Waite & Rose Café — Restaurant in Ashford

Great overall as a quick pit stop if visiting the store and certainly is nicer than queuing near the doorway for the takeaway coffee at the store entrance! It was surprisingly quiet here for approaching lunchtime and staff are very friendly and helpful which made the visit enjoyable.

The pot of tea tasted good and I liked the China pot rather than a fiddly ugly metal one. I went for a Welsh rarebit toastie with the ham (it’s a shredded ham hock type) to go with it. Not sure what the other food is like but it’s typical café offerings eg quiche, various toasties and of course pastries & cakes. I can say that the cappuccino cake was nice and freshly made, nothing dry or tired tasting. The lady wrapped it so could take it home.

I only knocked off a star as I would have liked to see ‘bowl type’ lunches here with added protein as it’s nice to not have a bread based...