Reviews in Wadebridge

I took the recommendation off this website and treated my family to a birthday bash. It was excellent and the eat as much as you like on Wednesday was some thing else. You don,t just get a choice of dishes on a buffet. You get the whole menu to choose from and you just keep choosing until you can't eat any more. The food was great

This Cafe has the ambience, food quality & presentation of a Blackpool Pleasure Beach Cafe with the prices a of a central London Restaurant - we regrettably didn't check prices before we entered but saw the sign & fancied fish & chips. The no more than 5oz Battered Haddock was tasteless, arrived only with a large bowl of McDonalds style (very thin) chips, a very small bowl of rock hard peas & tartare sauce!. For this & 2 small bottles of Coca Cola we paid £39! This is the worst value establishment have have ever been to - an absolute 'rip-off'

I had a very bad experience on my first (and certainly the last!) visit to this restaurant. I had dinner here recently with my wife and 14-month old son and although this place described itself as 'family-friendly', when I arrived there I was told rather tersely and unsympathetically that they do not have or provide high chairs for small children. When I questioned the owner (Abdul) about their claim on restaurant guides/websites of being 'family-friendly', his curt reply was - "you should have checked before you came and made the decision beforehand"!! To me this came across as an absolutely nasty shock and being particularly rude. Basically, he was implying that families with children are NOT welcome at his restaurant! Moving on to the food, I have to say that not only was the food far from authentic Indian (it was clearly Bangladeshi!), but it did not taste good either. The seafood we ordered was certainly not fresh and too much of colour and spices were used. To make things even worse, everything on the menu was overpriced (I have eaten in popular upmarket Indian restaurants in London and the prices at The Raj were around the same!). I feel that this is a really cheeky and dishonest tactic because the general impression is that if something is priced rather high, then it must be good!! Even the pappad and pickles that is served on arrival was charged at a ridiculous £3.80!! The really cheeky thing about this 'pappad business' is that as soon as we sat at our table the waiter comes up to you and casually asks you 'how many pappads you would like'. He never mentions (and I'm sure is clearly instructed not to!) that it is not complimentary, rather will be charged. This is a very deceptive tactic, as the guest is tricked into thinking that it is a complimentary item (as it indeed is in many good Indian restaurant across UK). The worst part of my experience at this restaurant was the absolutely impolite and uncouth behaviour by the owner of this place, Mr.Abdul. Not only is this person totally incapable of conversing with his guests in a polite and decent manner, but moreover he has this attitude about him that seems to suggest that he is doing his customers a favour by letting them eat at his place!! He needs to learn to talk and behave like the local people, especially those in Cornwall, who are amongst the most friendly in this country.

This restaurant /cafe - as others have indicated is pricey. Expensive is OK if visible and reflected in value. Unfortunately this was not our experience last week (Sep 09) We were handed menus and our gaze directed to the 'Specials' on display. Without checking the Menu we went for the trad. fish & chips on the board (pricey we thought at £9 ish each - but "hey this is Rock - it'll be good") We ordered two fish but with just one portion of chips for the 2 of us; Fish was fine - not excellent. Chips were matchstick frozen type but the pot of peas were 'rock' (pardon the pun) hard. Hungry.... we were fed. We were more than surprised though, to be presented with a bill for £33.50 which included a coke and tonic water. On checking - we were told that the 'on board ' price was the 'take away price' Sadly, we hadnt consulted the Menu after being shown the boards....knowledge is all Wont be going back. Far better value to be had elsewhere. PS Tables could do with a scrub. Wooden slats ingrained with ketchup doesn't look good. On the positive side - the waitress was pleasant, the location is enviable as is the classy seaside ambience but they shouldn't expect to profit from that alone by maximising takings from unwitting visitors in the short season.

Fantastic food in wadebridge. The lady who served us really knew her stuff and also all about the area and was so sweet and helpful even though obviously rushed off her feet. They have an "all you can eat" on Wednesday evenings..this is such a bargain! One wouldn't expect such a deal when it's normally a little on the expensive side. No wonder they were so busy. Would advise booking for this and ask for lady with long gingery hair to tell you where to visit if (like us) you don't know the area!

I'm not one for entering comments, but had the carvery today (Sunday lunchtime). Have to say this was as good a carvery as I have ever had (and I'm no spring chicken - 50). Staff polite, food wonderful - vegetables al dente, batters just right and a very generous helping of meat, perfectly cooked. Well worth a visit, but need to book unless you're happy to chance the outside tables (which I did).

Absolutely crazy prices even for the Rock area, a chicken burger at the exorbitant price of 13 pounds, I'd expect the whole damn chicken in a bun for that price, coffee also far too expensive. Surprisingly never seemed that busy at any time of day. About time there was some competition for this overpriced excuse for a cafe!!!.

A really rare find. A quaint pub in a dear little Village. The Menu seemed fine but after ordering just 2 very small glasses of white wine we declined to eat there....they cost £9 for the 2! Afraid to say we certainly won't be visiting again, this was a blatant and exorbitant Gastropub at it's worst.

There are actualy TWO Indian restaurants in Wadebridge. The Bash Bagan is easily the best for cuisine and for its extremely friendly service. The Dal Sambar is simply to die for and the same quality is somehow replicated week after week.

We were looking for a place to take some old friends, food was superb, all the typical English food but done in a very trendy style, and beautifully cooked. Atmosphere was great and we were all impressed. Service was excellent and the staff very friendly. Will definitely go there again.

What a pretentious cafe, with surly rude staff! Shouted at me because I had the audacity to bring in a buggy, Therefore would advise management that the back to front sign on the front door is a bad idea... Overpriced food I mean £9.95 for an Egg Mayo sandwich even if it "does come buttered" and with packet of crisp!!!!! and £4.50 for a smoothie..would have to be a whole weeks portion of fruit for that price Better to go up the road to the delightful "The Rock Bakery" where they not only charge £1.95 for said sandwich, they also have some yummy pasties and cakes.....Although they would benefit from tables and chairs outside as eating in the car does leave lots of crumbs....

Had dinner at The Glasshouse, what has happened there, food has gone right down hill. Very boring pie and over cooked pizza. What happened to all the nice fish

well, well, well, what a fabulous gem this is....amazing views, great decor, unbelievably fantastic mussels......if you haven't been, you need to! i will be telling all my friends..........

Our first ever time to Rock yesterday...and I must say the last. If the Blue tomato cafe is representative of Rock then it quite obviously has so much wealth it can afford to be rude and ignorant to its visitors. We turned up at the cafe at around 1:50pm, there was not any opening times apparent on the door. Our order was politely taken and promptly served too. The food was very good. What was appalling was that each member of staff was not talking but almost shouting, whistling almost deafeningly loud and discussing how awful Jane MacDonald is. We were the only customers and made to feel very unwelcome, it felt as if we were sat in the kitchen during staff lunch time. How do the staff know we were not related to Jane MacDonald?

"I think I'll have a smoothie and a mortgage!" commented my friend as he read the menu in the Blue Tomato Cafe. I was absolutely taken back with the ridiculous prices that this cafe has the audacity to charge. Nachos are £8 and scrambled eggs and salmon will set you back more than £10. The table was so sticky that the newspaper stuck to it and the annoying staff spent most of their time flirting with each other or whistling. On the other hand the lemon drizzle cake was gorgeous and I have to say the cafe has very tasteful decor. Unfortunately, i don't think I will be returning here again.

Having arrived in Rock early one Saturday morning with my good lady wife and the dog, a cappuccino was in order. The waitress was attentive and friendly and the coffee was agreeable. The only thing that left a bad taste was the price - £3.25 each for a regular (not large mind) coffee was not steep but positively precipitous. And we come from Barnes the coffee village of south west London.

Sunday Carvery outstanding, using local produce. Staff all very friendly and welcoming. Puddings to die for. Well Done I wish I lived nearer and could pop in every week. Thank you for looking after the whole family.

Five of us and the dog mostly enjoyed our afternoon at this lovely cafe in Rock. Our waitress was charming and the whole experience was what we were looking for after a day on the beach with a choice of great food for everyone. The only blot on the landscape was the pernicious manageress sat inside in the corner making totally inappropriate comments about her waiting staff. I would NOT revisit this cafe if I knew she was going to be there as I find it unacceptable behaviour to cause an atmosphere of fear in your staff that obvious. We were sat outside and we could still hear her.