Yellow Broom Afternoon Tea

The Yellow Broom

➤ Twemlow Lane, CW4 8BJ, Cheshire East, United Kingdom

Wine • Steak • British • Desserts

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"Marion I had a wonderful valentine’s meal on our first visit to The Yellow Broom at Twemlow Green. Just loved the continental decor team who were friendly professional. The menu was tasteful inviting. We felt the restaurant had been lovingly created in a way felt like someone’s proudly presented home, albeit on a large scale. We felt comfortable that was a big plus for anyone thinking the Yellow Broom is a bit ‘high brow’. The food was really great lovingly presented. I started with haggis Bon Bons Marion the pate with sourdough. We both had ribeye peppercorn sauce as a main the sauce was to die for. All of it was wonderful so tasty. The wine we chose was a King Rabbit Chardonnay that too was excellent. A 5 star almost but my ribeye was just a little too poor a cut for the price, whereas Marion’s was super duper, just the luck of the draw I suppose. We shall definitely be back for more spoiling."

Don Alberto

➤ 1 Macclesfield Road, Holmes Chapel I-CW4 7NF, United Kingdom

Kebab • Sushi • Pizza • Mexican

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"We had a great meal at Don Alberto during an overnight stop in Holmes Chapel whilst travelling to the Lakes. Outstanding service was the highlight, the guys brought around water because it was such a warm evening and kept everyone topped up. Even offered to have our choice of music on since we were the last people dining in the evening. Meal itself was also brilliant, we had arancini starter and pizza and ravioli main. Couldn’t fault any of it came in good time and tasted brilliant. They also do a nice house lager and good wine (not super expensive for either). Very reasonably priced everything considered. Would definitely return if I was in the area again. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: £20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5"

Fortune City

➤ 96 London Road, CW4 7BD, Cheshire East, United Kingdom

Steak • Asian • Chinese • Dim Sum

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"Well. This was more than a bit of a disappointment. My brother came to visit for the first time in 3 years (since before the COVID pandemic and I wanted to treat him. We had not visited Fortune City before but the Google reviews seemed good and the photos made the place look great. Parking was ample. A front door entrance with a rear car park was odd but fair enough. There was a decent sized waiting area, with a hobbit hole doorway into the main restaurant and the decor was good creating a nice cultural ambience and good mood lighting and all fittings in good order. We were greeted and seated promptly. The toilets were ok well appointed and clean (but there was a random 2 seater table in the corridor to the toilets. I would not have been pleased if I 'd been seated there! . Sadly, that 's where the good stuff ended. We were a family of 5 adults and a 6 year old. Our daughter (said 6 year old had been given a new cuddly toy by my brother at the start of the meal and she wanted it at the table. It was close to 7pm so we thought there was scant chance of more children coming in and we asked for a high chair for the soft toy. We could clearly see a stack of them. We were refused. We ordered food. We asked for early delivery of food for our daughter and they obliged, but their promise of if you don 't see it on the menu, ask was a bit of an over reach. We asked for satay chicken and they informed us they don 't sell satay any more. Maybe one of the chefs has a peanut allergy, we will let that one slide... we order sweet sour chicken without sauce, prawn crackers and a portion of chips. Food for little person arrives promptly: chips ok, prawn crackers crispy and fresh, chicken ok but needs sauce. I have 2 dishes which I judge a Chinese restaurant by. One is aromatic crispy duck with pancakes (if I was ever on death row, this would be my last meal and the other is crispy shredded beef with chilli. We ordered both and several other dishes to boot. My judgement dishes did not really make the cut... Starters: 1/2 crispy duck: enough pancakes, veg hoi sin for 1/4 duck. Duck poorly separated. Flavours limited. Crispy salt chilli squid: melt in the mouth in places, chewy in places. Half good, half bad. Meh Crispy spring greens: usually called seaweed, it was refreshing to see this described accurately, sadly it wasn 't that crispy and was barely seasoned. Too little salt sugar no nutmeg. Mains: Spicy Szechuan gungbao chicken: not that spicy at all. Average at best. Spicy Szechuan gungbao beef: slightly spicy but slightly chewy beef. Disappointing. Sweet sour chicken: ok but nothing special. Mixed vegetables: average. Not unpleasant but nothing special. 2 portions (our mistake of shredded chilli beef: chewy beef throughout, not spicy, not crispy, slightly too umami to be tasty. Very disappointing, we barely finished one bowl of the 2. On this dish alone, I would not return. 2 portions egg fried rice (actually ok 3 portions boiled rice (no idea but no complaints The best bit was the end of the meal. My brother wanted to treat the family and offered to pay. The bill came to a little under £220. He tipped £30 cash. He explained this to the waitress who took his money and she didnt even acknowledge the tip. No thanks. No wow! (as in the UK, 15% is rare, let alone recognising that cash is more tip friendly , just flipped over the receipt and checked the amount due and dialled it in. The staff need some lessons on customer service and on inclusion. They need to be aware of generosity and recognise it and appreciate it. They need to cook better. We travelled 7 miles, 14 miles and 194 miles respectively for this meal. We will not be returning. You have been warned."

The George Dragon

➤ Middlewich Road, CW4 7EA, Cheshire East, United Kingdom

Pub • Steak • Vegan • British

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"We drove up from the South Midlands with the intention of arriving at this restaurant at a reasonable time for dinner, as we had dined here before. We arrived at 8:22 PM and as we approached the bar, we overheard the bartender telling the couple in front of us that the kitchen was already closed. It was a Monday evening, but if they have decided to close early in the week, it would be best if they update this information on their website. We decided to skip dining at this restaurant and instead stopped at the next M6 exit, as it is also a Robinsons establishment. We will be avoiding Robinsons establishments in the future."

Don Alberto

➤ 1 Macclesfield Road, Cheshire East, United Kingdom

Pasta • Pizza • Steak • Cheese

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"We went to celebrate a birthday and couldn’t believe how grateful the owner was for us choosing here to eat .. he came to our table thanking us many times for choosing his restaurant , he went through the menu in detail ans made recommendations.... The food was delicious served piping hot and we recommend the steak and crab certainly . We also heard that this lovely man served hundreds of take aways to the nhs during the full lockdown . We will be back xxx"