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Nirvana Coffee Shop

➤ 62 Lowfield Lane, WA9 5TG, St. Helens, United Kingdom

Carte • Vegan • Coffee • British • Vegetarian

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"My friend is disabled at the moment, due to illness, when we looked for somewhere that had allergy friendly as my friend is gluten free. We asked the young lady if there was anything available gluten free for lunch which was around 1.15pm.she said no nothing oh we have a chocolate brownie, as my friend had struggled to get in she didn’t want to try anywhere else so sat with a cake for her lunch, I asked if it was possible to have a salad, told no we don’t do salads. I asked for a side salad with my sandwich to be told it had to be In sandwich.very dissatisfied with today I was taking my lovely friend out and also she was trying to cheer me up from my husband’s bereavement."

Galleria

➤ 503 Warrington Road, L35 0LR, St. Helens, United Kingdom

Carte • Bars • Steak • Coffee • British

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"Visited Galleria (Rainhill on Friday night, not our first visit as we are usually very happy with the quality of food and standard of cooking provided. However, we were hugely dissatisfied on this occasion. The 3 course Christmas meal was more expensive than advertised on the website! (website misleading. The main course and dessert were very disappointing with regards to portion sizes and food temperature, for example the pork option consisted of one slice of meat, one small carrot and one sprout (not joking and was luke warm. Christmas pudding not what you'd imagine, a small thin square with some sauce ! and was also lukewarm. Chocolate pudding option was remarkable for the fact that one of our guest received a much smaller portion than the other. Should have complained but did not want to cause a fuss or embrasment in front of our guests. Terrible value for money, in hindsight should have gone to the Cookhouse Carvery at least you know its consistent and good value for money, no fancy menu descriptions!"

Vigour Kitchen Juice

➤ 36 Bridge Street, WA10 1NW, St Helens, United Kingdom

Carte • Sushi • Kebab • Asiatic • Mexican

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"Great Sunday lunch ! Looking for somewhere new to take the family of 5 for lunch I read a couple of reviews from local newspapers and had to try it out ! Staff where lovely, attentive taking drinks orders, took around 30mins for meal to arrive which during the meal staff asked if everything was ok so big tick for staff! Sunday lunch we booked as were informed it does sell out we all had the beef, I’m always wary of beef but this was delicious! It was cut thinly, melted in the mouth, cabbage was so tasty loved the glazed carrots and greens ! 3 empty plates ! They were able to accommodate my child’s request for sausage mash n beans he ate this all himself.. another hit ! Hubby had a burger and said it was great! Not familiar with the area but easy to park outside on double yellows for free on a Sunday. Works out around £15 per head. What a little gem thanks team vigour for a lovely Sunday lunch see you again !"

Sabroso Tex Mex

➤ 23-27 George Street, WA10 1DA, St. Helens, United Kingdom

Carte • Vegan • Tapas • Mexican • Vegetarian

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"I had high hopes for this restaurant based on the reviews but Unfortunately I can’t say I very much enjoyed my first and potentially last trip to Sabroso. Firstly let me say that we got the food as a takeaway. Now, I’m not a big fan of writing bad reviews. I would rather write a review praising the establishment to allow others to try as we have. However, we were mislead by the reviews and feel that maybe we caught them on a bad day. Nevertheless we had a bad experience. We started with some soft chicken tacos which *spoiler alert* were the best thing that we tried. The flavour was great. The meat quantity was perfect. A great little starter if you’re willing to share. I was getting really excited at this point. However, it’s a slow decline from here. The fried jalapeños were not great. Felt and tasted manufactured if I’m quite honest and with the chilli dip to go with it, which was most certainly ‘crucials extra hot chilli sauce’ that you get in most takeaways these days, I was feeling slightly let down. You would think a Mexican/ tex mex restaurant would at least make a good chilli sauce. For the main, I had a Beef Chilli burrito, which I asked to be made a little spicier, and it Was flavourless. Mainly tasted like cheese and was packed with rice, which I understand that’s what a burrito should be But there was barely any meat/ chilli. I was thinking if my chicken tacos were that tasty I can’t wait for the burrito but it was bland. No flavour to the Mexican rice and there wasn’t any spice to be found. I was very disappointed to say the least. The missus had chicken enchiladas and had this to say: large portion with a substantial amount of chicken but could only really taste tomatoes. Too saucy and rather flavourless. The onion rings and sweet potato fries tasted like they came from a packet. Overall a solid 2 out of 5. I had high hopes from the reviews but it really wasn’t much to shout about. Nothing really Mexican in sight except the tacos. Do not let our review stop you from trying the food for yourselves and maybe you’ll have a better experience If you eat in the restaurant rather than a takeaway. Enjoy yourselves. Nick and Becky."

The Wheatsheaf

➤ Mill Lane, St Helens United Kingdom

Carte • Pubs • Fish • Meat • Cheese

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"One guest called Noreen Desmond seems to think that a busy food establishment can get fantastic food out in less than 30 minutes. Well this place makes everything from scratch and when busy the food can take a while but thats to be expected. If you want food quick go to another establishment that fries or microwaves everything from either the freezer or already cooked by a supplier and heated up. You should also take at least 30 minutes to consume your food and if the home cooked chips came with salt and vinegar on them their would be plenty of complaints. That's what the salt cellar and condiments are there for, so you can season your food to your liking. Now this place is absolutely fantastic and they accommodate your every need as best as possible. I for one appreciate the effort that goes into every dish here. Someone peels a lot of spuds and hand cuts them for all those homemade chips and roast potatoes as most restaurants these days use frozen fries and roast potatoes so not fresh at all. If you want a great meal that a lot of effort has gone into it with fresh produce and cooked like at home then this is your place and Karen's need not visit if all they can do is moan as if she thinks this food is bad then god knows what she thinks of thousands of other places that really are dire"