The Olive & Pickle in Rochdale

First lot of drinks came quick. We ordered tea and a coffee. No spoon provided to stir the sugar in. We ordered food. Took approx 20 mins for 2 x sandwich wraps and one portion of chips. No napkins provided, had to ask for salt. Second lot of drinks took a little while to come too. Service was slow with getting the bill so we went to the front desk to pay. Nice food, friendly staff but overall too slow for a quick bite to eat

Thank you to Andy, Hannah and staff for hosting our Grandson, Alfie's 16 birthday party. What a fantastic time we had and the food was lovely.

The staff here are always so welcoming and friendly and the food is lovely

Lovely food staff very pleasant

Love this place, always a warm welcome and a relaxing atmosphere. Also appreciate the good bye when we leave. Missed out on the soup, but there's always next time. Thank you.

Amazing experience! Beautiful place, delicious food, friendly waitresses.

No peppers. No chillies. Under cooked. And barely a small pizza( box was huge). @£11.45 this was really not great. Shame as I’ve been trying to support local but this pizza should not have been sent out. Very disappointing

Went here this morning for breakfast for my mum. As it is her birthday today so wanted to start the day with a morning out for some breakfast. Both ordered our breakfast. Her French toast came and she tried a corner and mentioned it was cold to me. Told the waiter, the waiter apologised which was great then 2 minutes later it returned looking different which was great thought oh brand new plate etc. only to move one piece out the way and to realise they had reheated the same plate and moved the cut piece into the middle with extra berry over it to try hide the fact it was the same plate!! Tried to explain to the other waiter but went straight over her head and I just asked for it to taken off the bill. This place used to be amazing, had friendly professional staff, had friendly atmosphere and most of all WARM food!

Absolutely amazing once again! Absolutely incredible food

Poped in Sunday for coffee staggered by being charged a extra 75 for soya milk instead of dairy that is a outrageous mark up, when will these grabbing rip off cafe owners wake up you've just lost 3 more regulars for the sake of 75p

It is expensive for portions size small but great service and location

Food was excellent but was really busy so service was a wee bit slow but not today

Just had the breakfast wrap and all I can say is wow! Arrived supper hot and packed with the most beautiful and best quality ingredients. The bacon was so thick with no fat on and the sausage was one of the best, if not best I’ve ever had. Mushrooms were tasty and the wrap was very well presented. Excellent value for money for the quality of food you get. Didn’t have to wait long for delivery either. Will definitely be ordering one again, soon. Thank you guys. Hats off to the Chef x

First time finding this lovely little place, food was really good and service was excellent, will definitely be visiting again.

Rather disappointing visit. Have been here before and that experience was Very good. We dropped in for a coffee and cake, after ordering our cake we had to wait approx 15 minutes for it to arrive at which point we had drunk half our drinks. The service was slow and there was virtually no customer interaction at all.

Popped in today for drinks and cake, plus a breakfast in the afternoon😊. Lovely home baked cake, friendly service, will be calling in again next time we are at the lake. Thank you.

As we have eaten in the restaurant a few times and enjoyed it, we thought we'd order a breakfast on just eat. Sadly it wasn't great. The food arrived in numerous trays that were really not sturdy, and as a result the food was all spilled out over the bag, and cold. The veggie sausage and black pudding were quite tasty. But the normal breakfast items were hard as though they had been microwaved or kept on a hot plate for too long. To the point you couldn't even cut into the black pudding.

Lovely place to eat and watch the world go by. Great selection of food and drinks available. Not the cheapest place, but the staff work hard and the food is delicious and well made. You can dine in or sit outside, it can get very noisy if the traffic is heavy.

Birthday breakfast…lovely food nice and clean…definitely go again…👍🏻

Been once before and it was a good experience, however today's visit was no where near what we expected. I recommend the staff are trained to tell customers that they have ran out of items before they go ahead and bring it out. This also seemed to happen to other customers nearby, so I was disappointed when I ordered a hot chocolate with cream and received one with no cream! Tell me you have no cream before you make it and I may want to change my decision. Also we received a very stingy slice of cake which seemed to be a ready sliced piece that was then roughly sliced in half again by the waitress. Just an annoying experience really as we quite like the look and feel of this café. But we expected better especially for the price.

Food was brilliant, and service was outstanding, particularly our server amelia, who made us feel very welcomed, all round great experience

fabulous atmosphere always friendly staff best coffee fabuloys food and great location Emillie made us feel cery welcome will retirn again

food was amazing, cooked perfect.

Lovely little place, friendly service,food delicious, helpful abd accomodating staff. Very dog friendly inside and out

First time customer and probably last time. My son ordered a small breakfast, all fine. My partner ordered the chicken basket, all fine. I ordered the chicken club and upon it being delivered to my table...immediately noticed a big hair poking out of the side of it. I brought this to staff attention who apologised and said it would be rectified immediately. Left with the sandwich for 2 mins and returned. There was no hair but I'm certain it was the same sandwich. Waited 25 mins for food which is no issue as was a lovely family friendly busy atmosphere...but I couldn't make toast in that time so I suspect I received the same sandwich with the hair removed. I've never sent food back in my life. I've never had a "I want to speak to your manager" moment. It seems there was an issue on the table next to us too. A gentleman ordered a breakfast wrap, but they didnt wrap all ingredients inside as they "didnt fit", i believe the owner or manager took this food back to rectify the situation and have it remade. Shame i wasnt offered the same or a different meal. Full bill charged despite the ordeal. Felt icky. Won't return. Sadly. I'm just not great at speaking up and felt guilty doing so, but hopefully this is seen by staff and may offer different solutions if it occurred again.

Expensive £29.20 for a large and a small breakfast and 1 latte! Tables are not cleaned before new customers are seated, had to get wipes out and clean it myself. Should be done automatically as stains and crumbs all over the table! Shouldn't need to ask.

Amazing and beautiful place with a good style Warm and charming service, dog friendly and posh and delicious food and coffee

I have lived both round the corner and now down the hill from this lovely place and seen it change its name over the years. I am never disappointed but feel today was my best ever visit.great food great service and a price that makes me realise I should not leave it so long between visits. Being able to order from the breakfast menu all day is great but today I went for the chicken fjitas. Grandpa Greene icecream for desert was a bonus. Oh and a bottle of red wine for under £18 what’s not to like. Thank you

The service was not good today . My late coffee didn’t arrive until I had almost finished eating a scone . They apologise and said it was because they had run out of glass cups and had to wash some … My friends chips were missed off completely until we asked when others had almost finished our snack . We were told they hadn’t gone through the computer order . Not really good enough I’m afraid. Service poor today but when it arrived. Food was good .

My kids and I got ice creams from the kiosk outside - the ice cream was amazing and the service was too tier, perfect way to end our day

Great food and place. Better than Rivaspoons

Been here last weekend and have to say was totally surprised how big changes happened here. Great food, chatting and smiling waitresses. Definitely we will back 😍

Great food lovely atmosphere nice and friendly staff

Much better service and food quality than what we experienced two months ago. A lovely warm greeting upon arrival. Vegetarian breakfasts were tasty, and we enjoyed the new food items. Food was served up hot. Slightly expensive though, I paid around £16 for breakfast and orange juice. Dog friendly and dog kind.

The staff went an extra mile by accommodating my 2 dogs. The waiter got 2x bowls with cut up sausage for my dogs at no extra cost. So polite, helpful and the food we opted for was class. Presented well and a very tasty light bite.

Been here a few times and never had an issue, today was no busier than we've experienced before but unfortunately it wasn't a great experience. We had three dogs between the three of us today, so chose to sit outside rather than inside. We were there a good 10 minutes before we could even order drinks and the waitress taking the drinks order said that food would be a 20 minute wait and she'd be right back to take the food order. The food order wasn't taken for another 10 minutes. In the meantime, the tables around us who seated after us had their orders taken. Eventually we got our food orders in. After another 40 minutes and the surrounding tables being served their food, we had to go in to ask how much longer we would be waiting and were getting ready to just pay for the drinks and leave. This seemed to spur them into motion and we were eventually brought the food, over an hour after our arrival. Luckily the food quality is good, but not good enough to make up for bad service. It felt like we had been completely overlooked even after going inside and asking how long it would take and there just seems to be no system for looking after your customers effectively. To be brutally honest, what happened today has really put a massive downer on what has been a favourite breakfast stop for us. I would also say that the prices are way too high, over £50 for 3 people to have breakfast and coffee that they waited over an hour for with little apology and not even the offer of a price reduction for the inconvenience. It's such a shame because we've had great experiences and been repeat customers for a while now. Sorry Olive and Pickle, the food is lovely but we won't be rushing back again or recommending you unless you are utterly empty, it's just not worth the wait.

£4 for a small portion of salt and pepper fries that tasted not salt and peppery. Soggy lettuce that looked like it had gone bad and half a teaspoon of coleslaw. The salt and pepper wrap was okish I suppose. But not worth £30. Two wraps and two portions of fries for £30… won’t be ordering again.

Will not be going back anytime soon!! Bacon you could break a tooth on, burnt toast, over cooked sausage, cold mushrooms and avocado that tasted of banana. These were our meals today. Not even an apology! The manager/owner (whoever he was) qclearly did not agree that the above was unacceptable as he reluctantly took one off the bill.

didn't deliver food ...very unhelpful when called restaurant .

Very friendly staff that will happily have a laugh and a chat. The food was amazing and I'll definitely be going back again.

I have previously been regularly up until last year, and tried again today but unfortunately will never come back. The service was awful. Dirty looks from untrained young rude staff when they made repeated mistakes, food took nearly 1hr to arrive, 4 different girls came over to ask us if we wanted to order drinks. One girl brought cutlery after 45 minutes of waiting and said 'have you eaten yet'? Other customers getting up to leave after receiving similar poor service. Lots of teenage staff stood looking miserable leaning on the bar, whilst a grey haired owner told them what they should be doing amongst the chaos. Extremely expensive for the poor experience you receive. I feel this is the demise of the Olive and Pickle which is a shame as under previous ownership a few years ago it was a brilliant place to dine.

Used to visit this cafe all the time & food/sevice/staff were great, visited recently & was terrible, out of what we ordered were told, drinks included we don't have this,we don't have that, we don't have ice-cream, just not very good experience at all, wondered why on a busy Saturday it was so quiet, now we know why, (friends had said it wasn't the same anymore but gave it the benefit of the doubt) but will not be rushing to return, sorry!

I love this café and only get to go every so often and unfortunately the last time we went we did not have a very good time. The staff member that sat us down and greeted us was very nice and friendly however when it got to ordering our food, we were very disappointed. Everything that we tried to order was either not available or had been removed from the menu months ago, for example, the fish and chips - they had not served that for months however it was still on the menu. When we asked what was available the girl said everything but ... so we chose something else and low and behold, that too was not available. This went on for quite a while and numerous dishes were not available. By the end, the girl's attitude had gotten worse and as we finally found something that was available, her manager was giving us dirty looks. We wouldn't have minded and we understand that sometimes there are busy periods in the café however, before we sat down and spent half an hour debating what we could have, it would have been best to tell us what was and what wasn't available to us. For the rest of our time in the café, we watched people coming in and having the same problem to the point where one family tried to order something and like us, couldn't so they walked out. I don't want this to put us off coming back to the café however, it could have been better service and future reference, tell customers before they start to order, that half the menu is not available. I will try the café again before we completely strike it off.

Lovely food and very dog friendly. He received complimentary sausage & water!

Arrived this afternoon with partner, some rude waitress of twenty looked like Courtney love with an edge.. Told us to book since when it's not a classy restaurant but a cafe.. She said we should wait near the door next time til she says where we can sit... So damn rude we walked out and went back to the arcade cafe where service was better, friendly and accommodating... We travelled over 15 miles to hollinworth lake, it was freezing the place was full of people loud as the print works!!!!

Just had the Granpa Greens Ice Cream. Salted Caramel. Absolutely gorgeous 😄😄😄

Only stopped for coffee and cakes. Well worth the visit.

First visit to hollingworth lake and popped in here for some lunch, lovely pee and ham soup.. Home made... And a cheese toasties... Both delicious. Will be going again.

first time ordering and won’t be the last! Will try Fat Slims next!

After being told at till by a older lady it was table service we were waiting 15 mins for her to come but when she did she took the couple who was sat with us order but not ours I had to ask a young lass to take our order. Then it was another 15 b4 we even got our drinks never mind food we had finished our drinks by that time !!! & food was luke warm , no cutlery,serviette or sauce . The couple sat with us got only 1 meal the other got lost even tho it was wrote on same ticket !! Too many staff doing too much of same jobs no organisation, we got no apologies for the wait & rubbish service . Will not go back again & I dnt think the other couple will too

Service was OK but after waiting 40 minutes for a bacon sandwich we cancelled as the carpark ticket was due to expire, won't rush back there

It was extremely busy. We visited it before and had a great experience but unfortunately this time..we waited about 40 mins for our drinks and when they arrived, they were cold plus the some of the breakfast was very dry. They had mixed up the tables for the orders.

This was just what was needed for the New Year's Day hangover. It arrived quickly and still hot and was as described they even paid attention to the notes for removed items, which is rare for these place's. Thank you, we will use you again.

service was quite slow, didnt bring our drink order until about halfway through eating our meal. the waitresses are lovely but i feel bad for them, it seemed like there were only 3 young girls running the front and they couldnt keep up. the food was nice although a bit expensive for what it is

Arrived 12pm lunch time, ordered cheese and onion pie and olive and pickle brisket burger , waiter returned said none of the above was available ordered fish and chips, and changed my burger to a chicken burger, the waiter returned and said there was no pie, ordered the the med wrap with chunky chips, the burger arrived very disappointed hard chicken not even a fillet just flat chicken, no onion rings arrived, wrap come with fries, not chunky chips😦. Cal slaw juice all over plate. Mentioned this to waiter said will give discount , paid at counter waitress made us feel uncomfortable with asking for discount no eye contact from any staff, please make waiters aware were food is not available before taking orders 3 different waiters took order and all 3 returned saying food not available , was sat around 4 tables and all had the same problem very bad practice from kitchen staff to waiters. Communication is the key as is manners .

Brilliant location, service is ok. Love it in the summer when the frontage is open out onto the lake. The dishes are good but nothing special in my opinion.

So for some reason the delivery driver decided to try to delivered to the wrong address after trying to take it to a lical farm. Totally inedible by the time we got it.

Came here as Krave down the road was full. This place was empty. Table was dirty asked if they could wipe it and the waitress had to scrub the marks, so obviously not been cleaned for a while. Had to order our drinks before we could order food even though we'd chosen. Drinks were cold. Food edible. Though we orded a sausage sandwich we was asked if we'd like sauce to find that it already had brown sauce on it.

Miserable staff... Items missing

Slow service and £11 for a wrap without chips is robbery 😂

Missing items on the breakfast this time the sausages are really nice

Ordered a wrap that should have had avocado and halloumi on it and it didn't have either on it! It was nice enough but not what I ordered! Food was warm and nice but disappointed I didn't get what I ordered! Paid 2 pound extra for halloumi and it wasn't there

Lovely place, unfortunately I think there is a new chef. Salt & pepper chicken wrap doesn’t taste as gorgeous as it use to and the chips weren’t great either. VERY Small portion of coleslaw which again I use to love but that wasn’t great this time. Such a shame will venture to Krave next time.

Nice place but cold people lovely but food went cold too quick

Absolutely EXCEPTIONAL! I’m eating my salt and pepper burger as we speak but I couldn’t help but write a review. The chicken burger is seasoned so nicely, not a single bit soggy but still saucy(Which I don’t think I’ve had from any Rochdale burger delivery so far!), the side salad is seasoned perfectly, coleslaw and the salt and pepper chips are just incredible. Hands down my favourite from now on and I’m genuinely so surprised at how fast the delivery was. Well done guys, this really is food that deserves its price tag. 👏👏👏

Food arrived on time, hot and everything was freshly cooked. The only fault we’re the baked beans, they tasted a little bit like soap. But this didn’t put me off, everything else was spot on and fresh! Thank you!

Food was tasty, but quite expensive for what we got. A Portion of chips with 3 small pieces if chicken on top was £13.... Staff quite miserable also

This is normally my go to place for a cooked breakfast: normally it’s packaged in a foil tray and comes nice and hot. Today the breakfast is half the size that is normally and crammed into a soggy cardboard box; so arrived cold. A total of 4 baby mushrooms (thanks), no hash brown and no butter for the cold and slightly burnt toast. Very disappointing.

Very busy, clean, friendly staff

Just go in here for a coffee after a walk around the lake, nice place, lovely and clean and good coffee.

Fantastic food here but the service, although very friendly is a bit chaotic. That said we would definitely go again.

Beautiful restaurant facing the lake. Service was second to none and the staff were all friendly and attentive. The food was beautiful and the cappachino was amazing. Atmosphere was chilled and relaxing with music in the background. Very accommodating for dogs and children Popped in for lunch and very glad we did! What a treat.

No service whatsoever at this cafe. I sat outside with my family for over 20 minutes waiting to be served. No one came so i asked a staff member who said they would be 2mins to come out and take my order. It wasnt busy inside either. No one came so i left. Terrible customer service and unfriendly staff. Awful place.

Great breakfast / lunch after a walk round the lake 😊

Staff run off their feet but great food.

Stopped in for a little treat for my boys. They had the chocolate cake and said it was delicious. Ryan was very friendly and polite. Would highly recommend 😊

This was not our first visit here however I think it well may be our last! Arrived at around 9.20 with my daughters ,plenty of seating as only may be 3 or 4 other tables occupied. Waited for a good 15 mins for a menu then again to place our order. Drinks finally arrived however not without being spilt over the tray and our cutlery, the young man who delivered them was very polite and apologetic and replaced the cutlery. Our food order arrived and my daughter had ordered a stack of pancakes with maple syrup and bacon. Pancakes arrived but no bacon! Told server we ordered bacon and a couple of minutes later it arrived. However when my daughter tasted the pancakes she found they had been smothered in honey!!! She returned them to the server who took them away and came back saying they had no maple syrup so they put honey on !!!! Why would anyone do that!!! Good job she didn't have any allergies!! Very disappointed customer 😒

Went to the olive & pickle on sunday morning around 10am. We sat down and ordered our drinks which took around 5 minutes. We was told we couldn't order food yet we had to wait till our drinks arrived then they would take our food order. However for a hot chocolate and a glass of coke we was waiting 35 minutes. We ended up paying for our drinks and walking out. Looks a nice place but the service is absolutely terrible. Save yourself the disappointment and go somewhere else. Had to walk round the lake without breakfast! If one person is on drink duty atleast take peoples food orders so breakfast can be cooking while drinks are being made. It felt like nannas and grankids running the place

We visited here for the first time yesterday, Unfortunately we won't be returning, the food was overpriced for the quality and portion size. My partner ordered southern fried chicken and chips which arrived in a bowl with 3 small pieces of chicken and some lack lustre fries, it just wasn't what we expected at all. The fries tasted like they were cooked in old oil so maybe this needs changing. I ordered a fish and chips only to be told, I don't think we have that. If you don't have items then this needs to be mentioned when you seat people not when they start ordering. Also, the menus needed wiping, not a great first impression when you're handed dirty menus with food finger prints all over. We felt the quality just didn't match up to the price, obviously it was close to the lake so maybe tourists aren't too bothered on price but as locals we won't be returning.

Portion sizes need to be looked into given your standard prices are £11 .95 upwards for a breakfast, younger staff need to smile and have some training. You also need to invest in proper tea bags since you charge £2/3.95.

The food was, as usual, good, but the way it was delivered was awful. We ordered two full breakfasts, which were delivered upside down and looked awful like a pile of mush

Arrived boxes sideways so everything is smashed to bits n all over the bag

Excellent brunch , eggs Benedict and a cheese omelette were delicious ! Service was friendly and welcoming and would absolutely recommend a visit ! Thankyou x

Friends and I were left un pleased with this awful customer service and just lazy and ultra slow staff... We asked repeated times to uprgade a side dish instead of getting an additonal one!? The older memeber of staff was slowest of all! He also disrespected his younger staff member and was overall a rude and negative person. 0/10! Try literally anywhere else! 😅

Lovely little place with a nice view of the lake , had a breakfeast which was nice.

Just had a cake but it was nice and fresh. The staff were very friendly. Good atmosphere. Would recommend.

Busy friendly cafe on the side of the lake. Good coffee and a lovely scone.

Good decor, good tables, padded seating, service could have been better, but was not bad. Food could have been better, but was not bad. Very busy with tourists.

The environment was mediocre. The food was mediocre. The service was mediocre. Staff were initially friendly until I complained about the very long wait for the food (and they weren't that busy), then I didn't feel welcome especially when other customers were then spoken to far more politely than myself. We won't be going back.

Enjoyed our cream teas and drinks, lovely surroundings, good service and excellent cakes.

We had researched places to visit before we came here. The front of house was unwelcoming and abrupt. Didn’t even greet a potential customer. The atmosphere was as if we were unwanted (perhaps because we were in sports clothing? ) the young waitress with blonde hair was the most friendly and helpful staff member there and offered a bowl of water for our dog. The drinks were not correct - but as we were in a hurry and didn’t feel they would care anyway left. Such a shame the food was tasty.

Very pleasant and efficient service and the food was great, would return again if we were in the area .

Wasn't impressed with the food or service ,orders came out wrong and drinks very expensive

Poor, very slow service, incredibly over priced (even with inflation).

Well this is the first time here and won't be the last. Everything perfect. A Credit to you. Never seen such amazing spotless toilets in a Cafe Bar. Thank you. 😊

Very nice decor with average food at best,had the Chicken basket which was £12,was quarter of a chicken breast cut into chunks in a very bland southern fried seasoning,wife had the club sandwich which was £10 it was half a chicken breast and bacon on a toasted ciabatta again bland considering how expensive they are compared to other places at the lake you would of thought the food quality would of been good unlikely I’ll go here again

I came here today with a friend for breakfast and it was really lovely! Great food, nice staff and clean facilities :)

Like others have said, this place can get busy and when it goes the service can slow down quite significantly. We were a table of 5 with a child as well. Coffees took a while to come and one none dairy option came back as dairy so had to be changed. Not knocked off the bill either. Two of us ordered poached eggs on brown bread. Both came out on white. My yolks were hard. Kids meal was supposed to come with free drink, it didn't happen that way on the bill. It was so busy we didn't care to question it. Its the little things that go a long way. Its a lovely, clean, friendly cafe. The ingredients used in the food are of good quality. Maybe just an off morning oon the finer details.

Lovely friendly staff even under pressure. Because people ordered takeaways that's how good the food is top job guys we will be back 👍👍

Amazing place this. Been twice now whilst bike packing the Pennine Bridleway. Highly recommended for great food and super friendly staff