Patisserie Valerie in Swindon

We tried to have lunch on Sunday but we're told they were not taking orders for hot food due to power cuts. The power cuts if you could call them that literally lasted for a nano second, the lights barely dimmed. Every other food outlet in the Swindon outlet center was serving hot food and we had no trouble ordering food elsewhere. I can only put this down to lazy staff jumping on an opportunity not to do their jobs and fob customers off with a lame excuse.

We thought the PV brand was long gone, but to our surprise, the world famous afternoon tea loves on. Very warm welcome from the team and the outside seating area was clean and well kept. Thanks to Skye (snazzy piercings !) for the advice on the online discount vouchers (and how to download the voucher!!!) that ended with an upsell on additional cakes to take away afterwards. Afternoon tea was just how we remembered it - perfectly prepared and served with great finesse. The ideal finish to a day's retail therapy from a team that know how to look after their customers 👍👍👍

Awful. Every single table needed to be cleared & wiped. Not a single clean table to sit down on, I complained to the staff who were completely uninterested & kept telling me they'd been "busy". Don't bother coming here unless you want to feel like you are a burden to the staff & are happy to clear & wipe your table first. Much nicer places to go & have a coffee in.

I was so disappointed with the smashed avocado. For nearly £12, I expected more than the almost nonexistent smear of avocado presented to me one one piece of sourdough toast. The handful of raw spinach on the side was also completely irrelevant. I left hungrier than when we arrived. Thumbs down!

Lovely afternoon tea and fab service !!! All staff lovely and friendly x No long wait. Really nice sandwiches and cakes x

Awful! Drinks arrived promptly then had to wait 45 minutes for the afternoon tea to arrive, so our teas were finished and it's not like there was nothing to cook! Went a few weeks ago and had 4 scones, this time 2.... when I enquired why there was less this time round I was met with a shrug of the shoulders. Sandwiches from a supermarket would have beaten our offering, very poor service, very disappointed, don't burger with their afternoon tea!

Went for afternoon tea for 2 and I have to say the service was poor and the food was disappointing too. The servers seemed moody and not very friendly and we had a small amount of clotted cream and Jam for 4 scones. Also was disappointed with literal cucumber sandwiches. I know it’s a thing but come on… bread, butter and cucumber!! I think they could do much better.

Absolutely shocking customer service, ordered through Uber eats delivery was left in an industrial estate no where near my house and the staff wouldn't do anything to help resolve it, Patisserie Valerie choose to use Ubereats but when the delivery isn't made they don't want to know, never go back!

Visited for a quick coffee and brunch. No real service just told to find a table ourselves. Table was dirty, took ages to get it cleaned. Ordered eggs Royale and fish finger brioche. Food was ok quality, chips under-done and the eggs were over done . Ordered through QR code on table, cheeky to offer 20% off first order and then add automatic 10% tip which doesn't go to the staff or unaware if they get it , would be nice to have an option for the service charge so the customer can add at their discretion.

Others have written much about Patisserie Valerie. It’s in an outlet village so prices will always be on the high side irrespective of quality, that’s the way it goes, for older people? Not very good.

The intention was to have a nice treat, to finish our shopping trip. This place has not heard of any kind of service. From the staff serving, to their customer service at head office. This place expects everyone to queue in the same queue. So if you want to eat in you have to join the queue with customers buying cakes to take away. Not a problem if you pay for the food and take it on a tray to your table. Not here! You get barked at for a table number. So you fight your way through all the people queuing to the seating area. Find a table number, you cannot even sit and decide what to have as there are no menus on the tables. Once you have a table number, return to the back of the queue to finally get to order. Once done, sit and wait. When the food and drinks eventually arrive expect missing items. Expect them not to arrive shortly as promised by the waitress ( she becomes invisible after bringing food to the table). So join the queue again to get the food you have paid for and have now queued three times for! Might I add the cakes were past their best and the smoothie was watery! Not really worth the money or the queuing time. I didn't want to queue again to voice my complaints. So I contacted their customer service department. Their response, I should of raised this with staff at the time! Obviously customer services need to revisit Janet and John to enable them to read customer complaint emails! Staff were invisible, food was terrible, I didn't experience any customer service. Positives to take from this experience, try the brownie shop by the food court. We wish we had!

The women on the counter was very rude. We were rudely asked to go and get the table number. When we forgot initially to tell her that we are vegetarian and told her just a minute later, she retorted I told you to tell me if you have any dietary restrictions. I will never go to this shop again.

We were given a voucher as a Birthday present, we are both retired and we are not in too much of a hurry ,but the service was sooooo slow we waited and waited,,,,, then the tea and coffee arrived before the main event which was afternoon tea, by the time we had finished our pot of tes and coffee the main event had still not arrived i asked for another tea which i had to pay for NO complimentary offer made ? and we were told the sandwitches were just being put on a plate ! then we only had to wait another 10 minutes before they arrived at our table !!! very poor service , and we will not be returning.

Mixed reviews so I wasn’t sure what to expect but the food is quite good and healthier than most quick food options around town. I mean, we have so many fast food junk food or fried whatever shops now more than ever that it is a breath of fresh air to find a place like this one that offers options other than fry ups. Service fine. Food good. Pricing average. I’ll always pay for better food. I mean, this is not a gourmet place, but at least some variation amongst the norm and I am glad I ignored the bad reviews.

Bitter disappointment. Rude, antagonistic. Not accommodating in anyway. We bought a voucher for Christmas for a tea for 2 with sandwiches and cakes. We rang in advance to make them aware of allergies and we were told, tough there is no alterations to the preset sandwich trays. When we arrived the sandwiches couldn't be swapped so we couldn't eat them. The scones were burnt and were told 'that's how they arrive'. We decided to buy a baguette as everything else was inedible. Baguette was priced at £6.50 which is a lot for a ham baguette, but then was charged an extra £2 to eat the damn thing at the table we were already sat with the inedible food. An absolute joke. Which shop can say we don't make alterations for allergens?

Rude upon arrival and told us to just sit down and order ourselves. For eggs Benedict and a simple pastry to be served to us it took 40 minutes and me having to go and get my own food. Tea had gone cold by then. Awful service don’t bother going there.

We were given a gift voucher for afternoon tea for two. Lovely selection of sandwiches and cakes, and it was a bonus to find out we had unlimited tea and coffee too. The latte is highly recommended! Staff were friendly and very polite, nothing too much trouble. Well worth a visit as other food coming from the kitchen looked amazing as well

Arrived at Patisserie Valerie Swindon outlet - no instructions on ordering at table or till butnit didn’t matter as the QR ordering system wasn’t working. Very few customers - no queue to order. Ordered one traditional and one large traditional breakfast. And 30 minutes later had to ask where our food was - was told it was in a queue. As we were the only people who were ordering food at the time we arrived this is questionable. Had ordered an English breakfast tea which was supposed to be loose leaf but turned out to be a teabag. Food finally arrived 40 minutes after ordering. For £12 I expect more than one cocktail sausage, two small pieces of bacon - lots of beans though. Probably because they are cheap. Some of the food was warm - the rest cold. The staff don’t seem interested in serving their customers. we did stop going to patisserie Valerie because the food and service was poor - will definitely not be coming back.

Had a great afternoon tea & cake, wow, was that needed and fulfilling. In the outlet avenue lots of space good staff, well received and taken time to relax.

What a disappointment having visited here many times before. Staff walking about and around eating area not speaking to customers. Had to search for a menu. Ordered a full English breakfast and eggs Benedict. The eggs were supposedly poached they were cold and looked as though they had been boiled hard. Hollandaise sort drowned the boiled supposed to be poached eggs cold and not looking very appetizing. Breakfast was returned because it was luke warm brought back slightly heated and again poached eggs were hard. Very disappointed with the service and quality of food will not be going there again.

Visited the Swindon Outlet for some Christmas shopping. Expected it to be extremely busy so close to Christmas but was pleased to find it no different to any other day. We shopped for a bit & then decided it was time to eat. We went...

We visited the store on the 20th November. We haven’t been for a little while, but we used to come regularly and never had any problems. Staff were always great and food was delicious. How different is it now. All change, find a table, place...

we had had a long day sightseeing and wanted a nice cup of tea and a scone so we stopped in to the above place my wife asked if the scones were made today as we rate places by the scones we have eaten or...

No order acknowledgement, no one picks up phone...called 7 times. No idea when that expensive cake land today Appalling

We have often eaten here and we’re so disappointed in the food that was served. The quiche was over cooked, it was so rubbery you could bounced it around the Outlet Village. The pastry was soft and unappetising! The salad was ok as was the...

I visited this venue especially for a nice breakfast! I opted for fluffy buttermilk pancakes with bananas and blueberries from the menu ! The first plateful of pancakes I received had black mouldy marks on them and even the waitress agreed this was not acceptable!...

My friend and I had a voucher for afternoon tea. She phoned to try and make a booking and spoke to someone who sounded like she couldn’t care less, she said “we don’t take bookings” my friend had to push to ask what to do...

Poor service - not a smile, ounce of friendliness or care for the job, even poorer food. How can you get avo on toast and porridge so wrong…feel like that takes effort?! Would have purchased cakes to bring home but couldn’t bear to spend any...

A lovely lunch, I work in hospitality and prices aren’t dissimilar, friendly staff. Plate filled with good food and tea was delicious.

Very disappointed with service offered here. Would not recommend. Staff member rude towards the customer, dirty tables while not busy. Dirty teaspoon and quality of the coffe questionable!

There were 4 tables occupied at PV branch at Swindon Outlet Centre. It took 10 minutes for our tea to arrive and then we were told that our cake order “has gone to the kitchen” ??? There’s a huge display of cakes, if we’d wanted...

My wife and mother-in-law and I ate here during a trip to MacArthur Glen in May 2022. They had croque monsieur, I had a BLT. Each was ok, but pretty average. Service was good, though.

Ordered afternoon tea, when it arrived you expect to get finger /small sandwiches, but you dont expect them to be smaller than your finger. I asked, and they said this is the new service, a 10mm sandwich and this is what is to be expected....

Amazing afternoon tea, great service, place is spotless and the staff are friendly and extremely helpful, even boxed up what we couldn't eat

I visited yesterday and I have to say it's the worst sandwich I have ever had .My daughter and I had a tuna club sandwich and for nearly £9a total rip off. Few bits of onion and pepper ,not much tuna and just loads of...

We visited for lunch and everyone ordered a meal. Every meal was cold which was disappointing while the table service was fine, certainly not special. Shame

Great service from the manager. Large selection of cakes food was amazing deffanitly will be going back

Me and my partner decided to visit for a spot of lunch. We was met by a beautiful display of patisserie. We grabbed 2 menu's to have some food and was told food and drink is to stop being served at 2:00pm. After sitting down...

Spent £72 for cold food and not what we ordered . So make it clear to them , tell them twice . When we told the waitress all she said was I know.

I arranged to meet a friend for afternoon tea. Bought a voucher on Buy a Gift website that specifically says you do NOT have to book but just turn up with your voucher. I arrived a little after 3.30pm to be told 'you should have...

One star is one too many. I got gifted a voucher for afternoon tea for two, so me and my mother chose to go. The previous time we attempted to go to this restaurant, we travelled to this store specifically for the afternoon tea, and...

My wife and had stopped for lunch. I had the all day breakfast and my wife had the mozzarella, basil and tomato baguette. The baguette was cold and soggy to the touch, with the accompanying salad being very poor - brown lettuce. The breakfast appeared...

The server said that we can’t sit down outside at the seating area. We had traveled 60 miles just to go there but we can’t even sit but there were other people sitting down. I ended up going to Costa instead much better service

The lady on the coffee machine was awfully rude and when I asked to speak to a manager she said she was the manager. The manager started crying when I asked how long my coffee will be as she said she was stressed out. This...

They expect you to queue to get a table, choose from the menu, then join another slow queue to place your order. After placing the order coffee took 15 minutes to arrive, sandwiches took 35 minutes and arrived just as we had run out of...

Awful service. Sat waiting to be served for over 20 minutes. Young girl clearing tables told us they were really busy and she was tired. Not what you want to hear while waiting. Clearly busy but no one seemed to be in charge and no...

We visited here today and enjoyed an excellent Afternoon Tea. A great selection of delicious sandwiches, cakes, scones, cream and jam and fantastic customer service. There was so much to eat the staff very kindly boxed up what was left for us to take home....

Was in Steam decided to go as not many choices of other cafes Had 3 cold drinks and a slices of chocolate and red velvet cake Red velvet dry cake inedible buttercream very sickly and sweet chocolate cake dry and tasteless . Service poor and...

Stopped for a classic cream tea today and our waitress Freya was outstanding. Very nice to be greeted with a smile and a professional service. The cream tea was delicious as well. This was an enjoyable stop while visiting the outlet.

Waited next to the check-in counter to be seated. Staff at the till just kept tapping on the screen, no acknowledgement. Waited a while, went back in to main counter to ask if someone will assist, asked my wife shall we go else where, then...

Terrible service. Stood to be seated (at the sign) which was right next to a till where staff were stood - they didn’t even acknowledge us. We were just about to walk away when they offered us a table , gave us menus and walked...

Excellent People, beautiful atmosphere with lovely food and clean and safe premises. Really enjoyed afternoon tea and would recommend this place to everyone! Thank you !

Me and my girlfriend had a gift voucher from Easter, I can say it was really nice my girlfriend is a vegetarian and they catered to that really well, both lots of sandwiches came on separate plates one meat and on vege. The tea to...

Value for money - 0 Quality of produce - 0 Selection - menu sounded good but less than 20% available! Won’t be coming here again, for obvious reasons! If I could give 0 stars I would!

Extremely upset and disappointed. Just got back from the 3rd attempt of trying to use my birthday voucher for afternoon tea which expires at the end of the week. Bearing in mind it was only 2.30pm all the afternoon teas had gone! This was the...

Appalling Service/Rude Staff Kept waiting outside for 20minutes +when there was empty tables. When seated and orders taken another 20minutes wait and my friend whose birthday it is wasn't brought her drink! We ordered cakes at the same time and they arrived 15 minutes later...

It was my birthday on Friday 25th September, my son and granddaughter took me for afternoon tea at patisserie Valerie I was very excited as we all were I did the groupon voucher which was fine Polite young man was his first day showed us...

Sadly went here today for afternoon tea for my wife's birthday. logged in with NHS app, waited to be seated , said have Groupon for afternoon tea , hesitant staff member said I have to check . Came back said I am sorry but no...

My wife and I took our Grandchildren for afternoon tea, this is our first time visit to any Patisserie Valerie and we had high expectations. We were left very disappointed and this will be the last time we visit one of these establishments. We ordered...

Waited a long time for the food to be served. The glasses provided for the drinks were dirty. The eggs Benedict was the worst one I’ve had. The eggs were overcooked, it was cold and the hollandaise sauce was a horrible yellow colour, tasted of...

I know we are in difficult times but having to wait over 20 minutes for tea, coffee and a slice of cake when the cafe is not busy is not fun. A couple walked out who had been waiting even longer for hot food.

Having ordered smashed advercado with cress it took 25 mins to come (only three other people in) the cress was dead/gone off. When I asked the waitress all she could do was continue to say sorry sorry sorry! it was uneatable . If you are...

Cream tea for 2 cost £7.95. Service was fine. The teapots and milk jug could do with being cleaned properly.

We were a fan of Patisserie Valerie particular the one in Reading - the pastries were the best and coffee so good. Now, coffee now still good but the pastries - waste of time Service in Reading is and has always been very good- in...

Compared to the first couple of times (when we had a delicious cream tea) the cakes/scones/jam portions have just got smaller & smaller. I certainly don’t think we will be visiting again unfortunately. It’s a shame as initially it would have been hard to beat....

We visited yesterday and although the restaurant was busy we were seated quickly and had our order taken by a pleasant female staff member. However, she then appeared to leave or go on a break and we were completely forgotten about. After 45 minutes we hadn’t received any drinks or food, our table had not been wiped and no cutlery was brought. The remaining staff members seemed to be doing their best to avoid the customers and so eventually we just got up and left as it was clear that for whatever reason, we weren’t going to get served. What was frustrating was that other tables were getting their orders and at no point did any staff members ask why we had been sat there for so long with nothing on the table! We did speak to the manager to say that we were leaving but all we got was a brusque ‘sorry’, with not even an offer to attempt to bring our order. We have used this branch of Patisserie Valerie before but we won’t bother again.

Left waiting at the table for ages only to be told we could not order breakfast until 10am really 10am! It was a Saturday shops opened at 9am and Valeries opened - no information until we were ready to order! It seems this chain is a bit hit and miss - some are brilliant some sadly less do

We have eaten here before and were surprised and pleased to find it was still open. Waited 10 minutes to be seated (3 adults & 1 high chair) as tables had not been cleared. Waited another 10 minutes to order and then waited over 1 HOUR for a couple of toasties, 1 baguette which was over cooked and eggs florentine which was undercooked...we were told there would be a 40min wait for food but if we’d known we’d have to wait over an hour we would not have ordered. 15min before food arrived we were told there were no fries but we could have a cake instead which was very good but we’d practically lost the will to live by that point. Also they had run out of ice cream for toddler meal so she basically made do with a bit of melted cheese in some hard and inedible toast and a strawberry cake. Waiter was obviously very stressed and doing his best but we won’t visit again.

I understand that it is a busy time of year especially being within an outlet centre. It was very busy on our arrival to the cafe, there were 2 young members of staff serving and looked rushed off their feet as they were serving customers. Tables were left covered in dishes from customers that had already left and dishes were also sighted in the walkway towards the kitchen. I had to call someone over to order our food and drinks. We then waited for 45 minutes before our drinks arrived - these were luke warm on arrival. If we had ordered hot food I would have understood the wait however we ordered 2 scones and a custard slice. I cancelled the food order telling the staff that we had waited for over 45 minutes, there was no apology for the delay. The member of staff said he would need to ask his manager to deduct this from the bill. The manager came over and did this but said nothing to me or offered no apology for the poor service.

Lovely breakfast which unfortunately was cold before I got half way through it. Nice service and good food can’t compensate for being freezing throughout the whole experience.

Had afternoon tea here on 17th Nov. It was ok but not the best i've had. Bread was a bit stale as we're the scones but it was edible.Couldn't eat the cakes so they gave us a box so we could take them with us

Decided to visit again for cream tea (as we enjoyed it so much) but couldn’t believe how much the cakes had decreased in size since our last visit a few weeks ago. A bit greedy of them! It was also very cold sat on the edge of the restaurant with the windows above.

So very disappointed with our breakfast we chose the brioche toast wit banana and maple syrup. At the price of £8 per portion this is the smallest breakfast I have ever been given it had one tiny slice of brioche. We should have gone for the English breakfast much better value as triple the size. This has definitely put me off ever going there again. The nearby other chain restaurant offered 3 pancakes banana and blueberries for nearly the same price. A pot of tea was also £3 per person just not good value

Where to start? I had often got Birthday cakes from Patisserie Valerie in Covent Garden and always been very happy with their cakes and service. I had never had a Afternoon Tea though. I was part of a group of 10 at the Swindon branch. All ordering Afternoon teas. The services was painfully slow. The tables were left cluttered throughout our time there. The hot drinks arrived some 15mins before the food. Now the food. The finger sandwiches were actually the width of a finger. Some found the quiche to have a soggy bottom. Some found the sandwiches dry or wet (as though put on a wet plate) The Scones were dry and barely any fruit. i would imagine they were not fresh that day. The tiny cakes nothing special. I would also mention they have no loo. You have to use the centres loo which is some minutes walk away. Having looked forward to Afternoon Tea at Patisserie Valerie i was so disappointed. It felt like a poor franchise. There are so many places these days offering Afternoon Teas at a competitive price. I would recommend anyone to try elsewhere.

Sunday afternoon cream tea. Was not holding out for a great experience if i am honest.

Ordered cream tea for two, tea arrived with loose tea leaves not bags which was nice and a fresh warm scone with clotted cream and jam. Good value at £7:95

We arrived at 1215 hrs and asked if we could order at the til but were told to take a seat and someone would be over to take our order . There were ten people in the restaurant 8 of which were already eating . We waited and waited for fifteen minutes until a bleach blonde waiter came over and took our order . We only asked for a scone and a cup of tea also a soft drink . After waiting a further 18 minutes without seeing anyone we decided to just go . We did try to get someone’s attention but nobody was around. If you want a snack and a brew in the outlet village try somewhere else.

nice warm food. a good choice on the menu. the staff are lovely. we got change out of ten pounds. we all ate well and enjoyed

We stopped here for a coffee and scone while shopping. The Cream Tea for 2 (with decaf coffee not tea) was good value and served efficiently.

Busy little cafe. Great service and delicious food. You can not eat here and not get a cake either to eat in or take away.

Me and my friends had found this place on Groupon. All of us had a range of drinks, sandwiches, scones and cakes. The food was lovely, the people serving were friendly and gave us time to catch up not hurrying us out as we were there for quite a while.

Restaurant was very clean and tidy made my visit very comfortable and pleasing. Table service was very quick and efficicent. Desserts were fantastic and enjoyed my experience.

I really like Patisserie Valerie, nice for lunch or for a delicious sweet treat. I particularly like their chocolate eclairs or a slice of scrumptious strawberry gateaux. Thee sandwiches and light lunches are also good and well presented.

Lovely afternoon tea with daughter. Delightful sandwiches scones and cakes with earl grey tea.. Very nice staff. Well presented.

Family brunch .... delicious! Poached eggs cooked to perfection, avocado, hot toast with plenty of butter . Coffee well made and well presented. Thoroughly enjoyed re visiting Patisserie Valerie. We were not disappointed.

Went to patisserie Valerie and the customer service was brilliant, food was amazing and even though it was really busy staff managed to keep calm.reccomend them completely.

I visited Patisserie whole at the Swindon Designer Outlet. I ordered smashed avocado on thick toast. Unfortunately it appeared the kitchen staff weren’t aware of what was being offered on their menu. When it arrived, the avocado was smeared quite thinly on one slice of thin white toast, with the other slice of toast sitting bare beside. I queried it, which resulted in kitchen staff coming out to check the menu. It was ok but not u to the usual standard of snaked avo. The waitress was nice and gave me a small discount. However I wouldn’t recommend it.

We stopped here for lunch whilst in the outlet. We decided to have the afternoon tea for two which was £20 with our emergency service discount it went down to £18!

Enjoyed our afternoon high tea, sandwiches were lovely, cakes were delicious as were the scones with cream and jam, we even had a choice of a lovely cake each to take home, service was excellent.

Nice variety of food. Children's menu. Not to busy. Good place for light snack great cakes. Got more busy at lunch. Good waitresses

if you are a connaisseur of french patisserie, then don't go. The deserts are heavy, with thick pastry and they pretend to do french patisserie with their frencj name. Absolute NO go And very expensive to top it up.

Lovely Coffee and cakes - a top place for the cakes and gateaux at the high end. Beautifully made cakes to eat in or take home.

Lovely clean store, with friendly staff and fast service - me and my friends greatly enjoyed our visit.

4 coffees were excellent but in todays world you have to go a long way to get a bad coffee in a coffee shop. Unusually they only do 1 size, fine for us but may put some people off. We had a small custard tart, pain au raisin and two lots of toast which were all good and plenty of butter with the toast which is always annoying when there is not enough. £21 in total so not cheap but I guess they never are now. Was a bit cold in December but overall good. Staff were attentive and friendly.

Visited on a Saturday in October with 2 friends. We all chose the brunch meal. Service was excellent. Food was well presented and delicious. Will certainly visit again.

I went to Patisserie Valerie a couple of days ago for my birthday and I have to admit that I couldn't have chosen a better place!

I visited here with my daughter on Sunday afternoon. It was quite busy but there were a few tables still unoccupied. We were waiting around 20 minutes for a waitress to come over and take our order. When she arrived we gave her our drinks order and our food order. Our drinks were brought out after around 10 minutes. Another 20 minutes went by and we still had not had our food, we only ordered sandwiches. When they did finally arrive around 30 minutes after ordering them only one sandwich came out and it was toasted which we had specifically asked for them not to be. The manager saw us looking and came over to ask if everything was ok. We told her that we had ordered the sandwich to be not toasted and that we were still waiting for another to arrive. She took the sandwich away (no apology was given) and said she would get another. By this time I had had enough and was ready to go and tell them we would pay for our drinks but that we didn't want our sandwiches but just as we were ready to go both sandwiches arrived, they weren't toasted but the bread was very warm and soggy. We really should have complained but by this time I just wanted to eat them and go as we had an appointment to get to. So all in all the service and the food was poor, it also cost us £26 for 2 sandwiches and 2 drinks. We will not be returning again.

Visited on a Sunday afternoon around 4pm, it was quiet although we probably just missed rush hour cause the staff was resetting a lot of tables. We sat near a waitress setting tables and were completely ignored. Asked to have some menus and had to wait quite a bit to order considering there were maybe 10 tables in total and 2 waiters on the floor plus other 2/3 behind the counter. We had the Valerie cream tea, got our tea fairly quickly but then they completely forgot about our scones (I know they forgot because I used to work at another branch of PV and know for a fact that all it takes is 20 sec in the microwave to warm the scones up), they only turned up after I asked the staff about them. Irritating thing was they seemed to have enough time for a laugh but not to check in on their tables. One of the good things of table service is that the staff comes to you but after waiting for everything else else we decided to not wait for the bill at the table and we walked up to the till. A waiter was there letting another couple pay, the couple walked off with their change and so did the waiter, completely ignoring us. So we walked up to the till at the counter and paid. I remember what busy shifts are like and it’s not easy to maintain a smile on your face at all times. All we would have been fine with was an apology for the wait

Perfectly ok, but nothing special. I chose avocado on toast with poached eggs. I was expecting at least half a mashed avocado, whereas it was more of a smear of avocado, which was rather disappointing. However it was ok, and the coffee I had was decent. My husband had carrot soup which was also ok, if rather thick. Staff were friendly.

Visited for breakfast Sunday morning and considering how rammed they were with it being bank holiday/ school holidays and it raining the staff did a great job and maintained a cheerful and helpful attitude despite it being so busy. We had the cooked breakfast and the avocado poached eggs, all very tasty and the sausages were spot on.