Stokes High Bridge Café Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Fantastic service from Ruby who was very friendly & courteous."
• "Professional, friendly staff and charming historic interior."
• "A large range of fresh high quality tea and coffee served by polite and pleasant staff."
• "Excellent service from very polite friendly staff."
• "Great service, quality ingredients and excellent atmosphere."
• "The staff here are fantastic, they are polite, courteous and make you feel really welcome."
• "The staff are always friendly and polite and perfectly dressed in their smart uniforms."

Cons:

• "Visited yesterday with a voucher for afternoon tea... the service was great either. Highly disappointed."
• "Can't believe the rudness of the waitress today we called in this morning stopped at the nearest table as mum was on mobility scooter so she didn't need to get off waitress came told us we're not supposed to sit at a table with used crockery and that she has to clean inside as well as out....well excuse me we got up and went some where else won't be going back."
• "The waitress was very rude. The toastie wasn’t a toastie."
• "The service was poor, we were served coffee and cream tea for one promptly. However I waited for a serving of carrot cake 35 MINUTES."
• "Such a disappointment for the price we had to pay."
• "Not happy with this visit and I won't be visiting again. Sorry you are normally fantastic 😔"
• "Slow service from the start, we were seated upstairs and it took forever for the young waitress to come over to us."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food? coffee? service? - ALL, equally Superb."
• "Amazing coffees I would highly recommend trying."
• "Food is excellent. Sandwiches are tasty, Pies are yummy, Scones are lovely and little cakes are scrumptious."
• "Delicious food and really huge portions for a reasonable price."
• "They serve fantastic food and great coffee."
• "The food was delicious and a healthy portion size to boot. All the dishes were full of flavour and quality."
• "The food was lovely, and good portions for the price. It was consistently good as well which is amazing!"

Cons:

• "decided to visit this cafe .we ordered a prawn marie rose sandwich and a ham sandwich the prawns tasted so fishy (they were not fresh ). and my bread was not fresh on my ham sandwich, just short of £15 If that bread had been in my cupboard it would have been thrown away."
• "The breakfast was expensive for what you received and wasn't the best."
• "The bread was extremely dry and the chips tasted like cheap oven chips."
• "The quiche was a little soggy due to the roasted veg."
• "The bacon was more like gammon and not crispy, the sausage were a weird texture and the eggs were overdone."
• "The food was terrible very bland and the quiche wasn't heated properly."
• "The breakfast is not as good value since there is only one standard size as opposed to a smaller serving option and the bacon was not crispy enough."

Ambiance & Setting

Pros:

• "Interesting half timbered building on a bridge over the river Witham, which flows through Lincoln centre."
• "I love that the place is a bit quirky, nooks and crannies and twisty staircase, steeped in history and built above a river."
• "The café is on the bridge and, as far as I know, is the oldest building on a bridge in the UK. It's very old, quaint and cosy!"
• "Great venue lovely atmosphere with good views from our window seats."
• "The cafe has kept most of its original designs giving it an authentic feel."
• "A wonderful building."
• "The building is full of old charm."

Cons:

• "When we got a table it was sticky and the menu was quite limited."
• "The cafe is a little cramped as well which makes it difficult to walk through when there are guests and staff moving around."
• "The place was grubby, dirty tables and cutlery, smelly toilet, and just generally cluttered."
• "Sat inside, downstairs which felt very packed in."
• "However it was quite loud and busy which meant service was quite slow."
• "A little disappointing. For a landmark in the heart of Lincoln we were disappointed."
• "It's a fine old building in the centre of Lincoln, beware though, the stairs are old and difficult to climb!"