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The Great British Cupcakery Bakehouse Parlour

The Great British Cupcakery Bakehouse Parlour

15 Queen Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 3UG, United Kingdom, Newcastle upon Tyne

Tea • Coffee • Cheese • British


"The cake itself was beautiful to look at and in the end was everything I asked for. I booked GB cupcakery with confidence after seeing them and their team at a wedding fair a few years prior to the wedding who talked me through the process of ordering and made it all sound very personal. I have even attended the cafe numerous times. However the customer service around booking and arranging the design/tasting was challenging and I even had doubts at times the cake was going to be delivered on my wedding day. I know there was a global pandemic in the middle of it all, however the lack of communication from them was lacking throughout the process. We even booked a tasting box to collect from the cafe (after spending 3 months and numerous calls and emails trying to contact them) we drove 30 miles to collect it only to find they had NOT prepared the box for us. They did kindly post it out to us, however in the tasting box, one of the portions had a very large egg shell the size of a finger nail when I bit into it. I did email them to inform them of this along with my choice of flavours. However, no acknowledgement of this email was made when I spoke to them on the phone to tell Then my choices for the second time after I had waited with no reply for another 3 weeks from my said email. (at this point my mother was begging me to cancel the cake and loose my £165 deposit as she has worked in catering all her life and service like this is not what is expected) but i decided to stick with it and give them The benefit of doubt. Anyway the cake did turn up, they eventually the week before the day spoke through everything with us and the cake was beautiful on the day, with extra thanks to the flowers provided by the florist. The cake inside did have lumps of flour in the sponge but by this point that was expected as attention to detail when it came to the inside of the cakes is clearly looked over. I am glad to see that the option of booking wedding cakes is now NOT an option on their website as this company is clearly too busy with the cafe to care for wedding customers. Even after taking a £165 deposit. Their excuses for lack of communication was they had closed the direct email address for wedding enquiries. As they were too busy to take any more on. Which I can’t understand you doing without informing your brides and grooms of this change first. Thanks for the cake but I would not recommend using GB cupcakery for a wedding."

Blue Boar Pub

Blue Boar Pub

259 Wroxham Road, Broadland, United Kingdom, NR7 8RL

Pub • Steak • British • Vegetarian


"I have eaten here previously a couple of times around a year ago and it was just basic pub grub so when my friends suggested meeting here again as its central for us all I wasn't expecting much. Upon arrival car park was pretty full and all the socially distanced tables were full. The interior has obviously had a makeover too as it looks great. We sat at our table and the server took our orders and was very attentive ensuring we had plenty of drinks etc and assisting my fussy friend in her menu choice. We did wait a while for the food but as I said it was busy so thats understandable and we had a chance to talk. When the food came out my eyes nearly popped out of my head at the beautiful presentation and portion size and I could wait to dig in...I was not disappointed! I had slow cooked beef brisket chilli topped with sour cream and smashed avocado and it was probably the best chilli I have ever eaten in a restaurant...beautiful flavours and fresh ingredients. I was pretty full but thought I'd better give the dessert menu a look and went for the toffee apple crumble with crunchie ice cream as it sounded lovely and autumnal....again the presentation was amazing and it was divine, I loved the apple crisp it was a lovely finishing touch. It was very reasonable too I paid £20 for those 2 courses and they were worth every penny. I have told all my friends and relations how great it was and I will definitely be returning very soon unless we go into lockdown again. I understand there is a new chef...well done you have exceeded my expectations and converted me. Also well done to the serving staff for being well trained, polite and knowledgeable about the ingredients of the dishes on the menu. See you again soon Blue Boar."