Café Indi at The Pavilion — Restaurant in Stoke-on-Trent

This was found on a Google search. We were staying at the George Hotel and we couldn't find a cafe open in Burslem on a Sunday morning.

It's a busy little place in the middle of Burslem Park which also caters for and welcomes dogs which was a nice surprise.

It's a real hidden gem, (much like the Potteries) serving lots of different teas and coffees and also catering very nicely for vegetarians. The place was really busy with nice friendly staff who were only too willing to help and later asked if we would like another drink and told us to just pay as we left.

And I think I noticed a pile of games and books for children to use while they were there to keep them entertained. (Nice thoughtful touch).

I will happily go back when I...

Heard about this wonderful project through a friend, so made the trip up to stoke earlier this week for a breakfast with my partner, and pleased to say the drive was worth it! Staff made pleasant conversation, and Jake the chef was more than happy to accommodate for allergen changes we had to make. Breakfast was a really tasty twist on what you’d expect, and we worked it off with a lovely walk around the park afterwards.

The cafe is charity ran and the manager (forgot his name, sorry!) passionately explained what goes into making the project different and the changes they hope to be able to make in the local community, was lovely to hear places like this exist, shame it’s not more local to us, or we’d be down regularly! Keep up...

So nice to walk through the park and call in for a breakfast on a nice sunny Sunday morning, plus to find out just how popular the place is. They've done a nice job with the work on the pavilion, accommodating the cafe inside it, very tidy. Not my personal taste in the decor, with all the pink colours going on and was expecting Barbie to walk through the door at anytime, but saying that still nice, clean and tidy. Managed to find table and order a meal without any trouble and sat down to a nice drink of coffee, which was soon followed the the breakfast. Nicely served by friendly staff, a good sized breakfast at a competitive cost and pleasantly surprised how nice it tasted. All very...