Igloo Restaurant - Cirencester — Restaurant in Cotswold District

Upon entering, it’s a little rustic, ‘cafe’ or basic looking, but that lets the service & food do the talking. I went there for a late breakfast which, although such a common dish, isn’t easy to do well. The place I’d previously frequented has a very ‘emotional’ chef who will not make accommodations or substitutions, & upon my asking for the white of my poached egg to be cooked, please, returned to the ‘egg of spite’ which was clearly cooked for about ten minutes, rendering it rock solid! A new vendor was sought! My sister takes her kids to Igloo as they have a dairy allergy & they’ve always come out very happy. I must admit, I was expecting all wheat grass and poke bowls, but it was fantastic! A good home cooked breakfast of bacon, poached eggs & buttered toast was delivered perfectly done, with huge, orange yolks that tasted like liquid sunshine! Proper fresh bacon, not ‘supermarket bacon’ that leaks that white residue they pump it with. Affordable too! I have a friend who’s vegetarian & she has a hell of a time finding somewhere that hasn’t just substituted the meat for cauliflower, tofu or courgette! We’ll be going to Igloo. Oh, and the one-star review below from ‘Valentina’? 🙄 Are you sure you want to post that when it’s clear that you are the ONLY person with any complaints, that your complaints are subjective (reviews are meant to point out objective issues and factual statements that everyone will find to be true, such as ‘the food was burned’ or ‘the wine list is too small’. It’s not there for you to list your personal dislikes that the restaurant could never know, such as ‘It was too creamy’. No, love. YOU FOUND IT too creamy. The fact that it’s still on the menu after dozens of others have complimented it means that’s a ‘you’ problem, and you can’t instruct other customers to ‘avoid avoid avoid’ a restaurant because they didn’t meet YOUR expectations that you didn’t tell them existed. We get it - you have no taste - and you’re absolutely correct that anyone else like you should avoid Igloo (loyal customers don’t want to have to listen to your privileged whinging) but for those who have never been, unless you are like Valentina here, who will happily try to ruin a business and prevent people from patronising it simply because she didn’t have the experience she wanted, who will go behind the owners back, wait until she’s home and then find fault with every perfectly edible dish she was presented, having not said a word at the time or given them the opportunity to fix the issue, who feels powerful on social media because she feels utterly redundant in her real life…then DO try Igloo, because I guarantee you, nothing is too much trouble for the staff, they’ll go to any reasonable length to ensure you enjoy your meal and you’ll leave genuinely satisfied. Don’t be like Valentina. Valentines that girl whose Dad surprised her with a Porsche when she left school and she had a tantrum because it wasn’t a G-Wagon or whatever. You know the video I’m talking about. Valentinas are an occupational hazard. 5/5 guys. Nicely done, every time...

We heard some good reports about this restaurant so we tried it last Saturday. To say the least we were very disappointed. The starters we ok, but my squid starter could have been pulled from a supermarket freezer section and warmed up in microwave. We both choose Enchiladas for our main course, one vegetable and one chicken. It was a case of never mind the quality, feel the weight! Each dish has 2 enchiladas.

The only difference between the two was the chicken one had a few lumps of chicken in. They were so sloshy and poor tasting we did not even get through half of one before throwing that and the others in the bin.

When we went to pick them up, the inside of the restaurant had empty coke cans and bottles of mayo and tomato source lying around.

I think the main problem is that they (Igloo) are trying to be everything to everyone with Mexican, Burgers, Italian and other dishes on. If they had just stuck to a few dishes and concentrated on them, they would have been better. Why do restaurants do this, I just do not understand? Other restaurants in Cirencester just stick to what they are good at and produce excellent fayre. This meal for us was £30+ wasted.

Maybe we just ordered on the wrong night as we have seen other good reports about Igloo...I don't know, but I don't think we will be...

Was a really good meal. Brilliantly cooked and well priced.

We chose Igloo because it had a good range of dishes - some of the old favourites (ribs come highly recommended and another table's burgers looked great) but also some East Asian options (poke bowls, katsu curry and bibimbap) which appealed to us. We wanted to escape identikit pub grub and it totally delivered on this. They have vegan and veggie (bibimbap with egg recommended) options including vegan dessert with vanilla ice cream - great for our lactose intolerant daughter who often loses out on desserts - and some GF options if that's for you.

The service should really have six stars. Very attentive and friendly. We arrived just after a large party and the communication around that was really clear - we'd wanted a later booking so were in no rush but it was handled really well.

Decor-wise it is more cafe vibe than restaurant but this just adds to a relaxed friendly atmosphere. We're on holiday but will attempt a second meal next week before heading home which is the ultimate praise. Yes, I will be ordering ribs. People of Cirencester support...