The Topiary Coffee Shop

The website stated plenty of vegan options and when got there only had cake, soup and fried breakfast. This was a SUNDAY. Ordered the vegan soup and when arrived several options removed as stated were NOT vegan and cooked with the non -vegan. The soup was awful like baby food and had a weird taste. 1 hour later husband and I had bad stomach pains and later loose bowels so food was either OFF or not vegan. We complained via email and were told that the toppings WERE vegan and they had 4 separate fryers. This makes zero sense as food was cooked fresh and suggests the fryers on that day were MIXED use. We are locals and have eaten cake there before. We won't be using the restaurant again as we ended up paying for a meal which had less and was NOT worth £6. It was a Sunday lunch and apparently only on Mother;s Day can you order a decent vegan meal..

We’ve been here many times and always found the food and drinks a little on the pricey side but were of good quality. However, upon purchasing the usual drinks today, we were very disappointed as they tasted watery and weak. Back to the tills we went and a very friendly and helpful member of staff explained that the boss had changed supplier recently. For that you can read the high prices have remained high but the quality has vastly reduced. It’s a shame that this has happened to increase further their profit margins. There is only 2 ways to make this known. 1. Here on Tripadvisor and 2 by not coming back. Shame

The online menu has Specials, but it wasn 't offered at the table which was surprising for a Saturday I thought. Limited choice at after 11am. We ordered Fish Finger Butties, which were served with Mayonnaise not Tartar Sauce. They were nice but definitely not worth the £8.95 price tag. The coleslaw was nice but the side salad consisted of a few items placed atop a very small little gem lettuce leaf! Cake selection is poor, not the options they had when they opened after refurbishment and nothing like the choice there used to be pre Strikes. We also ordered x2 buttered scones, only for the waiter to add with Jam and cream? so we agreed. The price for a buttered scone was £2.45 ... don 't know what the charge was with the extras as its not on the menu and we didn 't get a bill.. We had to go to the till to pay as staff did not come over to us even though it was not busy.

What can I say except a very disappointing visit to have a coffee and cake …. Staff next to useless . Nobody any interest in serving anyone … needless to say we were not served staff chatting to each other and taking no notice of customers .. had to leave and will not come back again

Just been for a sunday lunch here,and we will not be rushing back anytime soon. £11.95 each for 1 course which was ok but expensive for what it was.Had to order from waiter but could have ordered through my phone app if it had been explained properly.The mezls are placed at a drop off table which you have to go and get? No condiments were offered to you,and the way out which is a different route to coming in ,was not informed of that until nearly out!