Pico Lounge

My friends and I came here for an afternoon meal after a walk in the hills of Glossop.
I really liked the arty atmosphere in the restaurant and was well impressed with the paintings on the walls.
The food was delicious. I had a chorizo hash with a fried egg on top that was full of flavour.
It was good we could order individually at the bar as splitting the bill gets tricky with big groups sometimes. Service was fast and the staff –friendly.

Looking for somewhere for brunch with my husband and toddler, Pico ticked all the boxes — casual, independent, loads of space for a noisy toddler to not annoy too many people and a pretty interesting (if not more than a little on the trendy side) menu.
Décor is cool/​kitsch although I thought it felt a bit ‘put together’ rather than ‘thrown together’ but liked it nonetheless. Like the last review said, Pico is pretty everyman and the space definitely lends itself to family groups in the day whilst still being cool enough for a night time bar.
Food-​wise I ordered the dirty beans, which were homemade beans with pulled pork and bbq sauce, served on toast with a fried egg on top. The toast was a bit underdone and the egg was overcooked so there was no runny yolk (the best bit!) but the beans and pulled pork were tasty and it was a generous portion.
All in all I did like Pico but everything was just good rather than amazing so I wasn’t totally blown away. Would happily go back to try it again though and would be interested in seeing what it’s like a a more of a late night venue.

It’s not a bad little place this massive ‘super lounge’ in the Glossop area, just about 5 minutes walk from the train station and in a pretty upmarket retail park (M&S, hiking shops etc)
It definitely seems to be an everyman venue with quiz nights, cocktails, wine and a decent selection of craft beers — there’s an extensive food menu which I believe is served all day and when we popped in on Saturday morning it was super family friendly. Loads of kids in buggies etc which took the pressure off our own super screaming daughter (what a howl she has at the moment…)
We popped in for brunch which is served all day with myself going off road by having bubble and squeak and my wife ordering the baked beans on toast. I found mine enjoyable if a little lacking in taste, it definitely needed to be fired up with the hot Louisiana sauce that was on the table with it.
An enjoyable flat white (proper size) and tea (all food and drinks — plus a side of mushrooms and toast came to £20) — I may pop it up to a 4 star on a future visit once I see what the night time offering is like.