August 2024 by Trevor Arbon
Good food, good coffee and lovely staff.
July 2024 by Clare Holmes
Just had a lovely little lunch at this hidden cafe!
Friendly warm service, dog friendly and food was lovely.
We will be back.
May 2024 by Melinda Griggs
Had a lovely latte and slice of Victoria sponge here. I sat outside but there are tables inside the cafe as well as a separate inside area. All very clean.Parking: There are 2 parking areas.Wheelchair accessibility: Alot of the area is gravel but its well flattened and hard .
May 2024 by Nick Fairs
Experience spoiled by long wait and incorrect order. The cafe offered additional free drinks as a way of compensating for our long wait.
April 2024 by D133JOnancyg
This is our third time and probably the last time. The first time we visited the Courtyard restaurant mid-March, it was a great experience with lovely food and great service. The second visit was also end of March, we had to wait around an hour for our food to arrive. Our drinks followed shortly after another reminder. Given that the food was good, we decided to try again today. We waited to be served for around 20 minutes but no one came. The food was good but there are plenty of other local pubs or restaurants offering the same level of quality at a lower price and much better service.
January 2024 by Jack Thompson
Lovely little cafe and very friendly staff. It is dog friendly.Stopped for a drink a snack it was all very well done the chunky chips were great and the kids loved their hot chocolates.Thank you!
November 2023 by Emma Catchpole
Great food, great service highly recommendDietary restrictions: Offer milk alternatives and their gluten free carrot cake is deliciousParking: Free parking on site with less than a minutes walk to cafe.
August 2023 by lyndak389
My husband and I took his mother out for a light lunch today and although busy the cafe showed us to a table and took our order for 3 hot drinks and food ( 3 sandwiches). \nOur drinks arrived promptly but the food did not! Other tables continued to fill up while we waited and after 30 mins, when the table who came in 10 mins after us were presented with their hot food, I enquired when ours would be ready. After checking we were told our ticket was the next one and asked if we wanted a complimentary drink which my mother in law agreed to. 10 mins later my mother in law began to get agitated, she has dementia, after a takeaway order was taken through to a customer waiting in the courtyard, and she asked again about our order. After 50 mins wait we were finally given our order and then told the order was free of charge due to unacceptable wait which should not have happened. Though the food was really lovely, as always, and the compensation greatfully received, the wait turned what should have been a lovely lunch in a wonderful setting, into a stressful one due to the unacceptable wait.
August 2023 by jansypoo
It's getting expensive!! We live locally and regularly go to the farm shop which has some of the best fresh food, particularly the meat. The cafe serves delicious and filling bacon sandwiches but at £6 each it's stretching the budget. I know ingredients are expensive but I want to be able to afford to keep coming!!
August 2023 by D5604WHcarlb
The cafe is situated in a beautiful old barn. The staff are friendly and welcoming. We've breakfasted there a few times now. The selection for vegetarians and indeed non-veggies is really appetising. The wait time for the food to be served is absolutely acceptable and is certainly worth the short wait. The coffees are amazing. This is not a cheap place to dine but we have never felt that we paid over the reasonable odds. We look forward to our visits to this special cafe.
July 2023 by Pam H
Reserved a table for 11 of us, due to previous issues when coming to pay the bill we decided that each of us would pay on ordering, this totally confused some staff as they were unsure how to do this for our table. We all ordered but some waited excessive time and we had to keep reminding them we were still waiting, it was very disorganised to say the least.one staff members attitude was not good, she brought my colleagues scone, jam and cream then snatched the cream off the plate when my colleague said she wasn?t sure she ordered it. The staff member then said well if you?ve not paid for it you can?t have it, not been awful but with the cost of living. The cream was 50p extra and the amount of time we waited then at least they could have let that go!\nThere was no cooked food just cakes and scones and hot drinks so no reason for a delay!\nVery very disappointed at the service and especially the staff members attitude, very unlikely to recommend and groups bigger than 4 to be honest!
July 2023 by Hilary Bond
Food was good, breakfast cooked as requested.
June 2023 by Oopsadaisy
Great little countryside café!Surprisingly busy, considering it?s in the middle of nowhere! Great food, very pleasant attentive staff !
February 2023 by teddylmn24
Cute barn, Lovely staff, terrible coffee, dirty cups & saucers and annoying doorbell which went off all the time. I ordered poached eggs on sourdough and received plain white bread ( not a massive deal) and eggs were cooked to perfection. Overall nice experience but could do with some improvements.
August 2022 by gaylec776
Very sad to return to the cafe at Alder carr in needham to have two meals which we could not eat. Chicken was dry, tough, and brown :(\nOn payment we were asked if everything was ok with our meals, and we politely advised that sadly it wasn?t. The reply was ?oh?\nI?ve since emailed the cafe, and the response was that they hope I?ll visit again soon, and theyll mention my comments to the chef!\n\nAVOID! Unless you like spending £50 to watch it go in the bin!
