Paul's Kitchen in Oadby and Wigston

We had food booked for an event in July and we paid a deposit for it and despite numerous attempts to contact the restaurant, they haven't responded to us. So disappointing.

An unorganised company, providing an extremely low quality catering product. I would not recommend them to anyone.

AKA Pauls The Catering Company - took our money & failed to turn up with the buffet. Not contactable

A cosy little cafe with a simple menu. I only called in for coffee but others seemed to be enjoying their lunch. Coffee was reasonable.

Took my mum out for lunch to this lovely little bistro-type establishment. More than enough high-quality, delicious food for a lunch time meal. Always excellent food and service here.

Looks lovely from the outside, the lady serving was also really lovely.Unfortunately the inside smells quite greasey, and didn’t really match the look from the outside, the food was okay however the eggs benedict wasn’t great, I’m unsure what sauce was on the eggs but it definitely wasn’t a traditional hollandaise sauce, it was very pale and had bits in it.I’d order the sandwiches again but definitely not the eggs benedict

We eat at Paul’s quite a lot and live the food and the service we receive, our last visit we came at lunch and had the lovely large chicken club sandwich and the wife had the eggs florentine which was lovely, keep up the good work

I have visited here a lot of times now and it’s been lovely every time, we are always very pleased with the food and service

Disappointed. Rude owner, did not take Meerkat or Gourmet card even though they state they take it. Food: burger was small and meet uncooked. Would not go back! Should have read other reviews before going.

What an absloutle disappointment. Ive had 2 bad experiences and thought 3rd time lucky, infact it was worse the 3rd time to the first. What is promised on groupon is not what they offer in the restaurant. The chicken came out cold as if its been in the fridge. The mushroom starter was as if it came out a microwave. I messaged the owner the following day in hopes something could have been done. Instead i was ignored. Sont waste your time dont go.

Visited with two friends for lunch. I'm usually quite an easy going person but am picky about hygiene. . First impression was that menus were old and grubby. Next thing that the two tables pushed together had food between them. Next thing was that milk for tea was in a little bottle that was dirty inside and had only been rinsed out rather than washed. Had mushrooms on toast (being a non meat eater) . Felt I needed a little salt but the grinder was empty. Then found that I was chewing on a piece of caramelised steak. The mushrooms had obviously been cooked in the same pan as steak. I was thinking of bringing my daughter here but I feel that they are lazy and need to have more pride in their place, which could be lovely.

We have been to Paul’s a few times now and every time it’s excellent, we usually have the farmhouse breakfast and a avocado on toast which we love and all served with a smile and a very polite waitresses, keep up the good work Paul’s kitchen and merry Christmas

Unfortunately, I have had similar dealings with Paul’s Kitchen like many other unsatisfied customers on here. They are uncontactable through phone and hardly ever open. I tried to book in for afternoon teas throughout ALL of August to redeem my gift voucher. Finally, booked in for 15/10/19 @ 1 and they were still not open, despite the reservation. Clearly, they don’t care about their customers!! My aim is to get them taken off of group on so they can’t con anymore people. Very frustrating and disappointing.

this was not a breakfast.raw watery gloopy poached eggs on soggy bread with lumpy white hollandaise sauce...I just couldn't finish it off.... sorry guys... was expecting more from you.also we had to ask twice for water... although we were the only ones in there...think someone needs to shake things a bit...shame... because there's plenty of choice... need to up your game...

Lovely inside and the coffee is amazing! A great place to relax and chat a bout your day. I'd definitely recommend popping in for breakfast, lunch or dinner as the menu is wonderful too.

Chicken sizzler kebabs, rustic fish and chips and a child's pitta pizza, chips and salads were enjoyed by us all. Food and service was top notch and with the new decoration the whole place has a great ambience. It is a great little place to enjoy a wonderful freshly cooked meal in cosy surroundings.

we always liked to go to pauls kitchen, we love it even more since the refurbishment, great little place.

Dropped by for breakfast and coffee on a journey up to Yorkshire. Nice welcome and a tasty breakfast and excellent coffee. Good value too!

Our first visit since they have had a refurbishment and i love it, so fresh and clean with a lovely looking menu, we decided to have the new breakfast menu, I had the farmhouse breakfast and had the best sausage I have had in ages, my friend had the eggs Benedict, amazing is all I can say with there own brewed coffee with excellent smiley waitresses always on hand with any questions we had about there up coming events which we booked in for the Greek night!! Cannot wait

Me and my husband had a traditional afternoon tea. Absolutely delicious! Beautiful sandwiches and cakes Highly recommend and well worth it

Good sized portion, polite staff, cosy feeling to venue. Good variety on menus for other meals. Also do specials nights and events.

I have been a few times now with different friends and have always had good food and good service .The only thing I dont like is going to the toilet one the chef is preparing your food whilst you wee! and its all very claustraphopic. Its such a shame they cant extend or do something to make it a nicer experience?

Visited on Saturday night as a 4 and found the food to be outstanding and the service excellent and with a smile, will definitely be returning again and again, keep up the good work

Nice food dessert was a bit tasteless. Very friendly staff. Very attentive. Clean in bistro itself as soon as you go to toilets upstairs it changes. No where seems to have been cleaned for a very long time. Sticky handrail . Toilets are filthy and right next to kitchen area where food is prepared very odd layout. Other than that an ok experience.

My third visit here and thoroughly enjoyed it again. My husband and I came on Saturday evening and yet again the food and service were faultless

My sister hired them for their bar service, paid the full amount before hand. They didn’t turn up on the day, and didn’t answer their phone. After 2 weeks of constant promises and guarantees, finally got my money back, but this was AFTER raising a claim with the Small Claims Court and showing them the proof of the claim. Didn’t answer any of my calls, left numerous messages and only communicated via email. Absolutely shocking. Never going there again to eat, please avoid. Only reason I got was “they turned up at the wrong venue”. Even if they did turn up to the wrong venue, they had our contact details, yet they still didn’t answer any of our calls. Only giving 1 star as I can’t give 0!

I wish i could copy and paste the email i sent to them because it just shows how terrible it was. No band as advertised, bad food, bad music, bad drinks! No Atmosphere! Over priced gobbble cack!! DO NOT ATTEND HERE!

Was a guest at an event Pauls kitchen catered and it was APPALLING both food and service. Burgers were brittle, wraps dry and pizzas were burnt. Only redeeming quality was the salad was nice. Felt sorry for the hosts as they were so embarrassed.

We hired Paul to provide a bar at our wedding and he did not turn up or take any phone calls. No refund has been given. We are being forced to take him to court. Be very very careful

I saw Paul's Kitchen on Facebook the photos looked amazing, I purchased a Groupon for afternoon tea for four with the hope of taking my mum for a special birthday treat. These hopes were quickly dashed when we arrived at Paul's Kitchen. The decoration downstairs is lovely but it was not clean. The bathroom is off the kitchen which is accessed by a dirty staircase. When walking though the kitchen you can not help but notice how very untidy it is. The bathroom door was hard to close and lock. The bathroom was FILTHY! There is absolutely no way it had been cleaned recently! To have your premises clean and tidy is a basic requirement, the state of the place is not on!When the afternoon tea arrived to say we were disappointed is a complete understatement. The sandwiches consisted of cheap white bread with next to no filling. What was there was extremely poor quality and cheap ingredients (possibly the thinnest ham and most tasteless cheese I have ever had the misfortune of trying). The cakes were obviously shop brought, the most noticeable of which was a cheap chocolate Swiss roll. Whilst shopping later that day I found "your" frangipane tarts for sale in a local shop for the grand total of £1.00.The tea was served in one pot between four which was cracked and stained around the spout. The scones, jam, cream, and alcoholic drinks were fine.To add insult to injury we were charged £20.00 for having afternoon tea at the weekend, taking our grand total to £65.00. This means you only save £5.00 on the Groupon deal. All in all we felt completely ripped off by Paul's Kitchen, to be charged so much money for such poor quality food in a dirty restaurant is completely ludicrous! This was quite possibly the worst afternoon tea I have ever had. If you had a fiver and a local shop you could probably do a better job than Paul's Kitchen. Disgusted.

I purchased the afternoon tea with Prosecco as a gift for my mothers birthday from Groupon for £45. The furniture is tightly packed and the place is generally quite dirty. We were particularly disappointed to have dry sandwiches with limited and basic fillings, shop bought cake and poor quality tea. The toilet was very dirty as was the kitchen next to it. To add insult to injury, there seems to be a £5 surplus charge for having an afternoon tea on the weekend. The total cost was £65 which means we had only saved £5 by booking through Groupon. The cost was utterly ridiculous for what we received. Sorely disappointed. Having sifted through a few more reviews it seems that others have already mentioned these issues but little has been done to rectify them.

Terrible value for money. Basic sandwich fillings, dry bread and shop bought cakes. The kitchen was unclean and toilet was disgusting. To top it off we were charged £20 booking fee which made it back up to the normal price. Service was OK but I would not recommend this place. It is the second time I have been and I have left disappointed both times.

Me and my wife have walked by this place many a time and have always said we should go in one day...Well we decided to give it a try and had the tapas menu. Excellent service and very nice food. Highly recommend anyone to give this place a try. It is a small place which is a shame as it does have music nights etc and can imagine it could get cramped up. We will defo be going back to try the rest of the menu out as looking round other people had burgers which looked fantastic and also the afternoon tea looked very good value

Very welcoming and friendly staff this morning. Lovely tasty freshly cooked food at a reasonable cost. This was my second visit and it won’t be my last.

We had an early morning breakfast at Paul's Kitchen in Oadby. Although small in size the restaurant was very busy on a Sunday morning at 9.30am. In fact we witnessed four customers being turned away due to lack of space and availability of free tables. But, the food and coffee are 'top notch' and comprable with any 5 star hotel. Very good value for money as well.

Been here a few times and every time has been the best, it has that bistro vibe and hosts event nights (yet to go to one) all good food at reasonable prices too.

Had a lovely lunch here on a Saturday. Hadn’t seen the reviews so went in “blind”. Welcome was warm, liked the bistro atmosphere and the food was very good.Bangers & Mash was really good. 3 quality sausages and nice mash with spring onion. The mushrooms were lovely but a very small portion for the money (our only gripe) and 1 large breakfast. This was pricey but it was excellent. Quality ingredients lovely sausage and bacon. All dishes were a delight to look at. Liked the “recycle” approach and the nice little touches such as the bill in a shot glass.Couldn’t understand the mixed reviews based on this visit. They seemed to be around afternoon tea and a Groupon thing. We loved it. We’ll go back so will report again!

Went for afternoon tea with a groupon voucher £19 for 2 people had to pay £5 extra each because it was a Sunday , we took another person with us, their afternoon tea was £12.50 (cheaper than ours) so it cost us more with a groupon voucher.Very disappointing, no homemade cakes, shop bought, hoping to go again but won't bother now. Very friendly and nice decor besides the poor afternoon tea.

I have eaten here a number of times but took my family for a lunch for mothers day ,the staff are exceptionally friendly and efficient , the food is to a very high and reasonably priced standard , and best of all they have a bar so I had a sneaky g and t with my lunch.Cant fault it lovely looking place , nice menu , easy going staff not any criticism at all to be had.

We was brought a groupon voucher at Christmas,Groupon value £19, Should of been £36. This was for an afternoon tea. The only chance we had of going was an Saturday afternoon. My wife phoned and was told there would be an extra £4 charge on Saturdays. We agreed. While inside i noticed that an traditional afternoon tea for two was advertised at £25. Do not get me wrong the food was very good. I just do not liked being ripped off when i asked for the bill for the extra surcharge and i was presented with an £10 bill. £4 more that was advertised on the wall. £6 more that we were told. Poor..

Hubby and I nipped to Paul's for a brunchfast. Hubby had a full English whilst I opted for the vegetarian. Both meals were absolutely fantastic; hot, tasty and cooked to perfection. We will be returning!

My son and I enjoyed breakfast at Paul’s last Saturday. Most relaxing and enjoyable. Would thoroughly recommend.

Visited Paul’s kitchen on Tuesday lunch last week, after a very friendly and loud welcome I asked if I could still order off the breakfast menu as I really fancied eggs Benedict which was not a problem, and I’m so glad I did, the food was amazing

We had a lovely evening here.The place was small but cosy. The staff were great and nothing was too much for them.The food I wasn't so keen on. It could have been better.The psychic was okay. Got a bit boring as the evening went on, could have done with coming round the tables individually so people could talk to each other while other tables were being done.

this place is too small and i felt really claustrophobic inside, the food was lovely but i wouldn't come back because of the size

Went for lunch with my daughter, really wished that I hadn't. Small portions, burned potatoes. Very over priced. Will not be returning.

This wonderful little place is definitely my new meeting place. This is my second visit to pauls kitchen for a meeting and it was just as brilliant as our first visit. The food was as amazing as last time and the waitress went above and beyond. There is free WiFi and you are made to feel at home, our meeting went on for quite sometime and even though the place was pretty much full we were never felt to feel like we had to leave. Highly recommend.

First time visit to Paul’s but wow it won’t be our last! Fabulous breakfast beautifully presented with excellent service...... couldn’t have asked for more. We were feeling a little delicate from the night before but this lovely little place got it just right and by the time we left we were fully recovered! Highly recommended.

I have wanted to try this cafe/bistro for a long time after hearing great things about the food. Well a mixed review from me. Lovely and cosy place. We were given the menus and had decided what we wanted within minutes but our server took quite a while to take our orders as he was preoccupied with preparing drinks for the Spanish themed evening. Anyway we chose the vegetable platter with the bread basket and really enjoyed the starter. However for the main course I chose macaroni cheese, hmm a tad disappointed, very creamy without a great deal of cheese in the 'Mac n cheese', side salad with hard avocado, a few rocket leaves but couldn't locate the pine nuts as stated in the menu. My husband had the tapas and he was underwhelmed with the lack of flavour. We were fairly disappointed and found the mains to be overpriced considering the lack of flavour. Will not be returning, service slow and food very mediocre apart from the starter.

Small, lovely friendly cafe. We were made very welcome by the owners. Had a great breakfast of scrambled egg and brown toast and a fabulous Americana. My daughter had sausage rolls and a pot of tea. Reasonable prices, and made a refreshing change from the larger chains. Will definitely be returning soon.

First visit to Paul’s Kitchen and was disappointed. It got off to a bad start when my friend was virtually barked at for daring to have a buggy with her. Chose chicken parfait with onion marmalade, we’ve run out of onion marmalade, okay I’ll have it without. They must have run out of the advertised rocket and pine nut salad too because I got undressed mixed leaves from a supermarket bag. The parfait itself was a laughably tiny portion, barely 2 tbsp. My friend had duck pancakes. Her cucumber batons were semi-frozen and halfway through she spat out a bone from her meat. We would have complained, but the waitress was scary. The chips were nice (and thank goodness we had ordered them) and we weren’t rushed out at the end, but I see no reason to go back.

Decent place and food, beats the mainstream chains that are taking over! Breakfast is good but a wee bit small

I visited Paul's to have breakfast with friends, I found the service good and the café quite well decorated.My main issue was the price and standard of the food.My friend ordered Smashed Avocado on Toast with poached eggs (hipster I know). She received two barely toasted slices of white bread (halved) and half an unseasoned avocado, sliced and littered around her plate. She had to pay £7.50 for that absolute disaster of a breakfast, and when she asked for more avocado she was told it would be chargeable. At somewhere like Kai you are charged the same for more avocado than you can possibly eat, well seasoned and well presented. Not sure why the portions were so stingy.Another friend's Eggs Florentine was tasteless and exceedingly average.Also, the toilet is in the Kitchen?????? Great layout.Go here to eat if you want to get absolutely taken advantage of.

We went for afternoon gin tea, using a voucher received as a gift. The gin was the best bit! The sandwiches were on fairly thick white bread (no choice) served, with the cakes, on a wooden platter. The cakes seemed as though they had not been thawed out properly and the scones were rather heavy. We were sat at normal bistro type tables without table cloths and with a thin paper serviettes. In all, not what we would expect from an 'afternoon tea'.

This is, bar none, my favourite place to eat, drink, hang out in the area. Staff are fab, Paul, the boss, always has time for a chat. Adam and Claire are always friendly and of course getting to talk with Lucie who is amazing, makes the visit worthwhile always.The food is too notch. An astonishing Gin collection makes the time pass quickly (please add gin martini to the offerings)Do visit. You won't regret it.

I arranged to meet my client here for a meeting and a bite to eat. Without me having to ask and with no hesitation, as soon as the lady working saw me take out my laptop, she came straight over to offer me the WiFi password. My client arrived and fancied a cooked breakfast and although it was past 11.30am which the menu stated breakfast was served till, the chef very kindly allowed us to have a breakfast. I had poached eggs with salmon and the eggs were cooked perfectly, my client had a Paul’s breakfast and he said it was one of the nicest breakfasts he’s had. I have certainly found myself a new meeting place.

Absolutely fantastic. We visited for a birthday party, there was a really cosy atmosphere and the staff couldn’t have been more helpful, the food was excellent and I couldn’t recommend it highly enough. Thank you to all at Paul’s Kitchen, we’ll be back soon!

Visited as a couple and pre booked the afternoon tea, I had a coffee and the wife tea which was served in a Union Jack teapot! The scones were served warm with beautiful fresh cakes and a selection of sandwiches, we had loads but the waitresses told us if we wanted any more food just to let her know but we ended up with a little pack up to take away, keep up the good work

Myself and 4 friends went for lunch at Paul’s. All I can say is from the minute we walked in till we left it was amazing. You walk into a quaint little cafe and are instantly greeted by a smiley face and good afternoon. We told the lady we were a table of 5 and instantly she rearranged the tables to accommodate us. We all got settled and then she came over and told us where the menus were and asked if we would like any drinks. When she had done this she took our order we had a mix of meals and one of my friends wasn’t feeling so great so asked if she could have just 1 egg on a piece of toast which isn’t on the menu but was no trouble at all.Well when the food came down what can I say it was beautiful presentation and looked so appealing. I had the Paul’s meat plank which comes presented on two cans underneath with a board of so many different continental meats and olives and cheeses. It tasted amazing aswell. A few of my friends had burgers which also looked lovely and they said you could tell it freshly made.All the time we were there the lady serving us kept checking we were happy and if we wanted anything else but not intrusively. I can honestly say we will be definitely going back thank you Paul’s and keep up the good work

My son took me for breakfast at my 60th Birthday - I ordered coffee wrong coffee was given to me with dirty spoon. Then i ordered Toast with crushed avacado with chilli sauce, I receive few small chunks of avacado with few drops of chilli sauce. Informed the waitress all she could say is "oh Sorry".No compensation paid in full - she did not deduct a single penny willingly and i was not going to argue to get anything off them - its customer service to get people back in.

Turned up this morning for breakfast with friends, and it wasn't even open! We waited until 9.15, still nobody there so we left and went to the cafe in oadby. Won't bother again.

My friends bought me a voucher for afternoon tea (the ones you get my like WHSmiths) they paid £34 for it There’s really not many places local to me and Paul’s kitchen had some poor reviews but I decided to give it a go;No one ever answers the phoneEmailed to book and got a confirmation Arrived and they had no booking in the diary and the girl didn’t have access to the emails? Menu charges £21 for afternoon tea for two? So my voucher had been bought for £34 ?????? Waited ages to even get a drink and hey ho my friend couldn’t have a latte just a normal coffee included in the price Sandwiches hard on edges, not very appetising and cakes scones shop bought, certainly no effort madeNot enough staff and they kept disappearing upstairs and customers walked out after not been attended to We finished and wanted to visit the toilet but no one around and the door to the toilet had been wedged closed with a beer keg and no staff around to askWe left and then a member of staff chased us down the road to ask for my voucher to pay! I said I’ve emailed it all when I booked and again she didn’t have access to email Very bizarre and no where near a Betty’s afternoon tea!!!! Not alone my granny’s! Won’t be returning sadly as I hoped to have found a new regular coffee shop to meet up with friends

Nice cosy restaurant, service was good, toilet was upstairs in the kitchen which was a bit random, but all in all decent food, tapas and burgers were good 👌🏽

Went for afternoon tea with mum and 2 sisters, food was ok and service was good but please be warned that they charge a £5 supplement PER PERSON for booking on a Saturday which I think is appaling considering the amount already paid for the groupon and the fact that you don’t get anything more than if you went on a week day! Also it doesn’t state this in the fine print on the groupon so you are not aware when purchasing, only when making a booking. When I questioned the lack of this detail in their fine print their response was “well that’s what it is and it won’t change!” All in all turned out to be a rather expensive afternoon tea and no different to the ones at maybe Drucquers which are a lot cheaper!

Small and cosy, very efficient and helpful waitress. The lunch was delicious and of excellent quality The toilet is on the first floor and a second handrail would be helpful.

We visited on Tuesday with 4 of us eating at lunchtime, we made a varied choice with me having the club sandwich, the wife the lunchtime set menu cottage pie and the kids having burgers each, we all thoroughly enjoyed it all and were all full when we left and had plenty of food with the bill coming to an average price for restaurants in the area we will definetly be returning especially in a Tuesday night with the buy 1 burger and second for 1p amazing offer

In all honesty, I had high hopes for this place. The food was average but the bill was extortionate for the amount served on the plate. The food portions were far too small. I was disappointed hence why I haven't visited again despite it being so close by. They also use your pictures from Instagram for their own marketing which is absolutely fine but it would have been at least nice to ask first instead of seeing my photos plastered over their marketing.

The service was quick and good, with the exception of one of the women working there being too loud when talking which can be disturbing. We had an English Breakfast, not the best we've had but nonetheless good. My mocha was okay.

I have been to Paul's on a number of occasions and never been disappointed. This time I was with my husband and grandson; we all chose different mains and each one was cooked to perfection. The lovely waitress is also a great asset to the place. We will certainly be visiting again.

Looks lovely from the outside and just a lovely in. Great bistro style restaurant with a welcoming atmosphere. Four of us went and the food was delicious and good size portions. The waitress was great, smiling and friendly and worked so hard making sure everything was okay. Definitely be back and would highly recommend it.

We read the bad reviews and thought ‘how bad could it be’! After waiting for two hours, our waitress brought over dishes that we hadn’t ordered and informed us that they didn’t have the meals we had wanted. The staff were dour and unwelcoming; the chairs uncomfortable; the toilet is in dire need of a clean and is located in the kitchen. Would avoid at all costs.

Where do I start?! Claire and her team made our day one to remember for nothing but positive reasons.The tastings were fun. The standard of Claire’s organisational skills were top class. She left us in no doubt the day would run smoothly on their side.The day arrived and they were on time and very confident. The team of 4 were so friendly, they felt more like wedding guests as caterers. They were warm, friendly and charismatic. Yet they kept distance enough to not overstep the mark.The food was delicious and presented on boards and slates which raised the feeling from catered to crafted. We also asked the team to stock and man the bar, keep drinks cold and topped up and to present evening food prepared by a local takeaway. All the team performed these tasks with ease.All in all, the confidence Claire and her team gave us on our wedding day, allowed us to enjoy the day and not worry about a thing. That is priceless in its self.We recommend you go to Paul’s Kitchen, taste the food and talk to the team. Professional and caring. 100% what we wanted. Thank you so much!

Came here for brunch. Nice little restaurant with friendly staff. The service was good - the food served hot and seasoned well. The only thing that put me off slightly was that the toilet was up a narrow stairs and right by the food prep area

I visited on burger night and it was a really good quality burger with chips ! No complaints there! Was a bit awkward me and my mum were the only ones in there alone with the waiter but other then that it was brilliant !

Really enjoyed their steak night. Ok there's not much to the place, but the food was fine, the staff friendly and helpful, the price reasonable, all good for us. We will definitely go again.

Visited this place for my mums bday using a groupon voucher for gin and afternoon tea. All the cakes were shop brought which was disappointing and cut in half to be shared between two. On top of this the toilet area upstairs where you have to walk through the kitchen to get to it didn’t look very hygienic. The chef had his keys just plonked on the food prep area and the toilet needed a good clean! The only good thing was the service from the lady working in there and the gin. Definitely not worth the money for afternoon tea though. The downstairs decor is all for show and doesn’t match with the state of the upstairs area. If the place wants to improve then make sure the toilet and kitchen area is spotless! And then and only then start to make homemade cakes!

I purchased a groupon voucher for afternoon tea for 4 people at Paul's Kitchen, I had heard some amazing reviews about this place so was really looking forward to going.I arrived earlier than my 3 guests and was greeted by nobody, I think a delivery had arrived but it was lunchtime ! I saw a reserved table so sat down and waited, a few minutes later a guy came out and said nothing, I thought he will be over shortly, but no so I headed up to the counter and said I think this table is for me I have a reserved table for 4, he said no its not that table its the other one, however nobody was sitting at either so I said I will take this one - not so close to the door for my elderly parents etc.. Putting that to one side the food arrived quickly and was displayed nicely, plenty of choice and sandwiches were amazing really fresh and tasty. However we found an issue with the cream in the scones as it tasted funny almost like it has alcohol in. This disappointed us, but we continued. We asked for some more tea as we had one large pot between 4 people which only really gave 1.5 cups each and we wanted more, there was a comment as it to say you are only supposed to have one pot however the guy did get us one. Service was OK, but if I am honest he was on his own so trying to do everything and I just dont feel we had the attention we needed, e.g. no sugar on the table, asked for some, took ages to arrive etc.. We asked about the cream and were informed that he has probably given us brandy cream and he apologised for this, although not great, who has brandy cream with an afternoon tea - this was a real shame not enough attention to detail.Overall I expected more than this. The other people there had ordered some great food and it looked delicious when they were handing this out, so I would try it again for lunch, but would not recommend for afternoon tea as they need to have more service and more attention to detail in getting things right.

We had a voucher for afternoon tea and booked into this restaurant (the nearest for miles that would accept the voucher). When we got there, the restaurant was closed - a sign up on the door informed us so.We travelled home and rebooked later on that week. Apparently an electrical fault had forced closure.We had an email from Paul Day (I presume he is the Paul of the restaurant name) inviting us for a subsequent booking; he specifed date and time in his email. We accepted and reminded him that we were vegan.Upon arrival, the waiter knew nothing of our visit and told us that Paul was out supervising wedding breakfasts that day. It was clear that Paul had not put it in the book. The young man (waiter) was very kind and made all the right noises. He offered us free tea with a delicious vegan flapjack slice.We asked him if we could swap afternoon tea for lunch. He agreed and we chose an all-day breakfast option. It was ok but I was sad there were no mushrooms (as stated on menu) or baked beans (not stated on menu). There was also buttered spinach and an egg - not vegan. I could live with the egg but I am strictly no dairy (cancer sufferer) and I didn't realise the spinach was buttered till my husband pointed it out on the menu.Anyway, the waiter was delightful. The cafe owner remiss. The food average. We won't be going back, sorry.

If you visit when it’s quiet you’ll most likely be pleased. But today during breakfast with one very rude manager on duty and 4 tables he seemed unable to cope. A delay in service and the food was below par today. This place is just so hit and miss that I’ll just avoid it from now on. At least at The Grange or The Yews you’ll never be disappointed. Who wants to play Russian roulette when dining out!

Visited today with a friend for Lunch. Very enjoyable. Relaxed atmosphere, good food,lovely waitress. The place is absolutely spotlessly clean. The only thing I would say is the wine is a little expensive. Will definitely visit again.

Although we arrived just on 4pm ( closing of Sunday Menu ) the Chef willingly cooked us a roast Beef lunch which was the best we had ever eaten. The meat was tender and melted in your mouth and the roast potatoes and veg selection were delicious. A large pot of tea was all we needed to compliment this lunch. We can't comment on desserts as we were too full to eat one. Our first visit to this local restaurant - and it won't be our last. Two old Ducks !

My family and I visited Paul’s on a Tuesday night where they offer 2 for 1 burgers. Food was great and good value. Great wine and fantastic customer service from Roy. Have been back a few times and would highly recommend it!

Ok so we we not expecting the highest cuisine at this little place on the outskirts of Oadby We were pleasantly surprised at the menu. It caters not only for couples but families too. I ordered grilled chicken and the other half had fish. The food was cooked to order rather than heated up and my goodness it was a large servingAlthough from the road it looks like a small shop look closely and it has a lot of thought in the decor The TV was a bit of a distraction but otherwise I will certainly be going there again In summary the food was good hot and they even served my favourite cider

My wife and I went for breakfast,extensive menu with ever conceivable base touched.Very busy,better to book many people turned away.food was tast and fresh, I had scrambled egg with bacon and smoked salmon and my wife the mushrooms with smoked salmon ,delicious.Having looked at the Sunday lunch menu and lunch and nighttime menu will return.

I stopped off for brunch on my way to a meeting 2 hours drive from home. I was pleasantly surprised to discover Paul’s Kitchen where I enjoyed really good scrambled eggs on toasted bread so fresh the bread arrived from the baker while I was there. The portion was generous and, since I couldn’t eat it all, the friendly waitress boxed up the rest so I was able to enjoy it for lunch after my meeting. Highly recommend Paul’s for breakfast!

On our first visit to Paul's kitchen I booked a table for 6.30pm hoping to be fed and have the kids in bed by 8pm. Only one other dining table yet it took 45 minutes for our starters and kids meals to be served. Kids meal should not have hard skin on chips as they can't eat them. Beans were cold and cheap quality. Even the ketchup is cheap sauce that you would find on a burger van. The calamari is shop bought frozen and tasteless, I was expecting freshly cooked food. I had to ask if the paprika chicken was also shop bought as it was chewy, watery and tasteless. For mains the steak was tough and chewy on a medium rare request. Ice cream seemed like a supermarket own brand.All in all terrible food. For a 30 odd cover restaurant that was only half full the service is incredibly slow although the staff are polite and helpful.The toilet is dirty and accessed from the kitchen, bizarre! Very expensive for such a poor quality meal.I left my name and number for Paul to call me if he wishes to. Unless we are invited back for a complementary meal we certainly won't be returning. Unfortunately the table next to us had a similar disappointing first experience in this restaurant and also had to send back food and complain. What I thought would have been a bistro style fine dining experience end up being worse than 2 for £10 pub deal.

It's our place of choice when in Oadby for a drink or a meal , it's got a nice feel and the owner obviously has a great flair for what the customer desires and the staff are always friendly with great food whether it's breakfast lunch or dinner will be visiting again soon

We often visit the local bakery down the road from Paul’s kitchen for our lunch to takeaway but decided today to visit Paul’s kitchen and enjoy our lunch sat down and so glad we did sandwiches and jacket potatoes we had were great and fresh will definitely be returning

I booked a table for me and my wife for our monthly date night, never been before but will definetly be back, We had the anti pasto to share which was great, I had the espatada and the wife had the steak Rossini, both where amazing to look at and even tastier to eat, we didn’t have dessert as too full but did try the ‘Paul’s’ own coffee and bought a bag to take home as well Highly recommend

We went on the launch of there new menu and i can only say Wow, We went for my mums birthday with 6 of us and we can all say it was amazing and i wish we had discovered this place sooner as so many place around the area let themselves down but Pauls kitchen thank you

Heard mixes reports about Paul's Kitchen but thought we'd give it ago. Nice and cosey inside and the staff were very friendly and quick to offer menus and take drinks orders. We both ordered eggs Benedict. The eggs were over cooked, the single slice of ham was practically see through, the muffins were cold and there was a distinct lack of hollandaise. My wife and I were a bit surprised at just how bad it was. For what we paid it's fair to say the food was way below par.

Heard a lot about this place, didn't live up to expectations! Service was friendly but amateur...nothing stood out, and we went when it was quiet...which I did not expect at 1pm on Sunday afternoon! (Family of 4- 2 adults 2 teens) The roast dinner was a treat instead of having to cook one at home, to be honest it was a restful treat but I could have made a tastier roast dinner at home! Yorshire puddings were flat splats of oily tasting batter, Chicken was tastless, roast potatoes were nice and carrots simply boiled , cabbage was tasty. Dessert- Apple and Berry Crumble... again, nothing special... looks and tastes homemade, but nothing i couldn't do at home; not well presented either. Food needs to be tastier and better plate-presentation too!

A lovely ambience, a great selection of different, tasty Greek foods, brought to the tables throughout the evening, and friendly staff. We had a really enjoyable evening.

Certainly did not meet expectations! Sandwiches - four finger sandwiches on cheapwhite bread with hardly any filling; did not even full the bottom tier of the stand. Cakes delicious, but presentation was very poor. Certainly not worth £20.00 per person.

3 of us visited on Friday night and were the only people in the restaurant. The lady who served us was very friendly. The chairs, tables and particularly the floor were really dirty with the remains of previous diners food from the day time - surely it can be cleaned as it goes along - its not as though anybody else was there to distract the staff.My wife leaned her handbag against the front window / wall and it came away stained with blue - fortunately it did eventually come off.I asked for a sparkling water and was told there wasn't any so I pointed out the one remaining small bottle in their fridge and was given this - I asked if I could pop next door to the off licence to buy a further bottle for my mother was but was told that this would not be allowed - if you cannot stock the bar correctly and the customer is also buying a bottle of wine and other drinks and your policy is not to allow own bought drinks the lady could have nipped next door herself and bought one and charged me for it at her normal prices.My Shepherds Pie was just OK - very watery at the bottom and insipid looking but the cabbage with it was delightful. The other two had sausages and mash which was tasty but the sausages were very under done.The menu's were tatty pieces of paper printed at home with stains etc on them - when it would be cheap and easy just to laminate them if they could not be printed properly.Now the BIG issue. I went to the toilet - what a mistake! The toilet is adjacent to the open kitchen which was just filthy. Had I seen this before eating I would have left immediately. The toilet itself was not clean but I've seen worse - its just that to get to it you have to stand in the kitchen and when you see the state of this it makes you want to leave.I think that this restaurant is trying to be too many things - it serves breakfasts, take away sandwiches, snacks, afternoon tea, lunches and dinner - probably just trying to survive in a busy area but would probably benefit from having a specific identity and by cleaning the place occasionally!

Thank you to all of the staff at Paul’s Kitchen who catered for my Mum’s 60th birthday party this weekend. We chose the Traditional Buffet for 50 people and it was all delivered promptly and professionally. Nothing was too much trouble, you were able to alter part of the menu at short notice and the food was absolutely delicious. Would definitely recommend Paul’s Kitchen for your outside catering needs. Thanks again!!

Food was delish staff friendly not busy at all my freind and i were the only two on there. Must say the front windows were really dirty and the door to the upsairs was to. Let the place down a bit but i would go back

What a nice surprise it was at Paul’s Kitchen. Lovely option for the roast. I had the chicken chicken, comes with the full works. Chicken wasn’t dry, enough gravy veg and potatoes which were roasted to perfection. Price wise very reasonable for what they offer. The roast is a Tenner with the option for dessert (offer of £16). Living in London we are used to paying over £15 for just a roast so this was a nice surprise. Very reasonable, was quiet on Easter Sunday but a pleasant experience. We will definately return again. Highly recommended.

Went for a birthday celebration with family. Never been before. Had to wait absolutely ages to order food. But understood as only one waitress taking orders and serving the food as well so clearly very busy. The manager ...or im guessing it was him didnt interact at all which is unusual as he wasn't really doing much!!! The food wasnt good im afraid ...when it eventually came out. Items missing. Portions very small. The chips weren't good... I got 8 with my fish and chips!!! My husband had less with his steak. Asked for more bread and waited 15 minutes!!! All in all very disappointed expected much more . Not enough staff. My son and husbands beers were awful completely flat . They did complain and got replacements but were still flat.Yes I'm sure you will say we should have complained at the time ...obviously we did re beer but pointless complaining about food ..too many complaints im afraid.Such a shame. Seems some days are good bit we definatly got a really bad night. certainly need more staff and another chef to help the solo one !!

We only live down the road from Pauls kitchen and go very regularly and went last Saturday for dinner, even though they were very busy they managed to fit us in, I had the fillet steak and the wife had the cod which comes in a wooden box to eat in which I thought made an already good looking fish even more delightful, and both were cooked perfect for us, I had a couple of pint of Peroni and a Warner Edwards Gin and tonic from the very extensive Gin menu which tempted us into booking there Gin masterclass with Burleighs next month which we are both really looking forward to, so to sum up we would highly recommended to anybody looking for good quality honest food