If you say to anyone (probably for the past fifty years) ‘Shall we go into Crewe’ then you will always see them screw their face up like a curled-up hedgehog. Such are the delights of the town these days that unless you get a thrill from cracked pavements, boarded-up shops and interacting with Spice-addicts then you are wise to go elsewhere.
This café used to reside in a different part of Crewe before being forced to close by the local council as demolition was due to start in the town. Boots and other big brands were allowed to stay of course. The owners of this café therefore lost a year’s takings before being allowed to reopen on July 19th (2019).
The signage (as before) is a bit naff and needs updating IMHO. There is an outside seating area though with red windbreaks which for Crewe is positively continental. Inside on the counter is a tea box (Turkish brews and the like) and the counter itself is a talking point being moulded into a red Land Rover on which the headlights light up! Woooo!
The menu is limited consisting of fry-ups and sarnies and the odd salad. Prices are reasonable (i.e. Crewe prices) and there was a good choice of coffee at least. My latte was OK but hotter than the core of the sun. No GF yet but I think they are focussing on getting bums of seats and lard on plates.
Early days yet but the walls were beige (like the clientele) with vinyl flooring. No artwork on the walls so far. The toilets were a bit grim though; I was welcomed by a fresh jobby in the bowl and could here the woman in the next door toilet urinating as I washed my hands. Luckily I was not charged anything to hear that…
The gaff was half-full by the time we left and it all felt a bit depressing. I was only half-cheered up by the sight outside of a large Caribbean lady’s skirt that kept lifting up and causing a passing old man’s face to light up like a Christmas Tree.
So I won’t be too cruel to this café. Yep the service was a bit slow but the poor chap was doing it all on his own. At least they won’t need to move again anytime soon as they won’t start the redevelopment until the year 2055. If we are lucky…
Verdict: 2/5
Good: Cheap. Interesting counter.
Bad: Mediocre even for Crewe.
I don’t think you have to be a wino to go in here babe, Not a bad cafe actually… Seamms you gotta have a go lol
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If you are going into Crewe it helps to be half-cut….
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Would you recommend Crewe? Sound like not lol
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Think of the set of Terminator just after the scene where everything is nuked…
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That’s not nice. Crewe is trying.
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I served with the army in Bosnia and some villages that were completely destroyed. Still they were much better than Crewe town centre.
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Has improved in the last few weeks but it is a bit crap but glad to go int any cafe right now lol
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Not impressed
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had a good coffee in ere
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Food cheap and OK but wouldn’t rush back
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A dump with hot liquids
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I think this place is OK but seems to be struggling at the moment?
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An OK cafe in a less than ok town.
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Seems to be very quiet in there now – hope it survices
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Never rated it but then for the town it’s probably excellent x
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BONG BONG BONG
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The sign needs an apostrophe – have they fixed that now? Not been to town for ages!
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cheapo drinks and its not posh but handy for chatwins or chippy or smiths etc so all good really nice man runs it and chats to me and the wifey when in lols bang on mate
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Love it here best place in town. Love the car as you mention and can chill out and watch them buikders f@ck up the town xxxx :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) xx xox
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I think this place is one the rise now – what do you think?
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An average cafe in a worse than average place so it’s doing alright if u ask me
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beenin a few times an alway have a gud cuppa babes xxx:))))))))
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We use this coffee regularly rather than some of the national ones and always find the service and value good. Not sure why some reviewers have had such a bad experience but whenever the we go service is timely and friendly.
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We have visited on a few occasions. The coffee is always fresh and hot and the snacks are home cooked and plentiful. Well worth a visit.
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Will go in as it’s meant to be good now – seems to be doing well.
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