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Myself and 3 colleagues were staying locally whilst attending some training, we stumbled across this cafe on our first day and went back every day after! The coffee is the best I have ever had! The friendly welcome and lovely staff make this place, I wish I lived locally as I would be there everyday for my morning coffee! 5 stars !

Groupon treatment- i do understand this but the group on should mention this. We use group on to try restaurants & once we like the food & service, we return & recommend. This wasnt a good experience. Starters were served in smaller portions, the chicken momo was off & hard. Slow service & lack of drinks options. Worst the mains were same size as the starter played, served in starter plates. When we enquired we were blantly told this is due to group on portions, had we known we would have ordered an extra full portion. Our naan bread had hair in it, so we again lost apetite. When we wanted more naans we were told the kitchen was closed, without any warning. Not a good first impression & attitude. The groupon deal looks tempting but not worth. I hv told everyone i know to avoid this. Another sad point raised by another review below, behind the service counter was a huge pile of soiled dishes, saw this when i walked up to pay for excess naans.

Great food. chapli kebab was the best in Coventry

Worst place ever, worst sandwich. Unhygienic and the attitude of the manager was disgraceful. Avoid Avoid Avoid.

Ordered for takeaway. The fried chicken felt a bit hard and not nice and fresh like it had been cooked, sat overnight and popped for a bit too long in the microwave before being delivered. The cabbage was a bit too soft with close to no seasoning. The Rice & Peas was overcooked and not flavoured well. Couldn't taste any of the classic R&P flavourings i.e. coconut, spices etc. Tasted like bland rice with those kidney beans. So sad was really looking forward to my food. Giving 2* because the oxtail and mutton were decent. Will not order again unfortunately. Hope you improve and wish you all the best in the future.

Nice place to meet friends and have some delicious cakes in the charming surroundings of Cafe eleven

Brilliant I used to six towns oatcakes, started coming here, the oatcakes arnt massively thick, which is a bonus, they ram them full of filings, Since coming here for the first time last week, I have been every single day I go work, I can't resist my oatcakes from Sneyd Oatcakes anymore, 2x single cheese sausage bacon and Cheese banging, will reccomond to anyone wanting oatcakes

always go to mr pretzels when in birmingham. always get the cinnamon and sugar whenever we go. would really recommend..

Fine if you don’t mind waiting 90 minutes for a delivery. The timings on just eat need to be updated. Called to check and was blamed on traffic- 8pm on a Tuesday night!

Booked a table arrived on time , there were 3 other diners waiting to be seen to , infront of us. Waited ten mins before anyone came to us. The guys infront were pointed to a table and off they went. She asked our name, stared at the screen , asked again stared at the screen , “oh we don’t have a booking in that name” how many is it for ? What’s the name ? More staring at screen “oh found you “ pointed at a table. We got to the table there was a woman standing at it saying she was waiting for a ramp for her disabled son to get him up the steps. Found another member of staff, back to the iPad “ what’s the name? 3 times oh I carnt find a booking in that name ? Original staff member came over “I have found a table for you !!! 20 minutes of this. In the meantime we watched the lady and her friend struggle with the guy in the wheelchair up the ramp . Staff stood and watched ? Our table was on ground level at the back why could they have not given the lady with the wheelchair that one we could have walked up 3 steps Seated we ordered drinks on the app while looking at the menu, ordered the meal via the app sat talking 20 minutes before the drinks arrived 3 mins before the food. I had the steak and chicken strips fondue, my friends had the mixed grill food was nice apart from the sausages being hard ? And my fondue bit the cottage loaf they put the cheese sauce in was freezing cold. No good putting a hot dipping sauce in a cold loaf and the loaf wasn’t hollowed out enough so you only get a thin layer of now cold cheese sauce. That needs sorting , great idea badly executed. Also 2 out of the 3 meals arrived then a ten min wait for the third. Strangely another mixed grill . My friend finished their meal before me no sooner had they placed their knife and forks down a member of staff leaned over me to remove their plates, I was still eating RUDE !!! At least wait till everyone had finished. I don’t expect a 5* dining experience in a pub I do expect the waiting staff to have manners . A member of staff walked over halfway through banged a wine advertisement card on the table asked if the meal was ok but before we could answer turned her back and was off. Like a hit and run, we would normally order a few more drinks after the meal but decided we had had enough and left. A member of staff did say “ thank you have a nice night as we were leaving” we though we will now we are leaving. Macdonalds has better service than this place. Note to management !! Back and front of house need to gel to make it a good experience for paying customers. And that starts with good communication and training. Would not take much to make this pub an enjoyable place to visit,

Last visited Oct 2017 service and food was excellent as ever. However booked a table online for tonight at 6.30 when we arrived at the restaurant wasn't even open.

Fantastic food piping hot , my wife and my self loved it and we will be back tonight for more , Thank you Simon and your family . Peter Marsh

Sorry to say our last visited. I'm disabled so gwt a bit flustered. The service was confused and rushed. So I ended up with food I didn't really want. Rather than a fuss I said I'd have the fish anyway. No big deal. The fish I however I found to be greasy. The table lay out I couldn't get my walker around easily. Overall a very disappointing visit. Good enough to eat but no not good enough to enjoy and certainly not go back.

Soggy unappetising batter on the fish. Not a great first impression. Disappointing when you are so looking forward to a fish and chips tea.

We had a late Sunday lunch. Delicious food, big portions served quickly by staff with a smile .Always a nice family atmosphere