Charnwood
Goodliffes

Goodliffes

52 Church Gate, Charnwood, United Kingdom

Tapas • Coffee • Cheese • Cocktail


"Loughborough University is in the top five of our youngest's choices. We arrived a little early to look around Lougborough itself before heading to the campus based uni. It's hard when you're in a place you have never been and see a variety of eateries with no prior planning in front of you, to choose from. We didn't want a greasy spoon, or haute cuisine and as we looked around we saw the A board outside Goodliffe's on Church Gate which looked like a possibility. The menu is also displayed outside the door and as we hovered over an unsuspecting ladies shoulder, she noticed us and recommended it highly. We took her recommendation and entered, the staff were young ladies, probably students themselves, all very pleasant, happy and jolly, they looked genuinely happy to be there which is always a good sign. Hubby had Morrocan mint and lamb koftas, Littlest Foodie had the roasted sweet potato and red pepper salad with avocado, beetroot hummus, rocket, toasted pumpkin seeds, lemon dressing . I didn't really fancy anything, no fault of Goodliffe's I may hasten to add, but I can never say no to cheese so I ordered the cheese board (dessert menu) and a side of garlic ciabatta. I'm glad I did, I was able to pick the bits I wanted and Hubby finished the rest win win! The only thing I would suggest is maybe a soft cheese like Brie instead of two hard cheeses and stilton.Needless to say if Loughborough Uni is the chosen one' we will be visiting Goodliffe's again :"

Olivia's Coffee Bakery

Olivia's Coffee Bakery

9 Market Street, Charnwood, United Kingdom

Cafe • Cafés • Kebab • Pizza


"Can I say that I use the branch at The Outwoods regularly when out walking and find it fantastic. Food is excellent and staff are great. Just visited the branch in town for coffee and a bite to eat. We ordered drinks and a portion of porridge and a bacon roll. Whilst waiting I noted that it seems chaotic behind the counter. After a few minutes I heard our server asking the young lady preparing food if our porridge had been “shouted” It clearly hadn’t and he did this using a radio. I saw food being sent back from a table outside with the customer clearly not happy and walking away. After 15 mins waiting I chased our food as it hadn’t arrived. We were told it would be with us by the server in 4 1/2 mins as he said he wanted to be accurate. I then saw a table that had arrived 10 mins after us get food including a bacon roll. I asked for a refund as this was now 20 mins and still no food had arrived. I was appalled at the reaction of staff. Instructing me that they were busy and 20 mins isn’t long to wait. The food, they said was cooked to order. Guys, it’s a bacon roll and portage not a full English!! I’m assuming this is the same at Outwoods where a bacon roll arrives in around 5 mins! This guy (beard/green t shirt) then proceeded to tell the whole cafe that he was being asked by a customer for a refund. Again stating that I had only been waiting 20mins. Not very professional. He said he would do the refund and we left. Clearly if he is honest it wasn’t the best Saturday morning with 2 complaints in 15 mins about food. The young lady looked out of her depth and cafes cannot use the excuse of being busy. They are supposed to be busy. I will continue to use The Outwoods but give the town branch a miss due to the attitude of the staff member who dealt with my request for a refund. Hopefully he can address his shortcomings in customer service. You need to be able to deal with complaints and embarrassing a customer in front of everyone in the cafe is very poor. Hope your day improves."

Wheatsheaf Inn

Wheatsheaf Inn

Brand Hill, LE12 8SX, Charnwood, United Kingdom

Pubs • Full • Steak • Lunch


"I provided this feedback via their in-house feedback form but they didn’t bother to reply. My girlfriend booked us a table. When we checked the lady behind the bar was puzzled, unable to find our table. Was referred to “manager” who took us to a table with a card showing the table was reserved for another guest. Why no label for our table? Although there were many nice alcoves with a modicum of privacy our table was an awkward add-on in an awkward position with no privacy whatsoever. We ordered drinks that arrived timely and we ordered our roast lamb dinner. Three more times different staff asked us if we had ordered yet? Another example of the chaotic management style!! Within minutes the next table just a few feet away showed themselves to be very inconsiderate with a constantly barking dog under the table, very loud barking. I made my feeling very clear to the staff and soon the barking was stopped. Why allow dogs into the eating area? It’s not appropriate!! We started eating out roast dinner only to be disturbed again by a multiple tray crash, three separate crashes one after the other followed by staff rushing past us to investigate and clear up. Remember, our table in an awkward position, very apparent now. A few minutes later I expected a repeat when another staff member tried to navigate a fully loaded tray through a doorway narrower than the tray. It just beggars belief. Get proper trays!! We finished our dinner which was actually very nice, the only good thing in our visit, and left. It is hard to see why we would want to return to The Wheatsheaf Inn. It was chaotic."

Rising Sun

Rising Sun

214 Loughborough Road, LE12 7AS, Charnwood, United Kingdom

Asian • Pasta • Seafood • Chinese


"me and my partner ordered from here a good few times with orders costing £32-£60 something. we order through just eat and never had a problem, food was nice no complaints on the food but... and this is not just rising sun, as i said we ordered on the just eat app for some reason it changed our address we saw it as it was about to get delivered, we phoned up rising sun to say that it had the wrong address on it, it had already been delivered, we knocked on the address it had meant to have gone to and they said yes they came but we turned it down saying we didn't order it, the lady on the phone at rising sun had said that was right and was delivered to another address, next door. My point here is why wasn't we phoned when the first place turned it down. the lady on the phone even said that it was delivered to the address on the ticket when she herself knew it wasn't she told us where it had been supposedly delivered but the people that live there are not in so even tho it had an address they delivered it to a completely different address not the one on the ticket. As for just eat they are a waste of time trying to get hold of. So sum it up rising sun use the excuse it's just eats problem and just eat well good luck trying to get somewhere with them rising sun and just eat lost a customer today. in the end they should have phoned our number to simple ask what address when the family they tried to deliver to turned it away."