Love this particular cafe rouge! Staff are always lovely and the food is always fab. We had the sharing platter. Nice but could do with a little bit more choice. Mains and desert lovely and the fixed menu of steak and chips medium rare cooked to perfection.
Great food and a very nice place
It didn't start off to good.
There was hardly any customers in so we were told to go and sit anywhere we liked.
On doing so nobody waited on us for 5 minutes so i went and got my own menu, a waiter then come over and said it was table service with a bit of attitude in his voice, so i said if it was table service i wouldn't of had to get my own menu. From then on service got better.
I was here with my boyfriend and he had a lovely lunch. The food was really nice and tasty. The waiter was very polite and tried to help us when, we where unsure what kind of dessert we should order. He brought us a book from the kitchen to show us the desserts. The service was really good-no complaints at all. It is true that the service was a bit slow it took them about 30 minutes to bring us our food, but in my opinion it is normal when you are in a restaurant. You have to wait for your food to be cooked of course, you are not the only one there - and this is an important fact to remember to other customer. You don't have to be rude to the waiting staff just because you have a bad day. People just complain about everything nowadays.
When ever I have a meeting i the area, i come here. the food and the drinks are reliable and consistent. The service is hit and miss, most times its good but sometimes it lacks any sort of attention. The last time I was there in the restaurant seated, I waited for 20 minutes to have my order taken (they weren't busy, I think I was being ignored, NOT good) This said it is a nice place with out side seating and a good vista.
Wonderful restaurant. Take no notice of the bad reviews. Lovely food, authentic French food. Thoroughly enjoyed our meals and the wine is to die for, ended up taking a bottle home. Would reccoment this restaurant for both a romantic meal and casual dining. Will come here again. One of my favourites down boardwalk. 10/10 for cafe rouge at lakeside.
This place has a great review of the lake at Lakeside which on a sunny day on the boardwalk gives a great atmosphere for a relaxing dinner. Our waiter was very friendly attentive and ready to help all you would expect from good customer service. We ordered steak and chips the beef bourguignon it's arrived quickly well served and although I had to send a steak back to be cooked a bit more the food here was very good. We even used our Tesco vouchers this time which meant it proved to be cheap as chips. I've been to many restaurants in this chain but just with the customer service along with the location of the restaurant I think this has to be the best. Great place to relax after a hard day shopping at lakeside or just a drop into If You Live Locally.
Really nice place specially situated by the lakeside.friendly staff too
A lovely cafe on the waterfront. A tasty breakfast and good attentive service too .
To be fair this is probably my favourite chain. Everything is wholesome and you don't feel you have just eaten half your own body weight in grease. Decor is pleasing, staff make a real effort with kids and there is a good and varied choice of everything.
Loved it! First ever visit there. We celebrated a 70th birthday and it will certainly not be the last visit there. Food was fantastic and the staff could not do enough to make our evening special. Thank you....see you soon 😃
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