South Oxfordshire
The Cartshed Cafe

The Cartshed Cafe

Battle Barns, Preston Crowmarsh, South Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Cafe • Soup • British • Barbecue


"we have in the cartshed many times in the run of the years at a point that visits weekly to breakfast. we have often seen the owners and entertained with the staff and one of the chefs. we were regularly the only guests who enjoy an early breakfast on a...Saturday morning during the lockdown. the service seemed to go down a few months ago so we stopped going. we started a few weeks ago, but our visit on Saturday left us. here is the list of things that went wrong: false eggs on an early piece. extrabutter toast was barely baked (see photo.) when I was asked for butter, a sharp answer was given to me that it has already been throttled." the breakfast came out again, with the right one, but only one. another fried egg was delivered, but was stone cold. braided to the counter and was filled with what it is this time." I also asked for replacement butter toast. the breakfast appears as ordered, my man almost finished his breakfast in this phase. then something toast is delivered with a sarcastic “hope it has enough butter for you” – it looked like it had been bathed in butter. then I asked to cancel the breakfast order and a refund. while all this hasn't even excused anyone. another waitress appeared and gave me money back for the breakfast (not for the drink or extra toast.) I then went to the counter and asked for a card refund – as I had paid from the card and also asked to repay toast. the waitress said, "Why are you giving me all these shy?" I was amazed, I only made a very valid complaint, so was quite shocked by this. she ran into the kitchen and said, "that b*tch is out there." I was so shocked. another employee appeared and gave me the refund, as required by law, back to the debit card. I was thinking about how I complained about it. I know the personal would not behave like that if the owners were there. I tried to contact the owners directly, but no one answers the phone. Anyway, on the read reply to other reviews from the cartshed, I decided to post this. this was a true representation of events. make sure that if they complain about the service here, out fear of the hurried, cried a b*tch and ended very hungry. and yes, the prices have increased exactly as expected in view of the current climate, but eating it is not worth and the service is not available. let us see how the cartshed reacts to this review."

Root One Cafe

Root One Cafe

High Road, South Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Cafe • Soup • Coffee • Cheese


"The cafe was short staffed so the wait to be served was very long. Thats ok, these things happen. The food took a little longer to arrive. Thats ok, the wait had been explained. However... what I received in return for my £9.99, patience and good natured waiting was truely appauling. It was advertised as ' Chunky Vegetable Soup '. It was indeed chunky. Lumps of potato, dark long over cooked peas, some slivers of carrot and a lot of button mushrooms (both whole and chopped) sitting murkily at the bottom of a bowl of dish water thin, grey liquid with bits of brown leaves floating listlessly amongst droplets of red tinged oil and a cheese toasty. As the queue was now very long and the waitresses clearly doing their over worked best and not responsible for the ineptitude of the chef I elected to make the best of a very bad job and doctored it with the sauces and spices available to the best of my ability. It was much improved by a sachet of ketchup, 2 salts and a little pepper (incase anyone else finds themselves in similar peril). The others in my party faired much better thankfully. We stayed for a hot pudding which had clearly been hurridly microwaved. The pudding in the center being volcano hot and the pool of custard around it tepid at best. They at least balanced each other out. Soup should be a delicious, comforting and filling meal. sometimes thick and robust . sometimes light and delicate. It should never, resemble a bowl of washing up water with plate scrappings at the bottom. Ever. Highly recommend the book : Great British Soups 120 tempting recipes from Britain 's master soup makers (New Covent Garden Soup Company)."