Vera's Coffee Shop

We decided to visit here for one of their themed evenings, which was burger night. We have previously visited for lunch a couple of years ago and enjoyed it, so wanted to try one of the evening nights. The booking process was easy and went smoothly. On the night, staff were friendly and attentive. Food was served quite quickly (it had all been pre-ordered) and arrived correctly with the changes we had made (no salad in one burger, and no cheese in the other) which was a huge relief. The themed burger menu did not mention that the burgers all came with coleslaw so this was a pleasant surprise, although I would have been a bit miffed if I had ordered coleslaw as a side (which I was debating doing but decided against in the end) only to find they came with coleslaw as standard. I think this should have been mentioned on the menu. The pork and apple burgers were nice, but unfortunately neither of us could really taste any apple in them, and they also certainly did not have the apple puree in them which was stated on the menu. There was no mention of why it was missing so this was a bit disappointing, but it was still an enjoyable meal. The best bit was the homemade white chocolate and biscoff cheesecake, this was AMAZING and a real show stopper!!! It was a huge wedge of cheesecake, very generous portion size and tastes really good. The only downside was that it was very hard to taste the biscoff flavour as it was just biscoff biscuits on the top, the cream cheese filling was not made with biscoff biscuits, so the biscoff taste got a bit lost because it was so rich and defendant, but even though it ended up tasting almost like a vanilla or New York style cheesecake instead, it was still Incredible and one of the best I have had. I would definetly visit again for lunch or another themed evening and certainly for cheesecake as this was definetly the best part!

We visited this cafe last week while we were on holiday. We were given a menu and after about 2 minutes the waitress came to take our order. We asked if we could have more time as we hadn’t decided what to eat. We were then waiting for about 15-20 mins for her to come and take our order almost as if we were being left as we had asked for more time. I must add that the cafe was not busy at this time. Eventually I managed to catch her eye and she came and took our order. We all ordered the Pork and Apple burger (3 of us). I must say it’s the worst burger I have ever had in my life. The burger was not at all brown as it usually is when it’s been grilled but it was grey and sloppy I did not eat mine I tried it but found it to be slimy and completely tasteless. My companions burgers were exactly the same. I must add that we had visited the day before and had tea and cake which was nice. I will not be visiting again

Having called ahead to check whether the site was dog friendly, we were informed that dogs were not allowed in the ‘farm shop’ and that there’s a separate seating area for the cafe. Having then travelled to the centre whilst on our holidays, during the rain, we were met with several signs that didn’t allow dogs inside any of the store (not just the ‘farm shop’), and the ‘separate seating area’ was all outdoors under some leaking plastic roofing. Given the weather, and time of year, it would have been helpful if were told this in advance and weren’t given a partial/misleading response. Despite attending the centre some years ago, before we had pets, we won’t be returning.

My partner and I decided to go to Vera’s today just on a random lunch date. Service was amazing. As soon as we entered there was a young lady ready to seat us. Staff are busy bees, cleaning, serving and taking food orders. Air con was lovely on a day like today! We had the scampi and chips and jacket potato with cheese and beans. Portion sizes are huge! Prices are decent for what you get! Couple of soft drinks. Plenty of drink options available too. Cake selections is a dream! Victoria sponge was lovely! And the viennese swirls are huge! We sat indoors but the outside area looks lovely! Definitely be making it one of our regular spots from now on!

Cakes and general portion sizes amazing. Nice, clean and well decorated space. Service is very very slow though. So slow that we laugh about it every time we go and take bets on how long it will take. Putting hot water in a tea pot and cutting a few slices of cake shouldn’t take over 25min…

Absolutely heaving on a busy bank holiday weekend. Nevertheless, we were seated quickly (on the covered patio where dogs are welcome) and served equally promptly. We sampled several of the large range of cakes and all were delicious and now that we’ve seen the spread provided for Afternoon Tea, we will definitely be back. Edit: well we wanted to return but sadly we discovered that afternoon teas require a minimum of 48hrs notice.

Friendly and welcoming staff. Dropped in for breakfast at the end of our boating holiday. Had Big Wellie breakfast and a Flat White. Coffee was served piping hot. Breakfast was tepid when it arrived and my poached egg was hard, otherwise the food itself was excellent quality and very tasty. Serves a wide selection of cakes (Inc gluten free option) and tray bakes, although we were too full for anything more. Venue had plenty of tables, and felt a little clinical, although we loved the interesting light arrangement. Very popular. Arrived at opening time and it had filled up by the time we left. Will try again when back in the area

We had such a lovely time strawberry picking with our little ones aged 1-2 years old so went to visit the cafe for lunch. We had 3 prams with us due to ages of our little ones. One particular member of staff before we had a chance to sit down as we working the best way to sit with highchairs and what table would be best and sorting prams out came to us rudely and said don’t leave the prams in the walk ways. I would have understand this comment if we had already said down but this was unnecessary and we brush this off. Later as we were finishing our lovely lunch- food was great! We were getting our little ones in to their prams for safety reasons before we then could clean up our mess- like we always do. The same member of staff came up to us and just handled a dust pan and brush to my friend and then watched over my friend saying ‘that’s kind.’ How patronising and just absolutely rude as well as unnecessary!! We haven’t had the chance to make a start of cleaning up the food from the floor, out of common decency.. if you have children you understand how messy going out for meals can be! We left feeling like our wonderful morning was ruined by this rudest and unfriendly of this member of staff. We did report this to another member of staff who was very friendly and welcoming and did apologise but made us feeling the cafe isn’t baby/ child friendly! Very disappointing. You should not be working customer facing if that is how interact and communicate with customers!!