Bendigo Lounge in Broxtowe

I had the Buddha bowl with chicken. Despite the food being delicious, the portion size of the chicken breast was considerably scarce despite costing an extra £3.45. Had it been served with a whole chicken breast, I would've given 5 stars for food as the flavour was lovely. But 3 small strips of chicken was a bit pathetic. My Mum had the beef brisket. She stated it was the best beef brisket chilli she'd tried so gave it 5 stars. The mulled wine was delicious. No one asked how our food was during our meal and it was difficult to arouse the attention of anyone because the place was busy. The environment and atmosphere was lovely. I love quirky decor. Some of the toilets were dirty and the toilet roll had ran out in 2/3 toilets. Dog friendly place though!

I ordered sandwiches and chicken shish several times from this shop. It was very tasty and soft, and the salad was very fresh with a very tasty sauce. It is better for you to choose the food from this shop. Polite driver, delicious food, and reasonable prices. I will definitely choose their food again.

We really like Bendigo's , the staff are friendly, the atmosphere is very relaxed and the food is always lovely with reasonable prices.

Nice place to grab breakfast or brunch. Good varied selection on offer

Cosy and comfortable place, nice service.. I enjoyed!

Decent food. Friendly staff. It's always a little loud inside.

Great venue with lovely relaxing atmosphere. Attentive and friendly staff. Not much good for me though as they advertise gluten free food, and indeed provided an extensive gluten free menu. However, they also stated at the bottom that they could not guarantee any food was 100% gluten free! So it's not gluten free is it? Why lie if you can't provide it, coeliacs can be seriously ill if they consume even the smallest amount of gluten. My partner enjoyed his meal, I had to make do with a drink.

Amazing 👏 I came into the Bendigo Lounge about a month ago by chance when my Mum and I were looking for somewhere to grab a coffee and it was so charming I thought I have to come here for a date night at some point. Last night I did the date night, no booking just turned up, was seated upstairs by the window as that's where we wanted to be. I ordered the Tapas board - Pulled Pork chilli, spicy beef Quesidillas and Potatas bravas with Italian garlic fries on the side and it was the tastiest, highest quality food I've had in as long as I can remember! It was served piping hot and didn't take long to arrive, the atmosphere was so cosy and intimate and the staff are all incredibly polite and welcoming. On to the price, it was £38 for our date night that was his meal, my Tapas, the sides and the drinks! We were so pleasantly surprised as we had guessed it would be around 70-80 for a meal for 2 just because of the beautiful setting your in. Would definitely recommend.

Really nice food and really quick service, atmosphere was great aswell, will definitely be returning to try the tapas

Always polite and friendly staff. Great central location with good transport links nearby. Good quality and range of drinks. Food is great quality and great prices. Highly recommended.

A bit too busy for my liking. You'll love it if you like hussle and bustle

It's such a great place. I'll definitely be back soon. The food was super good and the staff was very friendly. The area is very nice and cosy.

Food and service 5/5, the state of the restaurant was a little dirty. Sat at a table with this lamp above us and it was absolutely grim, not what you expect from this place. Hopefully will be improved when I next visit.

Great little place for a chill dinner and catch up, or a casual birthday meal etc. Love the decor and dog friendly too

Mocktails, fab orzo dish, great place for girly catch-up!

Very artsy place - bit dark downstairs but guess its a vibe. Service was fine. Only got drinks- fresh orange was indeed fresh. I haven't tried the food in years so can't comment.

First visit here even though I live in Beeston, came here with my wife daughter and granddaughter , the place was very busy and we had a wait of 10 minutes for a table but it was well worth the wait...I had the breakfast and it was superb, I hope the photo does it justice...highly recommend.

It was a lovely environment and it was busy, with people queuing out the door as we were leaving

The place looks lovely and I cannot comment on the rest of the menu however we went last night and thought the tapas was pretty average. There wasn't much flavour in any of the dishes I've definitely been to better.

Had a sausage sandwich which came in soggy sliced bread which fell apart when trying to eat it. My friend had a tuna melt which wasn't very good either. Very disappointed.

It's different. Nice plenty of painting on the wall. A free exchange book. Club. Toy area for children. Food nice

This place has really gone downhill since my last review! I am very disappointed in how poor quality the food was my bacon was still oinking! Point of fact do not order the eggs Benedict 🤮🤮🤮or Lentil soup it was appalling in taste and texture!

Where to go for a lunch date ? So happy we choose Bendigo Lounge today . Gorgeous menu . Very Happy with our choice of food absolutely delicious 😋 mains , pudding , pot of tea each . Servive second to none well looked after . Will definitely come back and bring family & friends with us . You made our lunch date memorable. Thankyou very much 😊😊😊

Pros: Great lil bistro. Fantastic vegan options. Lovely fresh food. Great service. Cons: Small portion sizes

Stingy is the best way to describe the food. Overpriced - for either how much you get or how good it is. The tapas is a trap to get maximum profit from least possible food. Tapas Tuesday getting a glass of wine included makes the tapas priced about right for how little arrives. Nice place though. Ordering from the app is a painful process of giving away personal data. Just go to the bar. And then wait a looong time for the staff and expect some stuff forgotten because they seem overworked. Good place though if you want a dedicated vegan menu. Or a gluten free menu. Or to bring dogs.

Roxy loves this place although we have to tell her the sofas aren't for her. Great food and staff! Thanks for having us.

1st Visit whilst in the area, lovely breakfast 1st class service

Really good food but had amazing service today, they overheard me wishing my mum a happy birthday and came out with a slice of cake with a candle on. Really made our day, thank you to all at bendigo lounge

Arrived for coffee and cakes, lunchtime, with my 2 dogs for our first visit. What an absolute disappointment. We found a table easily enough outside. Collected some menus. Scanned the ap and began our order. All great so far. As I'm coeliac the ap wouldn't allow my friend to continue with our order, not a problem better safe than sorry. My friends went in to order as I waited with the dogs. Within 10mins of ordering 1 teacake arrived, great. About 15mins later our drinks arrived, ok. 35mins later, neither of the 2 additional cakes had arrived. This was brought to staff attention who said they'd look into it, at which point it was suggested, by us, a complimentary drink might be appropriate. 10mins later said cakes arrived. 15mins after that came the drinks...obviously the cake had since been eaten. Such a shame as the place looks and feels good but the shambolic service was totally unacceptable. Not going to be recommending or rushing back.

I adore the place the nicest place I have ever been everything from out to in I LOVE itb

Strange place. The sign at the front says to wait to be seated but then there isn't table service, just direction to a menu and QR code. Why wouldn't I just choose where to sit on arrival? Odd thing on the online ordering too - it asks for a tip. Bit cheeky since I've barely even interracted with anyone yet. No offer of a high chair or even direction to where they're kept, despite having ~1 year old with me. I then asked in the notes of my online order for some water. Instead of receiving any with my order, I was just directed where to self serve it by the bar. Just seems lazy. Maybe I didn't want to leave the 1 year old unattended at my table while I went to get it? The food is nice enough but nothing mind blowing. Tiny portion size for the fries borders on insulting. I'm not tricked by you putting them in a little mug.

Second visit and the food just keeps getting better. I would recommend it highly.

The service was incredible and the waiters were very friendly. Our food was very tasty. The homemade drinks were very refreshing.

Really lovely food, and great service. A little bit pricey for the quality of food but non the less a great place or some light lunch.

Bloody amazing Tapas! Absolutely delicious. Great team too 10/10

I'm really disappointed with the new portion of patatas bravas. I literally took two pieces before taking this picture. That tiny portion for £4.95. Sad

Food was gorgeous and the staff were very nice

Great coffee and punk lemonade to have with my brunch. Sitting outside in the sun watching the world go by. Great to unwind from life's stresses. Perfect.

Love range of food and very chilled on Sundays

Just a great place to meet up and enjoy good food and services. So relaxing and friendly.

Love this place. Wish we had one in Mapperley Top 🙏🏼

Food lovely..portions small for price..staff very attentive..great atmosphere..dog friendly..would go back..

Great food, great service, enjoy eating here and felt relaxed when we went. Would happily go again. Food is 10/10 for what we had.

We have eaten here many times over the last couple of years. However today it was well below standard. Ordered a full English breakfast and my companion ordered a chicken dish. Food came out at a reasonable time but my god it was awful. Cold wet mushrooms, dry baked beans, cold sausage cold bacon and hash browns missing on the plate. Waitress was friendly and brought the hash browns out and apologised. However the food was just not good. It cost over £12 for that meal and the chicken meal was around £14 but both not great. I went to the upstairs toilet and the condition of the room was horrendous. Excrement all over the toilet, full dirty nappy in the open bin and urine on the other cubicle floors. I assume no one was checking those facilities. Very poor. Staff messing around in the kitchen, clearly didn’t give a hoot about the food or place. Come on guys, you can do better than this. You’re not the only venue that do food in Beeston so don’t drop your standards and get complacent. You are only as good as your last visit. So have a meeting with the staff, raise the standards, clean the toilets and make sure your food is piping hot when it’s brought to the table rather than it sitting under the hot lamp decomposing and drying out.

Extensive gluten free menu, lovely surroundings with many cosy spots to make your own. Very good, efficient friendly service. An excellent place to meet friends for a bite to eat and/or coffee but also very child friendly so great for families. Warm and welcoming.

Attentive staff. Excellent food. Good atmosphere.

Good beer. Had a German beer that I've never heard of before. Service was very efficient.

Disappointing recent visit, tight on portions and our table of three there was 15 mins between first and last person getting their food. Shame as usually a good shout in beeston

Nice place but disappointing vegan breakfast

My favourite bar in Beeston! Great food, welcoming staff. Whenever anyone suggests where to meet in Beeston, this place is always top of my list.

Love this place and will go again,great menu options and generally caters well for food intolerances. Was therefore disappointed with a surcharge of £3.40 to substitute one sausage from meat to veggie, making a £6.50 snack cost £10.

Great place once again. I have been to many of these lounges all across the country, and I have to say we've never had a bad experience. They are beautifully decorated inside and so relaxed and almost informal inside. Very spacious seating, which I love. Who wants to sit next to strangers? Why you eat, right? Food is brilliant. So much choice for carnivores, herbivores, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarians & people who only eat yellow etc etc honestly give them a go

Nice place and a good atmosphere, I've not eaten here yet but will give it a try.

You know where you are with a Lounge. Food always delicious. I wish their pancakes were vegan. Staff always super helpful, sometimes a bit noisy.

Beautiful atmosphere, candlelit and lovely. Drinks were delicious but expensive

Enjoyed experience with friend food just right for me.

visited today 30th April for a change from Nero or Costa but wished we hadnt. great menu if dining but the latte was not good, no strength of coffee at all. shall not be going again

Can never go wrong with one of the lounges. The food is always good and always arrives quickly. The veggie and vegan options are vast- one of my main pulls. The staff in Bendigo are friendly and enthusiastic. It's a cosy environment with quirky decor which creates a chilled and warm atmosphere.

Great food and very good service and dog friendly 🐶👌

Firstly I wish to say we love this place food always lovely as are the staff and service. We visit at least once a week sometimes twice but on the last being Saturday teatime we were not so impressed. I had just put my knife and fork down as finished my food and immediately plate was whisked away . Maybe it wouldn’t have been so bad but my husband was still eating. I work in customer service and I highly recommend your staff need re training this is the height of bad service never experienced anything so bizarre as the vacant table next to us had dirty plates that had been left. I have never seen the particular person who served us before maybe he was new?

Way to expensive for drinks £10 for a glass of wine

Lovely spot for breakfast lunch or dinner

Had brunch. Good selection. Staff very friendly and helpful. There was a piece of China broken on plate which should not be used! Pointed to young man who apologised.

Our third visit. Excellent each time. Enjoyed the food and ambiance equally (the lattes we had are superb, with the 'extra hot' option greatly appreciated). You can order through the app or at the counter, so can please all types of patron, again, a great idea to do this imho. Nice touches all round and the chap who served us seemed like a good guy also. Cheers and best wishes.

Had a lovely lunch and Cappuccinos!

Pathetic Burger. Rude staff. Highly not recommended.

Shouldn't have to wait 15 minutes for a tea. When u enquired where the drink was I didn't even get an apology.

Nice atmosphere. Friendly staff. Good food.

I usually work here upstairs during the day and have done so for many years. I have recommended Bendigo to people, been here with colleagues and friends and booked our team Christmas dinner there. Up until this point, I have found the staff to be friendly, enjoyed the food and felt very comfortable. Unfortunately, on this occasion, I came in the evening with my partner and there were a few times where I felt greater care could have been taken to ensure this was a positive experience. I know things can get stressful especially when it is busy, but the service felt brusk, abrupt and unfriendly. This coupled with the fact we waited quite a bit of time for the main meal and between the mains and dessert, made for an unpleasant experience. I feel disappointed as Bendigo was my go-to place and now I am not sure I want to go back. It is worth noting that some people are sensitive to the chemicals in candles so, it might be worth just checking in with customers before putting one on the table.

I particularly like smashed avocado brunch

Be very very careful, Wi-Fi was down in this venue 18th march 2024. following card payment at the bar, fraudulent card activity details being used from this venue after using card payment at the bar, junky company. Be aware!!!! Food was alright but service was disappointing.

We have eaten in Bendigo Lounge several times since Oct 2023 as my teen is a Nottingham Uni Student. It has always been fantastic and offers vegan and gluten free menus. Highly recommended.

Lovely place, amazing food and overall great atmosphere, would definitely recommend

The service and the cleanliness was a bit lacking, tables sat uncleared for quite a while throughout the evening, the glasses that came with the wine we ordered were dirty, table service was only for items ordered via the app, we were instructed to fetch our own water for the table, but everything else was table service, the devil is in the detail. It's a nice place to go but for the price I would expect that little bit more from a service and cleanliness perspective.

Excellent place to have a drink and have some lovely tasty food, from a great selection of diverse dishes. Surroundings are cosy with a calm laid back atmosphere. Always had a great experience when visiting Bendigo.

Love this place. The food is good. The atmosphere is welcoming and informal. The staff are very friendly and very helpful. They absolutely *nailed* looking after someone with allergies, they take obvious care and don’t treat you like you’re an alien (which is nice). I’d have taken a picture of the lounge breakfast but I ate it too quickly cos it was YUMMY… soz. Very crispy hash browns, not-chewy bacon, runny egg. All excellent. Highly recommended!

The staff were nice, the atmosphere was nice, though the place could do with a good clean. The food however was very underwhelming and overpriced, we had to ask for a refund on 2 dishes that we couldn't eat. One looked like cat food with potatoes on top and the falafel salad had 3 cold falafel on it cut into pieces with feta buried at the bottom and just wasnt worth the money. Thankfully got a refund on these and the waitress was good in giving the refund without any fuss. The kids liked their burger and pizza though.

Lunchtime visit. Busy but not rammed. Quickly seated. App ordering. Lovely food, (flatbread). Quick service. Nice interesting environment. Good value. Nothing to not like. Will return.

Very nice food and atmosphere.been four times now and always left looking forward to returning highly recommend.

I recommend this place as a casual evening out, children welcome great value for families and students and some very good deals on offer at certain times and days. Service is either at the bar or via an app/website and served very quickly although did arrive for different people at slightly different times even though ordered together and one drink was forgotten. The food was very good, really tasty and brilliant price. The veggie options are plentiful and I did not feel like I was missing out. Shakshuka with extra avocado for main. The dessert of sticky toffee pudding was definitely not that, it was a ginger cake which was so delicious, served warm and very moist and great texture. But not sticky toffee pudding. The salted caramel sauce it was served with was perfect there just was no where near enough and same with ice cream. Very yummy food and staff were friendly, toilets were clean. But seemed very slightly unprepared for us and the table was dirty despite booking in advance.

My first time in the Bendigo Lounge, meeting with a friend for a catch up. We had the Tuesday deal of 3 Tapas and a glass of wine, value for money.

Great night had a quiz ,won the quiz woohoo ,lovely food ,staff top notch

Great place to have a drink and a chat with friends. Can place order from the table which is a bonus!

Very expensive drinks, everything else is ok .

Great place. I had cauliflower curry really nice very filling. Child friendly too. Dogs allowed. Really nice atmosphere. Staff great really friendly. Highly recommend.

Nice atmosphere. A little contrived. Very nice staff. But the ordering system is horrible. No opportunity to ask questions and a place to experience being a server for yourself. This system is completely acceptable in places like McDonalds. Or anywhere whence you get the food from the counter. But this place pretends to be a restaurant. Also you pay as you order, avd asked to tip!! It’s me that’s done all the work so far. The servers come quickly, place all the cutlery in a pile and ways they go. They were all very pleasant. No complaints about them. But the management or the company’s set up is to blame. The food was mediocre at best. The coffee was fine, but cane in stained cups. It is dig friendly such is great. I wish more places were. I don’t even have a dog but I like that they are welcome.

We have visited many times before & enjoyed. This time found waitress to be incredibly rude, we were told to choose any table to sit at, only to be barked at by waitress that as a couple we could only sit at 2 seat table. There is way to talk to customers and this was not it. We we’re both shocked at how we were spoke too. What is worse is the place was full of couples taking up larger tables.( Some taking up tables of 8 people) We left without ordering and won’t be back. I hope this feedback is passed on to staff.

Had an amazing time at the quiz on Monday. The host was very charismatic. The bar staff are also really lovely. Looking forward to coming again soon!

Great food, helpful staff. Have a dedicated gluten free and vegan menu.

Good but caught covid after staff coughed onto food and served it. Asked not to touch my stuff. Still did. Very confusing.

Breakfasts are great, other food can be a bit hit and miss, but it's part of a chain so to be expected. Drinks are good, decent selection. Comfortable bar. Staff wonderful.

Love this place! This is my go-to restaurant if I just want a casual meal or coffee with my fiancé, friends or family. There's a great range of food options so there's always something for everybody, the food usually arrives at the table relatively quickly and is tasty and affordable. It's a nice upgrade from a Wetherspoons or a pub if you like something a little 'fancier' without leaving the casual dining category. The staff are great as well, always very cheerful and helpful! Definitely recommend if you're looking for a bite to eat in Beeston.

Really nice large breakfast with orange juice. It was incredibly busy when we arrived and the order did take a while as a result.

My time at Bendigo Lounge was incredibly relaxing. The ambiance, coupled with a delightful cup of coffee, made it a truly enjoyable experience.

Great food, attentive staff, nice lounge vibe. Music just a fraction loud for one of my age!

It's a bit weird how you find a table then order food and drink via the app, but the app asks for a service tip before you've even seen a staff member. I had the Nasi Goreng, never tried one before. It was fresh, flavourful and very spicy - definitely felt like there was a party in my mouth. I did need specialised equipment to find the tiny prawns though. Pricewise, about £15 per head for a coffee and a main course.

Amazing. Great food. Staff very attentive

Great place for a relaxing meal, or just coffee and cake. Staff are excellent.

Christmas lunch: good price, tasty food, good selection, nice staff and we were allowed to take our time. Quirky artwork on the walls adds to the atmosphere. My only criticism is that when ordering by mobile most people don't leave a tip for the staff because one pays before receiving the food.

Really delicious food, great veggie options with a bustling atmosphere and efficient service from ordering through the app