went there last night on m25 8.30 PM !!! CAFE TURNED ME AWAY THEY WERE CLOSING ,ASKED IF I COULD BUY A MARS BAR AND SOME CRISPS FROM COUNTER WAS TOLD NO . NEVER AGAIN WILL I GIVE THEM A LOOK if a driver cant eat at 830 pm then whats the bloody point of a overnight stop. ALL HYPE NO SHOW 
South Mimms? Did you go into the truckers bit near the pumps? I thought they were open later than 8.30pm, iâm sure iâve stopped there after that time before
NO WALTHAM ABBEY junc 26
Ah yeah, South Mimms is 23 
its not that bad apart from all the essex girls that work there!
Is that the one that was, Iâm sure, trumpeted on here just recently by, I think the owner?
If so, then perhaps he would like to come on here like the top man at Exelby, and ask what we think.
Ken.
Must admit I have never seen the fascination with the place.
Whenever I have used it it has never been more than average.
Just found this and it does say at the bottom last food order 1 hour before closing:
transportcafe.co.uk/m25_lond ⌠_cafe.html
Ken.
Quinny:
Just found this and it does say at the bottom last food order 1 hour before closing:transportcafe.co.uk/m25_lond ⌠_cafe.html
Ken.
It does say that but to sell a bag of crisps and a Mars bar wouldnât hurt would it?
Although on the other hand, there isnât many places you can get a meal after 8 pm, except a pub & an MSA.
But Truckstop Dave should come on and explain, after all it was many of the Trucknet drivers who signed his petition.
It does look like these new stops have a lot to learn
the old Gate,s cafe never said no, and also a very well
known place in its time called ââOMA Hilldergradââ never
said no and always gave a early morning knock up
when it was running,
Wheel Nut:
Quinny:
Just found this and it does say at the bottom last food order 1 hour before closing:transportcafe.co.uk/m25_lond ⌠_cafe.html
Ken.
It does say that but to sell a bag of crisps and a Mars bar wouldnât hurt would it?
Having experienced the length of time it takes to get served in there sometimes it could well take them over an hour to get that order together and total up the cost.
Wheel Nut:
Quinny:
Just found this and it does say at the bottom last food order 1 hour before closing:transportcafe.co.uk/m25_lond ⌠_cafe.html
Ken.
It does say that but to sell a bag of crisps and a Mars bar wouldnât hurt would it?
Although on the other hand, there isnât many places you can get a meal after 8 pm, except a pub & an MSA.
But Truckstop Dave should come on and explain, after all it was many of the Trucknet drivers who signed his petition.
Couldnât agree more, so if heâs reading thisâŚ
Ken.
I have only been in there once, waited 20 mins for My breakfast to be served. only 2 other people in there. Was not worth the wait, god knows how long You have to wait when they are busy.
I think youâre being a bit harsh there fella. Whenever Iâve been there theyâve been as miserable as anybody else!(Not often) Why pick on themâ â ?
BECAUSE i was treated like a piece of â â â and im not putting up with it ,i am emailing truckstop news about my experience in this zb hole
we should get a petition together to get it closed down
Wheel Nut:
we should get a petition together to get it closed down
lol@Malc!!
I was one of those who wrote to the planning office in support of them when they were on here asking for help.
Some time later (whilst I was living in Germany) I had flown into Heathrow en route to a couple of meetings in Kent and then the Midlands. I called in there for a bite to eat and to see how the place was doing and TBH, didnât have a good experience! 2 x grumpy female staff and a miserable snack didnât really do it for me, especially seeing that I could have had some âtop noshâ elsewhere and claimed it all back on expenses.
Maybe because I wasnât (on that day) driving a truck but was in a hire car and was wearing a suit, collar & tie, they didnât feel the need to âencourageâ me to be a regular. Maybe it was just a one-off . . . . . . . . . maybe not.
Me and the wife stopped here monday last, weâd left a 45 hour break at Maxi - autohof in Germany (fantastic place 10 euroâs to park for weekend including 10 euro meal voucher ) at 21.00 sunday night tipped Basildon 10.20 monday morning. We arrived at junction 26 12.00 bang on our 15 hours, couldnât pay to park as their card machine wouldnât connect, crashed out for a few hours and got up at 18.30 in order to get some food before the 20.00 deadline.
Me - âIâve come to pay my parking, is there any chance of Breakfast ?â
Them - " No. b/fast ends 15.00"
Me - âCould you not just do eggs bacon and beans ?â
them - " No. the bacons all in the freezer"
Me - " but weâve just got up and could really do with a breakfast"
Them - " weâve only got the choices on the board"
this was a choice of 8 different meals, the best they could do was Gammon eggs and beans without chips and a very small mug of tea.
The âGammonâ when it arrived was nothing like gammon Iâve ever seen, it was thin tasteless produced from cuts of meat stuck together, we thought back to the wonderful meal we had before leaving Germany ( waitress service, pleasant surroundings, a real pleasure) looked at each other and said "is this it? would the last one to leave please turn the lights off !
And when we left the wife was spreadeagled across the dash to try and hold everything in place as we negotiated the wonderfully smooth parking area. And all this for just ÂŁ20.00 and a ÂŁ3.80 meal voucher.
And I even signed the petition to keep it open when it was just the portacabin ! ! ! !
marcustandy:
Wheel Nut:
we should get a petition together to get it closed downlol@Malc!!
I was one of those who wrote to the planning office in support of them when they were on here asking for help.
Some time later (whilst I was living in Germany) I had flown into Heathrow en route to a couple of meetings in Kent and then the Midlands. I called in there for a bite to eat and to see how the place was doing and TBH, didnât have a good experience! 2 x grumpy female staff and a miserable snack didnât really do it for me, especially seeing that I could have had some âtop noshâ elsewhere and claimed it all back on expenses.
Maybe because I wasnât (on that day) driving a truck but was in a hire car and was wearing a suit, collar & tie, they didnât feel the need to âencourageâ me to be a regular. Maybe it was just a one-off . . . . . . . . . maybe not.
Youâre not the only one Marcus. I stopped there early this month on my way back from London as I was absolutely starving. First problem was how to hell to get into the place as thereâs a lake between the âaccessibleâ end of the parking area and the cafe. I never saw any requirements for a boat or waders in the ads for it. 
And when you do finally get there you should consult your diary to make sure youâve got nothing booked for the next 7 days or so as thatâs how long itâll take them to get your order out. Even after all that youâll be served with Tesco Value food which tastes foul. There was supposed to be a couple of bangers and bacon on my plate but Iâve seen more meat on a vegan buffet. And donât even get me started on the prices they charge. The country doesnât need [zb]holes like this, even if parking/food is a problem in the M25 area. The place should be shut down and Iâd gladly sign a petition to make it happen.
Trucking Turner:
we thought back to the wonderful meal we had before leaving Germany ( waitress service, pleasant surroundings, a real pleasure)
Iâve never been in there because I can instinctively tell when somewhere is going to be â â â ⌠whenever I visit one of these dumps I am tempted to twist the ownerâs arm up behind his back, throw him in my wagon and then drive him out to Germany to see an AutohofâŚ