Café Rouge - Center Parcs Elveden Reviews Summary

Category: Restaurant Brandon

Address: Center Parcs Elveden Forest, Brandon, IP27 0YZ, United Kingdom

Phone: +441842894514

Rating: 3.8
based on 140 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "All staff that spoke to us were friendly."
  • "The Manager, Lynne, was hilarious and surprised us with a bottle of bubbles to help us celebrate."
  • "We had great service from the start."
  • "Special mention to our server, Rachel, who was very personable and attentive."
  • "Service was friendly and helpful."
  • "Our server, Beth, was lovely and made sure everything was to our liking."
  • "Rachel was particularly lovely and charming, made us feel really welcome."

Cons:

  • "No positive comments regarding wait time."
  • "Service was slow and the restaurant was only a third full."
  • "Service wasn’t brilliant, two of the staff were quite rude and also forgot drinks."
  • "A horrific evening at a restaurant... ruined our final night at Centre Parcs."
  • "We had to seat ourselves after asking for a table for 4 people we were then ignored."
  • "Poor service, poor food- not enough staff."
  • "Visited for breakfast and was disappointed by the manner of staff who were rude to customers and disinterested in serving despite not being busy."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Steak was perfect cooked to order (rare), which is unusual for restaurants these days."
  • "The food was very nice, reasonably priced and with the exception of a few out-of-place burgers, was authentically French."
  • "The food was great and piping hot which I appreciate is extremely difficult with so many to cater for."
  • "The food was amazing, I couldn't fault one element on all of our dishes."
  • "The food was absolutely delicious (loved the duck and the demi-poulet)."
  • "The Grand, as the name implies, is large and very filling and, most importantly, well-cooked."
  • "The food was very nice I ordered the 7oz black angus beef burger and I could not fault it."

Cons:

  • "The onion soup was literally brown water."
  • "Food was average at best and only two vegan options on the menu."
  • "The steak was very sad and dry."
  • "Poor food, Chicken burger had the smallest chicken breast I've ever seen, rest of the food was average at above average price."
  • "We had 6 meals there last night and they were all very poor quality, I had Beef Bourguignon, it was the smallest portion I’ve ever had, 3 lumps of fat and no meat really at all."
  • "The rest of the food was ok, but not worth the inflated prices if a CenterParcs."
  • "Food was really disappointing. What has happened to the Cafe Rouge we used to know?"

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "I had a really good time here with the family."
  • "The atmosphere was unbelievable for afternoon tea."
  • "Had a nice atmosphere."
  • "Large dining café in the centre of Elvedon Center Parcs. Fairly open plan and can get very busy, but excellent food and friendly staff."
  • "The restaurant was very clean and i noticed a kids playroom to keep the little ones occupied, which i thought was genius."
  • "Very nice restaurant located in centre parcs. So even better. Very helpful staff, lovely food, drinks were spot on."
  • "A wonderful establishment with equally wonderful staff."

Cons:

  • "Will not return!"
  • "It's time for a new restaurant here."
  • "Overall rather disappointing."
  • "Centre Parcs, Elvendon, Suffolk - Large, no atmosphere, mediocre food(expensive pub grub), poor value for money."
  • "Really overpriced and underwhelming food."
  • "So much is off the menu it is hard for vegetarians or vegans."
  • "Disappointingly mediocre."

Value

Pros:

  • "The food was very nice, reasonably priced."
  • "We had afternoon tea for £18 per couple. Certainly more than enough to eat & drink!"
  • "Of all the restaurants on the site, the breakfasts are probably the cheapest."

Cons:

  • "Just a bit rubbish when you’re paying over £200."
  • "It ended up being an awful lot more expensive than I would have thought."
  • "The rest of the food was ok, but not worth the inflated prices if a CenterParcs."
  • "Again as with everything at Centre parcs the prices are ridiculous. £12 for a baguette!?!!!!!!?!?!"
  • "Very poor considering the cost.. 7oz fillet steak with just a few skinny fries... that's it!"
  • "Lots of hidden charges in the food."
  • "Food uninspiring, bland and overpriced."

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