Countrystyle Kitchen in Lancaster

Quality food at affordable prices, great service, fantastic carvery.

Sorry but not good, infact my partner I got up and walked out , can't comment on the food .. but won't be going back Reason, long waiting time due to 1 person being on front desk Staff that were doing the carving had no uniform ie hat , smocks and looked untidy After being seated I the had to return to the front desk to get a couple of tickets and pay for the food .. not a problem but after standing there for over 15 minutes I had had enough... also the place needs a serious make over , it looks like a 80s Pontins restaurant .. sorry

The mrs loved her lamb pie, i had gammon it was ok

Great food, service and plenty of seating. No wait as got a carvery , no complaints 😁

Four adults and one 11 year old. Not too noisy for my hearing, nice atmosphere, clean, and a decent menu for a Sunday, including Sunday Carvery.

Good food, good price, good people. Will definitely come back.

Food very expensive for a cafe not ... staff all looked fed up with life

Sandwiches are poor. Far too much mayonnaise across the sandwich fillings and the coleslaw. Room could do with a bit of refurbishment and a clean. No kids menu and outrageously expensive for low quality cheese on toast. Staff were friendly and polite, we were saved quite quickly.

Really wonderful staff, James the host was very attentive, and every other servers were working so hard to keep on top of empty plates and keeping the place clean. The food was amazing with the FOH chef explaining everything to me and giving me recommendations. The food was also excellent, one of the best carvery’s I’ve had. Despite it being very busy we received excellent service and will be coming here with friends and family in the future.

Carvery good value and tasty and plentiful. Not quite as busy as before the pandemic, also fresh and plenty of parking

The only place we go for a Sunday carvery. Service is fantastic, food is good and the price is great value.

Me and my 2 sisters visited the cafe 19th April, 2024 for my birthday ,needless to say we will not return ,it advertised fish chips peas, haddock or pollack, we ordered Haddock , the meal came the fish batter was full of grease , the inside was awful it certainly wasn't haddock. The garden peas were very hard and chips werent much better Not one of us ate it ,we complained the head person came to see us and apologised ,he said " we haven't been able to get haddock for weeks and he wouldn't eat anything but haddock himself " he commented "I will talk to the chef when the Caffè closes and slap his legs " he offered us a cup of tea or a scoop of ice cream each , we declined his offer,came out as hungry as we went in , very disappointed,

Really good.We were at GB antiques and popped over for some food. It was Sunday and were squeezed in (we hadn't booked). Food was really hot and tasty. Service good. Will be back

Very polite and well dressed staff, excellent, prompt service, excellent food and good portion sizes. Coffee was not bad for an English cafe/restaurant. We loved it.

Service brilliant and food really good 👍

Country Kitchen nice place, nice food, staff great 👍

I came in while the wife was shopping across the complex. I asked for a small breakfast and it was delicious. Very well made and 10/10 for the fantastic staff. A big well done from me 👍😁

From the wonderful team, to the lovely atmosphere and background music and the incredible food we had a fantastic experience. The Carvery looked amazing, however we had all day breakfast and cheese and onion quiche, chips and salad. We couldn't fault anything...

No booking,walked in on off chance after visit to antiques unit, welcomed by happy,bubbly,friendly James. Had the carvery, great selection of meat/vegetables that were cooked to perfection, bowls of cranberry, apple,mint sauces on side & gravy. Wash down with ice cold apple juice. Can also have jug of ice water at your table. All round lovely,attentive staff. Would revisit.

Excellent food and the Sunday carvery is great value for money. Jan 2024, called in for breakfast which was served fast & fresh. Lovely cooked big breakfast and nice coffee.

Yummy 😋 food service lovely, it's a place too eat

Food is fantastic not to busy on a Friday or Saturday staff excellent

Visited today for the first time and won't go again. Slow service just to get a cup of coffee. I've had meals produced faster. The coffee was nice but a bit on the expensive side. We were going to eat there but figured he a coffee took this long maybe we wouldn't bother. Not a great menu anyway. Didn't see any gluten free menus either. Table could have done with a wipe down as it still had marks on from last customer.Such a shame.

The best carvery you will ever taste

Used to love this place, but wasn’t impressed today. Bought kids sandwich boxes, some had Frube yoghurts, some Ann Foreshaw yoghurts causing arguments. None of the sandwich boxes came with crisps as stated, on asking they only had Wotsits (no other options and mine don’t like cheesy crisp- odd option to choose if only buying in one flavour). White bread thin felt like asda smart price bread. Soup was OK. Turkey and Cranberry Sandwich was dry and cheap bread again. Will try it again- hopefully an off day!?

Very good meats sold here . Nice friendly staff. The restaurant seats more that 80 . Good food .

Visited twice now and wish we lived nearer cannot fault at all would deffinate be going back and highly recommend beautiful meals

Best steak i have had in ages this is the second time we have had a meal here and it's as good as it gets

Always a good roast dinner. Good choice of menus.

Countrystyle Meats is situated on Lancaster Leisure Park to the south of the city next to Lancaster Brewery. The shop is a farm style shop with a local butcher and green grocer specialising in local or fair trade foods and goods as well as showcasing other local businesses such as bakers and ice cream makers. The prices are higher than the local supermarket but the quality of food is significantly higher resulting in a generally better and more budget friendly experience. Take for instance the homemade burgers. Although the price of a pack of two (or four if a budget brand) of burger from the supermarket there is little to no shrinkage while cooking resuilting in an end product two to three times the size of its budget counterpart with 100% meat and no injected water or rusk. So the final product is the same to greater value. That aside there are often butcher's specials and shop bargains that bring prices down and the staff are helpful and supportive. We buy almost all of our meats and local supplies here.

The food was great, best roast dinner I've had for a long time. The booking in and order system you have in place doesn't work. Long queues for both .

…to the current trading climate. Opens when it needs to address demand! Sensible! Food is as good as it’s always been with produce from the Butchers and Farm Shop attached…. No Aldi sausages here!! Hearty breakfast, coked to order and excellent value at £9.50 !! Definitely worth a visit, Local or Visitor alike.

Used to be a really nice breakfast spot before covid Unfortunately the last couple of breakfasts have been poor Slimey bacon Undercooked sausages Hash browns tasted like they had been sat there since the day before Staff all half asleep and scruffy looking Real shame as this used to be one of the best food spots in the area

We went in today after visiting the antiques place and had a really good meal. Reasonable prices and good sized portions. Tam was great with service and made us feel really welcome. Would definitely go back again!

Friendly staff, book in advance recommended.

Grim. We were looking forward to visiting as we haven't been in in years. The food used to be brilliant with a great menu. Now it's very limited. No waitress service -you have to order your food at the very busy front desk. Full disclosure...I really dislike carvery. We wanted a Sunday roast so we had no choice. Overcooked food, slopped on a plate, having to queue like you're in a works canteen. I get that they are probably appealing to their target market, and it certainly seemed to work as it was heaving. But it's not for us, especially as it isn't that cheap. The service used to be great with some really good specials available. The staff also used to be really friendly If you like large quantities of sloppy food, then this is the place for you. For me, it's a hard pass from now on.

Guaranteed delicious, the Sunday Carvery is not to be missed.

Lovely food, friendly service. Would recommend.

Simply the best place in Lancaster for a very filling and great tasting Sunday lunch (carvery so you choose what you want). Four roasts to choose from, or you can even have some of each. And if you are still hungry, you can also go back and help yourself to more vegetables. All very reasonably priced. I can strongly recommend this place.

Lovely restaurant, staff friendly food great & huge portions

So glad this is back open. We missed it the last few years. Took my mum and dad for father's day. My mum has tremors and was struggling to hold the plate. The friendly guy on the carvery counter came round, helped with everything and took it to her table. Really lovely customer service. There's always a friendly face here and of course the food is also, always nice. Shop next door is fab, as is the ice cream shop.

The service was terrible, they have employed young people, who had no idea 💡 about waiting on and customer service its definitely not what it used to be like, 2 elderly ladys behind us remarked that they found the whole thing a farce getting thier food, let's hope things get better before the summer holidays begin

So glad this place is back open. Will be visiting again very soon.

Outside space is lovely. Owner is a great host. Hot chocolate and cakes yummy. Value for money.

Beautiful carvery, couldn't believe the amount of choice of vegatables, well cooked. The meat was high quality and plenty of it. At only £15 per person well worth it. Would definitely go again. The staff were pleasant and helpful

Dissatisfied and over priced, rubbery food watered down gravy , tasteless vegetables, No sauces available

Lovely wee carvery. Stopped for lunch on a long drive home

Amazing!!! Would definitely recommend😍❤

First time back after reopening. Very disappointing carvery not worth the money. Small slices of meat rubbery yorkshire luke warm vegetables. All sauces cranberry apple etc were empty. When filled spoonfuls droped in dishes looked very messy. Hubby had gammon which was soaking in fat so he soaked up the fat with servettes. Shame it used to be good.

First time visiting here and have an absolutely value for money carvery. 3 types of meat which was cooked to perfection, vegetables a plenty and the gravy divine. If u haven't tried this place yet then your missing out. Service so friendly and welcoming and will definitely be visiting this gem again.

staff were lovely but £5 for a fairly small slice of victoria sponge cake is absolutely extortionate

Me and my fiancee stumbled on this spot rather by accednt, what a fortunate accedent it was let me tell you!. We had been looking for a regular breakfast spot for a while and finally we have found somewhere great, the breakfast was perfect, fresh and tasty. The staff were freindly and professional and the atmosphere was great overall a fantastic experience I have no complaints only praise! 10/10 A1 we will be coming back!

Brilliant carvery, best in the North West from all the others I've tried. Staff are really friendly and happy. This place is gonna be go to now when I want a carvery thank you for a brilliant meal.

The food here is excellent and plenty of it too. There is a good choice of meats, vegetables. Coffee is very good and my wife's tea was nice.

Not ok any day let alone easter sunday roast beef small 3 slices makin 1 decent slice. Just warm left hard chewy roasts ? Instant mash sloppy, yorkshires dry n soft, savoy cabbage n leeks un appetising, very basic peas n corn, red cabbage tasted awful, his chicken n ham dry tasteless thin gravy we were very disappointed, not worth £14 each, wont risk goin again it ruined our day out. Usually go local get 2lge slices Beef or ham or turkey, crispy Yorkshires n hot roasts, sweetheart cabbage, new potatoes, cauliflouer cheese, carrots, 2 lots nice hot gravy also hav lots boxes fruit or mince pies sqirty cream free 2 x roasts only £15.90 not £28 dont ever want to go there again left us dissatisfied n broke not havin a drink or sweet overpriced also flat and boring do much better myself

Great cafe cum restaurant, cakes, carvery, beverages, beers and spirits. Something for everyone.

The Carvery looked tasty but we opted for soup for lunch. It was tasteless and served with stale bread. We left it and got chips instead. I'm sure the Carvery meal is good as it was popular, but I wonder why they can't make soup? On the positive side it was clean, staff were polite and our food came 5 mins after we ordered it. Just don't get the soup.

Friendly place to visit, staff very welcoming and food always lovely

Fantastic meal last Sunday. Fabulous food. One of my favourite restaurants.

Love this place, especially the carvery, choice of 4 meats and 2 types of potatoes and usually 5 vegetables as well as a extensive menu, lovely and clean with helpful staff

Re opened recently. Good quality food and choice of various meals including carvery on Sundays. Very well presented restaurant.generouse portions. Relaxed comfortable place to eat , especially with family.

We stopped for a hot drink this afternoon and the service was great! The staff were friendly and the place was clean!

Food is excellent and service is very good

Glad to see country style kitchen has reopened again. The staff were friendly and super helpful with allergens. The service and food was excellent. I can't wait to go again.

Excellent food and service, I recommend the carvery as being both good quality, and value.

Had a big breakfast, everything was cooked to perfection, especially the poached eggs, also reasonably priced

I hope they reopen soon. Have had several meals there and have always been delighted

Food is good but service was a bit slow and the prices are far too expensive for what you get

Great place for a carvery in Lancaster

Always great meals staff very friendly, the restaurant is spotless.

Visited this cafe on the way back from visiting friends on Sunday and we have been here before but don’t remember it being this big!! It was packed which is always a good sign, the lady at the desk asked if anyone had a booking and got them in first then came to us that had not (good system going on) she was very bubbly and smiling like she wanted to be there! When we got to the front of the queue, another lady was paying and made it very clear to this girl that she wasn’t paying for her soda as it should have been free , the lady Calmly stated that they don’t use post Mix and it’s out of a bottle ( I would have told her to get stuffed, you had it, you pay for it simple) the lady just took it off the bill and stated that it’s okay! After she left I did say how well she handled it, why do people come out if they have to say things like that , she is only doing her job, why can’t people understand it must be hard to keep so smiling and bubbly after something like that! Anyway we had cavery, it’s to die for!! I wish they would teach me how to make them yorkies! Went to pay and some grumpy lady behind a counter making tea that stated you do pay here which wasn’t helpful but i followed everyone else and payed, excellent value for money £8.95 for 1 cavery with 4 meats! The lady then took our payment and gave us a card so we can book next time. Which I said it must be your Sunday job this( as she was taking my money) she replied with , it’s my full time job haha, so I do apologise for this as she looks so young. I think her name was Tate or Kate, or something similar, I look forward to my next visit.

Just awful ! Waited ages for a table, my son had finished his carvery before the rest of our family had our meals. Bethany c clearly doesn’t enjoy her job as I’ve seen happier people suffering from depression. Food was ok after a 30 minute wait. £50 for a light lunch with hungry grumpy kids. Tea was bought 10 minutes after other drinks and my daughter had to wait 30 minutes for her drink and then they came back twice because the didn’t have the crisps she wanted. Daughter’s juice came with her kids meal once we had had ours. Have to say the other staff that we interacted with were great. Very disappointed as we had heard great things about this place and it was our first and unfortunately our last visit

We came in on Saturday granted it was busy but we got left stood at the door and ignored by the girl behind the desk who clearly didn’t want to be there or interact with customers and when she did finally acknowledge us after about 15 minutes she abruptly turned around and said well have you booked when we said no she just walked off to a table so we thought we would follow and she just chucked the menus on it we then had to ask for children’s menus as she never gave us any and it was clear to see that we had children as they are 8 and 11..we finally got to order and can I say the young girl that took our order was very pleasant unfortunately I didn’t get her name to say how nice she was...one of our group ordered the carvery salad and a waitress came out to tell him to go and get his meat so we thought our other food was on the way but no another 20 mins or so later said person had finished eating and we were still waiting for our food food wasn’t bad when it finally arrived....overall attitude of waitresses needs to change we actually clocked the name of the rude waitress and would like for some feedback regarding this

Great food and good to walk around

Very homely style food, great value for money

A little be canteenish, staff very helpful a touch on the expensive side....

An absolutely brilliant restaurant - food and drinks very reasonably priced from an extensive and varied menu, which includes a fantastic carvery for £8.95, served 7 days a week, by the friendliest, most helpful staff you could ever wish to meet. Just a delightful experience. Toilets extremely good - clean and well kept.

The carvery is one of the best I've had, the beef was cooked to perfection and the red cabbage was fantastic. Can fill a little closed in at times when it's busy as the tables are quite close together in certain parts of the restaurant. The staff are always friendly and welcoming. I have found if I have ordered off of the main menu it can be hit or miss if it comes out hot. Overall I like to visit this restaurant for its carvery every time I visit Lancaster.

Excellent food and friendly staff

I visited here with my friend for lunch and it was very busy. We both chose the carvery roast--a voice of turkey,pork,gammon and beef was on offer,with delicious yorkshire puddings. Accompanied with a large selection of fresh vegetables and gravy and sauces to help yourself.We both cleared our plates and said that we will return soon as it was so good. Friendly service and good value with a large selection of meals other than the carvery on offer too.

Went here to pass some time while my daughter was at gymnastics I had intended to order a coffee but with the awful weather decided on a hot chocolate and it didn't disappoint! Even without the cream and marshmallows on offer it was lovely.I also ordered a toasted teacake,lightly browned,perfect and tasty.Service good,no complaints.Oh toilets clean too !!

We have no idea if the food is good, bad or indifferent because we didn’t succeed in ordering any. When we arrived, there were three wait staff, clearly busy as the cafe was full. We waited at the entrance for several minutes, ignored by the staff. Eventually we went up to one person and asked if we could sit down at an empty table. No, we couldn’t as that one was reserved. We were told we could sit at another table, if we could sort ourselves out with the babies. No help with high chairs but the cafe has some, which we found. Then we sat. And waited. A couple arrived after us, then a large family - all greeted and taken to seats. After ten minutes the waitress appeared, took the order from the couple, then manoeuvred past our table to take the family’s order. She ignored our table - when we asked her if we might be able to order she grinned, made no attempt to say sorry, said she’d be with us in a minute and laughed when one of the family group made a derogatory comment. So we left.We won’t come back, but the food on other tables looked good and the cafe was full, so if you are able to get served it is probably worth a try.

Our family had lunch here yesterday and it was delicious! Friendly staff and clean restaurant. We will be back. Thank you!

Called here after visiting antiques centre. My wife and myself had the carvery. Choice of four meats and yorkshire pudding , serve yourself vegetables. Roast potatoes, mash & 6 veg. Couldn't fault the service. Will definitely come again.

Great food. Great service. Always great. Love it. :)

Very good company and very good service and excellent meals

Excellent food, great portions, friendly staff and very clean despite how busy it was. Thank you.

I had a ploughmans and it was awful. 4 pieces of dried up Chicken or Turkey tasteless 2 very thin pieces of dried up Beef and 2 even smaller pieces of Ham. Small dish of salad and very small dishes of coleslaw and piccalili. 3 huge chunks of bread which helped to fill the plate. Worst meal ever and not cheap.

We enjoyed a family lunch here last week. I was a bit put off by my first impression which was that of a canteen but we chose the carvery and were very pleasantly surprised because it was delicious! We had no room for a dessert. The staff were helpful and friendly and the overall experience was very good.

Absolutely the nicest cafe very clean and wonderful staff couldn't be more helpful I highly recommend it.

Lovely place and food excellent x staff very friendly x

Absolutely the most delicious breakfast I've ever tasted.

The food is very good, make sure you book though, it can be very busy. The farm shop there is good value for money.

Stylish.....for a kitchen in the country

Always an excellent carvery, pork is highly recommended.

Lovely food friendly staff would highly recommend

One of the best buffet meals in the area

Only stopped in for coffee and scones. Very pleasant atmosphere, nice views , quick, polite service. Friendly staff. Prices average.

Good friendly service, food excellent

Great service & food from friendly & efficient staff.