Cosalea Brandlesholme Road in Bury

I've been using Cosalea Brandlesholme as somewhere to work from over the past few months as it beats working at home. The staff are always extremely pleasant, polite and helpful. I'm a massive fan of the flat whites and the breakfast wrap (or breakfast crumpets or cheesy beans on toast) Never an issue with service and cleanliness

We’ve only visited this Cosalea once before and it’s wasn’t great but we thought we’d give it another go. £40 later, I wish we hadn’t bothered. There were three of us at our table and only one other person in the place, yet the food took 40 minutes to arrive. The vegetarian breakfast, which we’ve ordered many times at the Walshaw Cosalea, was disappointing to say the least. The food was very bland and inedible other than the eggs. The full English breakfast fared better, although the sausages were burnt and the black coffee was very weak. The chicken club sandwich wasn’t a club. It was chicken & bacon on a ciabatta which was so over cooked and hard that it was impossible to eat. I opted for water to drink as the last coffee that I’d had here was almost see-through, despite asking for it to be strong. The only saving grace was that the side order of chips was really good. They were crispy and tasty. Nobody came to ask if everything was ok, so we had no opportunity to offer feedback. By the time we were ready to leave, the chef and both girls who had served had left, leaving just one man at the till As he hadn’t served us or been there when the food arrived, and as this was the second time that we’d had a bad experience, I thought that a tripadvisor review was called for. I was interested to see that a similarly negative review has also been reported within the last couple of weeks - with no response from Cosalea. So, if you’re happy to wait a long time for bland, overcooked food, this is the place for you. Or you could always just plump for a bowl of chips and a glass of water. How two sister cafes can be so wildly differing in the quality of food, I am not sure. One thing I am sure of, though, is that we won’t be back.

Didn't want to write a poor review, but after several poor experiences I had to. Most recently we went for Sunday lunch, which took nearly an hour to arrive, and when it did the yorkshire puddings were burnt to a crisp and was served with the driest mash potato I've ever tasted. They didn't have any condiments and had to call the other restaurant to send them over (needless to say we had finished by the time they did). To top it all it cost nearly 60 pounds for 2 adult and 2 children's Sunday roasts. I really didn't have the energy to ask for anything off it as after waiting so long I just wanted to get home, but I am surprised at the standards given they feel it is acceptable to serve visibly burnt food. Shame as we live close by, and I want to see local businesses thrive, but after giving them the benefit of the doubt on more than one occasion, felt some feedback was required.