Address: 44 King St, Belper, DE56 1PL, United Kingdom
Phone: +441773824480
Rating: 4.5
based on 114 reviews.
Food Quality
Pros:
"Had Eggs Royal, which were perfectly cooked and delicious."
"The food was of a very high quality and very tasty."
"Amazing homity pie with artichoke, olive, stuffed peppers, and gherkin salad."
"The breakfast is delicious and good value for what you get."
"Food was superb, no improvement to be made as far as my experience showed me."
"Food arrived promptly and hot, very well presented."
"The food is well prepared and presented."
Cons:
"The sausage and bacon were overcooked (dry)."
"Really nice atmosphere although the food my husband and I chose wasn't great, lacked flavour."
"Food itself was very average. Cold toast, watery cold poached eggs and dry horrible catering sausages."
"Ordered a diet coke, was given a 'diet coke' only to notice the taste was off... they don't actually have any diet coke and that they had served us full sugar Pepsi."
"A Yorkshire pudding also turned up on a separate plate, it was cold and hard!"
"Food was good but the veg was not as good as usual."
"I ordered the vegan sweet potato wellington, and was shocked to see it was just very thick slices of sweet potato and beetroot, wrapped in pastry."
Service
Pros:
"Staff are friendly and obviously enjoy working there."
"The staff were very good in both appearance and service."
"Staff were nice and polite."
"Good fresh food served by helpful and friendly staff."
"The staff worked hard and gave excellent service."
"The service was fast and efficient."
"Service was absolutely perfect. Our waiter (Pete) was incredibly professional, well mannered and friendly."
Cons:
"Went today and sat outside on front, not a busy time and staff were chatting away. After 10 minutes my husband went in to order & we were told a waitress would take our order, a further 15 minutes and we left, terrible service!!"
"The young waiter also a bit eager to clear the table and started removing plates while still eating."
"I had tea and had to flag someone down to get milk and spoons which had been forgotten."
"She was very rude, asked me to wait outside whilst she finished 'arranging the doors'."
"First, we sat down waiting on the menu for over 10 mins and got up to get it as they didn't bother."
"We did have to wait a little while (40mins) for food and drinks to be served which ended up arriving together."
"We also had to wait an hour before our food was brought out and nobody came over to take second drinks orders in the nearly 2 hours that we were there."
Ambience & Cleanliness
Pros:
"Really good café with a lovely outdoor seating area."
"Can't fault this eaterie. Really comforting to see that they have quickly put COVID measures in place."
"Beautiful space and really scrummy food."
"Beautiful interesting building & very pleasant ambience visually."
"Great atmosphere and decor."
"The ambiance chic and comfortable."
"Back garden is beautiful, we had cocktails."
Cons:
"When we first started going it was lovely outside but it’s not been maintained the chairs and cushions are dirty, most umbrellas don’t work and tables worn."
"The place itself is dirty, spiderwebs were everywhere."
"She then also informed me that due to PAT testing I wasn't able to plug my laptop in either."
"Only gripe is the cafe was a little bit cold."
"The seats we sat in needed a good wipe down, one of them had brown sauce smeared all over it and rubbish on the floor."
"It's deceptively large with upstairs rooms and a paved garden at the rear."
"The condiments come in a rusty bucket and isn’t checked often enough as it’s mostly full of empty packets."
Value for Money
Pros:
"The breakfast is delicious and good value for what you get."
"Welcoming with friendly staff. The food was excellent and very reasonably priced."
"Brilliant place in Belper for lunch. Super food - fresh, healthy and lots of lovely tastes - at reasonable prices and lots of choice of tables, downstairs, upstairs or outside."
"A small full English with a tea or coffee for £7- perfect!"
"Friendly staff and prices were reasonable."
"The meals were so tasty and portion sizes were great!"
"Excellent service. Wait time was lengthier than normal but they were really busy (on a Thursday lunch!!) but the wait was worth it. Delicious food and reasonably priced!"
Cons:
"For a family of 4 with one drink and one course, we spent over £50 and ended up having to leave to buy deserts elsewhere."
"Used to really enjoy this place but unfortunately had a bad experience where I paid for extra bread with my meal and then due to an issue with their till/ticketing system didn't get it."
"So unfortunately for the price, I can't recommend for food."
"Really disappointing... we went here for the Friday steak night and called ahead because my fiancee is vegan."
"We have been frequenting here for many years for breakfast which has always been excellent. Tonight we tried the evening menu and were left feeling disappointed and duped."
"Went for Sunday lunch with a party of ten... the only option given was a plate of veg minus the meat."
"Food arrived but only three out of the four meals... Everyone else had finished their food so I decided to cancel my order."