May 2025 by Jason ?Nokker86? Billington
Great little cafe and friendly helpful staff
August 2024 by Simon Williamson
Beautiful building, brilliant park behind for the children, great cricket ground adjacent and stunning views across! The ice cream parlor a short walk up the hill was an added bonus too! (The white horse pub is up the same hill for the thirsty/stressed mums n dad's too, also highly recommended!!) Beautiful stress free part of the area!
May 2024 by Billy Bookworm
The Barlow (Institute) is a wonderful place. A great community focus for events plus a cricket ground, tennis courts and crown green bowling. The cafe is excellent, and popular, and it's licensed!
May 2024 by Barbara Boardman
So impressed with the people who run this lovely little cafe. Our service was a bit delayed as the place had suddenly become very busy and in contrast to other places they apologised, offered us free drinks - and when we didn't accept gave us a refund. Such a lovely gesture and we hadn't even complained.
May 2024 by Andrea Moscrop
Something has gone very badly wrong with this place and it needs fixing quickly. The service we received today was appalling numerous things were wrong dirty glass and hours wait with no apology. Things missed from my grandaughters lunch box meal. The apple in it looked like it had been kicked around the kitchen it was so badly bruised. They begrudgingly changed. I've been here before and it's been nice. It's a shame it's a community cafe that's normally lovely but today was bad and the place was filthy it isn't usually. I hope they improve quickly.
May 2024 by Zoe Greenhalgh
A great cafe for lunch or coffee with friends. Delicious homemade cake too!
March 2024 by neil sampson
Great building, good and service. A gem.
February 2024 by Sue Eastham
Delightful coffee. Great
January 2024 by london21881
Our lunch at the Barlow was delicious, I enjoy the homemade soup of the day and the daily specials. We will be returning next week. Highly recommend.
January 2024 by Lovingittwofrogs
Great place to meet up with family and friends for a coffee or something to eat. Lovely historical setting which always feels welcoming warm and friendly
January 2024 by Stephanie M
We had excellent service, lovely food and great atmosphere! We would definitely go again, nice big function room that would be good for future events we will definitely will be booking.
January 2024 by Jenny C
A brilliant community centre used by many local people for all types of activities. The cafe food is outstanding with a warm friendly atmosphere and efficient staff. Nothing is ever too much trouble. I can recommend this place unreservedly. Jenny Coleman
January 2024 by Mark Campbell
Always
December 2023 by Mick Hayhurst
Slow serviceMilk splitLost order....was in there over an hour waiting for lunch ...
December 2023 by Helen Mayall
This is normally one of our favourite cafés to visit but after a terrible visit yesterday we won't be returning.We ordered jacket potatoes with tuna, which took almost an hour to arrive on a Wednesday lunchtime (the cafe was barely half full). When they did, they were hard inside. We returned them to the counter and asked for them to be made into sandwiches instead as we had a newborn baby with us and had already waited a long time. We were told that was no problem by the man at the counter. While we were waiting one of the kitchen staff came to our table and told us there was nothing wrong with the potatoes, they had been cooked for twenty minutes and she had probed them with a thermometer before serving. She reported she was going to serve them to someone else. Her attitude was rude, and there was no offer of compensation or apology . She told us our order was at the back of the queue of other customers. We were also not offered the difference in cost back as we had paid more for jacket potatoes than sandwiches. Food that has been sent back should not be served to other customers.This was my first outing/lunch out with my newborn baby, which I was hoping would be a special occasion, but instead, we left disappointed and upset by the service and the way we were spoken to. Would not recommend.
