Melrose cafe in East Lindsey

Small outside yard at the rear, tables very close together so rather hemmed in but good bacon butties , home made cake looked very tempting .

Our first visit to Woodhall Spa and we came across the Melrose Cafe. A warm welcome from the gentleman who sat me beside a radiator as it was cold outside. Originally we only wanted a mid morning hot drink but after perusing the cakes we couldn't resist. Hubby had his first gf cake which he thoroughly enjoyed. We had a decent pot of tea for two. Looking at the full menu it would seem very reasonably priced.

I reviewed the Melrose 8 years ago and was full of praise then for our lovely local restaurant and I really wanted to review it again and let everyone know that it is still a great place to eat in Woodhall Spa. We are so lucky to have the Melrose right on our doorstep. Trevor and his staff could not be more welcoming and friendly and the menu is varied and absolutely delicious and the food is always piping hot and beautifully served. Cannot praise the whole team enough…..love it !

Not the first visit here always get a good home cooked meal the food is delicious and home made deserts excellent forget the pubs go here for value and good dinner well done we will be back

Called in for breakfast. Dog friendly and staff brought a bowl of water and a dog treat. Our order was taken promptly, although we were offered more time. My husband had the full English breakfast and I had scrambled eggs with bacon and beans. The meal was served hot and we were cautioned about the hot plates. Good portions and everything was cooked and presented well. The coffee was good and offered free with the breakfast menu..an added bonus. This was our first visit, but wont be our last as the homemade cakes looked very tempting.

We arrived as a family of 6, we were seated straight away and our order taken quickly. The food arrived hot, fresh and delicious. Excellent value for money and friendly fast service.

We visited the Melrose whilst on a visit to the Kinema in the woods recently, not the first time as the food is always excellent. We had an issue with double payment and when contacted, an instant refund was made with an offer of compensation. Lovely food, lovely people. Thank you Nic and Julie, see you again soon.

This was an amazing cafe we got a takeout chip butty and it was that good I had eaten most of it before I remembered to take a photo. I recommend to go here and I hope Thai business keeps going.

We've been here twice recently and have really enjoyed it. There's a lovely outdoor seating area. The food is excellent- I can recommend the southern fried chicken wrap, the veggie lasagne and the Mochas. Oh and the cakes.. particularly the mint Aero rocky road. Lovely staff too.

We now live in Keswick,but lived in Woodhall Spa quite a few years ago.So,in a visit we had to call back here.Probably half the price compared to Keswick,and better food to be honest.The staff were friendly,and service was good. A hidden gem.No doubt we'll call again.No complaints.Thanks.

We stumbled across this cafe while out on a treasure hunt around Woodhall Spa. What a great little place! The menu was wide and varied, nothing was too much trouble and the staff were absolutely lovely. My son ordered a milkshake and a scone, and was asked what flavour jam he would like. Someone else asked for a steamed pudding and was given four options. We mentioned to the staff that we were on holiday an hour away and it turned out that one of them drives that distance to work every day. If I worked in such a friendly and lovely cafe, I would too. My only regret is that we don’t live anywhere near so can’t become regulars. If we did we would be there all the time.

This Cafe is tucked away behind The Broadway in Woodhall Spa and was a great place to eat after a long walk with friends. The weather was good and we all sat outside to be greeted by helpful friendly staff who brought out water and biscuit treats for the dogs. The menu was not expansive but good value and the food was excellent. I can thoroughly recommend the Bacon Brie and Cranberry baguette😋. Service was quick and staff were very friendly and helpful. Went back several times during my holiday. Well worth a visit.

Melrose is amazing! It's very welcoming, clean and the food is always cooked to perfection with plenty of choice of what to eat at very reasonable prices. I can't recommend it highly enough.

We had a fantastic breakfast here with authentic Lincolnshire sausages really fresh ingredients and great bread! This is what I call a proper cafe and you would do well to get a better fry up than in here keep up the good work! Shame we don’t live more local

Although it was getting close to closing time, our party of five plus dog Shamrock were made welcome and served very promptly with Sham getting special attention. Tea cake was “the best tea cake I’ve ever had” according to the Honorable Sid Chickens.

Lovely welcome and clean, friendly, quiet setting. The food is generously portioned while the flavours and textures are spot on. We have been here twice now since moving into the area and this is our favourite. The food is home cooked style - we had cottage pie this time and the flavour was divine. Breakfasts are served until 11:30 - we will try them next time. Lots of choice and they cater well for gluten-free. In fact I would check me here just for cake!! They are all home made and there is lots of choice. Around 10 choices (including pudding style) with 3 choices for gluten-free. Victoria, Coffee and Walnut and the best Mint Aero Cupcakes I have ever encountered. You really need to visit. The owners and staff are super friendly. This is a diamond in Woodhall Spa's glorious crown.

A real hidden gem in Woodhall Spa and well worth going. Food was delicious and freshly prepared. Mentioned to one of the waiters that it was my Birthday and he then came back shortly after with a birthday banner. A must visit if you are...

We have been to Woodhall spa so many times - can’t believe we have never been here till today. One full Melrose breakfast and one pancake breakfast absolutely spot on. Staff were very friendly they even checked with me if I’d like a quorn Sausage...

After reading such great reviews we decided this is the place for breakfast. Unfortunately it was closed, please update your online information. We'll definitely come back another time x

What a lovely little cafe!! Only found by chance but a diamond find!! Very nice and accommodating people!! Nothing was to much trouble!! Had breakfast with food cooked to perfection and the way we wanted ( crispy Bacon) All plates completely cleared!! Great price value...

Yet another fantastic visit we go every school holidays and never disappointed Lovely friendly welcome home cooked food delicious and great care and attention give to Covid love this place

Hidden away at the bottom of the arcade, this cafe is a fabulous find. You can not fault the service, the food is freshly cooked to order, and all very reasonably priced. All Covid guidelines were observed and we all felt completely safe and secure....

Another lunch trip to this friendly cafe - good home cooking at a reasonable price, cannot fault the food or service. Well done Melrose.

Very happy with our recent breakfast visit. We spotted this cafe a while back but foolishly didn’t think it would be that great. Only ventured in this time as another place was closed. Very glad we did! Food isn’t top quality but it was cooked...

Set at a back of an arcade with ample parking at the rear this little gem is not to be missed. If you are looking for a great great breakfast or lunch this is the place to be. The menu is more than sufficient for...

Despite being a frequent visitor to Woodhall spa I didn’t know this lovely cafe was there. The staff were very friendly and accommodating we all order from the breakfast menus and the food was really nice. Some people were having fish and chips whilst we...

We stumbled across this place after following signs for it on the main Street, it's tucked away in a small shopping arcade at the back. If you like a view or a bit of people watching this is definitely not for you. It's a clean...

Had a nice meal here, the staff are nice and friendly, the place is clean and the food is delicious.

What lovely folk own and work here- producing excellent home cooked food and even bringing out a biscuit and fresh bowl of water for our dog on a hot day. We sat outside in the little garden in the shade- yes the tables have oil...

Lovely meal well cooked staff polite and good service will visit again when in Woodhall Spa a good selection af ears and pineapple fritters to die for

As the title says what a beauty of a gem, at first i was worried where the hallway was taking us, through some small shopping centre from the 1940’s but oh my god what a good breakfast, brilliant friendly staff and Lincolnshire sausages to die...

Once again food spot on. Quick service and always with a smile. Always busy and that is a good sign. Will be back again soon

Called in as we do every couple of months for breakfast. Really good service and food, looking forward to calling again

Good tasty breakfast. Nice bacon, not cheap. Shop bought Lincolnshire sausages but not too bad. Decent beans, mushrooms that were cooked well and not full of oil. Toast, hash brown and black pudding all on point. Runny egg. Good price too!

Stopped off here,with our dog, for a cup of tea and ended up having sausage,egg and chips A no nonsense down to earth cafe with lovely ,willing people serving

Our nephew found this lovely little restaurant, he was desperate to try spam fritters, he was thrilled he said it was excellent and skid the best pit if tea he has ever had in a cafe .. thank you

Visited this establishment yesterday while at the 1940's weekend but was very disappointed. While I realise that they were very busy as there are a large number of people visiting, I believe that it is at times like this when you can raise the profile of your food and service. Whether it was for this reason or whether this is their standard I do not know but the food was bland and tasteless. We had the roast turkey with carrots, peas and mashed potato which appeared to have no seasoning at all. We only put seasoning in our food not on it so it rather spoilt it for us. The service by the young ladies was very good but as we went there to eat we are judging the place on it's food.

Wonderful place, one of the best breakfasts we have ever eaten out, piping hot cooked well no grease! The staff were very friendly and welcoming. The cafe is no frills but spotlessly clean. I would highly recommend if visiting Woodhall Spa we will definitely be back when we visit.

We visited this café on Tuesday 24th April, firstly we had coffee, then booked a table for dinner. We had a stroll around Woodhall Spa which is a place of interest to us as there is a lot of Airforce Memorials there. Had dinner in The Melrose, 1st class as usual, the boys had steak pie, said it was the best steak pie they had ever eaten. I had Haddock and chips, was delicious, fish really fresh and white and beautifully cooked. We are always given a warm welcome by the staff and the café is spotlessly clean. I can feel another visit coming on in may next year.

My colleagues and with a group of friends with a learning disability booked in for a pre-Christmas lunch. We were really well looked after, our meals were superb, delivered promptly and we left with full tums. A real treat, thank-you.

Went to look at shops and found this little café needing a drink to warm us we ordered 2 coffee's and toasted teacakes as they had no scones.The coffee's were fine came with little homemade bisuits and the teacakes was not the fluffy cottonwood type but really fruity and nice,jam was a little bit more,very nice. We noticed most people were locals which says a lot.

Staff very friendly and home cooked food, I had the liver and onions with fresh veg, it was lovely. Would love to try the puddings but have always been too full to eat one.

This café does good meals and sandwiches. I had a bacon and mushroom roll which was delicious but other people were eating full meals, it looked very good, there seemed to be a lot of regulars in there which is a good recommendation.

We have been to the Melrose Cafe twice now and on both occasions the food was very good and well cooked. The staff were friendly and helpful and the prices were very reasonable. I can recommend the breakfast. I would say that it's tucked away in a small shopping arcade at the end of the Broadway, so look out for it. Highly recommended.

Nice friendly little place. Good home cooked food at a very reasonable price.staff are all friendly and helpful.

Amazing welcome, fresh, delicious food in a clean friendly environment - what more could you ask for. Portion sizes varied & perfect for our growing 14 year old and his 88 year old Great Nana.

Así, el título de la crítica lo dice todo, la comida era de buena calidad y buena relación calidad-precio! Fue muy refrescante tener una porción de tamaño normal en lugar de tener una montaña de comida en un plato! Nos lo recomiendo el pescado y las patatas fritas y la torta de carne estaba deliciosa! Treacle y flan de esponja estaba muy sabroso y el pastel de café estaba muy bien la luz. Los alrededores estaban señalando hacia la historia local, que era precioso ya que habíamos visitado el museo local que es un minuto o dos a pie. Realmente disfrutamos de nuestro almuerzo aquí - sin duda iremos de nuevo.

I use this cafe on a weekly basis and never been dissappointed yet. Good honest food and good prices and service second to none. It is hidden away down an alley in a small shopping centre, but I think the best cafe in Woodhall.

Este lugar no parece la mejor y más elegante, pero teníamos un desayuno deicious disfrutar fuera en el jardín pequeño y encantador. Personal muy amable que hasta incluso a un cambio de nuestra orden una vez que lo habia puesto

This café/restaurant is conveniently situated in the centre of Woodhall Spa. The food is always lovely, and the place is clean and comfortable. The staff are very nice and friendly too. The menu is varied and everything we have had has been delicious.

Good basic food ,home cooked at a very reasonable price. Staff excellent . Work your way through this small shopping mall you will find this little cafe at the back. Wheel chair accessible

Have visited Woodhall Spa many times and only discovered this place through a Trip Advisor search of best places to eat breakfast. We were not disappointed. The service and food were just great! Beautifully cooked breakfast, very hot and tasty. Highly recommend if you like a full English breakfast.

Waited to be served like a normal cafe, as we stood at the till. To be told by an old grumpy women from the back to move and that we were in the way (very rude and terrible service). Even very rude to her staff. Nice drink though and great if you want to be treated like a door mat.

We ate here on Tuesday. Very busy when we called in for a coffee so reserved a table. After a walk around Woodhall Spa we returned and had dinner. The food was delicious, the service great and the owner and staff very friendly. The café was spotlessly clean and was being used by the local people. Always a good sign of good food and excellent service.

Came across this by chance in the little shopping arcade on Main Street. Lovely big English breakfast with tea and toast included. Friendly staff made us feel very welcome. Very reasonable price. Simple cafe but good excellent value food. Recommend to give it a try.

Deep in the bucolic heart of Lincolnshire is the village of Woodhall Spa; a village carried from the Garden of Eden by angels with hearts bursting with love and beauteous purpose. At the very centre of this blessed community is the Melrose café. Don't be fooled by the simple design of the Melrose's interior because once you enter you are the focus of calm attention and the desire to serve you wonderful food. The menu, like the interior, is plain and unfussy, like food from the 1960's but with added flavour. Vegetarians are well catered for. The beatific staff are only too keen to satisfy your culinary desires. The omelettes [ probably the best in Lincolnshire] are almost certainly the work of witchcraft. Hugh Grant is a regular, chartering a plane to Humberside airport and taxi to Woodhall. The table for him and his entourage is permanently reserved. Every Groundhog Day is better for being in the Melrose. All the finest Beatles songs were composed in the Melrose. Chet Baker arranged his version of My Funny Valentine at one of the tables for two by the window. Leonard Cohen was aware. Bob Dylan is on his way. The world would be a better place for adopting a Melrose state of mind. God bless the Melrose and all who dine in her.Peter and Alison

Always consistently good. We love the breakfasts, they are great value for money and set you up for the day! We have visited a couple of times at lunch time which has also been very good! The staff are very friendly especially the young man we usually see (whom I assume is the owner/ manager?) we always enjoy visiting here!

Cheap and cheerful wonderful for the price including good coffee.Staff super friendly You can take Gran too, kids prams and grandfather's welcome.

We were on a family holiday when we found this little gem!!. My family and I had been on a visit to the cottage museum and we called in for a quick cup of tea and ended up having our lunch there. There was a really good menu choice and everything was well cooked. We had a party of six people and everyone chose different things but we didn't have a long wait.The staff were super friendly and we had a good laugh and joke with them, also they were very helpful when we asked them about the area. My family and I will certainly call in again when we are on holiday next year, thank you and well done!!

I was amazed to be offered 3 different types of gluten free bread - that has never happened to me before! A wonderful clean friendly cafe. Portion sizes just right. Fresh ingredients. Home made cakes looked great but no room to taste after main course! Will definitely be back for more!

This is one of my regular cafes when I visit Woodhall Spa. Usually I have tea with a scone or cake, which are always of good quality. I'm only ever slightly disappointed when the owner hasn't had time to bake the scones, but cake is always available. Also as a vegetarian I have also had one of their vegetarian breakfasts, which was also enjoyable. I have quite a small appetite so it was good to get the choice of a small breakfast as well as a regular sized one. The service is always friendly and I find that the prices are exceptionally good value for people wanting to eat out on a limited budget. The first time I visited I thought I'd been undercharged as I was mentally calculating on the average I usually pay for tea and cake for two people!

My husband and I have enjoyed quite a few lunchtime visit to Melrose. We have always had prompt service and excellent food. They offer a good choice on the menu at very reasonable prices

My husband (coeliac) and I were searching for a cafe in Woodhall Spa to have a gluten free cooked breakfast (without success) until we came across this gem of a cafe. The staff were very helpful and understood the need to avoid cross contamination between glutenised and non-gluten food explaining they had a number of coeliac customers and cooked food for GF customers separately. There were some restrictions on the menu (no GF sausages but fair enough not a big call for these I expect). They added extra bacon instead. Tasty GF breakfast at a reasonable price served by friendly and knowledgable staff- thank you! Ps my breakfast which was not GF was also excellent!!

Stayed in the area for 4 days whilst visiting from Skegness and so glad we found this place! We went for breakfast every day and it was delicious and such good value. We were always greeted with a friendly smile by Trevor who made us feel so welcome and really brightened our day. Would highly recommend and will take a detour on the way to Lincoln for another breakfast soon.

A lovely cup of coffee, served with a biscuit, and a smile. I have had lunches here quite often, and the choice is good, and the food is really nice. This is a popular spot with locals and visitors.

Fresh cooked food, excellent quality at reasonable prices. They do cater for special Vegetarian diet, and offer a good range of menu choice.

Popped in today after a walk around the Pinewoods. I had toasted tea cake, his nibs had sausage bap with chips. Beautiful fresh tea cake, perfectly toasted. Sausage bap looked very full with plenty of chips. Perfect latte and very generous pot of tea. Reasonable price, spotlessly clean and the staff were friendly and helpful.

Skipped breakfast at home as had early dental appointment. To ease the patronisation I'd had there, we went for breakfast at Melrose. Great brekkie and pot of tea for two; well worth the money.

Absolutely love the Melrose Cafe ,my daughter and I went for breakfast today fantastic food and service quality always very high here ,You can even choose which sausage you want pork or traditional Lincolnshire,Being a yellow belly I'm a bit of a conisuir and was not disappointed.Thanks again for a great start to our day.

Went for lunch with my children after having it recommended by a colleague. I had a full breakfast but with no black pudding as they had ran out. The sausages were poor quality and the mushrooms cooked to death and hard. Ive had much much better elsewhere. My daughter had a tuna mayonnaise sandwich which was more mayo than tuna and she couldnt eat it. i tried it and cant blame her. my son had a BLT and chips and enjoyed his so not all bad but for me to return it needed to better all round.

Dropped in for breakfast here and was not disappointed...It a offers a substantial breakfast at a low cost well cooked and served.

I find it hard to believe how anyone could rate this place as just average. It is of a standard well above most, if not all, the other cafes in Woodhall. I had the gammon, which was delicious with homemade onion rings, and my friend had the roast lamb, also excellent & served with lots of fresh veg. Couldn't resist the lovely looking homemade puddings so we had bread & butter pudding & treacle sponge, both with custard & they tasted as good as they looked.The bill was just over £20 for 2 courses each plus 2 soft drinks & a pot of tea which is amazing, especially for Woodhall Spa.I eat out regularly & this family run place has great service, is spotlessly clean & provides great food at very reasonable prices - what's not to love? Will definitely be back, am told the chef's lasagne is a must-have! Keep up the good work folks.

Only average I am sorry to say I've eaten on most of woodhall and would not rush to go back to this one

we are regulars for their breakfast which is always hot - nicely presented and cooked just right. we don't like their sausage but they are happy to swop for another slice of bacon. we have also had main meals here - all good - but perhaps not always enough veg for us. The fried fish is surprising good with light crispy batter - chips disappoint as frozen and as usual fairly tasteless. But this is not a problem exclusive to here.Over all - excellent for a small cafe - always clean - always service with a smile and reasonable prices. what's not to like?

Today I had lunch with my partner.He had the fish and chips and I had the gammon with eggs, onion rings and peas.The fish was cooked beautifully and the batter was deliciously crispy! The gammon was lovely and just the right portion for me.I always love how they make the shortbread to go with the coffees!Next time I'll try the delicious cakes!

Lovely place to eat, good service and very good foodJust the place on an extremely hot summer's day!

Takes a bit of finding but very well run, friendly café. Had nice rabbit pie lunch during recent 40s weekend. Quite small, some seating outside at the back.

The Melrose is one of our favourite places to have lunch in Woodhall where we live.You are always assured of a very warm welcome & the variety of snacks, sandwiches, main meals & sweets are beautifully cooked & presented.Yesterday when we visited, we were very impressed with the new tables & chairs, carpet & lighting, but it has still not lost its cosy feeling.It's an ideal venue for us locals, but if you are one of our many visitors to Woodhall, please go to the Melrose for a meal & I would be very surprised if like us you don't return again & again.

Nice friendly service, nothing is too much trouble. If it's not exactly on the menu, you can ask, and it will be given - within reason.

This café is situated at the very back of a small shopping centre near the Golf hotel. Visited for lunch during Woodhall Spa's fantastic 1940's weekend. We chose this café to eat at as they had some 1940's specials on the menu, such as rabbit pie, spam fritters, and braised steak.The staff are very pleasant and looked after us well despite being extremely busy (we waited 20 minutes for a table). They made smaller portions for the kids and we all enjoyed our well portioned meals. The food is well cooked and reasonably priced, and we will be eating there again on our next trip to Woodhall Spa.

Great food, great service, great value! Good portion sizes and plenty of variety. Very friendly staff.

Very reasonable priced home cooking and pleasant service. It was recommended to us by father-in-law who lives in Horncastle and what a find! It's been our favourite lunch spot whenever we visit this area.

Lovely place, very welcoming, polite & friendly staff. Very nice food, children's portions available. Looking forward to a return visit.

We seem to have started driving from Boston more weekends than not to see a film at the Kinema in the Woods. We tend to go to the earlier showings and we've had a snack beforehand in several establishments in Woodhall Spa. Last week we were looking up and down the high street for a change and spotted the sign for the Melrose and decided to give it a look. The quaint little arcade with shops felt rather dated and we imagined the cafe might not be what we were looking for but how wrong can you be ? The first thing we noticed was how clean and tidy the cafe was and the lady who served us was so welcoming and friendly. We only had tea for two and a bacon sandwich and a toastie but the sandwich was wonderful with lots of beautiful lean bacon and the toastie was declared equally as good. We were even offered more hot water for our teapot which we didn't need. Service was prompt and efficient and the prices were very reasonable. We know where we will go next time we're in Woodhall for the cinema and we shall try something more substantial!

A typical little English cafe. Average price. Good place to stop before or after walking along the Spa Trail

We use this café regularly and enjoy the friendly atmosphere, good food with plenty of choice and helpful staff. Would recommend.

We use this Tea Room regularly and the range and quality of home cooked food are brilliant. The staff are always friendly and the service is great.

I absolutely love this place the home cooked food is second to none I have been many many times and never been disappointed .The atmosphere is so friendly and welcoming an absolute must when we visit Woodhall Spa . I always visit with my 9 year old daughter and mum so suitable for any age

no nonsense excellent value well cooked meal friendly helpfull staff will definatly be calling again