The Refectory — Restaurant in England

Had lunch here after a visit to the cathedral. There are tables out in the cloister but I ate inside. They do soup, sandwiches and light meals as well as cakes and cream teas. Counter service was quick despite the café being busy and the food was not too expensive. Had a vegetable quiche with green salad, tomatoes and red cabbage. The quiche was more warm than hot but it was tasty and the pot of tea was good and strong. Admiring the architecture of the cathedral through the glass roof while I ate was a great bonus! There's a nice shop at the far end of the café where you can get stained glass paperweights, tapestries, jewellery and other gifts and toys inspired by the cathedral, as well as some...

I feel like it is more of a cafe than a restaurant an eatery for little older ladies who do lunch the plates are small but the portions are smaller. A small piece of bread to go along with a cold soup. Still giving people soup then making them que letting the soup to get cold. I thought by now there would be a more well thought out plan but no they need action designed to achieve efficiency. The Thai curry didn't look like I expected there were a lot of peas and surprisingly it was served with a naan bread. The macaroni cheese looked as if it hadn't been made on the day and it had been reheated using...

A pleasant place to have a cup of tea and a snack.

We will visit again, so by way of what I hope is constructive criticism - the tea would benefit from being made with properly boiling water. I didn't notice where it came from but it wasn't very hot and very weak. the ham and cheese toastie would have been much better had the cheese got hot enough to melt. the excellent soup needed to be served hot, on this occasion it was barely tepid although our request for it to be blasted in the microwave was efficiently dealt with. I suspect we called...