Tesco Cafe in North Devon

Smell of bad fats on entry, very cramped and unpleasant seating area, unfriendly staff cuttlery not properly dry, food was awful. Avoid at all costs !

I went into Tesco extra cafe at about 2.15 pm today. Having been waiting for about ten minutes in a queue at the cafe counter waiting while the man behind the counter served a group of people with coffees cakes etc, I then ordered a meal only to be told that all cooked food was sold out, if this is the case why keep me waiting for ten minutes, when all they have to do is put a notice on the food board menu which is at the entrance of the cafe.

Food took 1 hour I was on a time limit and it was simple orders like a toastie and breakfast, they said it would take 15 minutes

It was just minutes after 5pm, their closing time and didn't we know it! cleaning staff standing and staring at us with angry face, spray and cloth in hand! Nice bit of intimidation to get us out! They shouldn't be treating paying customers like this.

Tesco's newly refurbished cafe is light, spacious and well designed. I was met with a huge smile and warm greeting by Heidi. I sat at a table not too far from the counter and all I could hear was Heidi's upbeat tempo as she greeted each customer with professionalism, courtesy and warmth. I feel Heidi is an asset to Tesco and should be recognised as such.

Once again, one person working and No hot food!!!! Pile of s*** This place is going downhill fast sadly

Staff have no consideration for customers, leave you standing at the till waiting to order while they clean tables, anything you ask seems to be too much and not very friendly in the slightest. Staff avoid eye contact with you and seem to have an attitude before you’ve even spoken to them. Food is average, nothing to rave about. Would avoid like the plague if ever in the area again, this cafe has really let tesco down!

Very sad to visit this cafe when clearly the staff have no regard for customers! Twenty past four we were told that we could only have a drink in a takeaway cup as they were closing( @5:00). Cake all covered over. As we were sat the table, the manager( poor description as he clearly had no management skills) hovered around with cleaning spray and cloth! Very poor service we won't be going here ever again. Shame as this was always a stop when shopping! Very rudely he told us," you get more coffee in a takeaway cup" when I questioned the reasoning for takeaway cup to justify it

It would be hard to find another cafe that had gone down hill so fast. New manager Chris completely useless and not a clue of what customers want, and seems like no desire to carry on the work of the previous manager who made it a very pleasant place to visit which had lovely staff. You go in now and the place is like as if it's closing down. Very rare to find someone behind the counter... someone comes eventually... if you're lucky.. on a good day.. No sandwiches available or anything on the counter, and will not do you a toasted sandwich 'if the breakfast menu is running'. One day we were told no fried eggs, but you can have scrambled. Ahhh it must be different eggs for fried then I reckon. But it turns out the griddle was knackered. No frying pan then chaps? About 50 feet away on the same floor you can buy a frying pan for next to nothing if you really wanted to keep customers happy. We did get scrambled egg though, and it would have been fine if you were making a rubber arena for horses. Had to visit the store today so being brave we've chanced it again.. no better though. Wait to be served. Place like a ghost town. Food not hot enough. Cheap crappy sausages. Generous on the butter though so I'll give you half a point! Bradley nice enough but the burning question is... WHERE ARE ALL THE FRIENDLY LADIES GONE??!! Given the push for this modern side the customer approach? Or legged it fast when they saw what a crap set up it was set to become? Whatever the reason, well done for ruining the great friendly atmosphere. You haven't got what it takes!!

After waiting 45 minutes for 2 sausage baps .Couldn’t wait any longer told the manager we would return next day for them.upon returning next day the manager (Chris) attitude was I will let you have the baps this time but will not let it happen again.Even though we had the reciept.This man tried to show us up in front of other customers He lacks public relations and needs a lesson in manners. we asked for our money back.Which he refunded.After this we walked out. We use to be regular customers there and spent in excess of £15.00 per visit but will not be going again. Sad person

Very poor service from the manager Chris, very rude argumentative for a poor service which he denied. Confronting us in front of other customers and colleagues. The ladies working behind the counter were very helpful in assisting us with our issue. Won't be visiting again, rude rude man who needs to learn GOOD customer service skills, even more so in a managerial position.

After waiting 40 to 45 minutes for our food to arrive,when we asked where it was ,a member of staff found order had not even been handed in,this was the service from the so called manager,ladies behind counter were very apologetic and refunded my money,On leaving manger was clearing tables asked if we enjoyed food to which I replied would have been nice if we had received it to which he started to argue about it,I had to walk away to avoid any further upset,,he’s behaviour was disgusting we shall not be returning

Absolutely shocked with the level of service I received tonight from a lady called Helen with Grey hair working at Barnstaple Tesco extra store. When placing my things on the conveyer belt she didn’t even acknowledge me and say hello, or try and engage in a friendly conversation or any small talk, she was chatting to her colleague behind her and acting as if I wasn’t even there. On top of that she was super slow to the point I had to grab things out of her hand and she even stopped scanning at one point to continue to chat the guy behind her!! She Didn’t ask if I needed any bags or if I had a club card and didn’t tell me how much my shopping was either. How she managed to get the job I don’t know?! I’m not surprised there’s angry shoppers about, receiving sh**ty service like that is enough to put anyone in a bad mood. I’ve met children friendlier than her. Sort it out. Give her some customer service training and teach her some manners.

Definitely the cleanest supermarket cafe I've visited ...including the trays. When I popped in there wasn't a queue but the wait was long as there was only 2 members of staff which was very very odd, because logically if one is serving and one is cooking of course there's no-one to wash tables, collect and clear the dirty cutlery, wash and dry - in the time of COVID and at LUNCH TIME which of course would be one of the busiest time of the day. That being said the wait was worth it and the ladies that were working was absolutely delightful , friendly, and served everyone with a smile. Would I recommend? yes absolutely even with the ridiculous wait time :-)

Used this store and cafe most days during our four day stay in Barnstaple. Covid precautions in place and well laid out. However on one visit we were sat waiting for our breakfast when one couple walked in the wrong way and sat down at a table for four. The couple were rightly asked to move to a table for two of which there were plenty available. At this point the man got a bit agitated and loud clearly causing a scene with the lovely waitress. The cafe supervisor then came out to tell the man to calm down and not to be rude to the staff member. The couple then left. I was impressed with how they handled the situation. There is always one. Oh and the food was good at a good price

My grand daughter and myself had the misfortune to call in for an all day breakfast and now realise that the main reason it is called an all day breakfast is because that is how long you have to wait before you get it!..The Cafe wasn't busy and we found ourselves waiting for 3/4 of an hour for our two breakfasts, we were lucky an older couple waited an hour and 10 minuets for their meals... once we finally recieved our breakfast it was early afternoon and it truely wasn't worth the wait, the egg was over cooked and the fried bread had enough oil in it to fry another 2 slices, it was quite liturally dripping ... it was appalling, quite honestly the most inedible dissapointing breakfast ever

Visited here for a quick after school dinner with my two kids. For starters they had hardy any of the food on the menu. We went through 4/5 items before they finally had something. I paid and we sat and waited, only to be told they didn’t have what my son wanted. We were told it was a busy lunchtime so they had run out of stock (why?). Food arrived and the portion were tiny. The adult macaroni and cheese was probably about two table spoons worth of pasta, children’s food tiny portions too. Overall I wouldn’t come back in a hurry, which is a shame!

Did a bit a shopping on wAy into Barnstaple enjoyed lovely coffee and cake , my husband enjoyed small breakfast , very clean stirs and we bought some lovely flowers for the relative that we were visiting. The whole store including cafe was very clean and easy to walk around , cafe very hygienic and staff friendly.

Visited for morning coffee. Service was a bit slow, but delivered well. Restaurant was clean. Drinks were nice.

We often stay in the Premier inn at Baram gate and think that the breakfasts there are over priced - Continental breakfast is £7.95 and all my wife wanted was a slice of toast! Full English is a couple of pounds dearer, but the food is pre-cooked and kept in bain maries. So over the road to the large Tesco store café is our preferred option, where you order your choice and it is cook for you there and then and brought to your table. No more rubbery fried eggs and a few quid cheaper too

Gone here for some lunch and waited around 40-50 minutes for a burger and chips. The food was okay but not sure I would go again because of the waits.

Me and a few others went to get breakfast before we went to Exeter for the day. We had to wait 20 mins in total but we had to wait to pay for our food 10 minutes after it had been served. While we where ordering our hot food the cashier let 5 other people go in front of us. When we finally paid our food was cold. The only person that look liked they knew what they where doing was a lady and she seemed like it was her first day. This experience was an absolute joke. Not happy.

This cafe has had a revamp and it’s very nice, great choice of food and drink at a reasonable price. And the food was delicious. Recommended

This cafe a typical in-store cafe. The difference with this one is that the food is excellent. We had a very good lunch with generous portions.

Tables messy and unclean. Service far too long as only 1 guy working taking orders and making the coffee ! So big queues . As I had my grandson who was desperate for lunch I would not have waited. Won't be rushing back.

Lovely breakfast helpful staff reasonably priced clean tables plenty of room .plenty of it good facilities

Convenient free parking, quick service and basic cheap lunch with a coffee, Wi-Fi available. Worth asking and talking to staff if you not sure or want something specific. Been a few times now, for the money not disappointed.

We had a childs jacket potato which was as dry as than a potato off the shelf!

Here’s a shout out to the Cafe at Tesco on Rose Lane Barnstaple. It’s the first time I’ve seen it in its new livery. Ordered the Cod and Chips and I was quite surprised by the presentation. Not the run of the mill supermarket cafe style. Crispy batter, a bit watery fish, great chips. All in all, pretty good.

Like a previous review-this is for the Rose Lane, Tesco-but not recognised!

This review is for the manager of Tesco café rose lane NOT station rd as trip advisor does not recognise this one on the map.

Wow, no comments. Been several times before (when it was costa) and never had anything to complain. However, I went back, twice, and now it's not costa. And let me tell you, I waited the second time to write this review to see if it...

Bien. . . . . . . . Costa ha desaparecido! ! Regresaremos a tesco personal nuevo. El rollo de bacon estaba bien. Un montón de tocino, pero no muy caliente.

Fuimos allí para el desayuno, abundante, se sirve muy caliente y no me puedo quejar del servicio, que era muy bueno.

Me gusta mucho este lugar, pero no estoy seguro de qué esperar. Es Costa? Si es Café es una broma. La falta de ser precisa y la leche es casi siempre quemado por lo tanto café sabor amargo y débiles. Siempre pido temperatura comida para bebés leche siempre es buena, los precios son muy razonables y el personal es muy amable.

Un salto, ni un poco de compras comprar 2 lattes ir, ¿¿la maldita café? Mira plz dar sirve leche caliente y café - menos bebidas completamente mierda en la comida y la bebida.

Was not too bad. The eggs were cooked freshly but the rest had sat on the hot plate for some time. Coffee took ages because it's Costa.

Stopped here to get breakfast on our way home after a break. Friendly café manageress and a very big breakfast!

Great food, reasonably priced and friendly staff. Would recommend.We were staying at the Premier Inn across the road and decided to visit here after a poor experience at the hotel's Barum Gate restaurant the day before.

No organisation, stroppy and/or untrained staff, dirty tables and cold tasteless breakfast. Really poor show Tescos not even the basics done right. Would avoid.

My wife and I have had excellent breakfasts for the last 2 days. Great service from a bubbly and customer focussed lass (Aussie?) on the servery.

Just a quick review, stopped here a few weeks back as was early for our train and we had an 8 piece brekkie for £3.99 both me and my partner really enjoyed it.

Staying at nearby Premier Inn but decided to have breakfast at Tesco. Food served from the counter, assistant had to put mine and my friends to one side while the eggs were fried. She should have waited for eggs to be done before serving up the food. Told us she would bring it over to our table when the eggs were done. Paid for it, got cup of tea and sat down. Breakfast came straight after, it looked ok, but it was cold! Also noticed that assistant serving up the food was also on the till, is this hygienic, handling money and serving food and leaving food on plates on counter while waiting for the eggs to be done? Very disappointed.Wish we had gone to the Premier Inn!

I can't understand when people go to a supermarket for breakfast, and expect amazing quality? I expect an average, breakfast, more than likely serviced from food waiting on a hot plate- which is exactly what you get.mif you don't want that, I suggest eating elsewhere. If you want a rasonably priced,reasonable quality breakfast, then I have not been disappointed with this.The addition of a costa coffee makes it that little better, but I will return as it is easy, cheap food which is great if you don't have time

The all day breakfast which the staff didn't want to serve. When asked for the all day breakfast, the old lady who was serving me huffed and puffed and said there's nothing cooked and I said I thought it was all day breakfast? And she replied well your the last that they going to cook for the day. No need for the attitude woman! My then 6 year old daughter ended up with a bowl of coco pops as we was waiting so long.. And surprise surprise no milk was given to us for the coco pops.. And insult to injury no drink with the cooked breakfast.. As I paid £5 odd for. Never again.

Was pleasantly surprised with the choice and the eggs cooked to order. The food was hot and the staff friendly. It made a very pleasant break in the shopping in this big store.

Went to Tesco cafe for a cheap n cheerful meal with my teens. It was about 1.45 and there were very few people in there. There didn't seem to be any sort of menu, but my son saw a sign for an all day breakfast. The server told us that it would be about 20 minutes (no idea why as all the breakfast items were in front of us on a hot plate). We decided we'd ask the server what else was available when she'd finished making a bacon sandwich (I could have done a full English for a whole family in the time it took her to do this). Unfortunately she took so long that we'd lost the will to live - luckily a helpful lady in the queue pointed us in the direction of St Johns Garden Centre which was delicious with good service. Don't know why Tesco bothered keeping this cafe open when no one actually wanted to serve us any food.

I have visited 3 times for the All Day Breakfast only to be told they don't have it. So is an "all day breakfast" available all day or is it a "sometimes we have it all day breakfast" or even a "I can't be bothered to serve breakfast all day breakfast". Why do I go back? Because I'm daft and I'm determined to get an All Day Breakfast sometime, anytime of the day.

We came to this café to avoid the Premier inn across the road. The kids got toast and eatings for aGood price.I was desperately in search of some fibre. Bran,muesli or fibre based cereal. Alas all I had to choose from was cornflakes or coco pops.My colon has to be content with Rice Krispies.

If u want a FRESH breakfast, think again the food quality is POOR, not getting better or worse COFFEE IS NOT FRESH...Plus this cafe uses tesco products and sell it at a higher price and YOU eat it? I bought a few bits yogurt, apple and i forgot what else from Tesco n went home. The cafe has nowt to do with Tesco!

Food is the same, not getting better or worse why do u want food poisioning, food left all day going dry as i don't know what, they "claim" it to be fresh, the coffee re-heated over and over YUCK!!!

They use Cheap food. Not cooked well. The both off us was sick after eating there and felt vary ill. Avoid at all costs.

If the Station Cafe turns out to be closed for some reason, then Tesco's across the road's a good alternative. Decent coffee, tea, buns, cakes, snacks, etc, friendly staff, comfortable seating and not expensive. Buses for Bideford leave from just outside.

Most meals are left under the heat all day long and not cooked from fresh upon visiting you hnave to mad to eat here buying tesco's own products in a cafe and charged more to eat tesco foods cooked and served

Visited here with a family of four. The food was reasonably priced, and was hot and tasty. However the service is quite slow, as they make the coffee for people and don't continue to serve the rest. The seating is also an issue, as there is not enough to cater for the demand. If you can find a table then I would recommend!

Although it is listed as Tesco Cafe,Station Road it is in fact Rose Road also known as the 'old Tesco'. We often pop in while shopping and they have a nice selection of meals and reasonably priced.Today they had a deal on fish,chips and peas two for a tenner and it was great value with a large piece of cod with great batter.The staff are very pleasant and you do not have to wait long.

Always bright and clean, and the staff really helpful and kind especially to my two young daughters.

I poped into here on my own for a quick cuppa lovely staff lovely atmosphere will call again that's for sure only thing is the chairs are hard

A great place to stop for a coffee, mainly because the staff are so friendly and helpful. They always offer to help if i have my hands full with my little one and are chatty and friendly.

Much prefer to visit Tesco's for my Costa coffee now than struggling up the highstreet and battling with others for a table in Costa Coffee. No problem with parking , never seems to be too busy and the coffee and cakes are just the same as in the highstreet cafe. Much less stressful all round.