Applestore Cafe Reviews Summary

Surroundings & Location

Pros:

• "Lovely surroundings, it's clear the owners have done a lot of work to the place too."
• "Set in a lovely area for exploring nature."
• "Enjoyed a delicious gluten free cake and coffee, in these beautiful surroundings this afternoon, after a good walk."
• "Really pretty with lot's of outside and inside seating available."
• "Beautiful surroundings, amazing food and lovely staff."
• "Outside seating in a beautiful setting 💛"
• "Beautiful setting amidst woodland."

Cons:

• "Greenhouses are too hot to bear in the summer."
• "They are unbearable when the sun is out and when cloudy and wet like today, drafty and cold."
• "Only con we had was people with dogs not keeping their dogs on a lead."
• "Slight downside on last visits has been a slight drain-like smell in parts of the outside seating area."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food served quite quickly and it all tasted delicious 😋."
• "Food was lovely."
• "The chef here does a fantastic job."
• "The ice cream was really good."
• "The food was great and good value."
• "Our food arrived fast and was of good quality."
• "Food is astonishingly good."

Cons:

• "Soggy sandwiches, overpriced."
• "The chips we did receive looked like they came from the bottom of a fryer."
• "The chicken wrap we ordered had a grand total of three pathetic portions of chicken."
• "The food was abysmal and overpriced."
• "We started eating the bacon only to realise it was uncooked. Raw and slimey."
• "The order was completely wrong - instead of chips, we were served measly wedges."
• "Orderd full english and small, both were cold poach egg hard mushroom slimy tomarto raw."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were very polite and helpful."
• "Service was polite and efficient."
• "Service was good and didn't have to wait too long for the food."
• "Staff very polite, professional and friendly."
• "The server was very chatty and polite, great service!"
• "Staff are always very helpful and pleasant."
• "Staff very polite and helpful."

Cons:

• "It's disheartening to encounter the same issues every visit – from staff reluctance to smile to outright rudeness."
• "But it was spoilt by the endless waiting for service, and the fact we had to ask twice or three times for things before they were brought to our table."
• "Despite booking beforehand, there was an hour wait for food and it took some time before the waitress took our drink order too."
• "The manager didn't seem too bothered."
• "Visited twice and on both occasions, we were disappointed by the value for money."
• "Service is average at best."
• "Service was terrible 😒."

Facilities & Accessibility

Pros:

• "Fab play area and pretty place as part of a day out."
• "There is a playground for the kids too."
• "For a afternoon outing this is an ideal place with lots of parking."
• "Plenty of parking."
• "Wheelchair users can access here no problem."
• "The kids bags were good value."
• "Dogs are very welcome and there are a few shops to browse on site too."

Cons:

• "Only two toilets in use and atrocious parking facilities."
• "Ok..weather poor but extremely muddy car park to cope with on arrival."
• "Toilet facilities are very inadequate for the number of seated customers - 1 ladies and 1 gents."
• "Parking is a little bit of a nightmare when busy."
• "The parking area can get full quite quickly and the roadway is rutted."
• "However, wheelchair access could be a struggle with some of the entrances."
• "Not enough toilets, when asked informed no baby changing facilities."