"I’ve been to Lindley’s Cafe on 2 other occasions 1st time my husband I had an all day breakfast which was very nice. On the 2nd occasion my cousin and I decided to go as I recommended it for a coffee and cake when my husband was in hospital. Today, we travelled from Brighouse to go there specifically. What a big, big mistake we made. My husband ordered, scrambled egg on toast with a very small piece of salmon. I ordered the Welsh rarebit, added the ham mushrooms as extras. The drinks were both OK, although the pot of tea didn’t come with hot water, as is usual with a pot of tea in any cafe. Our meals arrived with not even a smile, just mind it’s hot, no niceties. The ham was on top of the so called Welsh rarebit, then a pile of black slimy mushrooms on top. When I tried to eat it, the bread was soggy NOT fully toasted only one side, the mushrooms did not taste good at all. I asked my husband to try one to see what he thought, he also thought they tasted bad as well. I told the waitress I couldn’t eat the mushrooms they didn’t taste right, so she took the plate back downstairs. My meal was returned with just the ham on top, again I was told it was hot. When I tried to cut it I could see the bread was so soggy underneath was absolutely disgusting, it was obvious the mushrooms had been removed and the remainder re-heated in the microwave. I called the waitress over said I’m sorry but I just can’t eat this I don’t intend to pay for it, she apologised. She looked very uncomfortable asked if I would say that tell (her)? when you go down. So I politely told (her)? I’m sorry I won’t pay for mine as I didn’t eat any of it. She said fine, took my husbands money then once she got payment told us ‘and don’t bother coming back, because if you do you won’t be served’, as if we would want to! She completely lost it, shouting at us, saying ‘we were ripping small businesses off’. How this woman has stayed in business so long is a miracle. A lot of things are bad now after Covid, but this place has gone really down hill, it looks grubby the storage heater near our table had food or drink splashes, not clean. It was very cold a family on the next table left as the lady said she was too cold. If you go there, you’ll be OK as long as you don’t complain, but watch out if you do lol. I said to my husband, ‘perhaps it’s under different management’ as it used to be nice really not good now. That wasn’t actually the end of the story though. As we left crossed the road to the car park, the woman ran out and started either videoing or photographing us. Goodness knows why, very strange woman. I decided to look at some reviews it does appear the women told another customer the very same. Not to come back. News flash, don’t worry there’s … NO CHANCE!!!"
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