Little Chef

Little Chef has come a long way over the last few years. Gone are the dodgy burgers and questionable tea. In are the ciabatta burgers and free refill tea.

With so many Little Chefs shutting up shop it become a worry for us A-Road warriors - where can we stop for a cup of tea and a pancake? Worry not there are still plenty open and one of the nicest is one we stopped at last weekend.

The Bicester services Little Chef is a beauty - clean toilets, a fresh coat of paint and it shares it's premises with a Burger King (booo) and a nice little coffee shop. Expecting the normal fair I ordered a Hawaiian burger - and what a surprise I had.

Even with the smell of Burger Kings best efforts floating over there was no denying that Little Chef have had a remake - the burger was deep, delicious and full with pineapple and lettuce. The chips were crisp fresh and chunky and the bottle of tomato sauce on the table finished it off to perfection.

Onion rings on the side were a little soggy, but that's the worst I have to say about this new breed of Little Chef fair.

The price was reasonable - 8 for burger, chips and 2 cups of tea, cheap by motorway service standards but not by local cafe.

So Little Chef are on the way back up - and I couldn't be happier!