The Blackbird Cafe - West Berkshire

A birthday treat from daughter Beckie who had discovered this lovely cafe recently. A delicious snack lunch followed by “happy birthday” being sung to me and a chocolate brownie with lighted candle, thank you to the lovely lasses who sang to me and looked after us.

After hearing good things about this little cafe I thought I'd give it a try. Oh how I wish i hadn't bothered !! Arriving there at 1.50pm I was told the kitchen was closed (the opening hours are 9 -3pm) The only thing available was some scraps of mediocre cake. Seeing as I'd made a 15 mile round trip I decided to at least buy something. A slice of cake and pot of tea for £7. Certainly not my best decision of the day.

We made a reservation for a table on Friday morning, anticipating it would be a busy time as we were meeting friends for a walk. The coffee was excellent and we highly recommend the cakes, especially the ginger flapjack. The staff were friendly and the service was efficient. We will definitely return.

I had a wonderful experience this morning at Blackbird Cafe! It was my first time there and I was greeted by a very cheerful team. The service and coffee were outstanding. I will definitely be returning soon!

I came in for a take away of Tea, coffee and sausage rolls, the girls working didn’t add up the order correctly meaning I had to pay twice. The sausage roll took a long time to come out, while asking for it to be heated up. I watched them put it in the oven, after several minutes she took it out and put it in the microwave to be heated up one of the girls use awful language to comment on what the other girl had done! Not very professional at all! The sausage roll when given to me was so called ‘hot’ it was not, and was cold, chewy, greasy and inedible! The other family and lady in there I’m sure would agree the language and service was slow and shoddy!