Cafe Rouge (Brindley Place)

I had taken my sister to Café Rouge as part of her Christmas present; we were both starving, food was served promptly. I didn’t really mind forking out £11.95 for Moules du Café Rouge and £10.95 for a Poulet Breton seeing as it was a special occasion, and we were desperate for something substantial, but what I got did not justify the frankly ridiculous price tag we had to pay. It was obvious that the food was straight out of the microwave, hence the "promptly" and that absolutely no creative flair or fresh ingredients had gone into it. To be quite frank, I would have much rather paid £3 for a bag of vacuum packed mussels from Tesco, than for the overcooked, cloying, stingy portion of mussels I was served up. worst mussels I have ever eaten, both in terms of value for money and taste.

don't go - it's a rip off and you can get much better food for much less money at other restaurants. microwave food at these prices should not be tolerated!
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Food 1 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 0
Wednesday, December 09, 2009

expensive, bland, generic
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richard
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Food 3 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 1
Wednesday, January 07, 2009

We have visited Cafe Rouge on a number of occasions, and consistently found it to be quite poor.

The food is either bland or too salty and probably microwaved as you order, I have had much tastier food from '2 for £10' theme pubs. The service is often shabby at best and unfortuantely the waiters rarely seem to know what is going on.

In my opinion you can get much better food, cheaper and with better service at so many places in Brindley place I dont know why anyone would bother with Cafe Rouge.
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Paul
Saturday, August 30, 2008

We have visited pre-concert on many occasions because it's quick and uncomplicated. Food very variable (last time my frites were undercooked and oversalted, the steak overcooked).

When we popped in at 5 p.m. on Saturday March 31 the sour-face front-of-house woman needed a lesson from charm school - "We're fully booked" (in a half empty room - no apologies or smile). She has clearly missed her vocation as a Soviet prison camp wardress.
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Tuesday, April 03, 2007