The Dovecote Café — Restaurant in England

A nice little cafe, but their ordering/waiting system seems to confuse people. We had an early lunch there, but they buzz you on a device that they give you when you order. You stand around wherever and wait. They then buzz you to go and get your drink...then you go away and wait till they buzz you again to return back to get your food..when i went up for it the server had walked away so i just picked it up, with the paper receipt balanced on top of my wife's sausage in a bun..in the mean time there were several people waiting all very confused as to where or how long their food would be....on the plus side the food was very nice. Bacon brie and cranberry sandwich on brown bread was nice with a small side salad and crisps..shame that they didnt have some hand sanitizer available inside the cafe because the small toilet block had a long queue....so wasnt able to wash our hands before eating. Just a small gripe, but nowadays its a bit of a must have thing...they had some outside but after holding onto the buzzer thing, which must have had many other people's hands all over it, while waiting for it to buzz me to get our food, a quick clean of hands would have...

Nice looking place but service is slow and erratic. While I was waiting a table of 4 got served with hot meals despite having arrived a noticeable amount of time after me. I finished my tea and mum finished an entire cream tea, with a scone that was too dry and crumbly. After clearing these things to one side a member of staff asked if I had finish, when I commented no, I was still waiting for food their was no apology or attempt to rectify. After waiting over 20 minutes I eventually had to go back to the counter and ask for an update. Miraculously it was "just being plated up" . The burger was small and unremarkable. This café earns its stars from me by its surroundings and I can't actually say the...

Purchased a cheese chutney and portland crab sandwich and drinks at this cafe today. Enquired about the crab sandwich as my husband is quite particular about his crab and was told it was a mixture of white and brown meat. Unfortunately it was more brown meat and a tiny sprinkle if white crab. He also felt there was crab paste added in the mixture. Cheese & chutney sandwich arrived with that much sweet chutney that I couldn't taste the small amount of grated cheese on the sandwich. One side of the bread was fresh the other side was going stale. For me it was the most expensive I have ever paid for the few crisps that were on the plate because I couldn't eat...