Whites Bakehouse

Always enjoyed visiting this place been many times with friends in the past . Can only think it’s changed hands after this experience.! None of the staff looked familiar . 1. Ordered food which didn’t arrive until we reminded them , we had been missed. Was offered complimentary coffee. 2. Ordered cake and the coffee , mix up over the cakes as one was a take away , cream missed off the scones , this was rectified. Actually none of this was a problem for the 3 of us until a very rude member of staff appeared at our table and accused us of laughing at the young lady who had taken the order, telling us that she was new and we were rude. We were shocked! No way had we been laughing at anyone apart from ourselves and our conversations . On leaving I tried to express this this to a member of staff and was immediately shot down by the same rude person as before . She then escorted us to the door as it was shut and said in no uncertain terms ‘ I’ll let you out as we close at 2pm ! This was approx 2.30pm. She went on to say in a very sarcastic voice . ‘Enjoy the rest of your day’. We entered the place at around 1.30 and no one informed us they were to close in half an hour . There website says open until 3.30pm Obviously have no intention of ever using Whites again . I can only think it’s under new and very rude management .

Vegetable satay vegan main very good. served with a couple of slices of soft homemade bread that is good enough to be sold as loaves. supermarket bread is full of additives so wd be nice to be able to get decent bread somewhere. fritata with salad was apparently also very good. generous portion of vegan biscoff chocolate cake. cd maybe do with a little less sponge or more 'butter ' cream to make it more moist but not a bad effort. drinks are a little basic cans of coke etc but quite functional. suggest the cafe revamps its facebook page so people can see the latest menu and opening times. garden at the back is very pleasant with a colony of chirping sparrows occupying a large bush in one corner

Warm welcome and excellent food has made us into regulars at lunchtime. Fresh baked and excellent value vegetarian food. Glad to say that the inside cafe is restricted to humans too . Not everyone wants canine company whilst they are eating. Highly recommended.

AVOID … if you are expect to be made welcome with your dog. Was pointed to the back yard space outside, passing empty tables on the way. The staff on duty really did EXPECT CUSTOMERS with a dog to SIT OUTSIDE IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES

Having visited Whites many times before I had no reason to believe opening hours had changed. We know we must have entered Whites just after 13.27 hours as we had purchased a parking ticket. We ordered soup and a grilled sandwich. To follow scones and coffee. Payment accepted upfront for all foods. We sat down and our soup and sandwiches were served. It was agreed scones and coffee would follow. The waitress approached just before 2 p.m. and asked if she could serve our coffee now as the machine was about to go off. We were a little perplexed and asked what time the cafe was closing as customers were leaving and we were the only customers left. We were advised 2 p.m. and we hadn’t even started our scones. We had no choice but to ask for the scones to be boxed up. The waitress boxed the scones and didn’t advise us to take our time and enjoy them in the cafe. Our coffee was still half filled in our cups and the waitress asked if she could clear our table. I said yes and said she could take the plates away including the coffee. Clearly no time to drink it peacefully. A complete waste of money. We were NOT advised the cafe was closing at 2 p.m. when we entered at 1.30 p.m. Perhaps the waitress loves her job so much she is oblivious to time and doesn’t even think about the end of her shift! However, she needs to be as she has customers to look after. The soup and sandwich were nice but nothing special. I like to support vegan and vegetarian establishments but more recently we have found the food service both hit and miss and this latest experience concludes it was our last visit to Whites.