CSONS Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Magnificent food and wine, and incredible value for money."
• "The full English breakfast was smokey and tasty, and the pancakes with fruit were delicious."
• "Both dishes were tasty, fresh, well presented and reasonably priced."
• "They do the best full English breakfast I've ever tasted, by far."
• "The menu is really eclectic and the food served is thoughtful, high quality and extremely tasty."
• "The food was out of this world."
• "Everything was cooked to perfection, incredible flavour combinations."

Cons:

• "Felt embarrassed that we had recommended it when it just didn't live up to the lunchtime experience."
• "Very over priced paid almost £20 for breakfast, still hungry when finished and I am not a big eater."
• "All dishes were less interesting, poor value for money and service very slow."
• "Mains totally over priced, i'm all for rustic but it really wasn't great and in need of some finesse to warrant the price."
• "However, recent price rises has made it quite expensive."
• "The main course, at £15, was decidedly average."
• "Good food very tasty but served in an ice cold restaurant on ice cold plates."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were exceptionally friendly, welcoming and helpful."
• "Lovely little place with friendly staff."
• "Had been worried when booking as there was a line about needing the table back in an hour and a half and I knew we’d take longer but when it came to it they couldn’t have been more accommodating."
• "The staff are friendly, accomodating and upbeat."
• "The young waiter was friendly and attentive."
• "The staff were so friendly and welcoming too."
• "The staff are so friendly and attentive informing us of every ingredient and where it came from locally."

Cons:

• "Spanish waitress slightly difficult to understand and very slow to bring a desert menu."
• "Service was a little slow but there were a couple of big parties."
• "We had a very poor reception from one of the waitresses when we walked in, very unhelpful and just a very poor attitude."
• "Service very poor, I was last to join party but served first, had almost finished by time others served."
• "Slow service."
• "Really hard to attract staffs attention, really poor service, appeared to be very disorganised."
• "I had to wait outside in the cold for over half an hour before I got my order."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Fun cafe vibes."
• "Excellent food and great down to earth atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere has a very cool, relaxed vibe with music subtle in the background allowing you to chat to the staff and amongst yourselves."
• "Nice service and good atmosphere."
• "Very welcoming atmosphere."
• "Nice family atmosphere & friendly service."
• "Good atmosphere."

Cons:

• "I felt really disturbed, uneasy and angry about being told that we couldn't sit outside."
• "Oh dear... we were seated in a pokey back area away from the main restaurant on uncomfortable chairs and wonky table."
• "If it wasn't for that we would have turned around and walked out .. such a shame 😞"
• "Inside it's always quite busy and this gives it a lovely atmosphere."
• "The restaurant seemed to have taken on more orders than they could handle."

Value

Pros:

• "Great value and very attentive low key service - my favourite."
• "Well priced."
• "The prices were very reasonable for fantastic quality food."
• "Much better value than the restaurant chains that keep appearing & overcharge for the name."

Cons:

• "Not the cheapest but the quality is top notch, everything is locally sourced."
• "The price is on the higher side, but when you get good quality food, great service and enjoyment, then it is 100% worth it!"