Waitrose Cafe

The Waite and Rose coffee shop Really a 4.5/5 Good produce in the main store - we picked up gluten free pasta whilst there as it's the only one I find tolerable and it's pretty close to standard pasta. Cafe itself: excellent coffee, extensive range of Danish pastries, muffins and the like and a range of non-dairy milk options. Take away is only available if you provide a reusable cup as they don't offer disposable coffee cups for environmental reasons - China cups are available as well. The lemon Danish I had was lovely, my coffee was excellent, he commented on how good his black coffee was, which is a rarity, and I wasn't charged any extra for having an alternative milk. Good disabled access and some outside seating where you can have a dog water bowl too. Coffee still just as good today (Oct'23) & the cherry Danish was really good. Toilets weren't great - the accessible loo in particular - but reported it and they went to inspect it straight away. Can't really ask for more than that. Still a 4.5/5

3.45p.m. Sunday. Quiet. Only one in front at tills. Not all tills in use however. Newspapers to your right. No Guardian newspaper again. Not too many empty spaces on the shelves. Lots of offers across various ranges. Booth arrangement in Cafe. Perhaps not what it was once. Sadly old enough to remember when the store opened. Overall some excellent produce but whenever I visit the Mediterranean vegetables are all sold out. The cheaper version is horrid but the more expensive bag at £4 is much nicer with what looks like Roscoff onion inside. A substitute frozen veg choice is the Asian bag of veg.

Shopping at Waitrose Formby a couple of weeks ago, was one of the best experiences I have had for over a year in any shop. Lovely friendly attentive knowledgeable staff who guided me around this store which was not familiar to me, not living in the area. Craig on Fresh Meat & Fish deserves special thanks for his recommendations. Thoroughly enjoyed our surf and turf meal that evening, all provided by Waitrose. Highly recommended store. Thank you.