Lovely, clean and fresh.The tomatoes were not the best of quality.
Peter Hooper
Food was really nice and pretty good value but service was slooooow, even though it wasn't very busy .
howard waller
I absolutely love this cafeGreat food great
Gary Pearson
Please treat yourself to something in this cafe! It really deserves your custom. We had delicious soup and a filled roll in a very clean and smart establishment.
Delme L
Had a lovely full English breakfast, served by a very nice waitress, with a nice old School headmistressy charm and attentivness to detail. Will come again.
Kay G
Lovely food but very noisy with screaming children and entitled parents. One waitress was very surly and more or less slammed our food down. The older waitress was lovely. Hit or miss.
Roycollingwood
Great cafe for lunch. Nice friendly staff. Reasonable prices, good value for money, decent size portions.
Dan M
Amazing place and outstanding staff! I visited with family and was served by Jane her attitude was amazing and even helped my disabled mum through her menu, I would highly recommend this to anyone the food was great and will be going back very soon.
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I visited Jack Rabbits today (for the last time unfortunately) with a group of friends and our young children, all aged between 2-4. Upon arrival, we were shown to a large table and we placed an order for brunch items, coffees, items from the children's menu etc. We collected high chairs for our children in this supposedly "family-friendly cafe". Around half an hour after arriving, a waitress pulled one member of the group to one side to inform her that other customers had complained about our children's behaviour, the noise they were making and the fact that they weren't sitting in their chairs for the duration of the visit. At this point, I would like to highlight that the behaviour of our children was that of what you'd expect from a toddler. They were chatting and socialising with one another and naturally wanted to have a wander around to explore their environment. At no point did we let them encroach on other occupied tables or cause any noise levels beyond that reasonable of a group of small children in a public environment. Therefore it was very disappointing that the waitress (Jane) had felt the need to victimise us as a group of young mothers and instead defend a couple who had walked into the cafe after us and still proceeded to take a table knowing full well they would be eating in close proximity to a group of small children. Jane made direct judgements towards my friend's child (staring at him, tutting under her breath) and when we questioned if there was a further problem we were told that we should've come more prepared with things to entertain our children so they didn't move from the table and that her children/grandchildren would never behave in such a way. Well I'm sorry to say that we no longer live in an age of 'children should be seen and not heard' so Jack Rabbits would do well to give a particular member of staff some training on this draconian attitude. Do not be fooled by the children's menu, high chairs, changing facilities. This is not an establishment where young children or indeed their parents are made to feel welcome. Take your custom to one of the other family friendly cafes in Ashbourne instead as we shall be doing in future.
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Horendous ! Made to feel very uncomfortable because we had children! IWe visited Jack Rabbits today as a group of 4 mums with our 5 children - 4, 2 year olds and 1 , 4 year old. The children were being extremely well behaved, of course chatting away to each other however there was no screaming or shouting from any of them. The waitress ,Jane , felt the need to say to one us that our children needed to be kept quiet and that other customers couldn't hear themselves talk. We were shocked by this but ofcoruse wanting everyone to enjoy their lunch we made sure the children stayed in their seats and begrudgingly let them watch our phones as we now felt they must be silent - extremely sad as they were all enjoying socialising with the other children and this made us feel really uncomfortable. Unfortunately with the children now silent and settled it didn't stop here. Jane again felt the need to quickly clear our table, taking drinks that we were not finished with and a full pot of tea - this was returned when asked for. One of the children then got out of his seat and walked over to an empty table and stood behind a chair, Jane again felt the need to stand, stare at him, tutted and muttered under her breath. At this point we asked Jane if their was another probem, she stated again that customers couldn't hear themselves talk , we repeated that our children were now not even talking to each other and were actually silent, making the customers in the cafe more noisy than them. She said she couldn't understand why we had taken offense - which is a concern in itself and said we should have bought something to entertain the children with and went on to inform us that her children and her grandchildren would certainly never behave like this. The conversation continued and we were made to feel that uncomfortable we left! Extremely disappointing from what we thought would be a family friendly and child friendly Cafe. Unfortunately other customers felt the need to ask if we were OK and were obviously shocked by the waitresses actions. We will certainly never be returning and would highly recommend other people with young children do not go here. I would like to add that the young waitress on shift was apologetic and very polite! She was a pleasure and a lovely staff member.
We both had the rump steak, which was very nice. Included peppercorn sauce and some lovely chips. Seems a very popular place ??
Blue Rajjah
Good food, cake and teas and very friendly for dog owners, but took a little time for food to come and was not right first time but a nice
Jodie Conway
The venue is lovely and is dog friendly, the service was good and efficient, however the food was a big disappointment. I had avocado on toast but the toast was so thin and dry like cardboard. The avocado tasted like it was spread from a tub rather than fresh, the portion size was disappointing too. The hot chocolate was delicious but overall a bit underwhelming.
Angelina Trognoni Tykhorska
Lovely atmosphere and delicious food. Amazing coffee and friendly staff. The cheese scone with salmon was simply delightful. Would definitely recommend it and come back.
Tania Beatty
Once a culinary delight sadly taken over by people not knowledgeable about food. They still do the basics well, who couldn't, for ghe full English & sarnie lovers but the flare has gone out of the food, basic food, basic presentation. If you ask for bacon & pancakes, that's what you get on a plate no extras, garnish or that 'je ne sais quoi' you get from real foodies, presentation also basic - it's those lovely details that makes an experience in the added extras, decor & service that make it a wholly enjoyable experience. The new owner's & most staff seem to have no idea of this & just plonk food on a plate on a table. Hence why it's empty a lot of the time. I've found lovely alternatives in Ashbourne who understand these details &, basically, the hospitality industry hence you have to book at some of them they're so busy.
Lovely, clean and fresh.The tomatoes were not the best of quality.
Food was really nice and pretty good value but service was slooooow, even though it wasn't very busy .
I absolutely love this cafeGreat food great
Please treat yourself to something in this cafe! It really deserves your custom. We had delicious soup and a filled roll in a very clean and smart establishment.
Had a lovely full English breakfast, served by a very nice waitress, with a nice old School headmistressy charm and attentivness to detail. Will come again.
Lovely food but very noisy with screaming children and entitled parents. One waitress was very surly and more or less slammed our food down. The older waitress was lovely. Hit or miss.
Great cafe for lunch. Nice friendly staff. Reasonable prices, good value for money, decent size portions.
Amazing place and outstanding staff! I visited with family and was served by Jane her attitude was amazing and even helped my disabled mum through her menu, I would highly recommend this to anyone the food was great and will be going back very soon.
I visited Jack Rabbits today (for the last time unfortunately) with a group of friends and our young children, all aged between 2-4. Upon arrival, we were shown to a large table and we placed an order for brunch items, coffees, items from the children's menu etc. We collected high chairs for our children in this supposedly "family-friendly cafe". Around half an hour after arriving, a waitress pulled one member of the group to one side to inform her that other customers had complained about our children's behaviour, the noise they were making and the fact that they weren't sitting in their chairs for the duration of the visit. At this point, I would like to highlight that the behaviour of our children was that of what you'd expect from a toddler. They were chatting and socialising with one another and naturally wanted to have a wander around to explore their environment. At no point did we let them encroach on other occupied tables or cause any noise levels beyond that reasonable of a group of small children in a public environment. Therefore it was very disappointing that the waitress (Jane) had felt the need to victimise us as a group of young mothers and instead defend a couple who had walked into the cafe after us and still proceeded to take a table knowing full well they would be eating in close proximity to a group of small children. Jane made direct judgements towards my friend's child (staring at him, tutting under her breath) and when we questioned if there was a further problem we were told that we should've come more prepared with things to entertain our children so they didn't move from the table and that her children/grandchildren would never behave in such a way. Well I'm sorry to say that we no longer live in an age of 'children should be seen and not heard' so Jack Rabbits would do well to give a particular member of staff some training on this draconian attitude. Do not be fooled by the children's menu, high chairs, changing facilities. This is not an establishment where young children or indeed their parents are made to feel welcome. Take your custom to one of the other family friendly cafes in Ashbourne instead as we shall be doing in future.
Horendous ! Made to feel very uncomfortable because we had children! IWe visited Jack Rabbits today as a group of 4 mums with our 5 children - 4, 2 year olds and 1 , 4 year old. The children were being extremely well behaved, of course chatting away to each other however there was no screaming or shouting from any of them. The waitress ,Jane , felt the need to say to one us that our children needed to be kept quiet and that other customers couldn't hear themselves talk. We were shocked by this but ofcoruse wanting everyone to enjoy their lunch we made sure the children stayed in their seats and begrudgingly let them watch our phones as we now felt they must be silent - extremely sad as they were all enjoying socialising with the other children and this made us feel really uncomfortable. Unfortunately with the children now silent and settled it didn't stop here. Jane again felt the need to quickly clear our table, taking drinks that we were not finished with and a full pot of tea - this was returned when asked for. One of the children then got out of his seat and walked over to an empty table and stood behind a chair, Jane again felt the need to stand, stare at him, tutted and muttered under her breath. At this point we asked Jane if their was another probem, she stated again that customers couldn't hear themselves talk , we repeated that our children were now not even talking to each other and were actually silent, making the customers in the cafe more noisy than them. She said she couldn't understand why we had taken offense - which is a concern in itself and said we should have bought something to entertain the children with and went on to inform us that her children and her grandchildren would certainly never behave like this. The conversation continued and we were made to feel that uncomfortable we left! Extremely disappointing from what we thought would be a family friendly and child friendly Cafe. Unfortunately other customers felt the need to ask if we were OK and were obviously shocked by the waitresses actions. We will certainly never be returning and would highly recommend other people with young children do not go here. I would like to add that the young waitress on shift was apologetic and very polite! She was a pleasure and a lovely staff member.
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We both had the rump steak, which was very nice. Included peppercorn sauce and some lovely chips. Seems a very popular place ??
Good food, cake and teas and very friendly for dog owners, but took a little time for food to come and was not right first time but a nice
The venue is lovely and is dog friendly, the service was good and efficient, however the food was a big disappointment. I had avocado on toast but the toast was so thin and dry like cardboard. The avocado tasted like it was spread from a tub rather than fresh, the portion size was disappointing too. The hot chocolate was delicious but overall a bit underwhelming.
Lovely atmosphere and delicious food. Amazing coffee and friendly staff. The cheese scone with salmon was simply delightful. Would definitely recommend it and come back.
Once a culinary delight sadly taken over by people not knowledgeable about food. They still do the basics well, who couldn't, for ghe full English & sarnie lovers but the flare has gone out of the food, basic food, basic presentation. If you ask for bacon & pancakes, that's what you get on a plate no extras, garnish or that 'je ne sais quoi' you get from real foodies, presentation also basic - it's those lovely details that makes an experience in the added extras, decor & service that make it a wholly enjoyable experience. The new owner's & most staff seem to have no idea of this & just plonk food on a plate on a table. Hence why it's empty a lot of the time. I've found lovely alternatives in Ashbourne who understand these details &, basically, the hospitality industry hence you have to book at some of them they're so busy.