The Dovecote Eatery

The wait for a take away coffee was 20 mins! complete waste of time just waiting around outside by the hatch. Not enough staff, poor communication too. Wasted my morning. Wont be back

Good breakfast reasonable price, served quick and very hot. Really enjoyed the food and atmosphere. Little difficult to find on the first visit but well organised with ability to book tables.

My wife and I popped in for a quick coffee after a dog walk, we ordered our drinks, which were brought out to us very quickly, with a lovely atmosphere at the order counter, we will be coming here again soon. Ver carta

So breakfast was very good and enjoyable. Did have to point out a problem with the toast, this was replaced so no problem and our breakfast was taken away to kerp warm. Just felt might have been a jesture to offer free drink ?

We hired a private room for afternoon tea and the cakes, sandwiches and scones were great, my only negative was the tin tea cups, I totally understand the look the tea room where going for, but I doubt anyone enjoys their tea or coffee from chipped tin cups.

First impressions of the place are good, it’s in a lovely setting. On entering the courtyard you’re greeted by plenty of picnic tables and a slightly drab white gazebo. Food itself was ok. We’d ordered some full English breakfasts. Sadly the food turned up on those awful metal plates with the chipped paint which cheapened the experience. Ver carta

Lovely cafe. Rustic setting, quirky plates, lovely food. We went for lunch and had warm baguettes with loaded fries. This isn’t a restaurant it’s a cafe and the reasonable prices and menu reflect it. Good not fault a thing, Chorizo and Feta fries were amazing. We will be back. Takeaway cakes handy as were too full. Brookie pie recommended

The service was friendly and cheerful. However the food was really not up to their usual good standard sadly. Smashed avocado with chilli flakes on bread was awful. Bread rather stale tasting and beyond salty and just way too much chilli The chicken bacon sandwich tasted “fishy”…..my sons description They did apologise and promised to feed back to the “chef”. It’s a shame as I’ve enjoyed many good meals there over the years. Will leave it a while before I return

Scrambled eggs so dry like they been microwaved for a day. Almost inedible. Fried eggs rubbery. £1.75 for one small rasher of bacon. £4 for a tiny kids milkshake. Many mistakes made on the order . Brought chocolate milkshake instead of hot chocolate. Brought fried eggs instead of scrambled eggs. No fruit shoot brought with kids meal. Coffee lukewarm. I was more than willing to discuss with staff but they are all youngsters and it was really busy although not sure why. Where is the manager of this place checking on customers — doesn’t seem to be one. Ver carta