Cafe North Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Good coffee and food at very reasonable prices."
• "The food is fresh and tasty with a wonderful variety of dishes at reasonable prices."
• "Everything cooked to order, not sitting under a hot lamp."
• "Everything tasted on point and the quality of food gold."
• "Consistent fresh food! Soups, Salad, and Sandwich and delicious plate specials."
• "The food was all great, everyone enjoyed their meal and the smoothies were really good."
• "The food was delicious and to a high standard."

Cons:

• "It was OK but not spicy and eggs were overcooked."
• "English muffin was burnt and rock solid."
• "Bacon was rock solid 8£ for one sausage one bacon one egg and some mushrooms outrageous sausage was tiny the food all over was horrible."
• "The Philly cheese steak sandwich was boring and flavourless."
• "The Eggs Benedict were just plain wrong. The yolks were hard and the hollandaise sauce was just bechamel sauce out of a jar."
• "Sorry to say that our chosen breakfast is underwhelming. There is no taste."
• "The french toast is the driest french toast I had ever had in any restaurant."

Service

Pros:

• "We were waited on by an exceptional human being called Veronica."
• "Service is pretty fast and professional."
• "Staff were really friendly and polite and kept checking we were ok."
• "Service was fast & the staff were polite & attentive."
• "Despite being busy, the service was incredibly fast and the staff friendly and welcoming."
• "Quick and super friendly service."
• "Great service and friendly staff, we will be returning for more."

Cons:

• "Only had 1 person serving drinks at a busy time so that did not help the matter. Poor service but good quality food."
• "Went there for breakfast, was seated and had waited for a long time to be served."
• "Service was slow and unfriendly- not a smile from one of them."
• "Service can be slow at times though with one particular morning we waited almost 45 minutes for food."
• "But the service was terrible, and I got quite annoyed."
• "Service was terrible. Waited 20 minutes for someone to take my order then walked out."
• "The service was also not too great. After delivering food to the table I did not have any server check on me, nor bring the bill."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "A very lovely cafe in an ideal location just a few minutes walk away from the hotel."
• "The huge windows make it very light and airy inside."
• "The atmosphere was quirky and funky so I was able to have a field day taking pictures."
• "The atmosphere was warm and welcoming with transparent glass for a clear view of the city around."
• "The café is located at the hearth of Manchester, a few steps away from Shudehill Station, Manchester Arndale, The Printworks and Corner Exchange."
• "It's quite a large space and has a really nice atmosphere, service was good."
• "The cafe is small, cute and feels like home. The scenery is lovely and everything was perfect."

Cons:

• "There was nothing too special about this place."
• "To be honest the food seemed very mid considering how busy this place get."
• "4/5 stars because I personally think the tables are a bit too close to one another. I like my personal space."
• "The decoration of the local is a bit weird and they need some kind of work to be done at the front."
• "On an accessibility note there was a 2 inch door rail that almost makes it a mini step to get up in my wheelchair."
• "The salad had a hair stuck to the tomato and one bite of the homemade coleslaw was enough to put me off my meal as it tasted like gone off fish."
• "The bacon was to hard to eat you could tell it wasn’t freshly cooked and reheated."

Value

Pros:

• "Cheap, great food and really good service!"
• "It's very affordable and they have a large selection to choose from."
• "Loads of vegetarian options and great value for money."
• "Fab service, fantastic food, well presented, full of flavour and reasonably priced for City centre."
• "Price is absolutely worth the delicious food and drinks."
• "Prices are appropriate and you pay exactly what you order, without any hidden gratuity or service surcharge."
• "Food is consistently good, very reasonably priced too!"

Cons:

• "It was a little pricey for what they serve (£3 for 2 slices of sourdough bread and £1.50 for a little side of mushrooms)."
• "A bit too pricey though."
• "The prices for the quality of the food don't match up."
• "I think caffeine North is a nice place the staff were very helpful very polite but I do believe £10.20 for a breakfast is very expensive."
• "The breakfast was ok but had to send 3 small pieces of sourdough toast back as it was just warm bread."
• "The Eggs Benedict was average and no better than you would receive in cheaper restaurants."
• "Unfortunately i wont be returning again."