Off Motorway Cafes M6 Stoke/newcastle Area.

[Grumpygrandad]

Does anyone know of a good cafe just off the M6 for a food and comfort stop? We have always used Little Chef , but most appear to have closed. We are travelling from Cheltenham to the Lake District this coming Saturday. Thanks in advance

[Buenchico]

If you leave the M6 at Jn 14 and follow the A5013/A519 you can rejoin the motorway at Jn 16. That takes you through Eccleshall, where there are a few places to eat:

For basic grub, try the Star Café:
https://www.facebook.com/StarcafeEccleshall
Reviews:
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g504151-d5439930-Reviews-Star_Cafe-Eccleshall_Staffordshire_England.html

. . . or, if you don't mind finding somewhere a bit off the beaten track, try the Tickled Trout café at Loynton Trout Fishery. Directions here:
http://www.loyntontroutfisheries.co.uk/contact-and-directions.html
Menus here:
http://www.loyntontroutfisheries.co.uk/about-the-fishery.html
Reviews here:
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g504151-d5562825-Reviews-The_Tickled_Trout-Eccleshall_Staffordshire_England.html

. . . or come off the M6 at Jn 16 and follow the B5078/B5077 to the café at Hall Farm Shop, on the edge of Alsager. Directions here:
http://www.hallfarmshopalsager.co.uk/contact-us/
Website here:
http://www.hallfarmshopalsager.co.uk/cafe/
Reviews here:
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g798070-d10168047-Reviews-Hall_farm_shop_cafe-Alsager_Cheshire_England.html

If you carry on to Jn 17 you're right next to Sandbach, where you'll find Minshull's Country Kitchen:
https://www.facebook.com/Minshulls-Country-Kitchen-701708146609150
which has outstanding reviews:
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g499519-d7392537-Reviews-Minshull_s_Country_Kitchen-Sandbach_Cheshire_England.html

[Buenchico]

^^^ Minor typo:
'Jn16', at the end of my first sentence above, should read 'Jn 15'.