The Village Tearoom — Restaurant in Oldham

I like to go out for breakfast on a Sunday - Wherever I am in the country.

Went to The Village tea Rooms this morning to get a breakfast for me, my wife and son. Got there at 8.35am - it opens at 8:30am. Greeted with a young girl putting dividers up for the outside seating area and lifting all the chairs off the tables inside. She asked if she could help us. My son said 'Yes, we're here for breakfast' - The woman inside said, 'Can you give me 5 minutes.' We sat outside the Library until 8:45 and could see from where we were sat that they were nowhere near ready even 15 minutes after the opening time! If you have a cafe, and you advertise the opening time as 8:30 - you should be ready at 8:30am. Still not ready at 8:45 - chairs still on the tables inside - so we left. Can't comment on the food because we couldn't wait any longer...

I usually dislike leaving bad reviews because I understand that anyone can have an off day. However, the staff here were all very young and seemed too afraid to engage or show any personality.

When my food arrived, it was still frozen when I bit into it. I felt uncomfortable saying anything because I didn’t want to embarrass them, but my partner insisted we should, considering we had paid for the meal. I expected either a new dish or a refund, but they simply took my plate without a word. Five minutes later, they brought back the same plate with my original bite still in it, merely reheated.

The atmosphere was also very uncomfortable and awkwardly silent—you could hear a pin drop. Overall, I would avoid this place...

My wife ordered a breakfast one Sunday with my 3 year old son. With all toddlers toilet training can be hard, and unfortunately he needed to use the bathroom as a matter of urgency. Unfortunately my wife was told there was no toilet to use on site “due to health and safety” and to use the library or the betting shop which was closed and being under 18 the betting shop was a no no.

unfortunately my wife had to leave before the food arrived, I don’t need to dive into detail what happened next.

If you have kids bare this in mind visiting this cafe. Almost certain they have more then 10 seats so your not even compliant with...