The best restaurants serving British food in Congleton West Cheshire East North West

What an excellent place! Good menu, lovely home made cakes. Great decor inside this classic Victorian building. Dog friendly

We found this cafe by chance & were going again this week 01/10/2024 what a cafe. The staff and volunteers (which they have over 70) are really friendly, & as for the food I haven't had a nicer Breakfast. The lady served this on a really hot plate which I was told about & its the first time my breakfast stayed hot throughout, my wife she had eggs on toast & she said the same thing hot throughout. I can't wait to go back & try something else...

Went DV8 because I have not been for a while but this time took my dog ( XL Bully ) .. there was no seats outside so sat in Bar 2 . The young waitress (Lara ) was not put off by the dog in fact made him feel welcome getting him a bowl of water and spending a few minutes petting him . Food was on point as usual the owner of the bar should be proud of her team the XL has a bad name but we were made to feel welcome definitely be back with my dog ….

Visited in the evening with my husband, not greeted on arrival despite the pub being fairly empty (4 other tables in and two groups at the bar) so headed to the pub, we were served quickly by a young lad and had a drink before introducing ourselves at the host desk. Considering the pub was very empty, we were shown to the worst, draughtiest table in the entire pub, right next to the door, which children were running in and out of. The "host" placed menus on the table and walked off, not explaining if it was table service and without further conversation. My husband then went back to the host stand and asked for a different table, which was not a problem at all and resolved very quickly. We noted that the pub felt cold and they should have taken the opportunity to light the beautiful open fire they had or at the very least turned up the heating on one of the stormiest nights of the year! Our order was taken relatively quickly and a small bucket brought over with cutlery (a picky bugbear of mine.) Our starters of calamari were enjoyable but on the chewier side, our steaks were lovely and certainly a filling dish, but we did have to wait whilst someone fetched us steak knives from the kitchen, as they "were being washed" which felt like it took an age and considering there were only four other tables in the pub rather shocking. The service was somewhat lacking and we did have to flag someone down for further drinks. I'm not one for missing dessert (ever) but the dessert menu was very uninspiring and evidently brought in generic cakes, so we skipped this. We felt that the pub could be so much better, considering it's refurbishment and setting, all it lacks is the warmth of hospitality that should come with customer service.

Very varied menu and the lunch menu a good deal. Fish and chips lovely, well cooked and presented. Staff couldn’t be more helpful and friendly.

Lovely breakfast table ready when we walked in. Lovely food and choice also reasonably priced Visit made extra special by waitress who was on duty Sunday 7th July. She was patient with the active children friendly and pleasant. I did not have chance to thank her when we left. Please do so on our behalf

I love going to any Costa Coffee, and the one in Congleton is great if you go into the shop. However ordering from this shop on Uber Eats is often terrible. I've had the wrong drink made and sent, items missing from my order and then today when my drink arrived, the cup was only half full. It wasn't even a regular in a large cup, the drink was regular, the cup was regular but half of it was missing. So if you do choose to use this store, don't be busy and use Uber to pick your order up as there will no doubt be a problem.