Chadderton Bar & Grill located on Middleton Road in the Chadderton area of Oldham. I decided to try them out for the first time with their recently launched delivery service at weekends. As a result of the ongoing Covid-19 global pandemic, all restaurants are forced to close for dine-in in the UK with a handful (but growing) number now offering delivery and collection services, this is one of them. They deliver around a three-mile radius, and they didn't mind coming slightly over for me and impressively the food still remained hot despite living a little further away than their regular window.
There is a £20 spend limit for delivery which I do understand as the delivery is free and they deliver it themselves, I don't understand why they haven't chosen to partner with UberEATS and Deliveroo however which would make the process so much simpler for them, which is what a majority of restaurants normally do, more so than ever right now given the current situation.
It is a reduced menu and while gluten-free isn't available on their website, nor is online ordering, the staff were able to give me information via email or the telephone call which is the only way to order and pay for delivery food (giving card details over the phone).
I opted for the chicken kebab, which was served in a pizza box, however, the use of tin-foil and the packaging allowed it to stay hot, it was more of a deconstructed kebab as you can see in the photo and while the chicken was good quality, there wasn't much of it. The fresh vegetables, garlic butter and well-seasoned potatoes (instead of gluten-containing fries) went well with the dish.
The chicken risotto, on the other hand, was rather poor, it was made with a tomato base and it really didn't go well with the chicken, perhaps using a more vegetable broth or mushroom would have been a much better combination than tomato. I didn't end up eating it. At £7.50, it was one of the cheaper food items on the menu and I can certainly see why, which is a shame too as on their reduced menu it is the only risotto dish.
3* - One of the only food delivery services of any satisfactory quality, which also can cater for gluten-free in Middleton but they are missing a trick by not partnering with other delivery services which would expand their growth by being able to fulfil more orders and actually help more people realise they're still open. I would have prefered online payment and ordering as giving my card details over the phone wasn't the most comfortable thing I've had to do and being more clear and confident on allergy knowledge would have been good, it did seem a struggle at time to get information regarding particular dishes. An extra star to what I would have normally as give as it's probably the best we've got without going into Manchester city centre in terms of takeaway and delivery services nearby. read more