Lunch out at the Thunderdome - Glengormley
posted in Antrim, Indoors |Thunderdome Café, Glengormley.
Off towards Glengormley for lunch at the Thunderdome Restaurant in Glengormley town centre. It is based in the centre of town and if you follow signs for Glengormley from the leisure centre it is hard to miss.
This is an American style Rock Cafe which has been well put together and definitely appeals to the kids. It has statues of movie stars including Lara Croft, Minnie Mouse and Spiderman. Humphrey Bogart also makes an appearance for those of you who will remember him. There are rally cars, motorbikes and even a Dalek if you know were to look. There are TV screens viewable from all areas playing MTV. They provide smoking and no smoking sections of the restaurant. This will change in April.
We arrived just before noon and were offered either breakfast or lunch menus. We opted for lunch. The kids menu has a good choice which included a roast beef dinner and a vegetarian option. The other options were pretty standard; chicken, sausages or burgers all served with beans and a side. The sides are offered as fries, pasta or salad. The menu ranges from £3.95 - £4.50 but drinks are a £1.50 extra as is ice cream (also at an additional £1.50). The adults menu was restricted to Sunday Specials only. They were happy to get me just a jacket potato though (I did not want to blow my diet too much).
Crayons were provided for the reverse of the kids menu and this proved popular with the kids and they busied themselves with colouring-in and the word-searches. The service was very quick and we had our food within 10 minutes of ordering.
It was not that busy when we were there but it did fill up towards the end of our meal. The waiters were attentive and the place is clean and tidy. The toilets (ladies only seen) were clean and well stocked with all the essentials.
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Kids Say:
6 year old: There was a lot of food. I liked the statues and I liked looking around.
5 year old: I liked the cars and the motor bikes. I saw spiderman on the roof.
Stress Level: 0 (There was no real stress to be honest with you but if it was busier it would not have been as easy to let the kids look around.)
Fun Level: 4 (I think the kids enjoyed it. We had fun talking about all the bits and bobs around the walls and on display.)
Cost Level: 4 (I think this is probably quite expensive. 2 Kids meals, 4 kids drinks, 2 ice creams bearing in mind I had a plain jacket potato and a coffee came to £19.05.)
