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Visited on Mother's Day, and it was a lovely treat. We sat upstairs where it was nice and quiet. The pancake selection of both saboury and sweet was fantastic and the fact they can offer GF and vegan options too is great. Our lovely waitress also said they could adapt many of the others on the list too. We also ordered milkshakes (so great!) but next time I'm trying the hot chocolate. In fact I want to try the whole menu so I'll definitely be coming back on repeat. Such a unique little place, love it!

I’ve been ordering from here since they first starting providing home deliveries. It’s my number one choice for a takeaway, the food is always fresh and tasty with good size portions. The owner and his wife take great pride in the quality of their food and service provided. Highly recommended.

I was on holiday by Cromer and thought we’d give this cafe a try as we had our shih tzu (yogi) with us and didn’t want to leave him out of the holiday!! This place is lovely and had a great atmosphere all around the restaurant. I was very impressed with the gorgeous decorations around the restaurant. You can definitely tell that the staff are very experienced in what they do as well as they looked after yogi very well and had a very positive attitude towards customers! Hope I’ll visit again sometime! Thank you! 🐶💕

Gran lugar para ir . no puedo esperar a volver en junio . hacer comida fantástica . y un gran servicio. 😀 El personal es tan encantador. y tan amable con su perro . recomendarlos 100% para todo. lugar increíble . y una vista tan encantadora 💯💯💐

What a great place. They had closed early due to the weather when we arrived very wet after having been caught in a thunder storm. But they gladly made us coffee and hot chocolate which were delicious and allowed us to stay and warm up a bit. Awesome coffee, amazing staff. I just wish we could have got there earlier so we could try the cakes. I will certainly go there again

As always, fabulous service, delicious sandwiches and a lovely pot of tea, all at a great price point! Highly recommended!

After seeing the reviews for this place we thought we eould give it a go. So glad we did. Amazing coffee and pastries with friendly service. This is the coffee shop for us in Norwich when we return.

Was a lovely afternoon treat boating Charlie’s. Lovely atmosphere, the food was yummy and tea was very nice (and strong! Love strong tea!) obviously less strong is available! They have a really good selection of vegan/non-diary alternatives which is super!! Space to sit indoors or outside as well as takeaway, which seemed to be very busy too. Definitely a good sign. Will definitely be back. The team there were lovely and friendly too - thank you xx

Fabulous food. All the staff are really friendly & helpful. We always visit here when in Bishops Stortford. Well worth a visit.

My grandparents were raving about this place and decided to bring me. The restaurant is small but run by a really friendly husband and wife team, which really makes the place lovely and a true local business. We all had entrecote and frites and I had a chocolate mousse for dessert. The steak was well cooked, and to the English standard, rather than the French standard, medium rare is truly medium rare. Having just returned from Skiing in France, this was very welcome. The chocolate mousse was a lovely way to cleanse the palate. I will definitely be brought here again.

Absolutely delicious Italian food. Perfectly cooked and wonderful flavours. Lovely cosy atmosphere in a beatiful old building and very welcoming. Excellent wine too. We really enjoyed it. Can't wait to come back and try some other things on the menu!

We discovered Prima Rosa by chance when cycling to Salhouse Broad. We popped in for a coffee and stayed for nearly 2 hours. My daughters were enchanted by all the sparkly things and the cakes were amazing. The cakes were so good that we went out of our way on our next ride to pick up supplies for the day.

We were delighted to know the restaurant was open for lunch and booked a table for us as we were staying at the hotel but invited a local friend to join us for lunch. Great welcome and enjoyed pre lunch drinks in the lovely and comfortable lounge. Lunch was great and there was plenty of food with lots of vegetables, all hot and fresh. The kitchen is open and you can see in from the restaurant which is reassuring. Excellent choice of wines and drinks. We were able to return to the lounge after lunch and continue enjoying more drinks. The team are well organised, polite, friendly and very helpful. The service could not have been better. A huge thank you to Sally, Joanna, Sophie and the rest of the team. Well done - can't wait to come back but don't want to wait another year!! Sal Jones

Reviews are subjective, of course, but when I looked at them I couldn’t believe I was about to write about the same place. I don’t know if they are under new management or have had a massive change in staff but we did not have the best experience. Our starters were ok but the roast beef and accompanying sides were not very good at all. Our beef was overcooked which made it very tough and also without seasoning. The potatoes were just about ok but the veg was not great at all. The servers are all very young girls who really didn’t seem to know what their job was and we felt that it could have been their first day doing this kind of work. Our waitress was the best of the bunch fortunately so we were served drinks promptly. There were very long gaps between courses, especially between the main and dessert which was about 20 minutes. It was almost like they were waiting for everyone in the restaurant to finish their mains before dessert was served. However, when it was, it wasn’t very good at all. I am sorry that this review isn’t better and I do realise that this is just my opinion.

Love, love, love Beans And Bagels, we had jacket potatoes for lunch, they were so good, Nikki (the owner) was her usual friendly amazing self.... if you want to go somewhere to eat or just a coffee, you couldn't be made to feel more welcome. We are booking for Afternoon Tea here soon, can't wait.... 5 stars are not enough 😊😊😊