Robinsons Cafe / General Store in Halton - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Food is great and really excellent service. Staff can't do enough to help. Stood outside waiting this afternoon and it started to rain- staff member brought an umbrella out for us. Food is quick to arrive and really nice.

Perfect place for a family brunch on a one day stopover enroute from London to Scotland. Best hashbrowns ever!! The rest of the food was not bad either (pastries were a bit soggy), service fairly prompt and the music not too obtrusive.

Brilliant place to grab breakfast while visiting York. Food was top-tier and the staff extremely friendly. Great atmosphere and location. I challenge you to find a better freshly-squeezed orange juice anywhere in York.Just had the best breakfast experience! The food was incredible, some of the tastiest I've had in a while. And the staff were so welcoming and friendly, really made me feel comfortable. The fresh orange juice was the perfect touch, so refreshing! Can't wait to go back and try more of the menu. Highly recommend this place to anyone looking for a great breakfast spot!

Always great! Fabulous breakfast!

One of the best places to eat in York.

Enjoyed a lovely brunch on a day out in York. Waited around 10 minutes for a table inside. The staff were very friendly and welcoming. We had the black pudding hash and the Mexican eggs and both were delicious. Would also recommend the hash brown and halloumi sides. One of the best place for brunch we have visited recently would definitely recommend.

100/10 would highly recommend. Staff were lovely, was seated quickly even though it was so busy, food was out very quick and was absolutely delicious! Will definitely be back!

As always tasty. One of the best cafes that serves breakfast in York. Fresh-made food. I love this place. There are some days when is raining ☔️ I love to sit next to the window, playing beautiful music, relaxing 😌. Always busy service and not long waiting time, as a teacher of culinary skills and chef I have a big pleasure to have breakfast at “Robinsons”. It was hard to find a place which I could like because I worked for more than 15 years in hospitality services. But “Robinsons” “made my stomach” to be in love.

There was a bit of a wait, which I put down to the fact that we were a larger group. It started raining, and the waitress offered us umbrellas, which we found very thoughtful. As soon as we were seated menus were brought over, orders were taken, and it wasn't long before we were eating. The waitresses were very attentive and catered to us and the baby we had with us ( they have high chairs for the little ones). Food portions were larger than we had anticipated, so our eyes were bigger than our stomach 😆. 10/10 and it was definitely worth the drive from Sheffield.

As we were staying in a house just around the corner from here we decided to come for breakfast. Boy, what a good decision! We had to wait 10 mins for a table as there were 7 of us but it was worth it. The food is absolutely delicious, with an interesting menu and everything is homemade. All the staff were attentive, kind and friendly, and the service was very quick. I can't think of one thing to fault and we enjoyed it so much we went back the following morning so we could all try something different from the menu. Don't hesitate, eat there!

Lovely Cafe with great servers but let down by the food today. The pancakes while they looked great were not good and had not been made freshly (they were dry and the bottom of each pancake cut for reheating). What should have been maple butter was normal butter. Bit disappointed due to other high ratings.

Had a lovely breakfast and staff very efficient

My sister and I came here for a lunch about a month ago and I'm so glad that we did. We ordered smashed avo toast and a small stack of pancakes. Both dishes were so yummy. Plus we both ordered tea. The staff here were kind enough to seat us and take our order even though the kitchen was closing in 30 minutes. I recommend this place and look forward to coming back here.

Fabulous food, sat at the bar with comfy bar stools. Little bit of a queue but well worth it.

amazing customer service and good food

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Great breakfast and halloumi fries

Finally got around to trying this coffee shop (been a York resident for years and then it got popular so was abit put off by queues!). I must say it was worth the wait - despite the busyness food still came relatively prompt and the staff were friendly and attentive - the drinks and coffee was a lovely blend and done well and the food was delectable. The pancakes were fluffy and filling. The caramel ones offering toppings on each layers - a much needed thought that just being on the top to ensure there’s enough toppings while the bacon ones came with a pot of extra maple syrup to cater to one’s preferences. The Turkish eggs were also flavoursome and done well. 5/5 would recommend

A great place with great staff and delicious food. Despite a little queue, we were greeted almost immediately, and we were given an umbrella for the sun. Later, waitresses were really nice and attentive. We were happy with breakfast options, and food and serving turned out to be amazing. Highly recommend this place if you visit York.

First visit and although the wait was slightly off putting the staff were lovely and so was the food We thought we might be rushed because of the queue but that wasn't the case at all we will definitely return

Staff are very welcoming, all dishes were great 👍🏻

Finally try this popular spot as we didn’t want to wait long in the queue. The food is absolutely stunning and we loved it so much. But what’s even better is their service despite it being so busy. My dad lightly commented on the coffee being a bit weak, they immediately taken it out of the bill. We really appreciate the gesture.

Best food out I’ve had in ages - fair prices, amazing food, great service! We shared the bread a jam, a side of poached eggs, hash browns, and the banana pancake stack - it was like having brunch tapas! Amazing 🙌

Really nice little cafe in York city centre. Staff were all friendly and the pancakes were perfection. Service was fast too. Definitely would recommend coming for breakfast or lunch!

Great food and lovely friendly staff. Coffee is very good too.

Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs. Lovely

We had a fantastic brunch at this cafe! The highlight for me was the truffle mushroom toast—it was absolutely amazing. The portions were very generous; we ordered three dishes for two adults and two children, and it was more than enough, we even took some home with us. The matcha on oat milk was nice, and all the food was incredibly tasty. The service was excellent, and the atmosphere was great. Highly recommend this place

Went at 9am, was able to get a seat outside with our dog 😊 Food was amazing! Staff are friendly as well!

Very nice food,good portion sizes, great quality, 👍

Food was great and the staff amazingly friendly. Had to sit outside as we had a dog. Bought us blankets as there was a chill in the air. Liked the fact that the coffee was hot and it arrived promptly at the same time as the food.

Stopped and had lunch. The food was brilliant, drinks were proper tea (not tea bags) in posh pots. Staff helpful and friendly.

An exceptional brunch place. Really good food and drinks but especially fantastic staff. I spent an hour sitting at the bar watching how everyone handled a very busy Sunday morning and it was a picture of calm. What must be very challenging appears effortless, and all with a smile. Highly recommend.

Outstanding breakfast, polite welcoming staff. Recommend.

Really lovely cafe!! Very busy and a queue out the door, but no one was waiting long! Despite the busyness, staff were calm and efficient, and still made time to chat with us and have a laugh. Thank you so much for the great service and delicious food! We will definitely be coming back!

We've been to Robinsons many times and it never disappoints! They have plenty of vegan options for me which are always delicious! The staff are lovely, attentive and helpful, and it's located on the award-winning Bishy Road too so what's not to like?

So so good, worth the hype. Superb croque madam

A wet walk in the rain up here with my fiancée, which was well worth it. Croque madam and salted caramel pancakes were elite. Service was nice and friendly. Food came out quickly and the coffees where also nice. Recommend.

Over rated over priced. Simple bacon roll bread was like a house brick , ketchup cheap and vinegary bacon was nothin special.

Very best food I have had in England so far. Excellent choices and quality, service was very friendly.

The best scrambled eggs I've ever had!!!

Stopped here for coffee and brunch on Monday. The coffee was so weak, transparent and tasteless that we avoided ordering anything else. Can't imagine why there was a queue outside this place at the weekend.

It has a lovely, unique breakfast, incredible taste and generous portions and friendly staff

Service by staff was excellent. They were super busy, but they made sure everyone was seen to and managed to get the queue down quickly. Even though they were busy, they were all really friendly! The food was fantastic. Really good portions and so much to choose from! 😊

Looked lovely inside with a cozy atmosphere and super friendly staff. The food while really nicely presented was a bit disappointing for the price. The scrambled eggs were soggy, runny and undercooked which really let it down. Maybe I just got unlucky so would try again

I've been to Robinson's twice and the service is always great and the staff are really friendly. The food isn't bad by any stretch but some of the things on the menu feel like a bunch of nice ingredients thrown together rather than a coherent dish. Both times I've been I've ordered some of the more unusual things on the menu and both times I've ended up with a confused and slightly weird tasting brunch. Everyone else enjoyed their food though and the ingredients are good quality. I'll just stick to the more traditional menu options in future.

The dishes and tea are all very tasty. Very much like the hash brown balls.

Perfect spot for breakfast/brunch. Excellent service. Great food.

Had the pancakes with bacon and the Bombay potatoes which were both delicious! One of my favourite places to have brunch in York, plus the service is fast and friendly

A lovely little indie caff in York with several vegan options on the menu.

Ordered 2 Americano's £3-30 each ( approx ),nice coffee but only was a small cup ,which was expensive. Very pleasant staff.

Can't speak highly enough of this place, 15 min wait but very much worth it, the food was delicious, had a beautiful cup of lemon and ginger tea, scrambled egg on sourdough. Very good 👍🏻

I had the Turkish breakfast and a Turmeric latte both were outstanding. As was the service, deformity had me wanting to come back.

Wow what a place this is! No wonder it has a massive queue. But let me tell you - it’s worth the wait. We had a Madame croque - and it was better than any other one I’ve had in Paris. The service was lightning quick, the waitress was kind and outgoing. Don’t walk past this place - it’s definitely worth it.

Very quick turnaround for food, lovely meals, service could have been a bit better (forgot a drink and to bring bill) but lovely place and will return!

Great find for breakfast during our trip to York. There was a queue which moved quickly and they got us seated after a short wait. Loved the fact that the waitress brought us water to the table on seating us and swiftly took our order for food and drinks. The food was lovely. I had a bacon on ciabatta roll with a flat white coffee and my husband had the scrambled eggs on sourdough toast with a pot of tea. 5 star food and drinks. Would definitely return when I’m York again.

Best pancakes I’ve ever had in my 21 years of existence! Gr8 service! Even brought me water on the table as I sat down. Lovely staff. Would highly recommend!

Very very good. Had to wait outside whilst a table became free. Delicious food! Thoroughly recommend!

Really cute , friendly , lively cafe just outside the York city walls, on a lovely street, a lovely variety of food in which I struggled to choose, good vegetarian options as well. I chose the corn fritters and they were delicious, spicy, full of flavour, great place, highly recommend

The only place for breakfast, this was by far the best breakfast I've had in a long time. You can tell the attention to detail pays off by how busy it is

A short queue before the cafe opens, creamy mushroom is highly recommended

What a brilliant place for breakfast. I had porridge, which was fabulous!

Expect 20-30mins queue during weekend before got a table. Great food.

Food is nice. Coffee is bad. Please support local bean roasters because otherwise coffee beans are always burnt and give off a bad taste no matter who you get it from, unless they're roasted in small batches the coffee is bad.

Such a unique and homey cafe! The staff were very friendly and attentive! Long queue in the freezing weather but worth it! The food was delicious as expected definitely recommend the creamy mushroom! Recommend if you’re visiting York!

Delicious food, friendly helpful staff in a gorgeous, comfy cafe. They also catered really well for gluten free food (I am coeliac) and for my daughter who has a nut allergy. Highly recommend!

Loved it. The eggs on toast was wonderful. Being from the US, we got our hash brown fix along with it.

Lovely little cafe, staff were very friendly and the food and drinks arrived quickly. Food was delicious, great portion sizes and fresh :) Bit of a queue to get in but was a Sunday near Christmas so to be expected !

Asked to wait outside despite no queue, tables clearing, pouring rain and having a babe in arms. A little compassion would go a long way

One of the best breakfast I had in a while! We had to queue for 15 mins and got a nice table at the bar. Also some great coffee. Would recommend

Great service, prompt service from staff, amazing food, coffee was fantastic.

Great place, really enjoyed it. My girlfriend loved her bacon sandwich. We will return

I enjoyed my breakfast, my friends found their steak and eggs ok. Our wait wasn't too long, as a three we sat at the window bar on high stools. We weren't asked if it was OK to sit there first, we have preferred a table but hey, the wait would have been longer.

Good cafe. Busy nearly every time we've passed, but today we saw a vacant table outside. I had the potato, black pudding and smoky bacon hash, it was really tasty and a good portion. Also had a good flat white coffee. Great staff, friendly and efficient. We look forward to our next visit.

Just look at those pancakes! Absolute 10/10. This place is a gem, service was quick and staff all very friendly. Some of the best pancakes I have ever had

There was a queue to get in at 8:30 am on a Monday and, after we ate there, we understood why. My breakfast - streaky smoked bacon, black pudding and potatoes topped with poached eggs -- was delicious in an unforgettable stick-to-the-ribs way. And the service was efficient and friendly. No wonder it's a neighbourhood institution!

Brilliant brunch. Everything about this place is excellent. The baby loves the hash browns

Really nice food, especially the haxby bakehouse bread. No wifi which was frustrating as I didn’t have good signal indoors and I could see all the surrounding cafes had wifi..

The food is always amazing! I go there anytime I visit York 😊

It's worth the queue! Food is always great and service is efficient. Definitely one of my favourite places in York.

One of the best branches I have had in the UK. Totally worth visiting and the waiting que.

One of the best breakfasts in Yorkshire if not the best! Can’t fault staff or location either.

I really enjoyed breakfast at Robinson's. I had green tea and the avocado on toast. It was amazing. Huge portion of avocado and the tomatoes on top was a nice touch. It gets very busy here so expect to queue for a bit to get a table. There's lots on the menu. Others in our group had the pancakes and all looked great. Pretty little cafe, very good staff and clear toilets.

Smoked salmon, scrambled egg & sourdough. Very nice.

First visit to Robinson's! Settled for the Turkish eggs, the eggs were perfect and the sourdough bread was lovely. A really nice warming spice to the dish as well washed down with a good blend of their coffee ! Great spot, will be back!

How often do you have to queue to get in a cafe tells you alot the food was excellent best porridge I have ever had the black pudding hash even better not cheap but don't mind paying for quality food.

I’ve driven or walked past Robinson’s most days over the last 3 years and seen the queues, day in day out (except Wednesday as they are closed) Can somewhere be this good to make people want to wait, rain or shine? I was so intrigued that I was willing to queue, although I did tell my wife that if we arrived and there was a queue, we’d just go somewhere else. Fortunately no queue however we still queued alone as the restaurant was full. Stupid me. As with most trendy (and not so) places in York, staff are aloof. The lady that came out to give us our menus, presumably to speed things up, didn’t mention how long we could possibly be waiting for a table. After 15 minutes, my wife had to ask the question. I’ll cut to the chase, we had all of 2 bacon rolls (hard to get wrong) Steak and eggs (they got this wrong - gristly steak and have my doubts wether it was actually sirloin, smoked salmon and scrambled eggs (very good) and a side of hash browns (ball shaped and very good) Coffee was outstanding so the only thing that wasn’t great was the steak. Service was just okay, ambiance was good and had a nice vibe. I’d go again but just wouldn’t order the steak.

The plaudits for this superb bistro are fully warranted

Great choices and deliciously prepared.

We came here for my friend's birthday breakfast and it did not disappoint. Everything on the menu looked so nice it was hard to choose what to go for. The food came quickly and was delicious. I cannot wait to come back to try more of the options available.

Excellent brunch, coffees and service, really liked it 😃

The Turkish eggs were delicious. Fab, fast and friendly service. Will deffinatley be back.

We got there to find a long queue waiting to be seated 😟. We were waiting in the queue discussing whether to go and find another place to eat as we were told the approximate waiting time was 1/2 hour. The kind lady in front of us said it's worth the wait, so we stayed. Boy was she right, the food is amazing😋😁!

Wonderful Ist time, served by brilliant staff great food, no pressure, will def go again, the young blonde girl who took our order was first class, a great atmosphere so friendly, very clean

Very busy, queue before opening time. Great service.

I'd heard lots about these Pancakes and they didn't disappoint!! Have also had the Mexican Eggs on a previous visit which was also amazing!

All were amazing, thanks so much

One of our favourite brunch spots. The halloumi fries and hash browns were to die for. It's definitely worth the wait if there's a queue.

Banana and Carmel pancake is amazing

Delicious food, drink. Friendly, efficient service.

Absolutely lovely breakfast when we was there, it's that poplar they are queuing up outside while the place inside is full, would recommend this place.