Can't decide where to go so you can enjoy a coffee or a spot of lunch without feeling that you're in the way? My website will hopefully help with that decision. I review coffee shops and restaurants and anywhere else I think parents might be interested in.
Each coffee shop/cafe/restaurant will be marked on the following.
1. Access in and around the premises with a pushchair.
2. Do you feel welcome? Is the staff helpful?
3. Cleanliness of baby changing facilities.
4. High chairs and other children’s facilities (i.e. play area)
5. Coffee & Cakes, children’s menu and price.
A group of ladies who lunch with their babies descended upon Wagamama in Salisbury today. Luckily it was fairly quiet so we did not have to wait for a table. The only question was, did they have enough high chairs to accommodate us all?
The restaurant feels very big and airy, with a lovely relaxed atmosphere. All of the tables and surrounding areas are very clean to a high standard.
Most of the little ones ate their lunch whilst we ate ours. The high chairs are great they click onto the table so the little ones feel so big and grown up eating at the table with their mummies.
It was all just a little too much excitement for little Oliver!
Over all I give Wagamama 4* out of a possible 5.
Access: Great, there is even a large area to park pushchairs out of the way so we do not take up the space between the tables.
Welcome: Good, even with 5 babies
Cleanliness: Very good, the changing facilities are very clean!
High Chairs: Trendy and great for getting the children right up at the table where the action is.
Coffee & Cake: Nobody had desert or coffee on this occasion, but I did enjoy the soya beans again.
Within the passed few months we have visited a couple of Harvester Pubs for lunch. We had lunch by the sea at Bournemouth, Sunday lunch in Salisbury and more recently we had lunch in the Harvester in Boscombe.
The menu is very traditional and very good value for money. With every main meal ordered you get unlimited salad bar. Which offers great little finger foods for Henry.
The service isn't bad, I would say that we got the better service at Boscombe and the worst service in our hometown of Salisbury.
Overall I give the Harvester Pubs 4* out of a possible 5
Access: We did not have any trouble getting in and around either of the Harvester pubs.
Welcome: As pubs go I would say that the welcome is very good.
Cleanliness: The high chairs, tables and surrounding areas are to an average standard. Baby changing is available and are of an average standard.
High Chairs: Always plenty of high chairs available, two types one that is an attachment to an adult chair and the other is the usual standard chair.
Coffee & Cake: The dessert menu looks good and you can get a free ice-cream if you download a voucher from the Harvester website.
