Doddington Coffee Shop in North Kesteven

Busy cafe with tasty looking food. We both had coffees. The cappuccino had rather too much foam for me but it was well made.

Sadly this is not a patch on what it used to be. The cafe situated in the cycle shop used to be friendly, personable and with a good choice of snack / lunch options. The new cafe is cold, inflexible, over priced and has zero customer service. Doddington Hall, you’ve killed what used to be a great location. There are far better options available elsewhere.

Over priced , warm coffee and poor food totally over rated. Don’t know what else to write just don’t go you will I believe be disappointed

The tea, coffee and cake were pretty good but the social skills of the woman behind the till did not exist. Place sadly has no character not helped by lots of sign giving orders. Will not return.

Called in today for coffee and cake. The girl who told us where to sit had no customer service skills. One of the staff was talking to another staff, well swearing not about her but to her. Same staff member was on her phone when she stood about. The hype of the place on tv was the complete opposite of our experience today

Doddington Coffee Shop is on the Doddington Hall Estate. The shop is a standard country house/garden centre set up. An onsite butcher sells wonderful fresh produce, from cuts of beef to scotch eggs in a variety of flavours. It's all there. And as well as the meat, there is a alcohol section, full of beers, wines, whiskeys, etc. Then there's the chutneys, the biscuits, the chocolates, the quality frozen meals, it's a Santa's Grotto of expensive groceries. Attached to the shop is Doddington Coffee Shop and it compliments the shop perfectly. It's not cheap, but the food and drinks are undoubtedly very nice indeed. However, it can get very, very busy and you might have a long wait for a table. Excellent, but pricey. The Scotch eggs from the butcher were chuffing delicious though...

The new revamped bike cafe is open but it seems without the previous level of customer service. Previous staff have been courteous however on enquiring about a table yesterday I was met with we are full. No sorry or would you like to wait. In fact when I asked when a table would be free I was told everyone had just sat down and I should try the other cafe! Really? This person was meant to be welcoming but she had obviously had enough that day and no training. It is bad enough that Doddington seems to be the last place in England where there is no diversity now we can add rude to the list of reasons not to visit.

Nice and warm in the café this afternoon, the staff were very obliging and welcoming. It was a cold day so i chose a seasonal latte and was offered soya or oat milk as I avoid saturated fat where I chose. I particularly noticed the staff diligently wiping tables which is a pet 'thing' of mine!

Had a wonderful trip to Doddington Coffee Shop, food was fantastic, great choice and price. The staff were all lovely to deal with, fast and efficent service.

We ate there a couple of weeks ago. Two coffees, carrot cake and scrambled eggs on toast. Coffee was cheap. The carrot cake was to die for and instead of scrambled egg on toast I got a fruit tea! Went back today. We wanted two hot chocolates, one with cream. What did we get? Two lukewarm hot chocolates, mine had the cream! But marshmallows too! A very average hot chocolate at that. We’d waited that long for our drinks, sat in a drafty old tent that we just couldn’t be bothered to complain. Needless to say we won’t bother again.

Disappointing. We arrived at around 9.30 a.m. after a very early appointment at hospital and my husband ordered a full English Breakfast and I had the Vegetarian version. Nothing was hot - even the plates were cold. The bacon my husband was given had either been under heat lamps or had been cooked for a while as it was tough, the beans were cold, the mushroom wasn't properly cooked, toast only appeared toasted on one side - no side plate offered for the toast by the way. The vegetarian version was OK but I'd sincerely stop doing the veggie sausage, it was dire. My sauté potatoes were 'old' - they'd been cooked for a long time or recooked. If there is a next time I'll opt for a pastry. The tea was dreadful and I did advise the waitress of this - the tea was far too strong for such a tiny pot. Yes, we could have complained but what would have been the point? In all probability the feedback wouldn't have been shared with the kitchen staff.

I am a loyal customer of Doddington but I must say that recently I have been disappointed. The young staff on a Saturday need guidance. They are confused and do not provide the same level of service as is offered on a weekday. The young waitress spilt my coffee and said she would go get some ‘toilet roll’ to mop it up. The coffee was quite cold and my son didn’t really enjoy his breakfast as it wasn’t cooked very well. You have to go find the staff rather than them being attentive to you.

We return here each time in the hope that things improve. Unfortunately nothing does!! The bike cafe has been ‘temporarily’ housed under a fixed marquee , which joins on to an open, large room for about 18m now. Fully equipped and to all intents and purposes, permanent. The food is good, but the service is deplorable. The system seems to be that only designated people take the order, or should I say designated person. I’ve never seen more than one. The waiting staff who can’t take orders, consists mostly of young people hanging around chatting. No one has any sense of urgency or duty. I was watching behind the counter after our order had been taken. About 5/6 people were behind the counter, drinking coffee or water and eating. They were chatting about where they were going that evening. One guy was making coffee. Two coffees went out the back, to staff presumably, and after what seemed ages, our coffee was done. By now, all the staff had disappeared. Then a guy appeared took the coffees but didn’t know which table they were for. Our food appeared, (she didn’t know which table they were for either). I had the jumbo hot dog which was, without exaggeration, the most charred sausage I’ve ever seen. I said I couldn’t eat it and the girl quickly offered to replace it. BUT WHO ON EARTH THOUGH THAT IT WOULD BE OK TO SERVE IT? I’ve no idea who, if anyone is in charge in this cafe, a young girl did go and sit with her lap top, looking officious, next to colleague who was eating his brought in lunch, but she didn’t appear to have any authority or awareness of the appalling service. We have had this experience a number of times (minus the charred sausage) but nothing seems to change. Doddington are missing a trick here as although not heaving, it was busy. I do hope they don’t blame the temporary situation as that’s no excuse. There are plenty of staff and there is plenty of good food. Buck your ideas up!!

Had tea and scones, jam and clotted cream. The scones were the usual lovely quality, however the clotted cream had been stored somewhere warm and separated into a liquid cream.

Asked if they could seat 30 of us on Saturday for brunch the staff and food was amazing as usual. Thank you for a wonderful morning

Been several times, I love the marquee it looks amazing, the food is always 5 star very tasty and large portions, it is one of my go to places if I’m going out with friends, keep up the good work. The staff are happy to help especially with any dietary requirements.

Had an amazing lunch, food was sensational, staff were superb and welcoming. Can't wait to visit again.

This is only 3 stars because the staff were friendly and there were working toilets. You know that taste left after eating a red onion as though it were an apple? No, me neither; but the red onion was the only thing of any flavour in the Doddington Nourish Bowl. I could still taste it 2 hours later despite eating breath mints. The bowl, like everything else served was a child sized portion: glass of tap water in one of those little glasses provided at primary schools in the 70s/80s before glass became suddenly dangerous to children and everything switched to plastic. I mean. Really couldn’t they spare the 150ml? This is the rundown from the menu, followed by what I actually found in the side salad, sorry Nourish Bowl. “Grilled mediterranean vegetables”: 2 pieces of courgette ring halved. (1 cm thick and 2cm diameter. Nearly half an uncooked small red onion. A couple of random bits of thinly sliced red cabbage that possibly escaped from a coleslaw mix. “radish”: 3 slices of radish. Kitchen Garden mixed leaves, 3 leaves from a baby gem lettuce. “tomatoes”, 5 halved cherry tomatoes. Whoever was making this salad likes cherry tomatoes. “British pea guacamole”. A tablespoonful of this. It was utterly tasteless as there’s no seasoning in it at all. “Hodmedod's grains”. A dessert spoonful of this. Again withoutseasoning, tasteless and drier than a camel’s foot in the desert. “& boiled egg” : half of a hard boiled egg. 1 dressing: mayo- really cheap catering mayo diagonally squeezed across the top. And the cost… a mere £9. Yes. You read that right. £9 for something that didn’t amount to a side salad. This is the third time I’ve been to Doddington this year. It’s getting progressively worse. Still good for coffee, but the rest of it is either believing it’s own hype, or knows that the tourists will pay because they’re trapped. I won’t be back and won’t recommend. Oh and the 3 green algae lines bowls of minging water for dogs outside don’t exactly scream “dog friendly”.

Visited for my birthday lunch with family on Sunday. A few little issues to mention which is unusual as it is normally great. Hot dog roll was too small for the hot dog which made it hard for my son to eat, burger was a little lacking in flavour and my chips were very ‘scrappy’ - a few good ones but a lot of little hard ones. Nobody came to ask if we needed anything else or clear our plates. Had to go find a waitress to order coffee and cakes which were brought to the uncleared table. Waitresses were pleasant and friendly but were just hanging around the counter rather than looking to clear tables or take extra drinks orders or cakes. Maybe this was because it was a Sunday but I am used to better service in the week when I visit. It won’t put me off but I felt a little disappointed as I was celebrating a special birthday

We regularly visit the coffee shop, and are always made to feel so welcome by the fabulous staff...especially Becca and George. The food is always delicious and served quickly. I can definitely recommend the pancakes and the vegan breakfast!! It's a wonderful place to come to with our dogs after a lovely walk around the local area.

We arrived at doddington and straight away a warm lovely welcome! Very friendly staff especially a young lady call Becca. Such a polite girl and friendly with the dogs definitely will be revisiting!

Fantastic visit to the marquee. Excellent jacket potato. Staff were friendly and efficient yet unobtrusive . Well done Doddington

Visited Sunday lunchtime. Excellent bacon bap. Fresh bread, onion marmalade and 3 rashers of thick cut, fantastic bacon. What a treat. One of the best bacon baps I have had in a long time.

It’s been a while since we visited the bike shop cafe but we were back today and we weren’t disappointed! Although building work is ongoing the welcome from the staff is just as warm and there is plenty of room in the large marquee. Coffee...

We’ve been for breakfast with our friends and our Bobby golden retriever in the beautiful temporary marque . . . Very warm and so welcoming, such a classy environment indeed, the guys have done a fantastic job . . . Lovely breakfast as usual from...

Very good food. Staff were friendly and efficient. Venue was very cold and had to eat in our coats but it was a very cold day. A few too many dogs for my liking. However, I understand it is a dog friendly venue. If you’re...

As regular visitors after a lovely dog walk at Doddington we always pop in to the Giant Coffee Shop for a drink and something to eat. A lovely welcoming, relaxing, dog friendly environment. Becca and the team are outstanding. Always cheerful, helpful and welcoming. A...

As we live locally and like to exercise our dog at Doddington, we are regulars at the Doddington Coffee Shop. Of course, being dog friendly is a huge plus! The staff are always welcoming and make a fuss of our dog. The food never fails...

After a freezing dog walk this is a great dog friendly cafe to visit. Our extra hot drinks were just that and served with smile a pat for our over friendly dog! We have eaten here previously with our vegetarian daughter and thoroughly enjoyed our...

I have been visiting the giant coffee shop regularly and the staff are always very polite and welcoming. The food is excellent quality and fantastic choice on the menu. I always enjoy their very yummy cakes and coffee too. They are very dog friendly inside...

I live locally and I am a regular visitor to Doddington coffee shop. It is a great cafe whether you want to grab a quick coffee after a dog walk (lovely walks in the area too) or if you want to go for lunch. I...

Came in with my daughter and granddaughter on Christmas Eve for an early breakfast. The team on duty were all really nice, seated us and gave us a menu and explained that it was till service. My granddaughter is only 3 and when asked what...

1/ scrambled eggs was under cooked and still runny which soaked my toast had to send it back my wife's poached eggs on toast was still clear jelly on her toast 100% poor quality if you're going to charge for quality food serve it if...

Always welcoming and friendly staff alway accommodating to our dogs always immaculately clean doesn’t matter how busy they are service is quick and Becca what a fantastic member of staff you have absolute credit to your business thankyou

Well, what can I say? If you are advertised to be open until 5pm, then surely that is when you should close? Entered the café around 4.15pm to grab a tea and catch up with some emails. Most of the cakes were covered over, and...

I took my parents for lunch today. My mother and I both wanted quiche with salad, but when we saw the large portions arriving at a nearby table we asked the pleasant young waitress if one portion could be divided between two plates. She checked...

Stopped off here on our ride. Firstly cyclists are more than catered for, with plenty of bike racks and lots of outside tables, both under-cover and open. Secondly, the food and cakes were both superb, and lastly, the staff were friendly and helpful, and smiled...

Called in for lunch after a walk round Doddington Hall sculpture trail which was lovely....however our day was blighted by a hot stuffy cafe, long waits and a very rude staff member. Several people who were seated after us had orders taken and one was...

.We had coffee and one of us had the Giant breakfast. It was great fun because there was a busy group pf cyclists.

Absolutely love the carrot cake! Worth making a special trip just for this. Can't fault it. Definitely recommend!

A dog walk followed by lunch at the cafe next to the cycle shop. I work in the service sector so really appreciate how stressful and hard the jobs are and underpaid. The staff were all so friendly, chirpy and attentive, plus the food was...

My husband attempted to treat me to a morning lunch time out, something which for the last 1 1/2 years has been impossible due to health conditions, we ordered 2 scones with Jam Cream and 2 coffees, just under £12. I had purchased some items...

Stopped here for a light bite on our journey. Although it was a Thursday the place was packed with only outside tables on our arrival. Thankfully as it was very cold we got an inside table when people left. We ordered flat white coffee with...

Great food at great prices. The staff were all very friendly and the service was quick. The coffee shop is a good alternative to the cafe, which was very busy.

Came here for lunch. First visit since the pandemic outbreak. I have previously enjoyed lunch here, but was somewhat underwhelmed this time. I had the fish and chips which was ok, I have tasted better elsewhere. What was also frustrating when the food arrived I...

Sat down after a very long walk looking forward to a drink and a light snack. We were told food was about a half hour wait and happily orders drinks while we chose food to eat. 5 minutes later we were told there stopping food....

We went to doddington hall farm shop and went around the back passing the main more expensive and busy farm restaurant to this cafe. Great, not too busy and really good varied menu. Great breakfasts, light lunches and super cakes. We had packed eggs on...

Visited here for breakfast before visiting Doddington Hall (which is next door),food was delicious and plentiful and at a reasonable price.Would have had lunch here too but was still too full from breakfast. Service was very good too.

Just a warning to those going- whilst the website says they love dogs and is dog friendly- it's only if you're happy to sit in the rain on a wet day

Took a detour during a business trip to avoid any of the usual coffee shop/fast food chain outlets and was pleased to have found the coffee shop in the bike shop at DH. It had been made Covid friendly with a one way system, hand...

Friendly Staff was very busy but prompt service even on a Monday morning, good value for money. Great for a quick breakfast

Lovely place to sit outside and enjoy fresh air. Good choice menu for snacks and various drinks. Table service, safe and Clean, very pleasant staff.

My partner and I had a similar negative experience about 2 years ago, but wrote no review. However we visited again recently to give it a second chance and the customer service desperately needs addressing. As mentioned in another comment the blonde lady mid 40s looking was astoundingly rude, unwelcoming, and made us feel like nothing more than an inconvenience. There was a tone of snobbery as if we weren't good enough to be there... very disrespectful and completely ruined our visit to doddington hall.

Smashing breakfast for us all during our stay. The staff dealt well with the current restrictions and were friendly and helpful. The food was very tasty, some had pancakes which were very good. Some had sourdough with eggs and bacon, it was all eaten!

In the 7 years I have work in this industry I have never felt unwelcome like I did Tuesday 10th of march there was a blonde woman mid 40s work and I ordered 2 sausage rolls and one soya latte , a pot of tea and a shortbread for the dogs there was no such thing as a service with a smile which was very rude when she came out to give us the food and the drinks almost like she shouted at us saying your food here and she didn't smile she was very rude and when I asked for to swap normal milk for soya milk it was like she had a problem with it.....

This is now dog friendly and the food is good about time more places were like this its us retired folk that have the time and money plus we have dogs

Lovely relaxed atmosphere. Great menu options. Freshly cooked. Good drink selections. Child friendly.

Good place to meet friends for usual brunch type menu. Set in bike shop beh8nd main shop café and less busy.

This started as a cyclists cafe in a bike shop and was great. When we visited last week after a long dirty cycle ride we felt totally out of place - no room for cyclists but full of well dressed shoppers but definitely not bike shoppers. This is a bike cafe to be given a wide berth and won't be on our list for 2020 - what a shame. Time to remember your USPAnd service was really slow

Ordered the Welsh rarebit on thick cut tosst but without the advertised Boston sausage as I am vegetarian. What actually arrived was a muffin cut in two with melted cheese on it with a desultory scattering of chopped parsley. The top was not bubbling and crisply brown but just barely melted cheese as if heated in a microwave. It looked like it had been tossed on the plate too. I spoke to one of the waitresses there and asked if this was it. She looked confused and when I asked if she thought this was worth the £5.95 price tag without the sausage she said 'that's what we do here'. No apology or offer to improve anything. I then pressed it with another waitress and asked if I could have some sliced tomato and salad garnish. A discussion ensued with the chef and waitress and I received my original order back topped with a wildly generous two slices of tomato and the now heated parsley garnish. Having been on a long walk I ate it but it was a very disappointing experience all round. The staff barely acknowledge you and the atmosphere was one of caring very little. In addition the coffee was pretty flavourless too. A pretty poor experience and one not to be repeated. Buck up your ideas!

We come here a lot, sometimes by bike and sometimes by car when we stock up on fresh produce from the farm shop.We went to the coffee shop at 1145 and wanted a bacon and egg sandwich. This is usually delicious. We were told that the menu had now switched to the lunch menu. We couldn't have what we asked for but we could have a crispy bacon stack with an egg. I couldn't really work out the difference. The bacon was now crispy bacon rather than ordinary bacon. To call it crispy is an understatement. It was so dry I left most of it.Now, I appreciate that cafes do switch menus from breakfast to lunch menus but I don't understand why the only difference is the bacon. The rest of it was the same: same bread and an egg! Either you can do a bacon an egg sandwich at 1145 or you can't. There was a price difference though. Unfortunately, we paid more to get inedible bacon. Not the fault of the staff. They're always great but a management decision, I guess.Confusing!

I am disabled and live a good 40 miles from Doddington but once a month I am driven to Doddington hall cafe to meet with a dear friend for a full morning of catch up. This is the only time I see anyone socially. We meet at around 10 and always have breakfast. Now I am on crutches and don't drink hot drinks so I opt for a cold bottle and a glass from the chiller and go to pay. Upon arriving at the counter there are usually a couple of women serving and chatting to each other. I always pay cash and take some time whilst maneuvering my crutches and getting my purse out of my handbag and hand over some money. When I am given my change I always have to lean across the counter meaning I lose control of one of my crutches and it sometimes falls to the ground. I have never been asked if I would like some help nor have I ever been asked if I need any help getting to my table. Imagine two hands on two crutches how do you carry a glass and a bottle of juice...answer with difficulty. Obviously, if my friend arrives before me she comes across to help. The food is always of the highest quality and I have never had any cause to complain and it is because of the quality of the food that we return monthly. We then enjoy a stroll around the gift shop and then on to the food quarters to stock up on treats and sausages from the deli counter. My message to you is if you could retrain your staff to be disability aware and I know a lot of us want to maintain our independence but if your staff could lean over a little further when giving change and offering to assist with carrying things to the table when it is blatantly obvious someone is struggling that would make the whole experience 100%. You waiting staff are always brilliant, I just find the staff taking the orders are too involved with themselves and not enough with the paying customer. To show you how much they are not paying attention, I ordered scrambled on white and poached on brown and two scrambled on white was served. I didn't want to cause a fuss so I said not to bother replacing as I wanted to eat with my friend not afterward. This to you may seem trivial but to me, it's a huge deal, I cannot eat white bread and I have an issue with eating alone. Yes mock me but we all have our quirks.

Quick service and friendly staff. Had a cheese and pickle baguette, crisp, bakewell tart (tart was very nice) & coffee.Came to nearly a tenner so not that cheap.

Pleased to see more vegan friendly options on the menu in this lovely cafe with road bikes hanging from the ceiling and other cycling paraphernalia. Three traybakes are now suitable for vegans and we can recommend the carrot cake and chocolate tiffin as they were delicious. In the chilled section there is a vegan wrap made with sweet potato falafel, avocado and salsa and the breakfast option, mushrooms, wilted kale and avocado on sourdough toast looks pretty good too. All the staff I spoke to were friendly and helpful and the coffee tasted fine.

Enjoyed our breakfasts in the coffee shop. They have a wide choice of different breakfasts, and the English Breakfast for £7 was excellent. Nice coffee too!

Popped in as part of trip to the Hall. We were a group of 12 so took a bit of organising to get a table but staff were great and we all managed. Very friendly staff very nice food. Couldn’t fault it

Long walk in the park then afternoon coffee and cake. Tasty cakes and lovely coffee in a bright open shop with bikes on sale. Dogs welcome inside too. What could be better?

Cafe looks very nicely designed with eclectic furnishings. We popped in for a coffee and snack as the main cafe was full. The bike shop cafe offers a narrow selection of items on the menu. There was a small selection of cakes but nothing that took my eye which was a shame as I would have purchased a slice of cake.

Fresh out-of-the-oven blackberry frangipani cake and its gluten free! This happens so rarely I thought I’d shout about it...and the coffe was great too.

We enjoyed the atmosphere in this chilled out cafe with cycling prints and old road bikes suspended from the ceiling. A pleasant and friendly young member of staff served our Americanos in brightly coloured cups and saucers and the vegan falafel and hummus wrap was pricey but very tasty. There were no egg and dairy free cakes but vegan brownies were available and they are a regular menu item. It was easy to while away the time with our coffees, the daily newspapers and comfortable sofas.

We just called at Doddington Hall coffee shop, on the way home from golf, for a quick tea and bacon butty. This was, quite honestly, the best bacon butty I have had for years. The bacon is fantstic, thre was no fat or rind,there was loads of it, and it was cooked to perfection and the female staff who took the order, and the man who served [ and I suspect also cooked ] the butty , were absolutely lovely people.Thank you. It wasn't the cheapest I have ever had, but so what , it was well worth the extra.

Food on offer very limited, could be much better if there was more variety. Difficult if busy to manoeuvre a wheelchair.