It’s a new cafe where you are welcome to take your appetite - but don’t bother taking any cash.
The business, Done + Dusted, has freshly opened this month in Uplands in Swansea, and is believed to be the first in the city to go cashless.
The independent trader already has a branch in Gloucester Place in the marina, but has used its experience there to decide to finally eschew coins and notes in favour exclusively of digital methods of payment, including via digital phones and watches.
Co-owner Neil Navarra said: “We’ve decided to go cashless for several reasons. The trends of how people are paying are continually moving to a cashless age.
“In our marina store, we were taking only around 10% of cash, and having to make trips to the city centre to bank and get change was time consuming and costly.
Mr Navarra said given there are no banks in the Uplands, going cashless was "an obvious move".
He added: "Other contributing factors were safety; with no cash on the premises it makes you less of a target.
“But most of all, and particularly for our customers, handling cash is very unhygienic, which when handling food is a big issue.
“We spoke with other business owners who’d already made the change, they stated it had no negative affect on their business.
“In fact, it helped to streamline for both staff and accounting purposes.”
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Done + Dusted’s Uplands store, on Gwydr Square, has been largely welcomed, with just a few dissenting voices on social media.
“There have been a few people moaning on social media community groups, saying it ostracised people who don’t have bank accounts.
“But people who receive benefits now have it paid into a bank account.
“On the whole, generally it’s been positive."
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