Flo's Cafe - Bassetlaw

Better late than never, whilst driving down to p/borough for my yearly visit for truckfest, i decided to take a break for lunch at flos, but i had booked in advance via facebook messenger due to current climate with COVID 19, with truckfest being 4months later than normal. anyway i followed the cafes social distancing rules and waited and then shown to my table which was reserved and near the door, within minutes, i was served i decided to order sausage egg chips beans coffee and b 'n 'b, once again flos food hit the spot and all for the cost of £6, beat that MOTO welcome break. well done to both members of staff at flos under current circumstances. will visit again without doubt . keep up the good work.

Very dingy looking cafe. I’ve seen a number of reviews about it looking tired and the normal response is about money. It doesn’t cost much for a few tins of paint and a few nice table cloths. Few points I’d like to make other than the very aged look of the cafe as that wasn’t really the issue at all. The main issue was the food and customer service which it purely down to quality and not money. We were seated reasonably fast, but then had to wait 15 20 minutes to be served. I would understand if they were busy but there was only two other tables seated. During the time that we waited to be served for drinks and to order our food, the table next to us had ordered, been served and were eating. It would have been more appreciated if we had been served while the next order was cooking, we didn’t understand why this couldn’t have been the case. When we were finally acknowledged as customers. We ordered two glasses of orange juice not allowed a glass of water, not quite sure if that is actually legal but I didn’t want to make a fuss as we were hungry after a long few days of camping. We simply wanted to eat and go). Our drinks arrived in what would be described as large shot glasses £1.50). Simply not enough when you aren’t even allowed tap water. I get the whole set menu part, so I decided to order my items separately as I didn’t want to faff about with swapping/ adding on items. However some of my requests just seemed too confusing... back and forth to the kitchen to ask questions, the waitress finally had our order down. Within a couple of minutes our order was out, I wasn’t expecting super fresh fine dining but it was quick from order to eating, which made sense why we didn’t get served before. Personally, I think the cook should slow down and take her time so she’s not rushing to get orders out and customers gone. The rapid flash cooking was apparent in the quality of the food. Barely cooked bacon that tasted of an overused pan, fried eggs that were rubbery due to being cooked at too high of a heat which sat on a puddle of grease. We noticed straight away that a few items were missing, this was rectified within a matter of minutes, and flash cooked low quality sausage was stuffed into its cob, while the hash brown arrived on a separate plate but was crispy on the outside and still frozen in the middle. Again, this could have easily been a different situation if a little time and care was taken during the cooking. We didn’t notice the hash brown until I’d eaten the rest of my breakfast, and to be quite frank , I just wanted to leave as I’d had enough. There was no other customers after us at this point so there was no need to the rush. Once finally leaving, we asked for the bill but had to go round to the house behind the cafe to pay by card. Luckily I didn’t use the toilets due to COVID 19, but I’m glad I didn’t after reading the reviews on here. We won’t be returning, if I didn’t enjoy the food at all when hungry and tired. I sure as hell won’t enjoy it when I actually want to enjoy a meal. I know I will get a comment saying I should have complained. I didn’t see the point as the service was shocking, the food was sub par. The only thing that really warranted a proper complaint was the hash brown and I just wanted to leave at that point. If the cook is reading this, all I ask is for you to slow down and take some time when cooking. If you cook with your pans on full blast, the quality will always be bad no matter how good quality the produce is. If you took a breather, maybe you’d have noticed the hash brown needed longer than a minute or would have realised that we had items missing. Also if you slowed down, you could have all your customers served and waiting while you cook, so we didn’t have to wait to even be asked if we wanted a drink. A simple ‘don’t worry, I will take your order in a couple of minutes’ would have been sufficient. Instead we were ignored for the best part of 20 minutes. Also side note don’t moan about your customers when you have an open plan cafe. All we did was mention a few items were missing, it’s not personal. We can hear you, we don’t appreciate it and we will not return.

Really fancied an old fashioned double cheese burger with extra fried onions. The two lovely ladies definitely ticked that box. Best burger we've had in a long time. Thank you ladies

Those who are claiming that this place provides quality food and facilities must be mistaken. The interior is reminiscent of a 1970s transport caff vinyl tablecloth topped tables, vinyl plywood tubular metal chairs, scruffy threadbare carpets and all that. I ordered a large full English breakfast and a tea. The service was cheerful enough but rather basic. The mug of tea was brewed in front of me teabag in a mug, water added from a kettle, with the bag stirred and pressed just enough to extract the brown colour (about 10 seconds and topped off with a splosh of milk. Brown milky water for £1. The breakfast was substantial two of everything but the quality poor. Eggs, which carried black residue from a clearly overused frying pan, economy bacon, rusky sausage (two cut in half lengthways so it looked like four on the plate! and runny budget baked beans, accompanied by white margarined toast. It would have also come with tomatoes but when I asked if these could be substituted with mushrooms (tomatoes and mushrooms served as an added extra are the same price 50p on the menu I was told that they don 't do substitutions, so tomatoes were simply left off. Apparently, what is stated on the menu is what you have to have, take it or leave it. Effectively, by not having the tomatoes I paid £7.50 for a £7 breakfast. So, £8.50 in total for something that I could get as a common special offer at a branded service station for £6.95. Not good. I must also warn of the toilets (scrawled notice Customers Only! . They stank of stagnant urine, the walls and floor were wet with huge areas of broken or missing tiles and the flush on the toilet I used was heavily corroded and, I found, broken anyway. My advice drive a few extra miles it 'll be worth it!

Hubby I travelling around on the old Norton, and stumbled upon this little gem. The girls truly made it feel like a home away from home where your Aunties fed good basic, home cooked, mouth watering food until you just about burst. No gourmet menu, though after hours being wind blown on the bike, their huge mugs of sweet tea, delicious plates piled high, and warm smiles really 'hit the spot! ' Your custom makes a difference to these wonderful women. It matters. And they make sure you feel like it does too. Our stop at Flo 's was a highlight of that day 's travel. Couldn 't recommend it more!