Lazy Kettle Cafe in Shropshire

A very old English style cafe/ dining spot. Me and my mother highly regard the genuineness and traditional expertise of the food and impression given by the place. We spoke to both the chef and waiter of whom gave a friendly and professional manners. We had a talk about how tasty the homemade chips were. I will be going back there again. That is a definite. Thank you for awesome food and a quiet and homely experience.

Arrived from Falkirk Friday 19/01/24 @1pm after reading reviews looking forward to a hot shower and rest up for the night as not loading until 5am only to find it closed as a snap site you would expect it to be open they charge enough for parking! If I’d got the drive time I would of moved on very disappointed

Stopped here before a few times this was the 1st time I ate it will be the last I had cheeseburger and chips to go The cheese on the cheeseburger which had been cooked on a hot Plate, the fat had completely the cheese the bread was soaked in it resembled resembled a sponge And when I opened the chips they were undercooked and soggy and absolutely dripping in oil Quite a disappointing experience as looking around the café whilst waiting for my food everyone else's looked quite good didn't hear any other complaints

Paid for overnight parking, when I asked to have a cooked I was by the lady in charged that she was not providing food as she was on her on from early till 9pm . After telling if I had know I wouldn't have stay here , she offered to make egg on toast or go to the petrol station. It's not a good look for a truck stop.

Been here many times for food, always service with a smile and huge portions too! Highly recommended

I've been calling here for years; this used to be one of the best small truckstops in the UK, and excellent value for money. It's now only average, and ludicrously expensive for what it is. I'll start with the good points. My cottage pie was excellent, generous portion, well cooked, tasty and hot. Ten quid is on the steep side though even with a cup of tea. Showers and toilets are clean and functional. Staff are friendly enough. Downsides; £27.00 just for parking is motorway money. I don't care if they do offer payment by Snap, it still comes off my boss's bottom line and that affects my wages. No food voucher either, if you want a dinner and parking on the firm's account it's £37.00. Add the £3.00 charge for a shower and it's easy to see why the lorry park is only half as full as it was. Insult to injury; I called in a couple of days later, hot day so had a can of Vimto. Was charged £1.50; sorry I know what they cost at the cash and carry and that's ridiculous. Will only go there again if I've got no option; Chester services are better value; and I never thought I'd say that.

Stumbled across this little truckstop on the way to Welshpool. The staff are very nice and polite. The food was fantastic and the showers did the job.

This is my third attempt at getting a nice lunch on my travels, no luck, closed again, although website & details say it's open, it's 12.50 & all locked up?? I know they've had some poor reviews recently, does that mean they've permanently closed? Who knows 😏

When I first started to use this cafe the food was superb and the prices reasonable. Over the years there has been a slight deterioration but now, on this recent visit it was truly appalling: so much so that I was ill a few hours later. I ordered the 'full breakfast' and got two sausages of an unknown quality; two half cooked eggs, cold bacon, a solitary and lonely hash brown, along with a scoop of tinned tomatoes. The toast was only cooked on one side although the instant coffee was drinkable. Customers were walking out as were truckies, which says a lot. Alas, I have paid my final visit.

£29 to park no overnight facilities at all food was terrible showers and toilets are dirty very disappointing as this was once a good truck stop......... Shame on the owner..... Us hard working truckers deserve better.......

Just stopped here for the 1st time in a long while and it will definitely be the last. £22 to park overnight with no meal concessions, toilets are a disgrace with no proper toilet seat also a camera is mounted on the ceiling in the men's toilets. I would love to know how they justify that amount when other, and frankly better truckstops charge less and include a meal and better toilets with no cameras.

Been calling here for years I had to leave 3/4 of my beef dinner as the beef was 1/2 fat which I couldn’t cut with my knife and resembled rubber. My milky coffee had hardly any coffee in it and hardly any milk had to throw it away It’s usually fairly priced to park and eat ie £18 My bill came to £30.70 Won’t be calling again ☹️ sorry

Just stopped here for the first time, after a long day. Was welcomed warmly by the staff, the food was fantastic. Highly recommended. Will be stopping here again.

What a shame, yet another cafe dies. Won't be ripped of by anyone so will not use the place again.the sooner so one buys it and turns it into what it was the better.

Called today having had many nice breakfasts in the past. Obviously with covid changes have been made... but to be honest the place looks a dump. Tables are used to section off the disused chairs and some chairs used to sit on with the limited tables They have an outside area with seats and benches and no effort has been made really to tidy this place up. Soon it will be overgrown with the weeds sprouting thru the pavement cracks. Yes many who use it are truckers etc but crikey... tidy the place up. The menu was an expensive joke. It had about 4 things on the menu or sandwiches with one two or three fillings. I ordered the only breakfast on the menu... which waa £9. The chap serving said he couldnt cook any breakfasts coz he hadnt had a delivery so had no eggs no mushrooms... All he could do is sausage or bacon Sandwich or sausage and bacon sandwich... nothing else... So for a tea coffee and two toasted sandwiches....£9.80p... Apart from a bit of hand sanitizer thats it..no masks ..face shields or anything Wasnt good... from a cafe that use to be a great cafe...

Used to be a good place to park overnight - now they have decided to do away with the meal voucher for HGV parking I won't be bothering again. Greed gets you nowhere.

the food is good plenty on the menu, its a shame about the male cook who works there seems to have an attitude making out he's the owner and very rude and impatient to foreign customers and other customers alike, What he has to remember its the customer who pays the wages

Another tasty Sausage egg and chips lunch for me and an all day breakfast for my friend.Thank you Stefan your food is quite yummy Lovely staff so nice and friendly and the food all fresh cooked plus the place always kept nice and clean.

What a find..really great food..freshly cooked.. showers in the loo for travellers Highly recommend.well done

The food in the lazy kettle this time was appalling, it took them over 30 minutes to cook the English breakfast, the bacon was overdone and like cardboard, the coffee tasted like dishwater and the whole place wasn’t very clean, they were stood round talking instead of cooking for the first 15-20 minutes instead of making the food. Used to be lovely but will not be going there again.

We come here weekly with myself and the 2 children and my partner, her veggie breakfast is always nice as is mine and they put together whatever it may be that the children have asked for. Nice food nice price :)

Went back to the lazy kettle for our weekly visit and the food was absolutely brilliant again. The staff their can’t do enough for you and are really nice. They have a great menu but if you want to change it they will also do that. I really recommend this cafe for good wholesome food.

Rude, racist, disrespectful to some of the staff and to some of the customers and does not know how to be nice will not be going to this place ever again until the manager is gone and a new one is there hopefully then someone who knows how to treat his customers and staff nicely will be there and then I will be returning with friends and family and also this is not worth the one rating

Had a superb Xmas dinner that they Do every Tuesday just like home cooking. Afterwards you got a lovely mince pie and cream. Thanks Stefan and staff.

Good basic food, big selection and will cook pretty well whatever you ask for if it's not on the menu. The building is looking a bit tired and the toilets are in dire need of upgrading. Would call again if passing.

Have tried lots of different places for breakfast but this place is NO 1 for me. Beautifully cooked and amazing fresh food. Very reasonably priced for what you get. Stefan and his staff are lovely. Place us so clean and a pleasure to eat there.

Cheap and cheerful you get what you pay for! Amazing breakfasts that are cooked to order so be prepared to wait. They also do lunches which are really reasonable. Accessible for wheelchairs, toilets are clean and they even have a shower.

Very welcoming friendly very good value for money very generous food portions with lovely home cooked taste building maybe little old and out dated but dont judge the book by its cover defo guna be the top of my list in places to park over if I'm up this way again with out a doubt

Have been coming here for 14 years and it used to be a lovely cafe which was always heaving with people, with great food. Things have gone downhill drastically!!

We have been calling at the lazy kettle cafe for around 8 years. It is ideally situated just off the A5 gledrid roundabout. Clean, well priced hot food. Toilets and showers. Ideal for a cuppa or a full english or roast.

Always a good feed - quality and quantity excellent. Hiding behind the M&S; garage with parking and a welcome smile. Rub shoulder to shoulder with hard working people aware of its reputation.

We use a lot due to fantastic food, Very warm and friendly, Good parking, Showers so an ideal please to stop freshen up , Take a break and fantastic food 10/10

Came here a few days ago and the food was absolutely disgusting. My breakfast was swimming with grease not to mention the time it took to be served but that wasn’t supervising as all staff including chef was smoking in front of the entrance upon arrival. When I questioned why the long wait I was confronted by the chef in such a patronising manor and his whole demeanour was rude and arrogant. He had no problem in walking away through the back saying ‘huh typical English people’ however he was more than happy to take my money. Please please avoid this place!!!

We have been here a times and always try to drop in when passing. Nice proper chips and the home made pancakes are a real treat. Service has always been good.

Great friendly welcome always every time great clean food, even when we turn up at closing, thank you both again saved us eating our horsey load 🙂🙂🙂🙂 13-6-2019 9pm leaving 😁

Popped in last month on way through for a quick bite..bad decision. Breakfast was made with cheap ingredients and was swimming with grease. Chef was rude and offensive with serious attitude problems towards both customers and staff(this clearly has a negative effect on staff members as no customer service skills). Hygiene standards were dreadful, I found a complementary hair in my breakfast which is not surprising as all staff wearing hair down with no hair nets etc. I brought back my food and asked them for my money back -after 10 mins of waiting I finally received a refund however no apology. Would not recommend to anyone!

I've been parking at this truck stop/café for almost 4 years on a weekly basis, eating in the Lazy Kettle every time I stay.

We have always called at the lazy kettle for our breakfast on the way to Llandudno, always been very nice and lovely lady serving,well that’s all gone.Never will we be going there again unless it changes the one that runs it,We went in on Sunday, ordered and sat down, there were other people there eating, anyway 10 minutes went by, then 15, my husband said to me, there isn’t any food on the grill or hot plate, so we asked one of the young girls if he had forgot our order because there wasn’t anything cooking and the man who cooks was walking about,she disappeared into the back and the cook came out asking if we had a problem ,my husband said ,we just wondered if you were cooking our breakfast, he answered, Yes, I am sir, but at the moment I am training two new staff, and he followed by saying to my husband ,there is no need to shout ,my husband said, I didn’t shout , ( It was him that was shouting, it was very embarrassing ,)I just asked the young girl why there wasn’t any cooking going on we have been waiting 15 minutes for our food, then he replied ,yes I will cook your food, I will carry on, we got our food 10 minutes later ,all wrong,but couldn’t be bothered to complain, we just ate it and left,we won’t be returning ,he was very rude, and just to add another thing, all the staff was new, so what does that tell you, the lovely lady had left, along with all the others,he is obviously a horrible person to work for,

Again rubbish food s#*t chef. My mate said he seen a rat out the back area. Luckily I never, I would have had a melt down. He said it was as big as a cat. One of them mountain cats

Stopped here few weeks ago and had fabulous meal and great service. Today 6-5-19, different couple serving, 12.30pm lunchtime and chips were off, only breakfast being served on bank holiday Monday. Ok. Can you plate our meals as normal and we’ll eat in our motorhome as we have a dog and it’s too cold to sit outside. No, we put in takeaway box. We left.

Terrible,waited over 40mins for a bacon sandwich to find they had lost my order,had to wait to cook,Chef has no people skills so rude and obnoxious, will never use AGAIN or recommend to anyone.

I come here often for the best breakfast around. Staff always friendly and service is good. If you want good honest full English at a good price and plenty of choice this is the place

Waited over half hour, food was sat 15 mins in the side before being served came practically cold. Save your money go to Macdonalds

Love The Lazy Kettle. Decent down to earth food that tastes good. Not pretending to be something it isn't, if you want a good feed and are passing then this is the place.

Aways call in here if im in the area. Food is good homemade hearty food in good portions. Never had a bad meal here. I would recomend it any day.

Had the privilege of staying here for a few nights over the last month. Staff are just great, they are so welcoming. Food is plentiful served hot and the portions are massive, you wont go hungry. Parking is popular so you do need to be getting there at a decent time, not too late. If you are going to be late, like i have been on a few occasions, its always worth calling ahead and they will put a roast dinner aside for you. Love this place.

this place has the potential to be much better, sadly the cheap ingredients with average portion size just make it blend in with the other cafes in the area that serve the same stodge. will avoid in future.

I’ve had better breakfasts in cafes in towns and cities that I’ve paid the same for that have been far better than this place. Firstly the sausages; there’s a place for chip shop style sausages and it’s not on my breakfast plate – it’s with chips from the chippie. Secondly, the all day breakfast looks good written on the menu, until you realise the list of items is not the actual list, it’s an options list. So it’s beans or tomatoes, and it’s hash browns or black pudding. So that plus 2 rashers of bacon and a fried egg and that’s all you get on your plate. And it looked pretty lost on the huge trendy square plates they serve it on.

Everything spot on!Decent breakfast all good! Worth the stop off! And gave all the kids a free chocolate bar! Thanks

Really enjoyed the pancake breakfast, will definitely be returning! The English breakfasts looked delicious too!

Had 4 great breakfasts here after the usual cafe we go to has closed down . The pancakes were light and fluffy with maple syrup served separately with scrambled egg and bacon . My daughter cleaned her plate , it must have been good . The other person was too full to finish , good portions .Vegetarian breakfast was good but not sure about fried bread with it . Probably best to go with toast instead .

Called into there on 16th July at lunchtime. The person with me ordered their meal and there was no issue with his food whatsoever. I clearly made the mistake of asking if I could have a salad, I was asked if I was asking for a salad or a side salad. I said that I would want something with it and she then said she needs to check with the chef who was outside. When she came back she said she could not do a salad, though possibly I could have a cheese ploughman meal but then said it wasn't possible. I said that a chicken with salad was fine but was told that was not possible.

Went there as a last minute stop as we had somewhere to be we ordered at 10:45 and didn’t receive our two bacon sandwiches until we asked them at 11:10 when they gave it us straight away don’t understand what the wait was for

It is a while since I last reviewed this café and it is still of a high standard. However, this was the first time we have been on a Sunday to try their traditional roast lunch. It was superb with the beef being succulent. Highly recommended.

My husband came here for breakfast and I opted to get McDonald's instead. That is a tell tale sign of how good the food is. One look at the clientele will tell you all you need to know about the quality of the food. If you can survive on fried foods then this is the place for you. I ate here two weeks ago for lunch and opted for a chicken breast burger and was sorely disappointed because the salad that was supposed to come with it was garnishing for the chicken breast burger and not a salad as the menu stated. It seems as though every time I give this place a chance I end up sorely disappointed. I now refuse to eat here. Some of the staff are pleasant but the cook is just plain rude. I will never give this place another try. You are better off going to Munchies diner in Oswestry which offer better quality food and very pleasant staff who always greet you with a smile and warm greeting. The Lazy Kettle is a complete waste of time and money.

We called here after a day out! So glad we found it. The food was lovely and the cafe was spotless. We worth a visit if passing.

Hungry, tired, needed to stop. So pleased that I did. This will go into my satnav as a favourite. Showers as well!!!

treated to breakfast after work lovely food nice thick toast quick service lovely cup of coffee set us up for the day nicely

Went in mid-afternoon and fancied a full English. Got the works with so much on the various plates I had to leave some behind. All the food - eggs, bacon, sausages, tomatoes, mushrooms, beans, toast et al were cooked to perfection. I really must try their Sunday lunches one day.

The best around, food is always hot, great quality and well presented, a very good attitude from all staff.

Been here a few times. Food always nice, just a shame that the outside is so full of rubbish and cigarette butts. Think they would benefit from another member of staff to tidy the tables.

Me visita aquí mucho, la comida es muy buena. Papas fritas caseras son excelentes. Día domingo asado asados siempre es buena. No es un restaurante pijo, es lo que es. Una parada de camión que sirve excelente comida casera, barato en buenas porciones.

As always great food and service. Special breakfast unbelievable and roast dinner lovely. Friendly place, always made to feel welcome.

Called in as a treat as other people had told us the food was great ordered 2 roast beef meals beef was so tough I could not eat it and with regards to veg all we got was mash, peas, and cabbage no roast potatoes at all (I do not call this a roast dinner and to top it all was so shocked by the price of the drinks 1 tea and 1 coffee cost us £3.40 never again

Great service,best breakfast in ages,both all day breakfasts and the veggie option.very well cooked.

Recibes lo que esperas el precio no está mal y una buena cantidad por el precio!

My friend and I stopped there for a Vegetarian breakfast. It was delicious and ladies served us with a smile on their faces. Highly recommend this place as a nice cafe on the way of your destination.

Topamos con este maravilla absolutamente, ya que estaba completamente bloqueada por la construcción de un M&S.; El lugar en sí se mantiene a un nivel bastante deplorable pero si estás buscando una absoluta tonelada de alimentos bastante a buen precio en la calle, es genial. Sus tostadas son enormes. Si necesita tomar un excremento y luego ir a otro sitio, te pido.

He visitado el Lazy Chef varias veces durante el año pasado.

We have visited the lazy kettle many times , offers Good range different ways eat an all day breakfast even vegetarian options. plenty parking area. Nice staff welcome. Good value for money.

Como había parado en un descanso del trabajo, conseguí un desayuno durante todo el día y no me puedo quejar de ninguna manera estaba perfectamente preparada! Chef fue muy agradable para nosotros, lo cual hizo que la visita fuera agradable también. El único inconveniente era la chica que nos parecía que no quería estar allí y su educación no eran geniales.

Un par de chicas encantadoras y solícito cuidar de su pedido. La variedad de comidas parece bastante amplia, y desde mi verificación rápida fantástica relación calidad-precio. Ya que fue a mitad de la tarde y yo estaba realmente justo después mantener-me-despiertos café que pedí que y luego dimos un pequeño desayuno- dos salchichas, huevos, tocino y Black pudding, según mis opciones. Toda la parcela 3,80 libras! ¡Qué ganga. Café parecían confirmación y las salchichas aspecto y sabor como si estuvieran en una fábrica más de carniceros, pero todo lo demás -bueno, especialmente el tocino!

Me alojé allí para una cena y elegí carne asada. Fue muy tiernas, bien cocinada; perfectamente organizado en un plato con verduras asadas y algunos. Aunque TripAdvisor es para marcar los lugares, comida, etc. creo que el chef tiene algunos problemas con su comportamiento con el personal.

We arranged to meet our son and family on his 29th birthday for breakfast as this fitted in with everybody's plans for the weekend.The venue however was up for discussion for some time and after a spell of reminiscing the Gledrid (as we always called it when the children were small ) was agreed to be the ideal location. When we arrived it was very busy and getting a cleaned table was difficult, ( but remember it's a truck stop not a high end restaurant) so we cleared and cleaned the table settled in, ordered our food ( 2 special breakfasts with cups of tea, 1 vegetarian breakfast with a cup of tea and 2 small breakfasts, one with a cup of tea, the other with juice £ 25.00 bargain ) It has to be said, the service was brilliant, ALL the meals were ready at the same time which ment we could all eat together, the food was hot, although the plates could of done with being warmed,and the toast was real doorstep slices with real butter, superb. We all agreed that we would revisit again without the need of a special occasion. WELL DONE!!

Everytime i go to tbe lazy kettle there is a warm welcome, good company, excellent food. Such good service and they all make my day

A friend treated me to a cooked breakfast here before a day out in Wales - the food was prompt, well cooked and generous for the price, and the location also good.

Great cafe. Smiley, friendly staff. Delicious food that broke up a long journey wonderfully. Seats could do with a good reupholstering however :)

3 de nosotros estuvimos aquí víspera de Navidad, tardó 45 minutos durante todo el día para nuestro desayuno, aporta un nuevo significado a todo el día, nos llevó todo el día que sirve. El desayuno era horrible, debería denominarse Deep fried desayuno, todo muy frito, cubiertos sucios, mesas sucias, pedimos café rellenar y utilizó el mismo 3 tazas pero no sabe quién taza era que's.

Tener una antigua copia del paradero de camiones guía me llevaron al perezoso hervidor de agua. Mi esposa y yo nos quedamos impresionados por el menú y incluso cuando recibimos nuestra comida. El asado para almorzar comida era genial y tenía una buena variedad de verduras para ir con las enormes trozos de carne. Mi esposa tenía un desayuno completo que estaba bien preparado y muy abundante. Volveremos de nuevo.

How this cafe has passed its hygene certificate i would never know My husband mum in law and dad in law had teas and there were stains on the cup from previous use Definately would not use again

Fuimos en aquí una vez después de que ganó un premio de espejo para mejor desayuno y era bastante pobre. Se llama también hoy y era horrible pero claramente adecuado algunas de la clientela, la mesa nos sentamos en estaba sucio las sillas muy desagradable y cutre aunque me dio la impresión de que estas fueron sustituidas mientras estuvimos allí. Cuando la comida llegamos era difícil ver cómo la remoción de black pudding me dio huevos revueltos frijoles y tomates de huevos presentadas en un plato grande con dos rebanadas de pan tostado una espesa uno finas en otro plato. Había un montón de servilletas y salsa en bolsitas. Fui a los y las duchas aseos para lavarme las manos y francamente no me facturan con el olor era para morirse uno de los aseos estaba en un estado de limpieza y era pésima claramente la causa de el desagradable olor. Uno de los lavabos tenía un 5 Agarrese recipiente de jabón de manos con la cumbre de efectuar viajero sensato.

I stopped here for dinner rather than waiting a few more miles for the wider choice in Oswestry, plus I prefer to support independent businesses rather than the big chains. Regrettably, this time I'd have been better off at a chain.