Cafe Waterside

Visited this week following a lovely canal walk. The café is really well presented and the menu is very good with lots of choice from breakfast through to jacket potatoes sandwiches and pick slightly bigger meals. It was a short wait for the food to come out and it was hot and delicious. My only gripe is the very young white staff. The young girl who came to clear our table before we ordered, got a dry cloth and pushed all the waste food onto the floor. She did not completely wipe our table. We had to ask for it to be re-cleaned. On appearance, she looked like she had no skirt on , but it turned out to be gym shorts totally inappropriate workwear for public appearance. It is a shame that these young people are not properly trained to be presented to the general public life skills are so important.

The cafe is located just on the canal side and has outside seating. Inside is cosy and has a great atmosphere. We visit sometimes for a coffee and cake. There is often vegan cake available which is great. Today we had a vegan breakfast. We ordered an extra hash brown each and the portion didn’t blow us away to be honest, we had to ask for a proper piece of toast, as what we were brought to begin with was a small solid toasted crust. The staff did swap it out for bigger pieces of toast but unfortunately this had dairy butter on when they’ve brought it out, which we had to address again, as we have ordered a vegan meal. This was rectified by the manager in the end and a drink was taken off the bill for the hassle, which we appreciated. A coffee and cake is probably the best option here if you’re looking for something vegan and tasty, the full vegan breakfast not so much.

We were flagging at the end of a hot walk, and Cafe Riverside was like an Oasis in the desert....Had a refreshing smoothie, followed by probably the best prawn salad ever, and then more refreshment by means of a home made Lemonade....All perfect, as were the staff; The nice lady even offered to fill our water bottles for us! We intend to return to Bollington, and will most definitely visit again to try more of the great looking stuff on their menu!

Previously nice food, so returned. Pleasant enough staff. Noisy music which forced everyone to talk over that. Sensory overload! Had to leave before ordering this time. Edited - Response to owner's reply: Far from being grateful for the truthful and mainly positive review, it's clear they're just interested fabulous only comments. Funny how the blame is shifted on to us for their loud music being an issue. They'll do better to listen to their customers graciously rather than responding with 'let's have a dig back' sarcasm, when no 'dig' was intended only our part. I'd have asked for the loud music to be turned down, if I could have attracted any staff.