This is right down the street from my dorms at Seething Hall. Not only does it open sooner than…read moremost coffee spots, but the coffee is delicious. Seems to be a local spot for the good ol boys to stop before getting a long day of work in, as I'm the only female in the dining area. Totally not complaining about that! :) I ordered an expresso due to a lack of caffeine over the past few days. Hit the spot. Ahhh but then the coffee.. frothy and no bitter after taste. The breakfast platters are quite large in portion. Kinda surprised as I always hear Americans have larger. Very cost friendly and the staff is quite sweet. The waitress was very adorable. Will return for more soon! Maybe try out the food during an evening.

A GREAT LOCAL CAFE - HARD TO FAULT…read more A really great cafe; Friendly staff - They are great with kids and give them a lollipop on leaving. Great service - orders are efficient, correct and you get the odd drink on the house Great environment - clean and tidy, spacious Good food - Good quality and a wide range of meals, reasonably priced A playground round the corner which is great to take the kids when they get restless.

Very nice ambience; the fries are particularly good and try the chickpea burger…read more Excellent dog-friends generally available Coffee: good Hot chocolate: strong with bitter undertones; pleasant enough but nothing special.

Been here a few times and the service is a bit hit and miss. For some strange reason for a cafe I…read morewas met as I entered and they tried to help seat me but were very unhelpful. I thought I'd order a salad as I made the assumption that being Vegetarian cafe with good vegan options they'd have salad on the menu.... Ah they do but none of the two options available contain any salad leaves. So rice & bean salad or cheese and roasted veg..... Very odd Anyway I decided on nachos which look amazing when they arrived... But not the healthy salad I was planning to have. In reply to the owners response... 1. Your member of staff did not greet me when he approached me to ask me if I needed a table for 1. 2. I asked if there were other options like moving tables together and then if I could wait for my friends on a different table as I was early. He didn't seem to want me to do so to which I got irritated and asked if I could just go and find a seat. If your policy is to seat guests it would be a good idea to greet them first right? 3. After ordering my food at the bar. (no table service was offered to me, which is what happens in restaurants) it was brought over to me and looked amazing. 4. My meal was interrupted by the ale member of staff who did not ask me if he could do so but started talking at me telling me that he'd worked for the restaurant for over a year and that he'd seen my review on Google and giving me excuses for why he'd been telling me about what tables I could sit at because it's busy at lunch. Explaining why there isn't any salad on the menu as the weather was cold that morning. At which point my son woke from his nap. He continued talking at me while my food is getting cold, my son is complaining. When he eventually stops talking. I ask him if he thinks that the time to come and talk to me about my review online and give me the reasons behind his actions and the menu would be in the middle of my meal which I was trying to enjoy? He continues to give me excuses and tell me his point. I finally get angry and explain to him he's now also spoiling my meal, and is like him to just leave me alone. 5. Every other member of staff in the cafe that I spoke to were nice, helpful and a pleasure to interact with. 6. Don't worry I won't be coming back to spend my hard earned cash in a place that thinks it's OK to call their customer rude online, when I didn't lowers myself to calling their staff names.

Thames Ditton needs a place for the yummy mummies to flock, and when I came here it was full of…read morethem; mummies, babies, push chairs outside. I had never been here before, so navigated my way around the munchkins to see what I could have to eat. The Lime Tree is set in very small premises, there are only around 4 tables, and all the deli stock is packed into shelves along the wall. I spied lots of yummy looking jams and preserves, as well as a range of crackers filled with herbs like thyme, sage and cracked black pepper. The front of the shop is a cheese counter and a place to pick up coffees and paninis. The owners are definitely on to a winner here- Thames Ditton does not have a deli, so this is most welcome. I just wish that they had bigger premises to play with - when these babies get bigger they are going to need more floor space!

Delightful little deli with sandwiches, wraps, soup, and salad. I had the smoked chicken wrap with…read morea side of potato leek soup, and a cup of tea. Friendly staff: I got the feeling this is a small-town place. They greeted many of the customers by name and asked if they wanted their usual.

This is a cute little spot with a sweet and courteous server. The food was good, inexpensive, and…read moreserved quickly. The cafe is quite cozy and has a music playing in the background. I have always wanted to stop in because it looks so cute and I am glad I did!

Joe and Denise have a wonderful business, with fresh homemade produce, it is very good value with…read morelunches, breakfast, and sometables outside. Joe is amazing cook and makes all his own sauces and salads are freshly made. I have travelled the world and this little gold mine is worthing visiting for good food and amazing value. Pauline & Stephen

There is always a bit of a running theme to my thoughts on restaurants that started off small, then…read moreexpanded into chains. I usually find that the bigger they get, the smaller the portions get, the quality suffers, and the whole experience becomes more expensive. Now, I still love Carluccios, but I extend the above sentiments to them. I took a friend to the Esher branch a couple of Saturday nights ago, and was quite surprised to see that it looked less like a humble cafe, and more like a restaurant - it had white table clothes on the tables and candles burning! We sat down and the waitress gave us a one page sheet of a 'dinner menu' - which was quite different to the usual 3 sided menu that we all know. I was thinking that I had made a mistake in coming here if this is what they serve on a Saturday night - the meals were all much more expensive. I asked what they had done with the other menu, and she said 'oh, it's still here, you can have it if you like'. Cheeky Carluccios! They tried this on with me the other day, so be aware of this - this is obviously a way to get everyone to spend more money.

You know what you'll get here, formulaic but it works, regularly use this, less so now there is one…read morein Walton, Esher has a slighty better feel. Good value pasta, rissotto, and my favourite Gnocchi, sauces usually better than other italian chains, but Ask's are good too.. Good for breakfast and coffee as well.