Aston Marina in Stafford

Great friendly service, diesel at a very good price. Looks like a lovely place to moor. Will try the visitor moorings and restaurant hopefully next time we pass.

Thank you to my friends who organised this special surprise treat for my 75th birthday in one of the pods. The food was great, the staff were absolutely brilliant serving us while it was blowing a gale and hammering down, no mean feat, but they did it without one single moan, and nothing was too much trouble. Thank you all so much and Aston Marina, be very proud of your staff. 👏

Was here for a wake food and service was good

Lovely lunch. Good gluten free choice. Friendly staff. Great views and walk.

After a long wait for our food, the smallest of meals arrived. For example The two small pieces of duck breast were accompanied by 4 minute £2 size potato morsels and my pork boasted the thinnest carrot and parsnip I have ever seen. To be fair, after a complaint, we were offered free deserts. However, a decent sized main course would have negated the need to complain.

Very nicely presented place, and very clean. Food too expensive for what you get very small portions and to be honest I've had better food at other places at half the price, sorry to say.

Great spot to have a relaxing meal with with family or friends

What an amazing time we had, the room we hired was great with plenty of seating and lovely and warm on a horrible wet evening. There were 14 family members for a birthday celebration. Plenty of parking. The staff were so attentive, regularly checking in on us , we had pre ordered, so no waiting for food to be served. Drinks were collected at the bar, and no waiting to be served. I can highly recommend Aston Marina. We will definitely be going back. Thank you for making it a special evening for our Grandson's birthday.

We ate in a well heated dome by the water's edge on a very clod day in February 2024. The staff were courteous, friendly and efficient. The menu offered a good range of dishes and the food was truly excellent. No hesitation recommending this venue.

This place is Amazing! Atmosphere good, friendly and helpful staff. Food was amazing and the lemon tart was magnificent.. would highly recommend this place

A great place. Fabulous service. I'm going back.

Staff and surroundings fabulous. We were a party of four and all ordered mini fish and chips with proper chips. When the meals came the presentation was lovely and food looked amazing. Unfortunately the chips were pretty cold and fish not great. Appeared to be frozen food. So disappointing as the actual food was poor.

I hired a dining dome for my daughters birthday at Aston Marina, I cannot fault the service we received from start to finish all my requests through the reservations team were faultless, the staff on the evening were attentive and personable.The food did not disappoint and we all enjoyed what we had. We must give a special thanks to Craig for his hospitality and personable manner. All in all a fabulous evening thank you all so much.

Excellent birthday meal for my daughter. First experience of having one of the domes. Great fun

For an Anniversary. Looking so forward to this. Very disappointed. Food was absolutely awful. The food was cold. The beef was so tough we could not cut it. Very bad. Won't go back that's for sure.

Shocking - we have breakfast here almost every Saturday. Last Saturday was absolutely awful. Waited over an hour for food, then the wrong order came. People complaining all around. No food seemed to be coming out of the kitchen. We left after 1hr 20 minutes having eaten nothing. Two tables around us walked out too. Absolutely abysmal.

Lovely place and amazing atmosphere.

Still a great place to eat. Good food and good staff. Recommended.

Family birthday breakfast. I booked a table online for six of us to celebrate my husband’s birthday on Saturday 10/02/24. At the time of booking I confirmed that it would be his birthday as there is an option to include any other additional information on the form? A bit disappointing, as non of the staff wished him a happy birthday so why include this on your form? Aston Marina is one of my favourite places to eat and socialise and we are fairly regular customers. The food and service on Saturday was good however, we were a little crushed where we were seated as three members of the family are over six foot tall so leg room was really compact to say the least my fault maybe for not pointing it out at the time? Overall a nice family breakfast with just a couple of niggles.

Nice setting by the canal. Very comfortable with good service. Good choice on the menu. Highly recommend.

Always a good meal, plenty of choice, good service too. Not the cheapest but not too frightening either, I'd keep it for the occasional treat.

Nice place and lovely staff, shame about the menu being so limited. it was so much better 4 years ago

Great food and setting - thanks for a tasty meal!

We had tickets for six of us to attend the Black tie Xmas gala evening. We were looking forward to good food and apt musical entertainment. Unfortunately this was not completely the case. We arrived in our evening dress and we were greeted at the entrance with a nice glass of champagne, escorted to our table whilst a pianist was playing. The meal was lovely and the service was efficient. The catering staff were polite. But the background music from the pianist was not quite what we expected it seemed quite dull and durgish …. Anyway we anticipated that the entertainment that followed would be better. But to our dismay it was a very loud disco which played music more suited to teenagers than a cordial gala evening. We could not talk to each other because it was so loud. I am a frequent visitor to Aston Marina and always found it to be a lovely upstanding atmosphere in the daytime. So my party of friends were quite disappointed, as they expected music to suit that evening. We can boogie on down with the best of them but dressing for a gala black tie event in our minds meant more of a classic evening of music with decorum and taste. Which this was not. This experience has put us off revisiting Aston Marina in the future which is a great shame. Especially as other aspects of the evening were great.

Lovely meal with friends celebrating a birthday, sat in one of the outside domes which was very cosy and if wanted you could choose music using the Alexa provided. All the waiting staff were great and a special mention to Cameron who looked after us wonderfully.

Decided to have a breakfast en-route to a Tigers rugby match. Arrived at 10.30 order for breakfast taken very promptly, discussed my dairy intolerance. We got our Earl Grey tea 40 minutes later but still no sign of our cooked breakfast. We waited another 10 minutes, much to our amazement we weren’t even noticed, or apologised to us for the delay by that point. No one noticed evidently. So we had a word with the restaurant manager who promised to investigate. We promptly left however, hungry and frustrated and as the delay added time pressure, to what was intended to be a relaxed journey. Very disappointing - having not visited the Marina for a while and unlikely to be back again any time soon.

As usual last minute decision to treat ourselves fir a family meal. When we asked if anyone had a suggestion of where to go, everyone said Aston Marina in unison. Yet again excellent service from Fran and Caitlin, food choice and quality of the meal lovely. Simply put a great stop in a lovely spot with a great team. Obviously we will be returning again soon.

Had Christmas day dinner here . What can I say .... it was top notch 👌. I would like to thank all the staff and the chef . It was a perfect day . Thankyou

Nice food and drink served by welcoming staff. Prices are on the high side though.

Lovely location, great food and good value. Covid arrangements all in place.

Outstanding from start to finish.

Fantastic place for all the family lovely walks. Food is fab . Great staff

I thought the restaurant was lovely, we were seated straight away and ordered drinks, which were served prompt. They took our order almost immediately without any time to relax a bit. Perhaps i should have said to hold a while on the order. Starters came almost immediately after ordering and i can honestly say they were underwhelming. The ham hock terrine was lovely, but served with a tiny garnish, it needed bread or biscuit to provide extra texture. Just to eat a small pile of meat was not good. Hubby had the pate, which again was lovely but a tiny portion. Mains came and i had the chicken chasseaur which again was lovely but the portion was tiny, just a very very small breast, a little mash, side of bacon and mushroom bits and sauce. I demolioshed it in seconds. Hubby had the burger and he said it was one of the nicest he had. Came away not full at all. In fact at home had some cheese and piece of cake. Portion wise very poor. When i mentioned to the server that the terrine needed some bread she said she would tell the chef and others had complained. So obviously no one is listening to the customer.

Lovely setting, good food lovely staff would recommend

Lovely atmosphere/impressed on arrival. Portions of food mostly very small - like they are trying to make it look like a fancy fine dining dish but the taste is pretty bog standard. My mussels were tiny/dry/overcooked. Our waitress was also grumpy on more than one visit to the table. Wouldn’t rush back for the food. Family who went last week prompted this review by asking us what we felt about it - they hadn’t wanted to put us off by giving their opinion since we had already booked it, but felt the same. I notice other reviews agree with us.

Had our first Christmas dinner out here today, absolutely amazing. The food was fantastic as were the staff, couldn't find one single thing that wasn't 5 Star. Loved it!

Having been Aston Marina many times In the past and it being one of our favourite restaurants we decided to go for Christmas Dinner. Havre to say I was a bit underwhelmed by the experience! For £240 for two people and a 1 year old who didn’t eat I wouldn’t class it as cheap. No glass of Prosecco on arrival we were just seated in the conservatory area to the front which suited us with a baby. The tables were decorated nicely with crackers , Santa hats etc. The service was quite good and attentive. For starters we chose the terrine which was awful. It was dry served on toasted bread with no butter and a chutney. Not tasty just a dry bland starter. For the main we choose Turkey and Gammon there was a huge amount of meat a couple of roast potatoes, stuffing and a pig in blanket , then separate dishes of just carrots and parsnips. The parsnips were a bit underdone. I like mine quite crispy. The carrots I found were quite gritty. The main was better though and we both ate it. For pudding we had the chocolate torte which was ok but I’ve had a Marks and Spencer one today at a family meal which was far superior. Then there was coffee and petite fours. We did leave feeling full and satisfied but as I said just a bit underwhelmed considering the price and previous visits. We definitely wouldn’t visit again for Christmas Dinner and had probably put me off returning in the future. The quality just seemed lacking compared to when we have visited before.

Wonderful service . Staff polite and helpful

I chose the Dome DIning experience as a surprise and treat for my other half and hoped it would be perfect, and It was! I was expecting a delay as it was a friday night, but it wasn't overly busy. We arrived and were approached within a few minutes of entering the main restaurant. It wasn't long before we were taken to our Dome. The heater and music were already on, and our waitress was Molly. Molly was absolutely lovely ever so polite, just as the other waitresses were too. It was really windy, but you didn't notice it in the dome. I was a bit worried because the food would be brought from the main building and 1) would either fly off the plate or 2)be stone cold, but neither happened. We had mains and puddings. (Pictures attached) I highly recommend the apple tarte tatin Oh my frigging god that was lush. Food tasted amazing. Would definitely go back, next time a sunset dinner in the dome

First time here to eat, will be returning!

My last review didn’t go through so i’m rewriting it. I ate at aston marina on the 17/12/23 for lunch me and a few on my friends went thinking it would be lovely and have a nice meal i was so wrong! After waiting to be sat and getting sat took about 10 minutes we were treated by a rude waitress called Jess, she tried to rush us through ordering and did not seem interested in serving us after waiting for 20 minutes we got our starters wich were very small i probably took one bite and it was gone we then waited another 40 minutes for our mains wich were also very small sizes all throughout this Jess didn’t check up on us and didn’t really acknowledge that we where there. The food was very expensive yet it was underwhelming and basic and tasted bland, for the price they expect customers to pay you would expect much more than a few vegetables and a small slice of turkey! We did meet a lovely member of staff called Olivia she was amazing whilst she cleared our table she was actually interacting with us and making conversation and asking what we were going over Christmas overall it was a lovely chat she got us desert menus and kept checking up on us for the rest of the meal i did ask Olivia if the service is normally this bland and she said she was new and she didn’t really how the other staff spoke to customers! Overall i think the food her is really overpriced for what you get and by the looks of it the staff that have been there and show no customer service should learn from Olivia the fact that she’s new and can be a delight to speak to really shows that the rest of the staff could learn something from that!

Great food as always. Location, atmosphere and service great.

Wonderful meal for our 16th wedding anniversary. Fillet steak was to die for, ham hock and Irish coffee. Service is excellent and price is reasonable. Highly recommend for couples, families and large groups. What a great atmosphere, especially over Christmas.

The food was perfect absolutely gorgeous and a lovely place to go for somebody's birthday the staff were lovely and friendly and it's just a great place to enjoy yourselves in a crowd look forward in going next year you won't be disappointed 😊 Mrs t Goldsmith-ryan 😊 5 star defiantly

Nice place I found the service good, unfortunately food was very bland

Great food, great service, great location and great value, again.

Arrived at restaurant a lovely friendly greeting by bar staff. Front of house very friendly when showing us to table and explained menu.All I can say a fantastic experience and fantastic food.Staff spoke very highly off management would certainly visit again 🎅

Really enjoyed the dome,had a great time with my family.meal really good.

Had our works Xmas dinner here. Beautiful food, service good. Very friendly staff. Delicious cocktails.

Lovely Christmas party, great food

My friend recommended this place for our annual catchup and I'm so pleased she did. Beautiful location, good atmosphere, friendly staff and delicious food. Whilst the cost of dining here is expensive, I do believe the cost reflects the quality of food we received. I'd...

Great venue for fabulous company Away Day. Great staff.

Quick stopover waiting for snow to clear very nice food

Pod was freezing. After finally agreeing to giving us a second heater, it kept shorting the electric. Food was also cold and rained on!! The pods had no festive atmosphere with no decoration at all, even though the main restaurant had table decorations. A very bad experience which I would never wish to experience again. So disappointed.

Christmas Black Tie Ball. Great atmosphere. Amazingly good food for a mass catered event. Pianist a great touch and disco pitched right for the audience. Lovely function room

Lovely food. Had a pod. Lots of fun and nice and cosy. Reasonable prices.

Excellent service would recommend.

Great attentive staff. Lovely surroundings and venue. We held a 90th birthday in the function suite and it could not have gone any better. Really grateful. Thanks to everyone at Aston Marina!!

Highly recommend. Beautiful food, good wine, excellent service. 10/10 Step free access throughout ~ ideal for wheelchair users.

Beautiful food, good wine, nice atmosphere. Staff and level of service was faultless. 10/10 Step free access throughout ~ ideal for wheelchair users. Thank you.

Each time we go, we hire a dome, the staff and service is wonderful, nothing is to much for them, definitely booking again

Overall it was poor. The starters at our family meal were very good. I had mussels, which were fleshy and in a spicy sauce with a good kick. The service was efficient and friendly although a bit slow. The main meals were really quite poor.The...

We've visited Aston Marina a couple of times previously but this was our first time in one of the domes. We took our jackets just in case the dome was cold but it wasn't, it was cosy and warm so no jackets needed. Really liked...

Here for works Away day, in The Boathouse Lovely atmosphere, plenty of free parking. Coffee and food was good Successful day.

Expensive but excellent quality food, good service and nice surroundings, would definitely recommend for a special meal out.

I love this place ! The food is always so good 😍😋

One of the best places to eat in the area. The staff are pleasant and attentive, the setting is beautiful and the menu is updated regularly. The ambience is relaxed and informal, it works well from warm and cosy in the winter to fabulous outdoor...

This is a beautiful place. There are pods to eat in, and these are at the waters edge. We went pumpkin hunting and had a drink afterwards. The staff are lovely, and the setting is idyllic. It is a beautiful place and the location stunning. It is a wonderful place and will try and go back christmas to see how beautiful this place is.

Aston Marina is a beautiful place for a wedding. Can't fault the service. Food and atmosphere. They did a Great job to make our Son & future wife's day a special and memorable one 5*****

Relaxing and informal restaurant with a comfy feel. Standard British fayre which is well cooked. Attentive service from their waiting staff.

We visited for breakfast on Saturday 4th November. The greeting on our arrival and the service throughout our visit was excellent. The food was hot and tasty and they accommodated some changes that we made to our food order. Couldn’t fault the experience.

We have visited a few times in the past and the food has been grand, however our visit last week was not so great. The food on their new autumn menu was very overpriced for what it was, pretty bog standard food and very small portion sizes. We went home hungry!

Lovely venue. Attended a beautiful wedding there. The food, service and facilities were all great. Lovely grounds for photographs. Returned the day after the wedding to collect cars and staff once again were helpful and had boxed up all the leftover food for our bride...

First visit for a special occasion. Young lady waitress very friendly and helpful. We had starter and main courses which were small in size and both very dry due to inadequate sauces. Fish of the say only one small fillet and rock hard beans !...

Fabulous setting and atmosphere. Looking forward to trying food next visit

Excellent food and service Would recommend.

Comfortable with a good atmosphere. There was a pianist playing whilst we were there (happens once a month) which was very pleasant. Good choice of food and everyone was happy with their selections.

Don't try to google map this place it takes you to a bridge and private drive.

Booked the Hideaway for afternoon tea for my daughter's baby shower and could not have been happier. The food was excellent, the service was superb and the room itself is stunning. It wasn't the cheapest venue we looked at but can honestly say it was...

Very nice waterside bar and restaurant in a lovely setting. Not only that, but good food and really good staff.

Excellent venue with superb food and delightful staff. We celebrated my brother-in-law's 70th in one of the charming little dining "bubbles" called the "Dome".

We went here today for a special birthday lunch in one of the Domes,We had a fantastic time with great food served by very nice staff,the food was all very nice and tasty.Everyone really enjoyed it we would recommendhere for a special occasion.

Well.. what can I say about The Boathouse?! There really aren't enough words to thank you, and especially Abby. From start to finish she was there for all my questions, measurement requests, visits. Being an awkward person, I had designed a seating plan for the ceremony as well as the wedding breakfast, and I'd also made a name tag for every single chair (all 88 of them!). I fully expected to have to put these out myself, but Abby stopped me and said their job is to make sure I have the most relaxed and fun day. They took care of EVERYTHING. I'd brought my own centrepieces and aisle flowers, individual sweet tubs, glow sticks and inflatable instruments, they sorted all those. They took my bouquet and set it up with the cake exactly how I wanted (when my brain was too fuzzy to do it myself)! Just above and beyond every step of the way. Alex also was subjected to my questions in the morning, and he kept checking on me and what I wanted for the set up of the room. He gave us a great intro into the wedding breakfast later on too. Another shout out to Ash too. She and Abby were there to guide us before we all walked down the aisle, Ash wiped my tears as I started crying at the aisle song! She's in various photos working super hard and talking to my guests. It's just so lovely how hands on everyone was. Abby greeted us at the end of the aisle with our welcome drink and it was so wonderful to walk towards her smiling face when she'd been there every step of the way for us. I wish I could live it all over again. The food was out of this world. We upgraded to the three choice menu and a hog roast at night and the guests loved it all. We also went with their DJ, I sent him all my own music and he did the rest. He was super fun vibes and he was flexible (even when we pushed our first dance back by half an hour). Every step of the way was good fun, which is exactly what we wanted. THANK YOU. The only thing I will add is that I think the dressing room needs a curtain for the window (my guests were a nightmare for peaking in haha!!), and also aircon or some kind of way to get air into the room. We were lucky (?!) enough to have 30 degree weather, and by the time it was time to get married we were all extremely hot and a bit stressed trying to fix melting make up and sweating necks! It created a rush out of a relaxed morning because the heat was undoing the make up and hair we had taken our time doing. I know our weather was out of the norm but I would suggest an emergency AC unit for next summer!

Superb little marina. Quiet but convenient. Nice restaurant nearby

Nice food, friendly staff, Shame about the Bollywood movie being filmed there on the day we visited

Decided on eating at aston marina as its such a lovely venue. How disappointing it was to turn up and be greeted by a mob of cameramen and crew filming for a bollywood movie. Seriously, did you not think that this would impact your diners. Next time give people a warning that this is going on, that way we have a choice

Very friendly staff and well laid out Marina. We went in for a couple of days to catch up on laundry and have a nice meal.

We went to the restaurant after a visit to the wedding venue. The food was pricy but very nice. The cauliflower cheese was a little bit watery and could have done with more flavour, but overall we would definitely visit again.

One of the best fine dining experiences in Staffordshire. Food and service are next level with fantastic views from their domes

I’ve never had a bad experience at the marina before today. After a forty minute wait for food, we were told that it would be a bit longer as the chicken breast was large and needed to be cooked. We waited and agreed any longer...

We visited on a busy Saturday night, lovely atmosphere. Wonderful service, especially from Cameron Hill who was very polite and attentive :) The food and drinks were tasteful, varied and there were plenty of options on the menu. Will definitely visit again!

Everything about this place screams that you should avoid. Ridiculous cattle grates toe en get in - must be there to shake the cash out of your pockets because when you actually get in the food us nothing special and so overpriced it’s laughable. Heard...

Foods good, just a shame that they ran out of the starters we pre ordered 3 months ago

Amazing 😍. Beautiful food all locally sourced,excellent service, lovely location, staff all very knowledgeable on allergens. Gluten free roast dinner included Yorkshire pudding, best I've had. Good choice of gluten free desserts, I opted for sticky toffee pudding with homemade damson jam and custard and wasn't disappointed. Highly recommend, we will definitely be returning.

Want a good meal and cracking views go here

Family birthday lunch very enjoyable

A very enjoyable evening meal with wine. Good food, well cooked and presented. Nice atmosphere with very polite and professional staff. Only one course each but very satisfying.

Brilliant restaurant with a mindful eye on allergies and an excellent choice of gluten free options. Staff are friendly but not intrusive and strike a good balance between catering to your needs and not being pushy. Food is top notch and good quality. Overall a great experience that will have you returning frequently.

Sat outside of a light lunch, great views of boats. Staff helpful and friendly and food lovely.

Disappointing. My starter of a fish cake was delicious but my main course of slow cooked beef was dry and chewy. Desserts are not amazing. Second time I have been here but the last I think. At £50 a head, I expected better.