Rural Catering Centre in Melton

Great place, but doesn't open every day during summer holidays. Make sure to book so you know it's open!

Birchwood Vale Community Cafe is run each Monday - term time - at the Rural Catering Centre by the students of Birchwood Vale School. Now a regular retreat for myself, family and friends! Great prices, beautiful cakes and really lovely freshly made salads and sandwiches. The students are great and greet you with the hugest smiles and go out of their way to make your visit an enjoyable one. Would definitely recommend.

Great 3 course meal with excellent service

Last month the RCC hosted our Annual Awards Evening. It was a brilliant night. The staff could not have been more accommodating and supportive in the lead up to and while planning the event. On the night the whole thing ran like clockwork. The food was delicious and beautifully presented. The serving staff were accommodating and a great night was had by all. Can’t recommend highly enough if you are looking for a venue for an event or just fancy a lovely lunch.

Lovely meal today at a very good price . Will certainly go back 😆

Lovely place to visit for romantic lunch.

Quality, locally sourced food at amazing prices. Only £10 for a 3 course meal including coffee or tea.

Arrived at restaurant at mid day - Finished three course meal at 14.50pm. The service was really slow and totally disorganised. There was a limited choice on the menu but the food - when it arrived was good. Coffee and tee arrived but no milk or teaspoons. We had to ask for all of these items. The staff did appologise for the delays in serving the meals and reduced the final bill which was for a group of fourteen people. Will not be visiting again - very disappointing. More supervision required from senior staff. !

AMAZING! Wouldnt change my experience there for anything else. Hoping to go back there very soon for another gorgeous meal! 😍😋😋😋😋🥰

We had a very nice 3 course meal for £10 each . super value.

This is a catering college were students are trained My friend and I have paid 3 visits the food is excellent the staff are trained to a very high standard it is like going to eat in a high class restaurant you need book to booka table

We have just held a meal for our organisation at the Rural Catering Centre. The menu and quality of food were excellent with an appetiser, starter, salad, main course, sweet and coffee. I particularly enjoyed the mackerel and the pork was cooked to perfection. The students and staff made us most welcome and provided a high standard of service. We shall be returning!

Very nice meal and very good service

We tried to book for Christmas lunch last year but it was fully booked, which says a lot in my book! We were successful this year and what a treat it was.. The restaurant was clean, festive and very welcoming,as were the staff. We were shown to our table by a very courteous young man who pulled the chairs out for us and placed a napkin on our knees, offered us the drinks menu and recommended an alacaholic or non alcoholic cocktail to go with our lunch. A lovely thought which proved to be a lovely accompaniment to our meal.. Our waitress brought us ice cold water, delicious appetisers and fresh baked warm rolls, followed by either soup or terrine, both of which were superbly presented and very tasty. The main course of turkey with “all the traditional trimmings”, was hot, well cooked and delicious and went down a treat. To finish we had Black Forest trifle and Christmas pudding.. The waiters and waitresses were friendly, efficient and attentive without being obtrusive throughout our meal. All in all, a very pleasant start to our Christmas Lunch Season! We sincerely hope that all the catering “students” pass their exams with flying colours. Well done all of you.. Josephine and Brian

Four of us went last week, the food was excellent, great value for money and the staff were very good! I have just booked for us to go again. Just a note to say that the oil paintings which are for sale are beautiful!

Brilliant food brilliant service

Great visit with year 10 Catering students. Fantastic setup where students studying hospitality and catering cook and serve the food to the general public. They do all the welcoming and serving. We were served mocktail and bread rolls then roast chicken, potato, carrot, parsnip and gravy and then Apple crumble and custard. Though the chocolate dessert looked wonderful. We were then given a tour of the facilities and the students were told how the course would be run. Thoroughly enjoyed by all. Open on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday lunchtime 11:30-14:00 walk in and Thursday evening booking only. Very reasonably priced. :-):-)

We had a three course lunch today and everything was delicious. The waiting staff were excellent, all of them being students at the college. They were very professional and we had a very pleasant experience overall. The complimentary bread at the start was the best bread I have tried in years, I wish they sold it to take away! We will certainly return and I have already recommend the restaurant to several friends. The value for money is brilliant too, so I can very highly recommend this restaurant.

Myself and my friends have now had dinner here a few times and it is always a great evening. The staff are polite and attentive. The food is high end and beautifully presented. It is great value for money. I would highly recommend that you visit this restaurant at least once. We will definitely be booking again soon.

Top class food by any standard let alone the fact that they are all in training. Stop by and fill up with amazing value grub from award winning students.

3rd time here, this place really has the edge. We have visited many catering colleges and this is by far the best. For £18.95 you get an apitizer which today was carrot soup, a starter, intermediate (usually fish), main, pudding, coffee and petit fours. Some of these colleges have got too big for their boots and have started limiting the food so you leave hungry, not here! We travel for nearly an hour to get here and it's worth it. Keep up the good work and see you all next academic year!

Good food and good service. My friend and myself enjoyed our meals.

took a group of over 20 people there a week ago and everyone said the meals were delicious and the service was very friendly and efficient. The room was cozy and yet spacious and light with plenty of space between tables. The decor is modern with lots of interesting paintings on the walls, mostly of assorted animals as befits the association with Brooksby. We all enjoyed the experience and will certainly be visiting the restaurant again.

I emailed ahead to say that I was vegan and if they could cater for me then that would be helpful. It was fantastic. Carrot soup to start which was the normal starter but mine was without the cream. A wonderful stirfry with aubergine and onion with brown rice for mains which was based on the duck one on the menu. Followed by a caramelised orange, roasted fig, mango and blackcurrant pudding which was outstanding. Two of my friends also chose to have it. My friends' food was equally good and we all said that it was the best meal we'd had in the town for quite a while. The service was professional, courteous, respectful and keen to help. The room itself was welcoming and was about three-quarters full. There is an area between the reception and the dining room with sofas for visitors to sit and have coffee. Overall a very enjoyable lunch with friends.

Yesterday my friend and I enjoyed a delicious meal at this restaurant. The service was very good and the students have exceptional manners. Thank you.

Made a visit on 18th November to organise a group visit asked if could have a table for two I was given one I asked if i needed to book this is advisable .l ordered the trout and my friend ordered the pasta the both meals were exellent the staff were very good I will be using the restaurant again and recommend it to my friends

So I had a smashing lunch. Good food and charming service. It's a training restaurant and the students are clearly on their ways to success. It's also a pleasant room with lovely pictures on the wall. I'll be back for dinner soon.