What we’re about
Coffee Connections is a group for anyone under 50 who is new or familiar to Glasgow, wishes to meet new people and make friends in a relaxed, welcoming environment over a cup of coffee/tea.
We aim to achieve this with regular meetups in familiar places as well as exploring the many interesting cafes Glasgow has. This group is also ideal for those wanting to practice their conversational English in a real-life environment.
We look forward to seeing you and if you know any cafes or places we could meet up, please tell us. 😊 We hope to see you soon.
To maintain our friendly community, we will need to see your face in your profile photo and answer our series of short questions. The acceptance or declining join requests is entirely at the discretion of the group organisers. We will not accept any requests if your photo doesn't include your actual face and no, your avatar doesn't count.
By being a member of this group, you agree to the following rules:
- We expect our members to treat each other with respect, to communicate with the event hosts especially if you cannot attend the event and of course, enjoy yourself!
- Anyone whose conduct is malicious, deceptive, unacceptable and/or goes against treating others with respect may be suspended or banned from the group.
- To remain a Coffee Connections member, we expect you to attend at least one meetup in a 12 month period. Otherwise you can be removed from the group. If this happens, you are welcome to rejoin the group when you're ready to join our meetups.
- If you're unable to attend a meetup after initially RSVPing, then please change this and/or let the event hosts know asap. This is courteous to the hosts, your fellow group members and also helps the event host to gauge attendance.
- Those who are no shows (who don't turn up and did not change their RSVP/did not communicate their inability to attend to the event host) on 3 occasions in a 12 month period will be removed from the group.
- To ensure greater consistency in meetup turnout and to reduce likelihood of last minute dropouts, our meetup RSVPs open five days before the scheduled meetup and close 24 hours before. Once RSVPs closed, if you cannot make the meetup, let the host(s) know by either a comment on the meetup page, a message in the event chat or DM the host(s).
Upcoming events (4)
See all- Glasgow Doors Open Day - Day 1 🖼️🏛️☕Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Glasgow
The Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival is back and we'll be exploring some of the many interesting venues that Glasgow has to offer during that weekend. We are opening this meetup early since some venues require pre-booking which become full relatively quickly.
For our Saturday Doors Open Day meetup, here's what we plan to visit. The times given are indicitive and may change at short notice on the day.
Our plan:
- 11:30: Guided tour at Central Gurdwarda Sikh temple, Berkeley St. No pre-booking Further details and entry requirements can be found here.
- 12:45: Ottoman Coffee House - tour. No pre-booking. Further details can be found here.
- 1:15pm: Lunch at Ottoman or Tinderbox Charing Cross - we can choose on the day
- 2:30pm: Visit the Tenement House on Buccleuch Street. Booking required. Further details here.
Before RSVPing to this meetup - please read the following T&Cs:
- Attending all the venues is not compulsory. If you want to attend for part of the meetup, let the hosts know via Direct Message in advance when you're likely to arrive and which venues you want to visit, so this can be coordinated easily. If this is not done, the hosts are not obliged to wait for you if you are late and they will proceed to visiting the venues with the present attendees as planned.
- Getting tickets for venues requiring pre-booking is your responsibility and we recommend you do this in plenty of time.
- It is your responsibility to check the entry requirements at the links above before attending.
- Plans change? Change your RSVP to not going ASAP. Our no show rule still applies - see the main group page description for more information.
- Glasgow Doors Open Day - Day 2 🖼️🏛️☕Mackintosh at the willow, Glasgow
The Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival is back and we'll be exploring some of the many interesting venues that Glasgow has to offer during that weekend. We are opening this meetup early since some venues require pre-booking which become full relatively quickly.
For our Sunday Doors Open Day meetup, here's what we plan to visit. The times given are indicitive and may change at short notice on the day.
Our plan:
- 10:00: Guided tour at Mackintosh at the Willow. Booking required - booking system open from 1st of September. More info here.
- 11:30: Guided tour the Trades Hall of Glasgow on Glassford Street (we may also visit the Scottish Glass Society exhibition there too). Drop in. More info here.
- 12:45pm: Lunch - we'll decide where to go on the day.
- 2:00pm: Guided tour of the Necropolis. Booking required. Further info here.
Before RSVPing to this meetup - please read the following T&Cs:
- Attending all the venues is not compulsory. If you want to attend for part of the meetup, let the hosts know via Direct Message in advance when you're likely to arrive and which venues you want to visit, so this can be coordinated easily. If this is not done, the hosts are not obliged to wait for you if you are late and they will proceed to visiting the venues with the present attendees as planned.
- Getting tickets for venues requiring pre-booking is your responsibility and we recommend you do this in plenty of time.
- It is your responsibility to check the entry requirements at the links above before attending.
- Plans change? Change your RSVP to not going ASAP. Our no show rule still applies - see the main group page description for more information.
- Pub and grub @ Bavaria Brauhaus ☕🍺🍽😊Bavaria Brau Haus, Glasgow
Time for another pub and grub and our first one in a while. 😀 The idea is simple: meet up in a nice pub, have a natter among friendly souls over a drink and some food. This time we are going to try some lovely German drinks and food at Bavaria Brauhaus on Bothwell Street.
Our table has been booked for 8 people from 12:30pm which we will have until 3:30pm.
We'll probably go for a walk towards the end to get some fresh air, stretch the legs if the weather is decent. The walk part is optional.
More information about Bavaria Brauhaus can be found here: https://www.bavariabrauhaus.com/
⚠️Before RSVPing please read the following T&Cs for this meetup:⚠️
- While it's a meetup in a pub and you may choose to have some alcohol, this is NOT a pub crawl or getting drunk kind of meetup. Anyone who does this will be asked to leave and may be removed from the Meetup group.
- You'll be paying for your own food and drinks.
- If you have any allergies/dietary requirements that need to be raised, inform the hosts ASAP (via DM) so this can be communicated to the pub in plenty of time.
- Plans changed? Change your RSVP ASAP to "not going" - if you have issues changing your RSVP, DM the meetup hosts.
- You'll be marked as a "no show" if you don't attend and fail to change your RSVP/communicate with the meetup hosts of your absence. Details of our no show rule can be found in the group's "What we're about" section on our main page.
- NEWBIES MEETUP - coffee, chat and make friends ☕Needs location
⚠️ This meetup is only for members who have attended 0-2 meetups with Coffee Connections. If you've been to more than 2 meetups since joining the Coffee Connections group please feel free to RSVP to one of our other meetups instead. ⚠️
To help build our community and meet increasing demand, we're going to try a few things to give those who are new/have been unable to join because of our meetups being fully booked, an opportunity to try out the Coffee Connections experience. ☕
On Sunday we are going to a handpicked cafe - to be confirmed nearer the time - and we'll be heading there for a coffee, maybe a bite to eat and of course a natter with friendly, cheerful souls. If the weather is ok, we may also go out for a walk to stretch the legs towards the end of the meetup. We can decide on the day. 🙂
More info about that handpicked cafe will appear here soon. 👆🏻
⚠️Before RSVPing please read the following T&Cs for this meetup:⚠️
- Only RSVP if you attended 2 or less meetups with Coffee Connections. (If you RSVP but attended more than 2 of our meetups, you'll be moved to the "not going" list and a DM will be sent requesting you not to attend. If you ignore the DM and attend the meetup, you'll be asked to leave and may even be removed from the Coffee Connections group).
- Plans changed? Change your RSVP ASAP to "not going" - if you have issues changing your RSVP, DM the meetup hosts.
- You'll be marked as a "no show" if you don't attend and fail to change your RSVP/communicate with the meetup hosts of your absence. Details of our no show rule can be found in the group's "What we're about" section on our main page.
