Delamere Forest Cafe Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is actually really nice, hot and fresh."
• "Very nice food."
• "The kitchen do take pride in their work."
• "Really good, very busy as you’d expect! Coffee was nice."
• "Great visit to Delamere today - followed the Gruffalo trail which is ideal for a shorter route followed by a lovely lunch at the cafe."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately we had a bad experience at the cafe. We used the 'Grab and Go' side window, but ended up over 20 minutes for our drinks order to be done and then wrong."
• "Food was basic, if you're a vegan don't bother."
• "My dad got the vegan burger, it was just a sliced aubergine with oil and seasoning, literally just a sliced aubergine, crazy."
• "The food menu looked good too however, and reasonably priced. Dog friendly so a bonus after walking the dogs around the forest."
• "Good food and nice dog friendly cafe but the kids food was a bit spicy without any warning on the menu."

Service

Pros:

• "Well staffed and well organised, friendly and efficient."
• "During our visit to Delamere forest we visit the café, its a modern facility and very spacious with good facilities near by such as toilet 🚻."
• "Really good signage and parking. Facilities were clean and easily accessible. The cafe was warm, very welcoming and had friendly staff."
• "Highly recommended. Delicious food and drinks in comfortable surroundings indoor and outdoor with a covered area."
• "Excellent food and service. Very clean throughout, first class all round, loved it."

Cons:

• "The staff taking your order are the no eye contact type with no customer service skills at all."
• "You do have to remind them they forgot things from your order, or they made the drink you didn't ask for."
• "Poorly organised, some staff very slow especially the staff making the coffees."
• "Awful. Unorganised, staff have no clue what’s actually available on the menu."
• "Cafe overpriced for rubbish food. Staff behind counter very slow and get everything wrong."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "£6 all day parking in a massive carpark, well marshalled and the toilets are clean and plentiful."
• "They do have a good cake selection with a great choice of hot and cold beverages."
• "Nice cafe I only had coffee and cake both were very nice."
• "Great place to stop and have a nice coffee and a treat, after a lovely walk in Delamere."
• "Fab day out again. Been here many times with our five year old and friends, they love it."

Cons:

• "£23 for 2 cheesy beans on toast, cake and coffee."
• "Separate from this, it cost £10 to park after our walk and lunch. No blue badge concession."
• "The Billionaire's (£6.95) and Chocolate (£5.95) milkshakes... were very small for the price."
• "Very expensive food for what it is. Cheese toastie was very expensive with not much flavour and quite basic."
• "Only loses one star due to the price of the food, while cakes and drinks are average for this type of venue, the food is more restaurant prices."

Ambiance and Setting

Pros:

• "Simple food & drink served in this new forest centre cafe setting."
• "Great place to stop and have a nice coffee and a treat, after a lovely walk in Delamere. Car park next to the visitors centre, easy access for all."
• "Loved it! 3 walking routes available, we started on the shortest, got mixed up and then ended up on the longest."
• "Cafe itself is in a lovely new building."
• "The forest is lovely to go for a walk around, with loads of paths of different lengths."

Cons:

• "During our visit to Delamere forest we visit the café, it was very noisy, dogs are allowed in with their owners."
• "Strangely the fusli pasta is vegetarian, it just doesn't list it as such on the menu."
• "Walk - felt like a highway through the forest."
• "Delamere forest doesn't have much sights at all and most the areas are just cut down trees."
• "Poorly organised, some staff very slow especially the staff making the coffees."