Spud U Like

This place gets a 3-​star rating rather than the awful ratings that the rest of the dreadful food court got because the food is actually edible and will not give you a coronary by indulging in it too often.
The food in here is ok, but the rest of the experience is completely awful. There are always huge queues, you can never get a seat and your ears will be ringing with the sound of small children running around and being told off by their track-​suited parents.
Avoid the food court at all costs, but if you absolutely must, this is probably the lesser of about 6 evils.

I opted for this rather unassuming little place one day in an attempt to avoid the usual big bad unhealthy range of foods either side and to be honest I regretted it.
Spud-​u-​like, which for a start is a truly awful name which isn’t a play on words or a pun, it’s just a bizarre congregation of semantics. Anyway, there was no queue as there so often isn’t in this normally quite quiet Castle Court food court eatery, I went for the chilli on a spud and a fruit juice.
You’d think they’d be able to get a spud right but alas no. Dry, way over cooked and that overly cooked in the middle microwave character.
The chilli was a bit watery too and just sank into the potato — separating into a watery must on the side.
Not a great start from this little place which seems to fight on a daily basis with the large American chains around it.

This is a pretty quirky place in that it sells good old spuds in a range of different combinations.
As I’ve said in other reviews the food court in Castlecourt is one of the last places I’d chose to eat, but sometimes if you only got time to get something quickly you gotta go for whatever is handiest.
I had a baked potato here with some coleslaw on a chilly day as a warming lunch. It was alright, a tad dry and I think I could have made better at home myself. I mean it’s not that hard is it?
Give it a miss.

The food court at Castle Court is a crazy hellish old place… go there most weekdays (forget the weekend!) and it’s pretty rammed with big queues for the food. Poor Spud-​U-​Like is sandwiched in between those big daddies of fast food BK and Pizza Hut so I do give them a bye despite their ‘chain’ status.
I’m no fan of fast food but as these kind’ve things go I do admit that the Spud U Like stuff isn’t so bad. They do, have you guessed yet, baked potatoes with a variety of fillings and the usual soft drinks/​extras.
I initially only tried it as the queues for the other places were so big I felt I had to give it a go, call it a sympathy purchase. Opting for the spicy chicken and sweetcorn option, the food arrived fresh and tasty and the staff were polite and efficient.
After eventually finding a table (this is tricky at times) I settled down and the food really hit the spot. Perhaps not the most innovative or demanding food but I enjoyed it immensely. Next time skip the queue for the other stuff and give this a try.
Pros; Fresh food, cheap.
Cons: The nature of the food court it’s situated in is a bit of a nightmare.