A Pleasant Surprise at Gongoozler – Definitely Worth a Visit! After a lovely narrowboat trip at the Dudley Canal Trust, we found ourselves quite hungry and decided to stop at the Gongoozler restaurant. To be honest, we didn’t expect much – experience has taught us that food in tourist spots is often just average at best. But here, we were genuinely impressed. We ordered something simple – jacket potatoes with beans and cheese – and expected a quick microwave-style meal. What we received instead was a generous, freshly baked potato, perfectly done, with a fresh side salad. It was delicious, comforting, and very reasonably priced. The service was just as good – friendly, welcoming, and helpful staff who clearly care about the customer experience. A great little find. We’ll definitely be back – next time, maybe even hungrier!
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Tomasz Lewandowski ★★★★★
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Mark ★★★★☆
Basic canteen fare but the staff were all nice and it was clean and tidy. I think we mistimed our visit and there was a slow moving queue, had we been 30 minutes later it was fine.
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Laura Mackinnon ★★★★★
Visited for breakfast after another place (A very well known franchise may I add) had let us down with the shocking lack of gluten free options. Google recommended this place and I'm so glad it did because breakfast was delicious. Bacon was perfect, sausages were gorgeous and the eggs had the perfect ratio of set and runny yolk. My friend who had the gluten free options was able to have basically the same meal as me with a few gluten free swaps. Noticed they do a afternoon tea with cakes and we're told by staff that gluten free was no issue so we're very excited to come back at some point for that! The staff were really friendly, the cafe was very clean and looked after. They cater for children too and the prices were very reasonable.
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Caitlin Broadhurst ★★★★★
Attended a private function at the Gongoozler and had a fabulous time. Really friendly and hard working staff. The buffet put on was great and the drinks service was good. Nice selection of local ales available. Really lovely location on the canal edge overlooking the BCLM. Wheelchair accessible as a 96 year old relative had no trouble accessing the venue in her wheelchair. Plenty of parking with an honesty box for donations.
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Linda Pepe ★★★★★
Treated my friend to afternoon tea for her 60th birthday after we had our canal and tunnel tour. Everything was lovely and tasty and fresh. The staff were very attentive nothing was too much trouble.
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Tracey Smith ★★★★☆
Lovely afternoon, great views over the canal. Staff friendly and a good choice of food and drinks
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Anthony Latham ★★★★★
I've bought a group here today the food was great there are concessions for drivers free parking and a cuppa I was thankful for this as it is pretty cold on the coach, breakfast was £8 photo above . The staff are very friendly and welcoming as well
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Lorraine Parker ★★★★★
Booked afternoon tea here ...absolutely gorgeous....the staff were amazing...so attentive and nothing to much trouble. ..Will definitely be back....thank u so much ...
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David Bloomfield ★★★☆☆
The atmosphere, venue and service were good. Just found the breakfast average at best and slightly overpriced. Nothing terrible, but nothing special either.
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Gongoozler is located at 501 New Birmingham Rd, Dudley, Tipton DY1 4SB, UK
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