we consumed (at least) £1.80's worth of freebies per hour?! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Edited January 30, 2014 by DogManDave
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