Cobbs at Winchester Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The cafe staff were very kind and helpful."
• "The staff are efficient and friendly the coffee is great, the food is delicious and fresh."
• "Staff are friendly and helpful."
• "Staff were friendly, chatty and helpful and service was swift."
• "We were greeted by friendly staff and more importantly with smiles."
• "The service was great and the people welcoming."
• "The whole team at the cafe where very friendly but must mention Beth who served us was out of this world, so professional, friendly to customers and the team she was working with."

Cons:

• "Customer Service shocking. Wouldn't recommend."
• "Rude service at the butchers counter."
• "The service on 3 Jan was pitifully slow (over 30 mins after ordering for 2 x coffee and 1 x egg roll)."
• "The cafe is disorganised, slow, and the staff are essentially absent."
• "Service was also poor, we had to find someone to get a menu and again to try order something."
• "Service was slow."
• "The service was slow and shabby."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The breakfast was really good and fantastic quality."
• "The tomato risotto was delicious but only just warm."
• "Stuffed breakfast scone and breakfast brioche were really good quality and delicious."
• "Food was enjoyable though, and the cake was delicious."
• "The food was delicious but portion sizes were not overly generous for the price."
• "Food was absolutely fantastic."
• "The food was very well cooked and high quality ingredients."

Cons:

• "Expensive and bland food, poor service."
• "Very Disappointing. Coffee cake was stale and in spite of a replacement slice it was no better."
• "I had the quiche Lorraine and it came hot from a microwave so the pastry was soggy and the filling was tasteless with no bacon or seasoning."
• "Not overly impressed long wait to be served and when my toasted teacake came had been burnt to a crisp but was cold."
• "The fruit and veg is appalling considering the price."
• "Food was average."
• "Not too impressed with dessert mainly because they gave me cake with custard instead of vanilla ice cream how I have ordered."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "These butchers are so friendly and offer some of the best quality meat I've ever tasted."
• "Very reasonable pricing as well would definitely recommend a visit."
• "Picked up everything we needed meat veg etc all fresh and it was a lot cheaper than I expected came to £7.50 per head."
• "High quality foods not too expensive."
• "Not the cheapest place I have ever been but well worth the price."
• "A good experience and great produce."
• "Good quality food but more expensive than anywhere else I have been for breakfast."

Cons:

• "The price is rather high almost £20 for two coffees a brownie and the toast (similar to some places in London!) but then you support an independent farm shop I suppose."
• "Overpriced but mostly local and usually high quality (meat) makes you feel as though you are reducing your impact on this good earth and reducing a carbon footprint by abstaining from the supermarkets in some small way."
• "Many lines overpriced."
• "£12.00 for a 'fully-loaded' scone, and £3.62 for 1 aubergine."
• "I'm actually shocked by how expensive this place is. £2 for a pot of tea for one!"
• "This shop is excessively expensive."
• "Be aware of prices I had to pay £3.80 for a large Americano with oat milk...coffee shops don't normally charge for plant-based milk with an Americano."

Ambiance and Facilities

Pros:

• "This is a well laid out farm shop with good parking it offers a local range of products and has that nice balance between cafe / food shop and garden items."
• "Lovely place to be on a sunny day like today."
• "Great farm shop, all the basics fruit, veg, deli, proper butcher, cupboard basics, treats plus a fabulous on-site florist/garden centre."
• "Stunning café with top quality local ingredients and an amazing menu."
• "The outside space is excellent with a covered area and also a decked area with plenty of seating."
• "Good seating in the covered garden, very nice setting."
• "Lovely surroundings and pleasant staff."

Cons:

• "The ceiling in the mens toilet was also damp with mould, not sure that's good to be breathed in :-/"
• "Outside seating is exposed to noise from the road."
• "The space lacks any real character."
• "The place is freezing cold."
• "VERY limited menu (No English Breakfast?!) and parking in a right state with massive puddles and unusable space."
• "The car-park surface (or pot-holes) must be the worst in Hampshire :-("
• "The plants again plenty on sale but in my opinion well overpriced."