Deeside Cafe Bistro Reviews Summary

Payment Method

Pros:

• "Cash only which was fine and would recommend."
• "Luckily we had just about enough for food but had to skip dessert and tea / coffee."
• "Cash only (cash point is 1minute walk away)."
• "Its cash only but I'm all for that and there was a cash machine a short walk down the High Street."
• "Cash only though so make sure you have some."

Cons:

• "Also how is somewhere in 2022 cash only?"
• "Cash only, that caught us out!"
• "Great cafe ... but cash only!"
• "Only thing is that it was cash only !!!"
• "Only real negative is that it’s cash only, sadly in this day and age this is an inconvenience to the majority of people."
• "Only negative is they only accept cash."
• "The only downside I can think of is that they only take cash."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The steak pie was amazing with so much stake in."
• "Food is Fantastic and the Staff are Very friendly too."
• "Food is always good and they always make room for 7 of us with no real long wait."
• "Food was amazing, I had slow roasted lamb with mustard mash and it was genuinely perfect."
• "The food is always fresh and tastes amazing."
• "The lasagne was hot with good quality meat in it, and the salad was really fresh."
• "The food we had was really good and all the staff were lovely and really accomodating."

Cons:

• "Very disappointed, food was greasy, glasses & cutlery dirty."
• "Worse than spoons food, the egg on my breakfast was like rubber and the toast (if you can call what was basically warm bread toast) was soggy."
• "The fish and chips was awful, the fish was extremely greasy and the chips were hard and cold."
• "Food was of the quality you'd expect from a greasy spoons."
• "Food was poor... had lasagna and it was burnt on the plate."
• "Chips had a strange flavour as if cooked in old oil."
• "The braised steak was dry."

Service

Pros:

• "Speed, customer service, hygiene all top notch."
• "Everyone was super nice and the service was nice and quick."
• "Service was fast and friendly."
• "The staff always go above and beyond making you feel at home."
• "The staff are fantastic, so accommodating and friendly."
• "Staff were very friendly."
• "The staff were really friendly and it was a lovely clean place."

Cons:

• "Wont be returning here. The guy who served us made us feel like he was doing us a favour by getting us a seat, very abnoxious."
• "Visited last weekend - the staff unfortunately had to be asked to take our order (after 10 mins of waiting)."
• "Unfriendly waitress made us feel very unwelcome."
• "Inconsiderate and obnoxious staff would never consider going again."
• "We were placed upstairs and forgotten about."
• "The speed at which the food came out was also concerning."
• "Then she got vey rude and aggressive !!"

Accessibility

Pros:

• "Easy access for disabled, and you can get to the wc without going down steps."
• "Staff were friendly and let us move inside with the dog when outside was quite noisy."
• "If you can get a window table, you have a wonderful view of the river."
• "Very welcoming staff, very clean and well spaced out."

Cons:

• "No good for very disabled people. Definitely not wheelchair friendly."
• "No accessible toilet as it’s down two stairs, the toilet is very small."
• "There are also steps down to the toilet and there is no disabled toilet."
• "It is not easily accessible, though, you need to have some amount of mobility to get inside using the side door."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Great views of the river Dee."
• "A couple of outdoor tables on the front."
• "Great place, wonderful localized with beautiful views."
• "Beautiful river views."
• "Nice building with an outstanding view of the River Dee gushing underneath the Llangollen bridge."
• "Fantastic choice and great venue with a cracking view of the river by the window seats."
• "Lovely little bistro with beautiful Riverside view."

Cons:

• "Really gone downhill and feels fairly grubby inside."
• "Due this current climate of covid they seem to not be bothered by wiping down tables ect too."
• "We were placed next to the toilet door which was constantly slamming!"
• "The room got a bit stuffy with so many people eating."
• "Unfortunately we were seated next to the door that lead to the toilets everyone passing our table and the door was bang bang bang bang as people went to use the toilets."
• "On a Tuesday evening, it was quite busy, so we were seated on the floor above initially with just walls & people around to see."
• "There is no parking and it is cash only!"