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Great food. Home cooked and fantastic gluten free menu. Friendly staff. Servings are big and delicious. We only had room for a main course.

Had the Planter breakfast and my friends had the stack. Service was adequate, asked if I had a planters card - had no idea what this was so said no - wasn’t informed what it was and that was that. Couldn’t process more than a request at a time and felt like lots of questions asked for a simple request of an americano. After about 15 mins the food arrived, hot. My plate with baked beans appeared to lack the juice that goes with the beans and the tomatoes were chopped albeit fresh. The stack wasn’t worth the price, as for slightly note the breakfast was way better value. Hot drinks felt expensive - over £3 for a cup of tea!! Pleasant enough. Not worth a special trip.

I was enjoying a pint outside the Boardwalk in the afternoon on Sunday 27th October 2024 when one of the staff came around clearing the tables. She rather curtly enquired if I was ordering something as this was ‘the cafe area’ and the pub area was ‘over there’. It was a busy afternoon and I couldn’t see any places to sit ‘over there’. There is no signage to indicate the relevant cafe and bar areas – several types of tables are in use outside so the difference wasn’t obvious; it wasn’t evident that there even was a differentiation. Indeed, there were two vacant tables adjacent to mine, so it wasn’t as though I was preventing other customers from sitting down. I abandoned my drink and left the site immediately as I found the incident acutely embarrassing having taken place in front of other customers, and will not be returning. There is a clear need for improvement both in staff training in customer respect and courtesy; and in the signage outside the refreshment areas on the site. Subsequently, I contacted Mercia Marina who forwarded my e-mail to the relevant establishment on-site but they did not even deign to reply. Clearly, they have no interest in customer satisfaction. Mercia Marina needs to take responsibility for all the businesses in situ, as shortcomings in one outlet reflect badly on the reputation of the entire site.

1 item missing on our delivery tonight, made Foodstop aware and they sorted straight away! Fab service, excellent food as always. Thank you!

Awful Ordering through an open window which you need to duck under, cash only, signs everywhere to watch for sharp glass. Food over cooked tasteless, Chicken fried rice dark brown, over cooked, hardly any chicken, it had just opened food presented in 10mins no way this was cooked fresh. Chips looked and tasted like they had been cooked more than once, curry sauce hot but no flavour and for three simple dishes expensive. Will not be back ever.

Great place to eat, food fresh and very tasty, only down side was a cold draft coming through the place

Mine and my partners favourite cafe!! We try to visit around once a week. Today we visited just before closing time, the staff were amazing, still made us our food and didn’t rush us even though it was their time to leave. Always extremely happy with the service, food and pricing. 10/10 Outstanding cafe. Thank you for your incredible hospitality on every visit.

I regularly come to Oakland Village whenever I can. I've been here before for work functions and just for lunch and always found the food and atmosphere to be really great! The staff and manager have always been really friendly and accommodating, and whether it's a buffet or burger I've never been disappointed. Definitely worth a visit :)

Took my sister here for her 50th birthday.we saw the George Michael tribute act and stayed over.it was all a surprise for her and I was assisted by Zoe who was very helpful everyone on the hotel staff was lovely and helpful.The food was great and we had fun in the pool,jacuzzi and spa area .Will definitely be returning .

food was late for starters but chips were dead, chewy chicen, sweet and sour sauce tasted like poo, spring rolls were soggy and tasted like bumhole, noodles were half decent 2/10 , but overall made me want to jump off a bridge and throw up simultaneously not a good hangover remedy bye

The cafe only had 5 people in it when I arrived. No one waiting to be served. After being looked at a couple of times by a couple of girls standing in the cafe area one finally came over to take my order. My order given she said it would be bought over. The food arrived and was left at the table by a second girl who was carrying on a conversation with someone across the room. She didn’t bring any cutlery. I got up to fetch some and nearly picked up a spoon out of a container that was full of dirty utensils left next to the clean ones. I felt I was an inconvenience. However the food and coffee were good and hot. Sainsbury’s could do much better than this. Current staff more interested in their phone than customer service

This has been our local Chinese for 8 years now. We have tried a fair few before deciding, ‘you pay for what you get’. Slightly more expensive than others but my Gosh so worth the extra few pence. The crispy shredded beef is so crisp and tastes like beef! The salt and pepper chips are amazing, curries are tasty, sweet and sour chicken never had any issues with, unlike photos. Would 100% recommend this take away. People are always keen to share bad reviews and no one ever seems to sing praises when due.

Expensive for poor microwave quality and small portions. Even the coffee and cake were poor quality for the elevated pricing.

Absolutely the best fish and chips I’ve eaten in a long time. The batter was so crispy and the fish was thick and cooked to perfection. Medium chips more than enough for two and my husband said his mushy peas were excellent. Definitely be returning for more.

Hotel godny polecenia. Wysoki standard. Obsługa pierwsza klasa. Pokój duży, nowoczesny, czysty. Jedzenie bardzo smaczne. Animacje są prowadzone przez najlepszą ekipę! Codziennie duża dawka śmiechu i zabawy. Nie da się nudzić w tym hotelu. Tydzień to za mało ;) Piękna piaszczysta plaża 🏖️