Cheswold Lodge Brewers Fayre in Doncaster

After a bit of a break from this pub as it had gone down hill it has really pulled it's socks up! The food was lovely and the service was quick and with a smile. Pleased we went back.

Great food, staff were lovely. Service was fast as well.

Brilliant for families that want to go and have a coffee or a beer and dinner. Amazing people. Very friendly staff, especially Sally.

The staff member on shift on Monday 11th march at 5.30pm. In the play area, Was amazing. Helpful, friendly, informative. ..went above & beyond.. and also came running after us has my husband had left his phone. She was fabulous 👌

The Cheswold has provided a venue for the alzheimers society to hold a social get-together group. I am one of the volunteers who help out with the alzheimers society. I would like to thank the staff, including Lee, SallyG,Grace, and the chefs and kitchen staff, for the excellent service provided today. It's brilliant to see a local pub/restaurant supporting the alzheimers society in this local community. All of our client group, their carers, and family appreciate these groups and enjoy getting together, and so a venue like this is ideal, so they can have a meal too if they wish along with the beverages available. It's so rewarding as a volunteer seeing them get so much enjoyment out of their visit to the pub. All the volunteers thank you for your hard work in ensuring all our needs were catered for at today's event. We look forward to our next visit.

Stayed here for 3 nights. Awesome value for money and food was beautiful. Heather and staff were very helpful. Nice family atmosphere. Would definitely recommend 👌

Really good service staff were very polite and helpful 👍

Was a clean friendly place, food looked great. Staff were friendly. Always cleaning tables n stuff.

Turned up at 4.30pm carvery advertised 12-6pm. Food that was available once we got our serving of meat at 4.45pm. Plated up and enjoyed the food. 10 minutes later went back up for some veg and potatoes and the lights were turned off before 5pm and the food was taken away. After hearing some staff talking about their turkey sandwiches and left overs I managed to get another plate of mash, swede and politely got asked if I wanted some more peas. I then said to the staff member the lads I'm with want some more il tell them to come up and get some. 5 minutes later it was all gone. Our friend wasn't happy about this so went up and asked why the carvery had closed 1 hour earlier than advertised they fed him everything but the carvery. They told him it had all gone and there was only vegetables left, someone went and got him a plate of mash, swede, carrots (that weren't even out on the original carvery????) peas and gravy and stuffing balls and to which my friend replied where did you get this from if it was all gone and scraps left. Also didn't realise they served mac and cheese instead of cauliflower cheese on a carvery?? Chef just froze and one staff member apologised. Anyway hope the staff enjoy their turkey sandwiches!

Lovely, great parking, wheelchair accessible. Gluten free options

Food was good, sally G was lovely, great with the kids and left the tablets and area lovely and clean. Very friendly Thankyou

When did staff stop wearing smart uniforms? Tables were sticky, we tried 3. Drinks were nice

Visited for my granddaughters birthday (15/08). Sat in the children's play area, good atmosphere but music was very loud. Food was ordered, quite a lot of it. Unfortunately it wasn't worth the wait. My daughter had the mixed grill, but only a 4oz steak not 8 like she ordered. Took so long for them to check and refund that her meal was cold, no offer to reheat or replace. Food was greasy and warm. Hairs on cutlery and plate, dry chicken, chipped crockery, disgusting egg!!! We complained to the manageress and she said that we needed to complain to head office. Staff were very un helpful. We all suffered upset stomachs for next few days. My daughter ended up with food poisoning resulting in a very unpleasant trip to A&E. (The staff at the hospital need a medal) Definitely spoiled our day out!!! I can honestly say we will not be back!

A little late on this review. Ordered mixed grill and asked for the steak to be well done, came out rare and the size was as big as a can of beans top. The chicken was equally small and looked like it was given to someone else before me. Burnt sausages and I asked for no peas, yet I received them. When questioned they was dumbfounded. People getting food before us yet we ordered before them. 6 of them 2 of us.

Amazing friendly staff, great food been few times, nice clean play area for kids great family location for meal out or event's

Was OK service a bit slow but got there in end food ok had worse

Came here with my daughter and her friend for food and play Food was spot on can't fault it and the lady looking after the play area was amazing with the children and very helpful she is definitely an asset to your company 5× isn't enough for her she goes above and beyond with every one I seen her interact with every on in the I asked for her name so guys look out for her name is Sally g Well done and thankyou for making our experience one to remember we will definitely be dropping in again Also value for money coffee and play £5.50 with as much coffee as you like bouns

Very nice food and friendly polite staff

This place is quite different to normal brewers fayres / beefeaters. For breakfast you have to order by means of writing how much of something you want on a slip and handing it to the bar. The food was ok - wasn't waiting too long, the atmosphere was not so, as there was hardly anyone there (i think this is because there is a beefeater on the other side of the lake). Only one member of the restaurant staff was on, but this didn't really affect the service. Would come here again.

Convenient for the location next to the Premier Inn but wouldn't be somewhere I'd choose to visit.

Served by Sally G super helpful and accommodating x

Cheswold is blessed to have a staff like Sally her warm smile and customer-centric nature in ensuring a personalised experience is highly commendable. We will surely visit sooner

Nice place, nice staff, good for the kids but the food was poor

Super manager and staff. Immediately asked if we had any allergies or dietary requirements. Exceptionally clean in main areas and ladies toilets. Food came out in good time, sirloin steak and salad first class, drinks cold and sparkling. Waiting staff cleared table quickly and asked if we wanted anything else. All in all a great visit. Well done Cheswold !

Food has improved and bigger portions than previously. Staff pleasant and decent time getting served

A good place to stop and break the journey between east midlands airport and home.

Went for breakfast, didn't go again over the weekend. Really poor food, and just not nice

Sally in the play area was wonderful, great service overall, typical food grub can't complain for the prices play area kept the little one entertained

Went at lunchtime midweek. Food was OK and the price was cheap. However the place is looking really tired and in need of a major refit. Tables were scratched and some seats were split. Not a place to inspire you to keep going back.

We had a fantastic evening meal here. Offer 2 meals for £11.49 which is great value. The food was nice and hot and we were served by Sally G who was very welcoming. We look forward to visiting again 👍

Enjoyed a meal with my son. Sally G was very attentive and polite

Staff friendly, service good and liked the atmosphere of the pub. I had gammon steak and partner had fish and chips, both very good. Spiced apple and blackberry crumble was delicious. Lovely meal.

i had pie chips and peas for my evening meal. i paid over £11 for it the pie was hard and had hardly any meat in it .there were 18 chips and peas were hard .i am not one for complaining. but me and my 2 friends will never come back again

Bit basic but cheap enough. Easy walking point to Doncaster races

lovely place staff friendly especially in the play side nothing a bother clean and tidy good prices

Carvery has a very poor choice not a lot of option steak tastes of what it was cooked on not very flavoursome small portion for what you pay for

The young guy in the play area soo soo accommodating a young girl put money on grabber machine she was there for 45mins and he came over to advise how to grab very friendly would recommend 200% food too was delicious

Called in 13th july after work for a couple of drinks n a meal, table we got was near the men's toilets, we had to move got a really strong smell of urine, put us off eating, finished our drink n left. Use to be a lovely local pub, but these last few years it's really gone down hill

Very long waiting for two burgers

Not been here for a long time but we enjoyed it. The salads very fresh and gorgeous with plenty of cheese 😋 lovely avocado, coleslaw was crunchy and everything tasted delicious 😋 Service was very welcoming & friendly 😄 Very quiet as a week day which was great 👍

Well I have to be honest we used to frequently visit here for meals but haven't been for a long while,put off quite abit with the bad publicity it was getting. Well today we came back to try again and I can't recommend it highly enough,everything was absolutely spot on from the minute we walked through the door,don't listen to rumours try for yourself. Will definitely be going back😊😋

The worse pub close to me, Food rubbish and getting a beer while I've been waiting 10 minutes and someone else who just got to the bar served first.. No more visits here

Had a great breakfast on our way to a wedding. Unlimited breakfast so set us up good for the day.

States it is open until 11pm, but got here just after 10pm on a Wednesdsy and it is closed.

Booked table for 11 people, on phone asked to be near kiddy play area , upon arrival at 6 30 pm , told kiddy bit was closed and was seated other side of pub , table for 6 !!!! Was a tight squeeze, asked 4 times for colours and drawings paper for the kiddies , food average, service at tills very slow, time for food coming out was very slow and the pub was quiet , definitely more staff needed on , needs improvement on customer services and on booking a table for 11 people a table to sit us all , won't be returning

Great place to meet up for a drink with friends

Had a lovely weekday lunch today…each meal was cooked to perfection, and the menu had a great selection to suit all tastes. Sally and Mel couldn’t have been more helpful and accommodating. The toddlers soft play area was clean and tidy & enjoyed by Tabitha the two year old. Overall an extremely enjoyable experience. Will definitely recommend and return!

Just wanted to shut for the night didnt want are bussiness at 9.45 and there was 17 of us

Great food, and staff, very clean and tidy throughout, even better that the kids have a play area as well. Would definitely recommend, if in the Doncaster area.

Nice place to eat and drink with family or friends

Booked a table for a large family meal, staff were really accommodating. Food was great and service was brilliant

Over priced microwave meals. Not great.

Lovely staff, great company, good Coors.

Most meals had faults, burnt lasagne steak full of gristle and burger full of burger sauce instead of bbq sauce as advertised. Waited 45 minutes for deserts but berrie sundaes were awful. Frozen fruit and one had no berries, cherries instead. Cherries are not berries. When changed a dish of ice cream was sent, they said that was how they came. Won't be going again.

Only went in for a drink but was a nice atmosphere

The food was absolutely delicious. The portion sizes were very generous. Sally A was very friendly and attentive, especially with my 2 little ones and alerted us to the promotion on food 2 meals for. Very quick service.

Your average Brewers Fayre pub food, about edible but nothing at all special. Service has really gone downhill. The staff that are there are nice and helpful but there are never enough of them on, so overall service is often diabolical. Many of the draft beers are often off because there is nobody to change the barrel. There's never the right glass for the beer you choose. Always a huge pile of dirty glasses at the end of the bar etc etc. Visited on 21 July and the Easter displays are still up. Used to be a good place to go and we went regularly, but nowadays it's just convenient now and again.

The staff went above and beyond to make sure all 5 of us could eat with allergies, food intolerance and food preferences.

Staff were lovely, the patrons were garbage people

Tasty, good selection, especially of vegan and vegetarian options. Good value for money.

I know the Cheswold has had a lot of problems with food and hygiene recently, but was only going for coffee. This turned out to be luke warm coming out of the machine. So I resorted to pouring boiling water in my mug to try and heat it up. Not many staff about to resolve this, tables and floor very sticky. I thought there would have been more effort put into having a deep clean?

We always stay in premier inn's and never had this, paid for are daughter to play then they closed it early, asked what time last orders were and was told 10pm ordered a drink at 9pm and told to leave at 9.05pm, not very nice staff all!!

Nice ! Not posh would recommend

Absolutely awful. Rats every that's why it's been shutting recently. All over the news.

Nice meal and a pint after work

This was a disaster, waited 1 hour 40 mins for breakfast, very noisy with kids running round the restaurant continuously, the staff did there best, there was just not enough of them, no clean cups or glasses for drinks I had booked a breakfast for my 2 days stay at the hotel, the restaurant closed after breakfast on the fist day and stayed closed for the remainder of my stay, I am still awaiting the promised refund.

Go here once a month to meet friends The food is reasonably priced and tasty. The staff are ALWAYS pleasant, and can't do enough for us. Helpful and attentive in their manner. Well done chessies x

A lot better now new chef food is lovely

Visited for a drink with family, we had to ask for glass and ice for my drink.. had to ask for ice and slice in our g&t. The place was rather cold inside to.

Good breakfast and good service.

Two mixed grills ordered both medium steaks turned up wrong one was severely over cooked the other was rare. Inside was tidy and well kept

Food wasn't too bad but was about 20 overcooked chips however the bbq chicken bacon cheese was great. We went in for soft play and a drink but ended up staying for dinner.

I wasn't impressed with this place! I got told by staff the meals we was getting was x2 for £11 and explained I had a blue light card and wondered if it was better to use that instead. They said yes and got a child's meal and x2 cola's which amounted up to nearly £45! I think you need to know your own offers better! I didn't realise until I had got home and I felt I had been ripped off!! Got smothered chicken meals and to be honest the portion size was like a kids meal and the food wasn't great and the wait for it was ridiculous! Also my autistic child had especially been looking forward to the indoor play area but on arrival I was told it was closed due to radiators in there being off and it was too cold in there. My daughter was upset/devastated and thought she weren't allowed to play because she had done something wrong. I did not have a good experience and will not be returning! @mantiumofficial @tektonik0 @t.a.g.0114

Went for evening meal. Food was ok, but the service was much to be desired. Sitting at our table not long to wait for the food, but when the waiter came he slung the food on our table then he legged it, didn't even ask if we wanted anything else ie: mustard etc. Although some of the staff were friendly not all were. You could tell they didn't want to be there. Hence we didn't go back. 3 stars was for the food and not the atmosphere.

Ate here last week, we both had mixed grill. Most of it was cold, the steak and the onion rings were cremated. Truly awful. Returned today (no choice as was a work event) cold food again, dry over Cooked chicken. Will not be returning.

Absolutely horrendous! After a 15 minute drive I arrived and waited to be seated for 15 minutes yet nobody came to assist so I seated myself. I then waited for around 25 minutes in the queue for the bar to buy a carvery to be told the chef said no more carverys because he had a table for 4 had just come in. I was eating alone and there was loads of food left. Absolutely fuming! I travel the country with work so I often visit Brewers Fare and the fact that the people in charge can't even be bothered to apologise or explain why my visit was so poor.

Give it a miss! Took an hour for food to arrive and it didn’t appear busy. Steak overcooked and half of serving was inedible due to fat. Chips lukewarm. No dressing on salad as ordered but server did bring extra. Carvery looked dried up - gave it a wide berth. Won’t be back!

I went here with my family we booked a table for 7 and was sat before 7. The food came out a bit late but there was only 2 amazing and sweet girls who were working there butt's off and did not deserve what a table across for us said to them. They were sweet and told us that they we sorry for any inconvenience that was brought to us. I told them that it was fine. The place is amazing and the 2 girls that worked there were even better. The only problem was they need to employee more staff to help out.

Omg.sunday dinner.was cold blood running through chicken which is a nono.noone came yo cut carvery until I complained.all the vedg was raw even chewy snd thd mash waz straight out of a bag due to its horrible pasty taste.

Very nice clean inside and outside Very nice food

Poor service poor and poor quality food

Still no wine glasses. For the last six months they've had no or very few large wine glasses. They just mix and match with whatever they've got. We got offered pouring it into two small ones, two straight ones like you'd get a coke in or two cocktail glasses. Six months it's been like this. How hard can it be? It's over the road from an Asda, just go and buy some. The place is nowhere near full, not even a quarter full and someone has just been told it's an hour wait for food. He left. It's going down the pan I'm afraid and the ones to feel sorry for is the staff who are clearly getting no support whatsoever.

Shocking service, waited almost an hr for our meals. Waited another hour just for ice cream! the meals were ok when we eventually got them. Wouldn’t recommend.

Absolutely disgusting food was cold and of poor quality

We popped in after a bit of shopping for lunch, I ordered chicken and ribs, hubby ordered the splatter platter, after paying, 5 minutes later, we were informed they had no ribs, so changed my order to the splatter platter, service took a while as I think they were short staffed, but they did their very best, also it was very cold in there, had to keep my coat on .

After eating here where the food was not great, one of the meals was over cooked and was left the other two meals looked ok but my sons were ill it caused vomiting would never ever use this place again

Went for a meal yesterday disappointment all.round unfortunately. Long wait for food and it was Luke warm over cooked and not much of it. Used to go regularly before COVID standards have slipped for sure

Small portions but fairly priced. It was quite busy so to a while for the food to arrive but they did warn us it may take some time. Overall fair treatment I'd say

Absolutely shocking stay well away. This place is disgusting behind the bar was a complete mess the staff were rushed off their feet but couldn’t organise a pee up in a brewery (how ironic) the food well what can I say I don’t know how it tasted because we didn’t get it. After being told the wait was 45 mins (no problem) we ordered a 3 course meal 2 adults 3 kids after an hour and 20 mins nothing. Then the waitress turns up with 3 main courses no starters asked where the starters were and she looked shocked then claimed that it was all ordered to come together starters and mains but no starters were ready. So after the 3 times we have been in this year and everything has been rubbish. Last time my family ate but I didn’t due to asking for a rare steak and it being well done even after retrying 4 times supposedly and the time before a large group and only half got fed while the other half waited almost 2 hours for meals that were inedible. As a chef myself I’m disgusted at the way this particular brewers fayre is run and the food quality is disgusting. I believe in giving second chances this place has messed up 3 times so no more and I’ll be taking our Christmas group bookings elsewhere certainly not a brewers fayre. As for head office trying to get hold of someone is like trying to get hold of rocking horse poop. Stay well away.

Never again Fish batter was like rubber. Coleslaw was just chopped cabbage no mayo. Burger bun burnt and burger like rubber. The room was cold with the odd fan heater on. When asked if the meal was OK I told the lady all the issues She offered us a fresh meal No thanks We will not be going again.

Terrible food, undercooked and cold. Short staffed which wasnt their fault. Kids running and screaming everywhere.. would avoid it if I were you.

Called in for a drink , then left because it was absolutely freezing.

Not been here for a while as last time it wasnt good BUT today it was excellent. We had the Carvery and it was superb! The meat was cooked to perfection. We would have given 5 stars but the central heating had broke, and the carrots were a bit hard for our liking. It was only £11.95 and worth every penny. Looks like its recently been decorated and was clean and tidy throughout.

We had our Christmas dinner here, myself my partner and our child. It was ok. The food was standard, didn’t have much portion wise and we paid extra £2.99 for portion of pigs in blankets each, that portion was 3 single pigs in blankets (as pictured), the atmosphere was good from customer side however their was 1 staff member who was rude, not to us personally but could be over heard being rude to other guests nearby which didn’t give off a good atmosphere. Will not be eating here again sadly.

Posted by my step dad...Family meet for lunch fortnightly in Doncaster..First time here but never again.Meals as small as kids dishes, I know you get what you pay for in these franchised pubs but overpriced for the size and quality and that includes all the meals for all 7 seven of us.Sat in play area , tables covered in built up food and sticky obviously not cleaned properly or very often. lax supervision in play area . Baby changing room filthy with overflowing dirty nappy bin . Worst pub and lunch ever and I am 71 years old so been to a few in my time.Very rarely leave a review but felt compelled this time, think the fact that the hygiene element or none hygiene as was the case tipped the balance.Badly managed so best avoid as there are plenty of far better places in the area---Peter Markin

Always enjoy bringing the kids here to play, great atmosphere and the food is always great.

Mediocre at best, some of the food was cold. The toilets were in a disgusting state, M & F. Waitress told us the manager had been sacked and so far not replaced.

Booked a table for a family meal for 15 , all the food was sent back cold or burnt we had to finish our get together early so we could go separately to feed the younger children ,we did get refunded but that was not the point , the staff did what they could and helped but the kitchen was terrible

Had a lovely Christmas Eve always take the kids out Christmas Eve they played in the children's area we also had a lovely meal really enjoyed it

Refused entry as we were told they would be busy later. There was hardly anyone in the pub, they're not taking walk ins today! We took the kids to go and play and eat but we were also told that wasn't possible because there was a private function. There was another very frustrated family outside with the same issue as they had family visiting. Just a bunch of people who can not be bothered to reset tables. There was nothing on Facebook or their website about not being able to walk in either.