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A fresh mix of leafy greens, crunchy vegetables, and optional dressing for a light, healthy choice.

Wild Wild

Wild Wild

2 Bridge Street, Cheshire East, United Kingdom, CW12 1AY

Mexican • Seafood • European • Fast Food


"Having successfully deposited our eldest in her new Uni digs and having enjoyed an evenings kip in an adjoining Manchester hotel we were in two minds where to breakfast. MrsC’s growing angst over the likely state of our home after allowing our youngest free rein for a garden party proved persuasive so we decided on an early exit an victuals en route. A scan of Happy Cow and Google combined allied to our southbound travel threw up Wild and Wild as a convenient stop off before we rejoined the M6. Pleased to see that it opened at 10;00am on a Sunday whilst registering our likely arrival at 10:15 we added the required SatNav waypoint and trained our behemoth on its new path. There was convenient free parking on the Sunday and we ambled on the pedestrianised section to Wild and Wild; sitting slightly incongruously next to a Costa. The place is light and well laid out and an enticing array of cakes and pastries greets you as you enter. The usual instructive board informed us “to please wait to be seated” which we did. The young lady who appeared to be both front of house, barista and server said she would be with us after serving her present customer; which was fine but, in truth, simply having the menus on the tables and allowing you to sit yourself at empty unreserved tables would seemed to have been the least intrusive and effective means of managing the flow? Anyway we were handed drinks/food menus and then informed that we could, in effect, do exactly that and seat ourselves. The breakfast/brunch menu was concise but convincing and for speed and efficiency MrsC and I settled on two “full English”, vegan of course, and two oat milk lattes. Queued again and gave the order and paid there and then. Though we haven’t been out too much recently the coffee prices seemed about right but the breakfast seemed a tad high. Understanding how inflation is hitting that might just be an impression but if we had stayed in Manchester and returned to the Lounge a similar menu would have been 30% less. Then it started going awry. The wait for the coffee seemed long; the wait for the food almost interminable (around 40-45 mins in truth) Halfway through that wait another server had magicked into operation and it switched from queuing to order to table service. She was professional enough to highlight to new incoming customers that drinks would be about 10 mins/food 30. Something not considered worthy of note to us earlier arrivals. The breakfast was ok. The vegan sausages appeared homemade with rice wrapper “skins” but they were woefully dry and overcooked. The whole vine of oven roasted cherry tomatoes were good as was the star of the show the Smokey “baked beans”. The toast was good quality bread but cut too thin to successfully soak up both beans and the sweet tomatoes. The other components of mixed greens and mushrooms and tofu scramble were under seasoned and a little bland. The potato rosti was a little dense but ok. Sadly the food was underwhelming and more so due to the long wait; ill fitting the vibe and the surroundings especially as the place wasn’t heaving at any time. Always feel awkward knocking eateries in these uncertain times but, in this case, expectations raised by the feel of the place allied to the prices charged, we’re not met by the quality of the food. Perhaps it’s better suited to an afternoon cake and a drink session? Disappointed."

Chives Brasserie

Chives Brasserie

11 High Street, PE36 5AB, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, United Kingdom

Pasta • Pizza • Steak • British


"We first visited the Chives on the Tuesday for a light lunch, I explained to staff the my wife had a stomach disorder to which the staff were very helpful and understanding and ended up having Two lovely meals which were good value for money, so we decided to book for the Thursday evening, Sadly Thursday evening was a totally different experience beyond belief, arrived got a nice table, this should of been a celebration but upsetting for us both is an understatement, again explained about my wifes stomach disorder, the starters were fine, the mains arrived and my wifes meal consisted of a salad minus Tomatos and Onions as requested, Sweet potato firs and a dressed Crab, my wife had just started her meal and on eating her crab pulled out a long elastic type hollow tube which she placed onto a napkin and discreetly took a waitress to one side away from customers and showed her what she had found, the waitress took it to the chef and the chef told her he had never seen anything like it before, my wife came back to the table and sat down but she could not eat her meal. The waitress asked would my wife like something else to which she replied some more sweet potato fries thank you. The manager then arrived at the resturant and imformed my wife and I that this was just part of the Crab, she was abrupt and rude but we decided to carry on with our evening. After the meal we asked for the bill to see we were charged full price £22) for a meal my wife did not eat, the manager came over a we both queried the bill, she was extremly rude and loud so all customers could hear that there was nothing wrong with the crab and that the chefs had informed her it was part of the crab. My wife informed her what the waitress had told her what the chef had said she went very quiet and stormed off. At no point did she apologise for her behaviour but they did eventually take the price of the crab meal off of our bill. My wife has been very unwell and this caused her great upset, not only by the way the manager spoke to her but also the volume of her voice and to do this in front of a packed and close table resturant."