The best restaurants serving Other european-cuisines food in St Mary's South Kesteven East Midlands

What a great pub! The only thing wrong was that I couldn't stay long enough. Everyone in our large party enjoyed their food and there were good options for the vegetarian, vegan and gluten intolerant members. They had a good range of beers and the staff were knowledgeable and very helpful.

The setting was lovely and the staff attentive but there are no excuses for over pricing of this magnitude. The vegetarian menu in particular was ludicrous. £30 for a cauliflower steak is outrageous and totally unjustified as it was neither inventive nor particularly well executed. There are plenty of restaurants in London offering inventive and delicious vegetarian and vegan food for a fraction of the price. You should only consider charging this amount if you can deliver something exceptional.

Went in on spec on a busy weekday morning. There were plenty of people in the place but as we approached an empty table to see what the notice on it said, a thoroughly unpleasant and unwelcoming young member of staff snarled 'it's reserved, there's room upstairs'. I commented 'wow, what a welcome'. We duly went upstairs and when mentioned to the same member of staff that we were ready to order she snipped back 'there are two more people to take orders from before you'. We duly left. What an ungracious, unsophisticated young woman. To behave like that at work, presumably with her employer's blessing, beggars belief. No care, no flair, no manners, no panache. There are plenty other wonderful places to have a coffee in Stamford, we will patronise them from now on. In mentioning our experience to a neighbour locally she commented she'd experienced similar. What a shambles Fika, come on managers and get this all changed round.

What a great find. Friendly and helpful staff. Great flat white and a delicious cardamom and cinnamon bun. Took my cash without any problem, which I appreciated as this is becoming increasingly rare. Will definitely be back when I next visit Stamford.