The Little Roodee Cafe in Cheshire West and Chester

Very friendly and helpful staff who were happy to make us what we wanted. We also noted that the cafe has a Changing Places Toilet too. Brilliant that it has this inclusive facility....

This little cafe is lovely. We popped in after arriving in Chester for a couple of nights for my little boys first birthday and we needed to grab some lunch before our boat trip. The prices were really reasonable, we got lunch for three of us including drinks, a slice of gorgeous cheesecake and a chocolate bar all for around £17! The food was perfect and the staff were really friendly and welcoming. We will definitely visit again next time we come to Chester.

A queue at the Yellow Pig so ventured into town on a Sunday morning around 10. Ended up at the Little Roodee car park, charge £6 every day btw. Spotted this café at the far end and good reviews on TA. Quite busy but few eating. Cheap brek at £6.50; plum tomatoes, beans, egg and two sausages (the spongy type) and toast. Friendly people working really hard but just two staff before 11am and it took a while. Good for a standby

Well cheshre West you have an absolute gem here . First class service,friendly staff go above and beyond,it's like you've walked into their house. Food lovely , cakes to die for. Dog friendly too. Thankyou little rodee we would come back just to visit here

Staff were friendly and attentive, we travelled with a couple who brought their dog along, we had our breakfast and the dog was given some treats too by the lovely staff. Breakfast was good, food prep area spotless as was the restaurant itself. The whole place was spotlessly clean, staff kept to good hygiene standards and all with a welcoming smile. Would recommend.

Fabulous service and facilities, excellent value and truly amazing homecooked cake choices with real cream and fabulous flavour. Magnificent value for money.

Popped in for a spot of lunch - lovely friendly staff who were very welcoming !! Four of us had lunch and the food was very nice . We will be back !

Great staff :) Good food. Reasonable prices, really good prices considering this is Chester. It's at the edge of a huge car park, close to the river and walls and not far from the shops

Lovely little place. Very clean, warm and welcoming. Just what we needed for refreshments half way round our cycle ride. Menu was good and very reasonably priced. The food looked lovely and friends were very pleased with their toasted sandwiches. One friend had a cheesecake which was delicious. Only downside was they didn’t have my choice of tea cake so I had a scone with jam. The cakes on display looked homemade and lovely so I expected similar from the scone. But, I was disappointed. The scone was tiny, from a packet and not very nice. The coffee was lovely. I will go back but I won’t be having a scone!

Hadn’t intended to eat here today as I didn’t think dogs were allowed inside. We had just called for a cheeky toilet stop but the lady who’s beaming smile I saw behind the doors enticed us in! Such lovely staff, very good breakfast and treats for our dogs with the poshest dog water bowl I’ve ever seen! We’ve never been before but would definitely go again, such a warm, friendly place to be, thank you all 😊

The Little Roodee Cafe was perfect for our needs after we'd been hiking for several miles in occasionally heavy rain. It was warm, filled with light, not too busy by then and had clean toilets with baby-changing facilities if needed. Interesting too was the accessible shower.The smallish menu offered breakfast snacks, soup, toasties, paninis and freshly-made sandwiches all of which were very reasonably priced. Hot and cold drinks were also available (tea, coffee, decaff, herb teas etc). We chose the tuna & cheese melt paninis with salad garnish which were soon brought over and tasted great. The cafe is in a largish car park which caters for coach parties as well as cars and is just beneath Chester Castle. It also appears to be a training centre for disadvantaged adults to learn food handling and service skills. It is definitely worth a visit and if we're that way again we will do so.

Perfect cafe for a pit stop on our bike ride today. Lovely food, friendly staff, clean & comfy surroundings. Plenty of room between tables. Will definitely return & recommend!

We visited here today intending to grab a coffee before our Roman walk. Unfortunately my husband bumped his nose on the car boot lid and it bled profusely. We went into the cafe to sort him out(we had our 2 young grandsons with us). The lady in the cafe was fantastic, she administered first aid, helped my husband when he fainted and still kept a cheerful smile for m6 grandchildren. The food the boys had was excellent value for money and we are all eternally grateful to the lady for helping us and for the other assistant who kept the cafe running. Well done ladies and thank you again.

While we where sat having a really lovely bacon hatch (bap). A man and his family came in. The man had banged his nose. Needed attention. The lady staff went beyond her call of duty and helped the man. While the other lady looked after all the customers!! Well done ladies. Not only is your food fantastic but your kindness is amazing! Fi and Ev

Four us popped in here for a spot of lunch during a stroll around Chester, and couldn't believe that at midday on a Saturday in the middle of Summer that they had little to offer - virtually no cakes and certainly no soup. We persevered and ordered paninis and tea. The good part if the lunch was the tea, which tasted good quality, but the paninis, although they were well presented, were hard and not nice at all (two of us left half of them). The toilets were clean, but both the males toilet seats were broken off and lying at the side. We certainly wouldn't come back.

After walking around the Chester Walls we were in need of a ‘comfort break’. Stopped here and was pleasantly surprised. Seemed an odd location in a car park but would be ideal for those wanting a snack on arrival or before their return journey. The sightseeing bus also makes. Stop here. The toilet facilities were clean and staff were friendly and helpful. We enjoyed a cold drink sitting outside in the sunshine. Did not try any food, but items all looked fresh.

Excellent cafe/coffee shop, quality food and drink very competitively priced. Staff friendly and welcoming. Much nicer than high street places, it's tucked away on a car park at the rear of the castle. Useful refuelling point if you're walking round the city walls. Home made cake! Please seek it out :-)

We stayed overnight in our camper van last night and this morning had bacon and sausage naps with coffee. Reasonable price and delicious. The place was clean and welcomes well behaved dogs. Highly recommended and just what we needed.

Great location in an accessible car park, which in itself is good value for money. Inside the staff were very helpful and friendly, the toilets immaculate, the ambience was very pleasant and the coffee was proper coffee. Prices were very reasonable. First time visitor and would recommend this car park and the cafe.

Fairly limited menu, asked for mushrooms on the bacon barm and told don’t have any. Even burger vans on the hard shoulder have more ingredients. Bacon tasted ok, quite fatty, barm not toasted or offered to so was quite dry. Cup of Tea was ok. Reasonable prices Won’t go again Staff pleasant enough

Handy coffee stop on our bike ride. Fab cafe, loved the latte & panini. Many other choices available. Efficient friendly staff & comfy seating, nicely spaced out. Excellent value for money. Would return & recommend.

I have been to the cafe on lots of occasions and the service and staff are very friendly and helpful all ways have a latte but that do food and cakes

Visita realmente horrible. Habría pensado que con el maratón de Chester participando a una corta distancia, el Café agradecería la costumbre adicional, pero la verdad era todo lo contrario. Hicimos cola durante más de media hora y nos dijeron que no había tocino, ni salchichas y sándwiches limitados disponibles. ¿Por qué no escribir "agotado" en el tablero del menú y ahorrarles a todos algo de tiempo? Los baños también podrían hacer una limpieza.

tuvimos un panini y un sándwich en este restaurante y fue mejor que cualquier cafetería en Chester, la camarera era encantadora y la comida era excelente con una ensalada y patatas fritas encantadoras. La decoración era preciosa, con grandes mesas y bancos de madera y vistas de Chester alrededor de las paredes.

Probablemente el peor rollo de tocino que compré este año, el tocino era grasoso y poco cocido, sin mantequilla en el panecillo, la chica detrás del mostrador parecía preferir estar en cualquier lugar que no fuera un mostrador, joven haciendo su mejor esfuerzo clientes fue el único educado fuera del grupo, no volverá a visitar

Fuimos el sábado a Chester, no abre cuando llegamos o cuando nos fuimos. ¡No hay acceso a lo que hemos sido baños públicos anteriormente porque está cerrado y seguro de que este es el único inodoro de lugares cambiantes en Chester, tan mala planificación en ese frente! Fue mejor cuando el lugar estaba vacío y tenía máquinas expendedoras, al menos 24/7.

¡Este café, bajo nueva administración, es absolutamente excelente! Honestamente puedo decir que no hay un mejor café en Chester. El personal es fantástico, muy acogedor y atento. La calidad de la comida y las bebidas es inmejorable, mejorada por los precios increíblemente razonables. Más recientemente, probé una remolacha recién hecha, queso de cabra y panini de rúcula y estaba delicioso. Estaba plateado maravillosamente con ensalada y patatas fritas y el servicio era muy rápido. Fui atendido por uno de los "aprendices" del café (el personal explicó que operan principalmente como un café de capacitación para adultos con discapacidades) y me impresionó la forma en que fueron apoyados para trabajar allí. Es necesario que haya más empresas como esta en Chester y el Reino Unido. Es una idea tan brillante ejecutada perfectamente por un equipo maravilloso. En una nota lateral, ahora tengo envidia de los muebles de las preciosas mesas recicladas que tienen allí!

Atmósfera placentera. Buen servicio y una gran variedad de sándwiches. Latte valía la pena regresar. Sillas altas disponibles para los más pequeños y una sala de cambio de bebé dedicada.

A group of friends, there were six of us, had coffee here before walking round the racecourse, along the river and then along the canal. Very nice latte and very reasonably priced.

He tenido paninis en varias ocasiones recientemente en este café recientemente reabierto (bajo una nueva administración), y honestamente puedo decir que la calidad es excelente, como lo es el valor. Queso y cebolla, pimientos asados ​​y aceitunas, o mayonesa de atún y queso rallado. . todo delicioso El café también brinda una oportunidad muy necesaria para que los jóvenes adquieran experiencia laboral. Como otra de las guías turísticas de Chester, me complace ver que vuelva a funcionar.

Llamamos para un refrigerio rápido antes de regresar al automóvil. El personal fue una delicia, amable, educado y servicial. La comida y la bebida tienen un precio razonable. Sin embargo, la gran luz fue la tarta de caramelo salado, ¡que es increíblemente buena! Solo llama y dale un capricho a tus papilas gustativas, definitivamente recomendado

Me and my four grandkids visited here and we all had an ice cream and the children enjoyed their Perky Penguin drinks, i thought they were very reasonably priced and perfect size!! The staff were so lovely and friendly, very quick service and for 5 people with drinks and ice cream cost me less than £15. Definitely recommend this place now it's under new management and to finish off we had the chocolate fudge cake, my youngest grandson described it as the best chocolate cake in the world. Will be visiting again soon.

You have to be careful not to take into account any reviews written over a month ago as the Cafe is now under new Management and has transformed itself. The Staff are quite superb, very customer focused and friendly. I just had a cheese and tomato sandwich which came with crisps ( best I have ever tasted ) and salad. The sandwich was freshly made to order and I can honestly say it was one of the best I have ever tasted , the refreshing cup of tea was wonderful too. I am a tour guide in Chester and will certainly be recommending this place to tourists who will get fabulous value for money which sadly does not apply to some other Cafes.

Lovely little cafe in an excellent location, called in for teas and coffee, friendly staff, and apparently under new management.

Visited twice this week as so friendly. Nice venue accessable for all with a good selection of fresh lite bites. Recommended for a stop and recharge.

Under new management, the cafe is warm and welcoming. The staff are friendly, inviting and more than happy to help! I haven't tried the food yet but the coffee is very tasty and reasonably priced. The cafe is bright and open, I love the upcycled...

Me alegra ver esta hermosa cafetería abierto de nuevo bajo la nueva administración. Fuimos allí ayer para el almuerzo, queso de cabra y remolachas panini era delicioso! Sirve muy rápidamente, y el personal era muy amable y eficiente. Sin duda, me volveré a parar allí en mi camino hacia Chester.

We stopped off here for a cuppa after walking the walls - great café with extras. We had cake and chips which was naughty but everything looked good and tasted good. Staff were very friendly

I entered the shop 12:00 and I waited in the queue till 12:27 with 3 customers in front of me.Two customers gone before they got served tired of waiting.When finally was my turn,I asked for a fish&chips and I've been told that has no time to do it as is busy serving the other customers.I was a customer as well who spent almost half an hour in the queue I will never go there as long the rude staff is still working inAVOID!!!

Very friendly , love spending my day in caffee . Food brilliant and allways time for a friendly chat , never had problems with dirty toilets , clean when we arrived , ever thought who makes the mess in open toilets ? I will miss this place

Visited Sunday with friends enjoyed tea and scones that's where the positive side of this reviews ends ! As we were about to leave an elderly lady came past the cafe and fell quite badly off her bike. Myself, friends and a couple of other customers from the cafe went to help her the owner just stood outside completely uninterested as to what had happened and talking to other customers. As we helped the lady up we realised she had a very nasty cut to her leg, my partner went over to the owner to ask for help and was completely ignored ! Instead she went into the cafe for a first aid kit only to be told by a disgruntled woman they don't have one ! Now for a start this is illegal as Health and Safety Regulations state that at minimum any workplace should provide adequate and appropriate first aid provisions. Instead she was 'reluctantly' given a piece of blue paper towel to compress the wound. In the end we had to dial 999 as we were unable to stop the bleeding and when the paramedics arrived they had to take her to hospital to have the wound stitched. I have met some rude people in my life but the owner of this cafe has to be one of the rudest and ignorant people I have come across and would advise to steer clear of this cafe and go elsewhere to one of the more 'friendly' establishments in this beautiful city.

We have visited Little Roodee several times and when we visit Chester we make a point of having a meal at Little Roodee. The staff are very friendly and the food is excellent.

Coffee fine - WC facilities - no toilet paper and crud all over the toilet bowl - what kind of business is this?

I was picking a coach up for a tour, I needed change for the parking, I bought a drink and asked for the change in coins only to be told they were a small business and could not give me pound coins in my change so gave me a note instead, leaving me with enough for 3 hours parking and no more, this is really helpful thanks a lot !

Visited this place for the first time today. What a hidden gem! Found the staff (which I believe are the owners) lovely, very courteous and helpful. The place was spotless and the food arrived in excellent time and was delicious as was the scone - the best I have eaten in a long time. I will definately be visiting again soon and will be recommending to my friends. After reading the previous review I find it unbelievable that we are reviewing the same place and feel quite saddened that such things can be said about such a lovely couple.

I visited this cafe yesterday with my teenage children, to grab a quick coffee after some business in town, before an onward journey. As I am Scottish the owner thought it ok to make a comment about me "coming down to spend my money whilst I could - saying that he didn't mind it and would accept it" - I just laughed it off and grabbed my coffee and the children's drinks and went to sit in the sun. ( I only then realised he had been talking about Scottish money - ironic really as I paid with B of E notes and I have lived/worked in Chester for the past 20 years?!)He then followed us outside and started to question me on the independence vote - I tried to put him off, I don't discuss politics as a rule, personal opinions are best left for the ballot box IMO. He went on to become very confrontational - telling me that 'you' cannot dictate to us English what we should do - 'you' cannot have the pound - 'you' will not be allowed into the euro, in fact face it 'you' are all just really members if a third world country and should stay there. I was horrified! I think I was actually racially abused? I love Chester, my son was born there and I have never encountered such a bigoted racially prejudiced outburst in all my time there. Do NOT visit this cafe, I actually cried upon leaving there, how dare this man treat his customers like this. I will be reporting it to the police, the council and all other relevant organisations. Please please be very careful if you are anything other than what he seems acceptable - the best of it is, I actually don't think he is a cestrian - sounded a bit more Birkenhead! What a shame in a visitor centre and cultural hub we still have people like this in our service facing roles.

My friend and I visited this café whilst visiting Chester on a coach trip. The place was spotlessly clean, they were playing christmas music and the staff couldn't do enough for us. My friend (who is a wheelchair user) was given personal assistance. Moving chairs etc. They answered our questions about where to go and when we asked a question they did not know the answer to they looked it up on the internet for us! They helped make our day trip a mmemorable one. I recommend the scones they are delicious.

My friend and I visited this café whilst visiting Chester on a coach trip. The place was spotlessly clean, they were playing christmas music and the staff couldn't do enough for us. My friend (who is a wheelchair user) was given personal assistance. Moving chairs etc. They answered our questions about where to go and when we asked a question they did not know the answer to they looked it up on the internet for us! They helped make our day trip a mmemorable one. I recommend the scones they are delicious.

Visited today and was surprised by the unfriendly, ungrateful and quite frankly rude staff.The cafe is based in the car park, and whilst I appreciate their purpose is not to provide change, when buying a can of coke I was presented with 'you'll have to have a note, I'm not giving out coins'. I had not made any reference to needing coins at this point - I was simply buying a can of coke. The member of staff then proceeded to tell a colleague 'I've lost count of how many times I've had to say that today'.Rather than being rude and annoyed at customers who need to get change for the car park, i'd advise that they appreciate and value this source of income. I question how many people would use the cafe if it wasn't for this fact. The negative attitude of the staff would stop me from ever using them again and I'm sure I'm not the only one. They have an opportunity to capitalise on passing trade but are instead wasting their chance by seeing everyone as an annoying inconvenience.