The Topiary Coffee Shop

What can I say except a very disappointing visit to have a coffee and cake …. Staff next to useless . Nobody any interest in serving anyone … needless to say we were not served staff chatting to each other and taking no notice of customers .. had to leave and will not come back again

We Visited the restaurant , as we had been given a gift voucher and went for lunch , we were very disappointed with our food an open prawn sandwich costing £8-95 what was described on the menu certainly wasn’t served to me awful , also a three cheese toasted sandwich costing £8-25 was just as awful and was barely cooked . You felt Rushed ,there was no atmosphere very disappointed

Just been for a sunday lunch here,and we will not be rushing back anytime soon. £11.95 each for 1 course which was ok but expensive for what it was.Had to order from waiter but could have ordered through my phone app if it had been explained properly.The mezls are placed at a drop off table which you have to go and get? No condiments were offered to you,and the way out which is a different route to coming in ,was not informed of that until nearly out!

Had super vegetarian breakfast this morning, very generous portions of freshly cooked food. Very confident and comfortable with the social distancing measures in place. We had prebooked as recommended were given a warm friendly greeting and shown to out table . It was very easy to order and pay by phone, no problem at all. The food and drinks arrived quickly and were delivered to our “side table “, a great idea to minimise contact. Well done to all staff here working under difficult conditions, thank you xxxx

We’ve been here many times and always found the food and drinks a little on the pricey side but were of good quality. However, upon purchasing the usual drinks today, we were very disappointed as they tasted watery and weak. Back to the tills we went and a very friendly and helpful member of staff explained that the boss had changed supplier recently. For that you can read the high prices have remained high but the quality has vastly reduced. It’s a shame that this has happened to increase further their profit margins. There is only 2 ways to make this known. 1. Here on Tripadvisor and 2 by not coming back. Shame

The Topiary has never failed to deliver quality food and service but this year especially with all of the difficulties it seems to have gone the extra mile when we went for our afternoon tea. There is a new and easy innovative system involving ordering by mobile, social distancing within the restaurant was very reassuring and the service remains polite, upbeat and delightfully friendly. My friend and I felt safe there and were provided with plentiful cakes and sandwiches with our tea. For those looking for a treat and want reassurance that wherever they are going will take every care they can to look after you, this is the local place to go. Highly recommended to beat away any looming lockdo...

The website stated plenty of vegan options and when got there only had cake, soup and fried breakfast. This was a SUNDAY. Ordered the vegan soup and when arrived several options removed as stated were NOT vegan and cooked with the non -vegan. The soup was awful like baby food and had a weird taste. 1 hour later husband and I had bad stomach pains and later loose bowels so food was either OFF or not vegan. We complained via email and were told that the toppings WERE vegan and they had 4 separate fryers. This makes zero sense as food was cooked fresh and suggests the fryers on that day were MIXED use. We are locals and have eaten cake there before. We won't be using the restaurant again as we...

The online menu has Specials, but it wasn 't offered at the table which was surprising for a Saturday I thought. Limited choice at after 11am. We ordered Fish Finger Butties, which were served with Mayonnaise not Tartar Sauce. They were nice but definitely not worth the £8.95 price tag. The coleslaw was nice but the side salad consisted of a few items placed atop a very small little gem lettuce leaf! Cake selection is poor, not the options they had when they opened after refurbishment and nothing like the choice there used to be pre Strikes. We also ordered x2 buttered scones, only for the waiter to add with Jam and cream? so we agreed. The price for a buttered scone was £2.45 ... don 't kno...

This was our first visit since lockdown, having eaten there on many previous occasions and have always enjoyed reasonably priced, home cooked food. However, the first thing we noticed was the changes to the dishes on the menu and how expensive the meals had become. A small 330ml bottle of Diet Coke was £2.30! We ordered our food via mobile phone, which we thought was a great idea. When our drinks arrived, however, our waitress left them on an adjacent table, which meant that we had to get up from our table to get them! See attached photo. My husband 's choice of food was already out of stock, despite it being 11:50! So he was offered an alternative, which was a little more expensive, but we...