
Quick info
About The Cafe Royal
The Cafe Royal is a hospital cafe in Oldham, on Rochdale Road, where visitors eat while they are seeing patients. Chicken Tikka Dirty Chips come in a box, and the jacket potatoes are cooked in the oven and filled with options such as chilli and cheese. The menu also lists hot dogs, a ham and cheese panini, pizza and omelette, with cooked meals and sandwiches alongside. A salad and snack bar adds lighter choices, and a coffee machine covers drinks. Breakfast and lunch are both served.
Good to know
- ParkingFree street parking
- AccessibilityWheelchair: entrance, parking lot, restroom
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Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention chicken tikka dirty chips, home made potato pie, oven cooked jacket potatoes and ham and cheese panini.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention chicken tikka dirty chips, home made potato pie, oven cooked jacket potatoes and ham and cheese panini.
Customer Review Summary
The complaints are just as frequent. Several call the food poor: a ham and cheese panini with only a sprinkle of ham that tasted like cardboard, lukewarm chips, pizza, and an omelette that looked like it had been sitting for hours. Others describe cold food and a cold atmosphere, and a limited selection for patients and visitors when the cafe served only NHS staff. One reviewer says the earlier closing time leaves no hot meal in the evening. Another asked to see a manager over a stale condiment and was told to come back tomorrow.
Customer Review Summary
The complaints are just as frequent. Several call the food poor: a ham and cheese panini with only a sprinkle of ham that tasted like cardboard, lukewarm chips, pizza, and an omelette that looked like it had been sitting for hours. Others describe cold food and a cold atmosphere, and a limited selection for patients and visitors when the cafe served only NHS staff. One reviewer says the earlier closing time leaves no hot meal in the evening. Another asked to see a manager over a stale condiment and was told to come back tomorrow.
Featured reviews
- Alex Moran
“Friendly staff, food is worth getting if you are in the hospital for a while and they have a coffee machine there, sandwiches etc. as well as cooked meals”
- Michelle Leigh
“Since when does showing ingredients to food count? Ham and cheese panini that has a sprinkling of 5g of ham and a small amount of cheese. Tastes like cardboard and charged for it!”
- Animus Liber
“Eaten here a couple of time whilst visiting and it’s basic but fine. However the opening times have changed and it now closes at 6pm. Annoying because I’m starving and ready for a hot meal :(”
- Neil Artus
“Food is up there with the worst food I’ve seen and it’s in a hospital where we are trying to encourage people to be healthier. Unbelievable. Breakfast and lunch”
- Peter Anderson
“Wow how shocked am I that a hospital cafe is only offering our over worked and undervalued NHS staff. Patients and visitors very very lamé limited poor selection including pizza, Luke warm chips and omelette which looks like it’s been waiting a few hours”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Highlights
- Great coffee
- Great dessert
- Great tea selection
- Popular for breakfast
- Popular for lunch
- Popular for solo dining
Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Takeout
- Dine-in
- Casual
- Coffee
- Quick bite
Show more amenities
- Dessert
- Solo dining
- Restroom
- Free street parking
- Dining options· 3
- Breakfast
- Brunch
- Lunch
- Crowd· 1
- Groups
- Accessibility· 2
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
- Wheelchair accessible restroom
- Offerings· 1
- Small plates
- Highlights· 1
- Great tea selection
Location
Cafes near The Cafe Royal
- Aura Cafeteria4.81680.6 mi
french toast, desi breakfast, homemade pies
- Blue Onion Café4.4830.8 mi£1–15Outdoor seatingVegetarian optionsDelivery
desi breakfast, english breakfast, cheese and onion pie
- The Roast Garden Cafe4.21940.8 miVegetarian optionsVegan options
cakes, victoria sponge, club sandwich
| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cafe Royal | 3.433 | — | £1–10 | chicken tikka dirty chips, home made potato pie, oven cooked jacket potatoes |
| Aura Cafeteria | 4.8168 | 0.6 mi | — | french toast, desi breakfast, homemade pies |
| Blue Onion CaféOutdoor seating · Vegetarian options · Delivery | 4.483 | 0.8 mi | £1–15 | desi breakfast, english breakfast, cheese and onion pie |
| The Roast Garden CafeVegetarian options · Vegan options | 4.2194 | 0.8 mi | — | cakes, victoria sponge, club sandwich |
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