This place defines cute little coffee shop. It's a coffee shop, it's cute and it's very very small!…read more Pleasant staff and even more pleasant prices in this place, I only popped in for a quick coffee on the off chance I was passing but it's a great spot for what it does. The crowd was a little older than you'd get in your NQ coffee house but I think that has something to do with it being 1pm in the afternoon in Bury town centre. A lot of the little pop up places in the town seem to be run down, and the shopping centre's could do with a lick of paint but if I was back in this next of the woods, Number Ten would be high on my list of stop offs. I didn't eat here but it looked like they had some tasty lunch options. Nothing fancy but good sandwiches etc. so theres reason in itself to go back!

This is a great Bistro whether you are dining for that special occasion; popping in for lunch…read morewhilst out shopping or using room they have available for a business networking event! The team @Ditto make the whole experience fantastic...the welcoming is spot on, the service is perfect and the food delicious!

This is the newest little bistro/restaurant in Bury town centre. Its something a little different…read moreas its casual dining in the daytime and then fine dining in the evening. The place is small intimate and relaxing with traditional style decor that makes you feel at home. We dined in the evening where you can have 2 courses for £9.95 from 5pm til 7.30pm Thurs to Saturday and then after this the menu offers a la carte with dishes that are too good to choose from. Ditto has advertised itself as "real food that tastes like what it should , that is fresh and locally sourced". It ceratinly is all of this! The steaks are melt in the mouth. It is privately owned and run by a couple and they both just seem to love what they do. The prices are not over the top and even though both the wine list and the menu are City centre standards it is surprisingly affordable. It really is something to be experienced!

Popular cafe and chocolate shop in Bury town centre with a loyal clientele. Friendly staff and good…read moreservice. Well worth a visit!

I can't speak too highly of this cafe. The quality of the food and drink is first class and the…read morestaff are helpful, polite and effecient. It's just changed it's name

I decided to sign up after googling the open times for Othello's and noticing the undeserved 1 star…read morereview from Aaron S. I recently happened across Othello's late Sunday afternoon after returning from a day shopping - my girlfriend and I had no other options for places to eat so we dropped in here to see how it was - I ordered Barbecue Chicken and chips and she had the typical staple of a High street cafe, sausage egg and chips. The Barbecue chicken was the best Barbecue food I have ever eaten - and I habitually eat any barbecue food offered at restaurants. The chips were light and fluffy with a slight crisp - perfect. The food itself was absolutely fantastic - we've since gone back nearly every sunday and the rest of the items on the menu quite easily live up to previously set standards. The portion sizes are far larger than the prices would suggest as it is ridiculously cheap - unless you're used to Gregs or pound bakery you'll be hard pressed to find somewhere more affordable. The staff are extremely well mannered, very helpful and very courteous and hard working - I honestly feel that a 1 star review from some one who can't handle a bit of yolk (Don't eat eggs is my advice) is extremely undeserved for this hidden gem in the town centre. I'd rather eat here than traipse into Manchester for an over priced burger/meal of lesser quality. Othellos is a true staple of the traditional high street cafe but without the greasy spoons.

Ruby's Sandwich Diner sounds like some glamourous and fabulous 1950s Americana roller diner. Yeah…read moreit's really not. It's predominantly white, which isn't the most welcoming of colours for a diner, but it's clean, nothing shows up the dirt like white decor now does it! Nope! Located up one of the arms of the Mill Gate, Ruby's gets good foot traffic from those weary warriors in need of a little bit of replenishment, hot beverage, frothy milkshake, and maybe a toasted sarnie. The staff, sometimes a little bit older than the average waitress your used to, have that funny combination of being extremely kind faced and abrupt. Like an old aunt you can't take offence to. Ruby's seems to have been here for ages now, and I hope it doesn't go anywhere anytime soon, throughout all the shake ups of the Mill Gate, Ruby's has stood proud.

This Costa store is just outside one of the entrances to the Millgate Shopping Centre and is one…read moreof two stores in Bury. On my recent visit, they was a very large queue and I must of been waiting a good 10-15 minutes to get served simply because of a fault they have been having all day, they explained that only one machine to heat up the milk was working and they have been so busy, with customers nearly queuing out of the door that they could not even phone staff, their case was worsened with some staff being off and not showing up. If you were in that queue I appoligise as I held it up even more trying to get them to check if the Gingerbread and Cream Christmas flavour Latte was Gluten Free, they didn't appear to know but I asked them what was in it and realised if they didn't put on the Gingerbread man it would be fine, the saucers the cups were served on were quite nice and the drinks were satisfactory, not the quality of Starbucks but worth what I paid, £2.85 but if you consider how long I waited, I wish I would of gone to Starbucks. I bought a Gluten Free Christmas cake for £1.70 which was quite small and a little hard but yet the icing was nice and it was okay, but it wasn't fantastic either. I also bought a Gluten Free Christmas wrap, what is very similar to the ones Starbucks do, if you compare the pictures you will notice they is a few minor changes like lettuce instead of Baby Spinnach, even the wraps are the same ones from the same company. A comment I must add about the wraps after trying them later on is they is another major difference between the great tasting one at Starbucks - this gluten free wrap may use the same wrap and similar toppings but it is just awful, I feel charging £3.70 for a wrap of that quality is robbery in pure daylight, Costa did make a great Chicken and Basil wrap so when this tasted as vile as it did I was shocked. I understand what happened with this store, but they should be more prepared for events like this when it gets busy and a machine could break and they can't even phone staff. They should also have more knowledge about Gluten, the staff were like headless chickens, they really didn't have a clue and thought Gingerbread Men would be okay, I do feel all the more reason with them selling a variety of Gluten Free things they should be aware of this, After trying the wrap, I have had to change my rating for the review from 2 stars to 1, for these reasons : - They did have some Gluten Free crisps but their other products such as the wrap was vile and the Christmas Cake was okay but it was hard and for a small £1.70 cake, you would expect good quality. - My drink was just Okay, it wasn't great, I would say it was worth £2.85 but it wasn't worth queuing up 10-20 minutes for, it wouldn't really of been worth having to wait half that length of time - They did not have a good knowledge about Gluten Free, which is a must when selling multiple Gluten Free products. - They struggled to cope with a broken machine and how busy it got, I am sure if someone would of spent 10 minutes phoning members of staff on a phone, that would of stopped them having customers have long waits all day, just for a short amount of times until they came in.

I didn't know quite how large O'Briens had gotten! it's turned into a huge chain now, and it seems…read moreto have passed me by. The days when O'Briens first opened, it was a new experience, a nice place to grab some "gourmet coffee" and a salad wrap whilst discussing plans with friends over a power lunch. Kinda like a scaled down Starbucks. The O'Briens chain seems to have taken off, but this is the first one I remember, and aside from refits here and there it doesn't seem to have changed much either. Which is slightly comforting. Intimate would be how the estate agents would phrase it, but to you and me, it's small. You don't feel boxed in because one wall is complete glass and the other isn't there. If you can get a seat there's a kitchen bar that runs across the glass wall looking out onto fair Bury and a few seats and tables dotted around. Food and drinks wise, coffee, and gourmet coffee at that. It's a nice cup, but it's expensive, it plays too much on the gourmet at times, and to be honest it goes over most people's heads. Salads, wraps, sarnies, paninis, smoothies, milkshakes. All the staples you expect, that make it average. Keeping up with average these days is no mean feat.

Bury doesn't have a Starbucks yet...yet...she says with fingers crossed in the vain hope that one…read moreday Bury will gain it's very own coffee church. I know a good cup of coffee is multi fold, beans, attention, barista, but some places don't cut the mustard, and Starbucks does. This isnt' about that though it's about BBs Coffee and Muffins...which should be BBs Coffee and Muffins and Ice Cream and Milkshakes and Slushes. The average age of the servers at this BBs tends to be about 16 or 17 and there are always giggles on display, and the sounds of barking rebukes from the one older member of the team pulling them all into order, but they seem harmless enough and haven't got my order wrong yet, so judgment reserved. The store itself is open plan smack bang in the centre of the Mill Gate, and there's no shop front, of course it's under cover, courtesy of the shopping centre roof, but needless to say, you certainly feel exposed, and on display at being at the passing points of two entrances, which can be a bit "day at the zoo-ish" when it's busy. Tastewise, it's pretty average, but they do dip their fingers in many pots, and whereas I wouldn't order the coffee twice, i would order a multi layered slushie, or a strawberry milkshake, or a juice and an icecream. Yum.

This Costa store has been the subject of many recent reviews, which I'm pleased to add to, since it…read morehas been recently refurbished. It is located near enough in the center of Bury's Rock Shopping center, in St John's Square and is near enough opposite or close to everything in The Rock, including Marks and Spencer. This branch looks quite nice on both the inside and outside, even with a "Takeaway" counter but this store has let me down for many reasons. I visited this store on March 6th and had a very upsetting experience to the point where I felt the need to complain, I asked if they did anything similar to the Vanilla Bean Macchiato on offer at Starbucks, and I asked if he could do me a Macchiato with Vanilla, he looked confused and told me it was the same as a Latte, and then I ordered that. I was angry that the staff didn't know the difference between different types of coffees, which show they are no where near qualified enough to work there. I was also confused, that they brought the drinks to my table, which I also didn't like, having been used to at 99.99% of Costa and Starbucks branches I have visited, I got them from the end. I was also confused why this happened as they didn't seem quiet either. My coffee was hot, but it wasn't good quality either, both the coffee and the vanilla flavoring tasted poor, which I often find of Costa coffee but this was a prime example of this and definitley not a good drink, like I could have got from some Costa branches They did have a great selection of newspapers including The Sunday Times with all the sections and even the Independant (albeit, with 5 pages missing about the EU referendum etc), which was good to see as they was a nice, selection of newspapers especially with Sunday papers being more expensive. I found rating this place hard, as they did have a nice selection of newspapers and it is a nice looking store, but still the drinks were very poor quality, and more expensive than what they would have cost at Starbucks to a Gold member like myself, and the staff were underquallified. Also, due to the situation on how the drinks were presented making it seem like a poor cafe, rather than a coffee shop also means I have to result in a 1 star review, which although means it isn't absolutely terrible, it still doesn't warrant a two.

Newly refurbished, this Costa is the first example I've seen of the new livery and it makes it a…read moremuch more inviting space through better seating arrangements including new banquettes and a larger interior footprint, which is what you need in the rainy north! With the addition of a takeaway bar outside, the queue inside is more manageable too, which just improves things no end. The coffee is as it always has been, passable, and the food menu is as reliable if limited as ever, but that's what you get from a chain as ubiquitous as Costa. It doesn't win any awards in my book but it's a respite from the rain and the shoppers, which is what a lot of people want.