Sainsbury’s Café

As a Unilocaler, one thing I like to do is find businesses that have disappointed me in the past, and see them finally warrant an upgrade, especially one that was previously given one star. I am delighted to confirm that this branch of Sainsbury’s Café, located inside the Sainsbury’s at Heaton Park has done just that.
They have quite an interesting range of food now including paella and even a corned beef hash, as well as your standard supermarket café food, such as breakfast, soup and chips. The chips here are gluten free, and fried separately so that is great to see.
Remember, that food here should be suitable if you are gluten free, although the book says so otherwise because they are basically saying it just to cover themselves, but if you let the staff know, they should be able to advise you on how it is cooked, such as letting you know if the chips were cooked with anything else for example.
My most recent visit, saw me order a Corned beef hash, the price is reasonable considering what it would cost in a restaurant and my meal was okay, it wasn’t fantastic, and although a little spicy, I did enjoy it, and I liked the addition of a fried egg for an extra 40p. I do feel presentation could be much improved, but for a supermarket café it is what you have to expect.
The gluten free chips are also quite nice too.
Hygiene standards seem to be improved, with it seeming a lot cleaner here, and a new type of «Table number» stands being used, they is also a good range of newspapers here to read while you are in a café, but with it being in a supermarket, I’m sure they wouldn’t mind you taking a newspaper from the stand downstairs, to read with your drink /​food.
Overall, Sainsbury’s is quite good for gluten free in the café, with a good selection of options, beating Tesco and Morrisons by a mile. I do feel this branch deserves 3 stars, as it is just your average supermarket café, with reasonable food and a reasonable menu.