Dolly Dimples - Northumberland

Called in here for lunch. We walked in and were told to sit at any table. There was a bloke talking loudly on his mobile phone when we walked in, as well as music playing , so it was noisy. Thankfully the bloke ended his conversation…but not for long! We looked at the menu, decided on our food….and sat…and waited….and l couldn’t help but hear the annoying bloke on his mobile make about another 4 phone calls. It was at this point we contemplated leaving. No service and it was far from relaxing, listening to some random bloke natter constantly on his phone. The majority of the cafe would hear every word he was saying ! Eventually, a good while later the young waitress came over and asked what drinks we would like. TBF , She did apologise for our wait. We ordered drinks and waited another 5-10 minutes. She placed our drinks down and then we said we would like to order food. At this point She said they only had carvery, nothing else, no kids meals, nothing….. We said we would just have our drinks and find somewhere else that served food. Why have the menus out, if there is no food choices available? Why were we not told about the food situation, when She took our drinks order? Customer service was disappointing! Menu choice was terrible! Environment was awful, I felt like I was sitting in a noisy office, with someone constantly talking loudly on their phone and the loud background music! We won’t be back!

Since Dollys deleted my review on there FB page, im leaving it on here..... meat was so tough it couldnt be chewed and most if the veg was hard. The serving staff were just kids and didnt have a clue.

This was not a good experience. Got told it was under new management so called in for a coffee. I asked for a decaf coffee and paid £3.50 which is what you would pay in Newcastle for a good cup and expected it to come out the machine they had. The staff proceeded to put a sachet of instant coffee in the mug and I doubt it was even decaf going off the sachet and they were unsure too. So just like a previous review--not nice. There is much better cafe's in Blyth than this and I certainly won't be going back.

Terrible, new management hasn’t got a clue! Cold food and coffee is shocking at £3.50 for a tasteless cup of hot water. Better places in Blyth.

Went for Sunday carvery. Was dreadful, burnt Yorkshire puddings, I mean they were black. Tiniest piece of meat, roasters were just a pile if mush. The gravy was watered down that much there was no taste. Poor selection. Then there was the staff who were so miserable, not a friendly face among them. Maybe I hit on a bad day but rest assured me and my family will not be going back.