Parkside Café Bar in Preston

I am unable to provide a favourable review but assume the cafe is doing well if they're confident enough to turn customers away in a curt manner. The sign on the door clearly stated that they are open from 9am until 9pm on the day we visited at 2.50 pm (Friday) but the waitress made us feel like we had been foolish to try and look at the menu and even said that they don't serve after 3pm. We preferred to walk out than let her know the correct time, but, it would have been even earlier if they had spoken to us when we arrived. We won't be back for a second first impression. Update to review following reply. The times of last orders are not mentioned on the door nor on the Menu. The table was laid out with menus and cutlery, which to an unknowing customer appears inviting. If drinks were available between 3-5 then why were we not asked if we would like drinks? However, kitchen preparation times and staff breaks are not a responsibility of your customers making that an irrelevant comment. Friendly, courteous and well trained staff would have been able to inform us, without talking to us like we had done something wrong. Therefore I believe that under these circumstances, my rating was very fair and accurate.

Had lunch here after a walk around Haslam Park. Fabulous staff, good food and very well presented cafe. Would highly recommend.

Tried the new evening menu. Lamb shank was fantastic, melted of the bone 😋. Super friendly staff and quick service. Can’t wait to try the rest of the menu. See you soon!!

Great service from the waitress. Food was amazing. Great night.

Very friendly staff and friendly atmosphere. Orders taken quicklyand served with courtesy.

Everything was perfect thanks 😊

Disappointed in the burger, but everyone else enjoyed their dishes

Really friendly welcome. Pizzas really tasty and nice selection of ales. Well worth a visit.

Great food, great location, friendly staff

The food was lovely, as usual. The gorgeous staff and owner were fantastic with our hungry little boys. So patient and playful. We really appreciated their kindness ❤️

A really lovely spot close to Haslam park. Love to stop by after a dog walk and have a coffee, the dog always loves his sausages!

Excellent service and food was great

Great cafe, with lovely coffee and food, Caesar salad and paninis very good. Great outdoor seating area can enjoy in rain under pergola or in the sunshine. Fully recommend

Great Pizzas and good beer in a friendly atmosphere.

Lovely food, but the service was very slow, we were going to have a pudding, but after waiting a good 15 mins for someone to come over after finishing our lunch, we gave up , Lovely staff , very clean

Went in with family Lovely place,pets welcome.Would recamend.

Perfect place, Thanks so much :-) Great service. Smile Welcome, Perfect Sandwich :-)

They've had the karaoke on for hours with the volume ridiculously high. I shouldn't be able to hear it 3 streets away

Lovely coffee. Nice layout with a good view of the park, albeit across a road. Table service. Not cheap.

Stopped by here this morning after riding through Haslam Park, food and service was good with pleasant staff. Will be sure to visit again at some point.

Absolutely lovely food and service but think it's a little expensive, myself and my bf had breakfast here a few times and for two people for a Full English cost £28.00 pound.

Was told could have a breakfast but wasn’t allowed to take it out. What is that about? Won’t be going back to this place in a hurry not allowed bottle drinks out the fridge only cans do not understand will not be going back again

Wasn’t allowed bottled drinks for take out. Wasn’t allowed to takeaway a breakfast. Sandwich came with under cooked eggs

Just popped over to this cafe for the first time after taking our granddaughter to Haslam Park in Preston. Excellent food and lovely staff, we had a cream tea, we will be back, the burgers look amazing!!

great place with nice service and good food ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

One of my favorite places to visit and grab lunch. Clean and tidy, great food and lovely staff Fantastic breakfast, great burger, honestly get this place visited

Love this cafe. Warm friendly staff. Food delicious and reasonably priced and a good plateful. Would highly recommend this cafe. By far one of the best for food especially the bacon and sausages. Thanks guys.

Great place to pop in after a walk with the dog on the park. Ready to eat a harty breakfast after a good walk which I would definitely recommend as it was all delicious

Went to try this place for the first time looking for a nice breakfast. The cafe itself is nice with quite a cosy look, it looks a place of quality, however, the menu is of a much higher cost than normal. For the cost of the breakfast at £10.45, I was expecting good quality. It was very dissapointing, they used the cheapest tasting beans, the cheapest thinnest sausage which was overcooked that had a cardboard taste, the toast was not toasted and soaking in butter. Mushrooms were dripping in grease and had a very strange taste. Bacon was soaked in grease with a tiny half of tomatoe. At £10.45 you would expect coffee to be included in the price but it was charged at an additional £3.50. The coffee was nice but was not worth Starbucks prices. Overall, for 4 of us ordering 4 full English breakfasts and 4 coffee's came to a shocking £55.80 for such low quality. In future we will go elsewhere where the food is much better value for money.

terrible breakfast! the sausages were burnt, and cheap horrid thin stuff, bacon was fatty, too much butter on the toast, the service was terrible would it kill the servers to smile?? place is a joke will not be returning £50 for 4 small breakfast and 4 latte

Gorgeous new cafe in Preston across the road from Haslem Park

Amazing service and fantastic food

Really nice cafe, the staff are really friendly and the full breakfast is amazing.

Great takeaway breakfast friendly good food.. would recommend xx

First time I'd been in, and I was very impressed. The meat feast pizza was superb. I'll be going back again soon.

Today was the 3rd time I’ve been here, this time travelling from Wigan for some scrambled egg on toast… the best I’ve ever tasted. Would highly recommend and will always come back. Thank you

Top place to visit for quality♤

First visit here. Lovely food, served promptl, and attentive friendly staff. We'll be rerurning.

First time here and definitely won’t be the last. Fantastic full English breakfast plenty on the plate so good value for the price, we were very full afterwards. Nicely cooked and very tasty. Lovely coffee too. Great that we could bring our dog in before our walk around the park across the road. Very nice atmosphere and friendly staff.

Fantastic 5star food and wonderful friendly service. Will definitely be back again.

The best cafe in Preston and a great location next to the park. I've been in a few times and always enjoyed it and had great food.

Brilliant quality food, cooked even better with a smile from staff (which is rare these days)

A cozy café. I only try a cup of cappucino and hot chocolate, quite good. Will try the food next time!

Live locally, use regularly and this place is just 5 stars in every respect and pretty much flawless....Some say a little more expensive than average but my god what you get is quality ... Also dog friendly, whats not to like! Highly recommended. John n Bonnie ..

This cafe is excellent. The food was great and the coffee is excellent. We will be going again...and again. This is the best place in Preston for breakfast.

Really nice cafe with a great interior and atmosphere. Only stopped for a coffee whilst my car was in the garage so can't comment on the food. Staff are very friendly and hospitable.

Top-Notch clean place excellent services wonderful atmosphere tasty food and reasonable price .

Great place and fabulous staff

Excellent Fry-Up and friendly service 😋

My friend and I had lunch here - we just had sandwiches which came with a salad garnish. They tasted great and were a good size - you could tell it was quality bacon in my BLT. Will definitely return 😁

Great food. Could use a bit of heating! Was chilly on my most recent visit.

Great place for a coffee and a bite to eat after a dog walk round Haslam Park. The staff are friendly and helpful.

Will deffo go again It was lovely 😍 👌

I’ve been a few times but this last visit was bang on and definitely worth leaving a review. Ordered the full breakfast with scrambled egg, flat white and an apple juice. Food/drinks were perfect in quantity and quality, service was rapid and friendly. Will be going regularly 👌🏽

Nice hidden terrace, dog friendly. Welcoming staff and tasty food

I wasn't expecting to find a craft beer bar under the Blackpool Road railway bridge yet here we are. Friendly, chatty, affordable; a truly great addition to Lane Ends.

We had small breakfast everything was delicious and hot the cafe is very nicely decorated and staff nice and friendly

What a find 😍 lovely clean, welcoming cafe, opposite Haslem Park on the bridge. Food very good quality, fairly priced, and great service. Clean dogs allowed in, so best go before you go the park with your pooch. Will definitely visit again.

Excellent Mushroom and Spinach soup.

Found this place after visiting Preston it's on the outskirts,tried the full breakfasts wife had vegi one ,both were very good and the cafe is dog friendly,also a nice park just outside for you and the dogs to walk after ,

Good menu. I had the breakfast which was delicious. If I had to pick something to fault (and it's difficult), I would have preferred a fatter sausage! Great coffee. Will be returning soon.

Brilliant breakfast, good potion,good quality and nice staff will be going back

Called in sat afternoon not to busy didnt eat just had a drink 4 of us. It was ok.

Well I went with high expectations. But was disappointed. I didn't stay So we wanted to sit outside as boiling. Apparently if you sit outside its only a limited menu ? You can't have full menu and it's in a take away box ? Can't have a plate. Both me and my fella wanted something from full menu. So didn't stay. Don't see why you would send business away all for having a plate. This was before 12. Yes I can understand the point later on in the day....eve possible when people had a drink but not before 12. I'm really disappointed as had high hopes

Steak cooked to perfection. Salad tasty Chips crunchy Served with a smile

Tapas is outstanding, Beer is great and good value.

Took our 4 month puppy, Casper for the first time in a cafe. Staff were excellent with him, food fantastic. Will certainly be going back

Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs on toast. Perfect. Lovely coffee too.

Parkside staff helped us organise and hold a private party on a Friday night. Great environment and hot tray food. The staff were so helpful and friendly with the children. Thanks so much! Its also becoming our new favourite place to grab a coffee and breakie, great local cafe!!

Only went for coffee, the service was very good and so we're the drinks

Absolutely disgusting food was stone cold and disgusting they took my food brought me a new one and my egg was all slimey and undercooked when I made a point of saying make sure my eggs are NOT SLIMEY, wouldn’t even feed my dogs there food

Great service and scrumptious food, especially the hash brown, nice and crunchy, will return to try out for lunch, definitely recommend

Fantastic food service and price only thing I can say book a table it's that good Looks like a old greasy spoon But hell NO give it a try or don't saves me booking a table 😉

English breakfast was very tasty. Fast and nice customer service

English breakfast is really tasty.

An absolutely wonderful place to visit for coffee and scones or a full English breakfast. High quality food at very reasonable prices. Good seating from a table, to high stools facing Haslem Park. Friendly and helpful staff and very clean. All in all, an easy 5☆☆☆☆☆

Excellent lunch and a nice atmosphere

Brilliant food, freshly prepared. Thoroughly enjoyed our brunch, very friendly staff, we'll definitely be back again!

Ist time here with my daughter. Won't be the last. Everything was good 👍

Booked for a private function, food was great, good atmosphere.

Great place for a snack after a bit of a walk.😎👣

Great place for breakfast loved the American pancakes

Undercooked bacon snotty eggs and pink sausage what more is there to say ooh yeah apart from the twenty minute wait avoid this place have you spending five pounds of hard earned for a poor meal shame on you

Great food excellent service very friendly staff will definitely be back keep up the good work guys.

Great place to eat in on a miserable day outside,the food was hot and good choices, the young couple make everyone feel happy to be there.well worth going to or before a walk around Haslam park .

Great, warm and friendly service and the food was fab. Lovely atmosphere, highly recommend. Also dogs welcome. 5*+

Very friendly and lovely food.Excellent.

The food was amazing, and the staff were pleasant. I will be back when I next get a day off

Just had soup. Which was tasty and warming on a cold day. Cafe is just opposite the park.

Celebrated a friends 50th there one evening as an event just for friends and family. Great little venue friendly service.

First time there today excellent

Came with friends booked table for 4 , two mixed grills for the men folk , and small plates for us ladies , the food was lovely especially the mushrooms and sliders they were my favourite, nice atmosphere definitely recommend and so local ,thank you for a lovely evening x

Lovely food. Good beer. Cosy atmosphere

Lovely cafe, great food and service. Have tried the lunch and brunch menu definitely will be going back. Looking forward to trying their small plate menu in an evening too.

Just had a lovely cooked breakfast. Nice and tasty Always very friendly and accommodating staff Even the dog, the chocolate Labrador gets five star treatment!!🐕🐾 Would thoroughly recommend 👍😊

Very local to us so we go there a lot. Tasty food nicely presented, with cracking coffees. Wonderful dog friendly place that I’m convinced will get even better in better times.

Great breakfast with the best company xxx

Perfect spot for breakfast and lunch. Food was delicious. Ambience lovely. Service was great. We will definitely be returning.

Brilliant, well-presented and tasty food. Great menu, with delicious vegetarian options. Friendly staff, very good service.

Had full English breakfast. All was OK apart from dry overdone bacon. Only one sausage and half a black pudding. Might try something different if I'm in there again.