For the past twenty years or more this place has been a popular night-spot but I’ve never really got a handle on why it seems to do so well in the day as a cafe. So I gave it another go having only being here once before in the day. I’d blocked out most of the last visit for some reason so I was not hopeful.
We found a semi-comfortable green leather sofa (with a cold draft from the door or was it from the welcome of the staff?) and gawked at the dreary interior of fern weird brown wallpaper and tiles. On ordering at the bar, the staff looked like they wished they were somewhere else and were doing you a favour by engaging you.
Our food was a bit iffy. The bacon on my partner’s dish was unheated and we had to send my jacket-potato back (hard and cold) but apparently that’s the Harrison’s way. We don’t give a crap (actually we do and it’s on your plates!). Coffee was passable and passing it to someone else is good advice.
I noticed a few positive reviews on Facebook, presumably written by the staff or someone that has had their taste-buds ripped out in some weird industrial accident. Or the kind of people that are used to eating off the floor.
And the wifi was dodgy and that could be that nobody has reported a problem with it before since nobody has tried to use it. When I asked for the code the barman looked at me like I had asked for a pint of cat’s milk.
The punters were early baby-boomers and the decrepit. And of course those with short-memories of how their last visit was. The R&B ‘music’ that was spilling out of the weedy speakers was wholly unsuitable for the clientele. Do the oldies want to listen to rappers ‘tapping that ass’ while buttering a stale scone?
So I had given it another go but wish I hadn’t. Once bitten (into the food), twice shite.
Verdict: 2/5
Good: Not much.
Bad: Food, Service
You are right, it’s shite.
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Harrison’s is a very good cafe. We usually go to piece meal so found it a step up for us.
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Can’t say I’ve been in here but don’t think I’ll bother now if it’s that crap lol
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Food is fairly want to be fair – don’t do in there much these daze…
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Gash mate
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Was the place to be at night – I remember it sort of fondly
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I did like my soup so it is that bad?
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I have to say that this place was rubbish every time we’ve been in.
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a lot of memories for me from this place, loved it in the day
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Oh to be young and drinking in there again….
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pappy mcpap
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Crappy McCrap?
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Not good if you are not an old biddy in the day and not good if you are not a prick at night
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Hope someone buys it but then where would the biddies go other than Harrison’s?
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Love reading your stuff during this lockdown period – really cheered me up! :)))) xx
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Rubbish bar and cafe – needs a makeover!
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Food rubbish never again
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No, no, no, no, no – mama mia mana mia
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WFT
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Please close now – crappy mccrapo
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Blooody love it mate
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I met this awful man in here and married him. Luckily I am now in Ireland away from him but had to visit Nantwich recently and this place gave me the creeps. Same toilets etc and bad service as had to have a coffee with my mum.
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Still rubbish after all these years. OK if you are 85 and have no taste-buds but otherwise avoid!!!!
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Has this place closed?
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Ah come on. Pleasant staff, good food and excellent value for money. What not to like.
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I agree – McDonald’s and Greggs are the best places to eat too.
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Not great but have found worse places in Rhyl or Blackpool or Oldham say. You could argue that PeaceMeal is worse?
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A fairly bad place but it’s OK if you are over 70 or have no teeth
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Crap in a word
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This is now going to be an American diner I think I heard?
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bye bye you were crap
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This is now an American diner – still looks crap on the inside though.
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