We arrived for our pre-booked table at 8.30pm on Saturday 16th Aug and thought we were in trouble when only 2 other tables were occupied! Bearing in mind there are around 30 tables inside and another 15 outside to say in was quiet is an understatement. Service was fine - not great but fine, wine was reasonably priced but warm! I had to add ice. We ordered French onion soup to start - my absolute favourite soup - but not this time!!! It was thick and black with very little onions!! It actually tasted like beef gravy granules with some onions thrown in - it really was terrible and was promptly sent back. Friends ordered prawns and said they were good. For the main course I ordered salmon fish cakes, when they arrived it looked like a “chicken nugget and chips” type meal. I asked the waiter if they were fresh or frozen out of a box and he said yes from a box in the freezer - after a few bites this was also sent back, this certainly was not was I was expecting. My husbands fish was a very small portion and under cooked, the wrong steak arrived for one friend BUT the Poulet Breton hit the spot for another. All in all a complete waste of money and time and will never go back to a Café Rouge - which is why I have written this review to hopefully stop someone else wasting their cash too!!!
Cafe Rouge – Harrogate