Lake at Barston Restaurant in Solihull

I can’t thank this establishment enough as I recently frequented it on the occasion of my wife’s ‘wake’ Despite the difficult circumstances the staff were faultless and the afternoon went as well as could be expected It was chosen due to remembering more happier.times with my wife Kim and I had visited the Lakes for various tribute nights

Really good 80s Xmas night. Had the mushrooms, lamb and cheese and biscuits.

I came here for a work Christmas meal. It was really lovely, atmosphere was good, food was nice and the entertainment was absolutely amazing 🤩 we came for the ABBA +70s night and we had a really good time. 💯 would recommend

Nice larger venue with good layout for performances. Food was decent but not wow. Entertainment was good. Wham tribute 😅

Fished a competition at the lake and came back to at least ten anglers vans broken in to. Apparently been happening for years but nothing gets done about it !! They charge enough for tickets and about £8 for a bacon sandwich !! And they can't afford to hire a guy for security in the car park ?!!! Not a pleasant place to visit as you can't relax not knowing if your van doors are going to have holes drilled into them !!

Food was uneatable limited menu , the chef and manager need sacking Consider bringing back carvery with portion control on veg It's a shame as it's a lovely setting

Fantastic night, Elvis was great also staff very organised and polite. Been here several times and I would recommend for anyone to go here.

Just for fishing As dropped my mate off there He loved it

A down to earth, lovely place to go for a walk and have a drink, even if you don't play ⛳, beware as the restaurant and bar can close early if it gets dark and no players are around👍

Great value for money. Great service. Would recommend

Was there for a wedding reception. Nice venue and well organised

Excellent service and friendly staff and food.

Great afternoon good service from all at table 107

A fantastic venue for a party. Stunning setting, wonderful food and best of all an attentive and helpful team that couldn’t do enough to make the whole event amazing astounding success.

Great venue for family get together or wedding reception.

Lovely restaurant in beautiful surroundings. Staff are helpful, and parking/access is easy. Nice to grab a coffee from if your walking around the lake. Reasonably priced in a nice environment. You can sit in or outside and live sports on the screen if you fancy sitting in.

We took 36 men from calderfields today to play golf,fantastic,food ,service , and golf course great,Nothing was a problem for the staff, loverly day out.8

Food was good atmosphere was calm and respected food was presantated lovely

Plenty of space between tables. Quick, friendly service. Most meals were good. However, the Sunday lunch was a letdown. Not piping hot, tepid roasties and veg, Yorkshire pud was small, cold, and dry. Ham was tender and full of flavour, and beef was thin slice with not much flavour. Puddings were good.

We enjoyed a lovely night to celebrate my brother in laws birthday. It was a tribute to The Rat Pack. The meal was nice. The location is very impressive particularly on a sunny summers evening. We stayed in Meriden at The Strawberry Bank Hotel. The family have attended other events and no doubt we will return. The staff are hardworking and responded positively to our birthday requests. A good, fun evening was had by all.

Good, hearty food after a round of golf!

Beautiful place sister inlaw got married here such a lovely day start to finish

We had a wedding here on 27th July, we was one of the first to get married outside, it was fantastic, Amy was amazing from start to finish and made sure our day was perfect, food was great and of course the surroundings are just stunning. All our guests were looked after well and nothing was too much trouble all the staff were great so thank you 😊 we would recommend over and over again 😊

We had a fantastic time for a 70th birthday party... Everything we asked for! was done for us! The Staff worked hard all night to make it a special night for my sister Jean.. Caroline the organiser did so much to get 45 people together for the surprise and couldn't have done more! The band was great too! Dancing all night long! 5 stars all round...

We had our wedding reception here and would highly recommend!! The day was absolutely perfect from start to finish and it wouldn’t have been possible without Amy and the other staff members. Amy goes above and beyond and always made me feel at ease and helped me with the planning of the wedding throughout. Incredible views for photos with the lake in the background also for pictures. Thank you for an amazing day.

My wife and I hosted a special birthday celebration at The Lake this last Sunday. It is the first time that we had organised such an event at this venue. It certainly will not be the last time we go there. It is such a good place to meet up.with family and friends. We used a room off the main dining facility. The tables were well set out and everyone had room. The staff were polite, friendly, efficient and professional throughout our stay. The food was outstanding. It was presented excellently It was hot, tasty and of good portions.The drinks were sensibly priced too. Everyone in our party was very complimentary about everything to with with The Lake. They all said how brilliant it was. The ambience, food, service, decor, space, service etc. We would not hesitate in recommending this venue for any type of gathering, even just s drink and an unwind overlooking the 18th hole and, of course, the lake. Give it a try. I would be surprised if you did not enjoy your visit.

Great family day out with fishing and bbq.

Good place to go if you wanna catch some fish lots of carp in there lake🎣

My Wife and myself went there today for lunch - the scenery was stunning - the staff very pleasant and helpful - Owner John came and said. Hello to everyone - ( Little things like that for us make for a nice place 👍 ) food was delicious - we will definitely return now we have found The Lake at Barston 👍 thankyou

Went last Sunday with a lady friend, the setting is lovely with Lakeside views. My lady friend had the beef roast dinner which was terribly small and did not offer good value for money and they forgot the Yorkshire pudding. I had fish and chips no problem big portion of everything. The quality was perfectly acceptable home, made chips so not frozen out of a packet and mushy peas although I would have preferred a choice I would have had garden peas. Also the tartare sauce was homemade. The selection of beers which are quite considerable are all rubbish no real ale no cask conditioned ale and most of the beers were not even British. There is a photograph of the roast dinner showing a least three slices of quite thickly cut meat, however my lady friend had only two slices of very thinly cut meat. It was supposed to be 5 ounces of beef I would guess it at probably about one and a half ounces. There was nothing really wrong with the roast dinner it was just a bit bland boring and really small and overpriced. Two thin slices of beef thin watery gravy a few peas a few bits of sliced carrot, and a bit of parsnip we did eventually get the Yorkshire pudding. Sun came out so after finishing eating we took our drinks outside beautiful setting.

Tiendo a beber cerveza en lugar de vino, pero este lugar no tenía verdadera cerveza y la selección de cervezas gaseosas que se ofrecen era diabólica, hay muchas de ellas, pero las clasificaría como no aptas para entrar en mi cuerpo. Así que terminé bebiendo la casa Shiraz en su lugar. En cuanto a la comida solo teníamos platos principales. Tenía pescado con papas fritas era de calidad decente y una porción muy grande, no me puedo quejar. La salsa tártara era casera no de un frasco. Las patatas fritas eran patatas fritas adecuadas no congeladas de la bolsa bastante crujiente y crujiente recién hecho. Mi amigo tuvo el almuerzo de domingo de carne asada, la porción estaba realmente en el lado malo no hay Carvery, lo que es una pena, eran solo dos pequeñas rodajas de carne de res en salsa de guisantes zanahorias papas asadas chirivía, pero desafortunadamente se olvidaron del pudín Yorkshire, así que tuvimos que pedir eso. El asado de ternera estaba bien, pero preferiría mucho un carvery y definitivamente era malo si tienes un gran apetito. Sin embargo, para un aumento de precio hay una porción grande y para los niños hay una porción pequeña. La cena de ternera fue servida en un plato bastante pequeño pensé que era una porción infantil pero lo cuestioné y no lo fue. Así que la comida está bien, pero no excepcional y la cena de carne asada supongo que en equilibrio fue tal vez un poco decepcionante, especialmente el pequeño tamaño de la misma. El entorno es precioso y desde el restaurante se puede ver el enorme lago y el personal era agradable. Hablé con el gerente sobre la falta de cerveza apropiada que era muy agradable, le hice algunas sugerencias, tal vez podría mantener un poco de cerveza decente en botellas para que no fuera un desastre, fue solo un poco decepcionante. Sin embargo mi amiga me dice que todavía tiene hambre. Ahora si pudieras venir en un hermoso día de verano inglés podrías sentarte afuera es fabuloso. Así que un poco de una bolsa mixta, pero espero que mi crítica les ayude a tomar una decisión.

The Tribute nights are very good value, decent sized meal with alternative choices. Drink prices are good, with a draught beer as well.

Had a great works night here. Food was decent. Room and setting were lovely and the staff couldn't have been more helpful. Highly recommended

Hoy me decepcionó. Llevo años viniendo al restaurante Barston Lakes. Me encantó el lugar. El carvery fue increíble. Tienes una buena relación calidad-precio. No había carvery, el menú ha cambiado completamente ahora. No nos gusta el nuevo menú. Le pregunté a una camarera por qué ha cambiado el menú, ella dijo que era para acomodar a los niños, presumo que los padres se quejaban de que no había opciones de niños, desafortunadamente no volveremos. Algún adulto tenía pescado y patatas fritas servidas a ellos, pescado y patatas fritas en un domingo realmente. Qué le pasa a la gente.

Fantastic day. Staff, food excellent as usual Don't know how you all do it. Thank you

Attended a friend's wedding here and had a wonderful time. Beautiful grounds nicely maintained. Helpful, polite staff. Will return to eat soon.

Excellent service. Nice food and brilliant entertainment.. All round great experience..

Amazing place for wedings and spot of golf and fishing

Fancied chilling out Sunday afternoon/evening and wanted to go somewhere chilled relaxing and not so busy. This was just the place. West midlands golf course. Lovely bar and awesome views out onto the lake and green. The staff are friendly and attentive. Good selection on tap and prices are reasonable. Perfect Sunday afternoon.

Lovely place to sit & have a drink & a bite to eat, overlooks the fishing lake & golf course.

3 course meal, tribute act & disco, brilliant!

Had Sunday lunch with the family and sat outside enjoying the view of the lake after which was lovely.

A very pleasant location and venue. Lovely friendly staff and the bar snack I had was good value. I will be going back without question to try a more substantial meal. A very pleasant experience.

Lovely setting for a drink and a stroll.

Excellent service in a beautiful location and didn't cost the earth for good food.

Location is beautiful, Sunday carvery is great. Otherwise the menu is desperate for an overhaul.

Just had a quick drink after a round of golf most pleasent.

Always a lovely place for lunches and just perfect for the family wedding on saturday

Highly recommend, excellent food and outstanding service, especially kind to 91 year old birthday girl taken out for lunch. Waitress staff went over and above with their kindness.

My second visit to their cafe this year. Great service . Tasty , good quality bacon & egg sandwich. Each time I included a walk around the Lake. I'll be back again in June .

Went to see the Jersey 4 with my girlfriend and her mum,can't fault anything from the night.Service was perfect,as was the food and entertainment, will definitely be coming back soon, thankyou to all the staff.

We booked to have a celebration meal for our Golden Wedding. We were looked after very, very well. From the booking to the meal everything was dealt with in a friendly professional manner. The meal was wonderful and the service excellent. All our guests expressed how much they had enjoyed the experience. Thank you to all concerned.

We visited the lake on a dog walk and decided to stop at the outdoor part of the restaurant for Sunday lunch, we ordered the food and three of us decided to have toast dinners, this was duly served and one roast beef dinner had two and a quarter thin slices of beef which was rolled up into separate round shapes, the roast potatoes were over cooked, burnt on the outside and not a lot of potatoe on the inside, the vegetables were watery and there was no parsnips on thus plate of food. The other two were turkey and beef roasts dinners, one had no Yorkshire pudding, one had no stuffing but both had as much beef as the roast beef dinner, and also two good slices of turkey, the waitress did bring a bowl of potatoes and parsnips to the table which was really lovely, we were overall disappointed with our meals but no one appeared again to ask us if everything was OK, the dog had a good feed from the leftovers, we have been to this restaurant on many an occasion and we have always enjoyed our food, but today was very disappointing.

We have been going to the Lakes tribute shows for about 18 years, always have a good time,the food is always very good,and the staff are friendly and make you feel welcome.

Fabulous 60th birthday celebrations 🍾

Very disappointed . Lovely place but Sunday lunch was not good and not good value at all. Main Meal served on a plate bit bigger than a side plate for 18.95 . 1 parsnip spoonful cabbage . Meat tough and slapped on plate Bit gravy. The place is lovely staff were nice Even though we had to eat birthday cake on patio.

Perfect settings and amazing service will go here again 😀 also if you like fishing or night fishing it's a perfect place to get away for a couple days 😍

Great views, and lovely food, all served very efficiently by friendly and helpful staff, with our large group all being served nearly simultaneously.

Because we were on the last table I think they forgot to bring our starter so we informed the main man who quickly sorted us out with an extra roll. Food was really good. Staff very hard working. Will be back soon.

Unfortunately it was a bit like the Mary Celeste when we went, however the service was outstanding 👏

Wonderful food and great service.

Had a good night out, it was a bit like being at a wedding, if you know what I mean. Drinks were reasonable, apart from Guinness that has nearly £7 a pint. Main courses were good, starters and puds ok. The staff worked their socks off and were very good. We went to a party night and we were disappointed that the band was only on for an hour of the night.

Food was unfortunately bad. Very dry and not so many options to be fair, for the way the place looks, you’d expect something else. Ordered at the bar, but food took a very long time to arrive. Would not come here to eat, just have a beer and enjoy the view.

A great night of entertainment Staff are brilliant Only went to the show, didn't eat but the food look lovely Very clean and welcoming

This is my favourite place lovely staff but I’m so disappointed that the carvery is no longer available it beat every carvery place not impressed with the Sunday lunch today bring back the carvery it was great

Small quantities of tepid, undercooked food. Some desserts had run out. Gone massively down hill since the carvery was stopped.

Food and entertainment was excellent

Nice three course meal. Friendly staff. Followed by great entertainment and dancing. I'm 77 and was congratulated for being never off the dance floor on new years eve. Great night out. Ideal for something special.

We attended a meal/music evening last Saturday. The food was good, the group brilliant, drinks reasonably priced and waiting staff friendly and efficient. Unfortunately they didn`t stop people taking drinks on the dance floor and my partner had a drink spilled down her back.

Great place for a party, drinks are reasonable, don't get ripped off like other venue's.....food was good, service was good. Entertainment was great with a late bar as well!

Lovely place entertainment great food was disgusting

Lovely place with excellent service and great food. Highly recommended!

Farther in laws 90th birthday 4 generations , 26 eating Great food ,hot and loads to eat Best service we have had for a long time Thanks to all concerned behind the scenes. Highly recommended

The lakes are really nice, my family were thrilled to be here. We enjoyed the music and dance, we love the Christmas songs at the end of the night.

Lovely food but don't accept cash which is a pain

Went for breakfast. Chose the full English which was delicious and portion was generous. Good quality bacon and sausages. Coffee rather disappointing to be honest and small portion from a machine. Seems like a golfers haven inside. Outside views are absolutely gorgeous, you can look right out onto the lake. Super to walk the dog around, takes about 20 minutes. The one thing that would make the lake more lovely to enjoy is bins. There isn't one so fishermen often dump their litter and doggie poo bags are left pathside. An easy fix guys 😀

Christmas party night was brilliant. Live band was a blast. One note is the young staff needs more training for getting food out to tables.

Lovely meal with group of friends however it was slightly spoilt with rushed service as well as inaccurate bill with additional items that required amending!! Also IT requires improvement as having to walk to the bar to make a card payment should not happen in 2023.

Good bacon rolls and cold beer, everything a golfer needs!

Had better soup from a tin and more enjoyable dinners out the freezer from asda

If you go to Barston Lakes you know the food will be OK and you expect to have a good night's entertainment. Rand A Tang was playing and they were terrible! To start with we thought we'd turned up at a kids party with the childish antics, then as the set continued the snippets of music kept changing so quickly you couldn't get up and dance, hence the dance floor was never busy. The quality of singing was also debatable with most songs just being the chorus. We've been to Barston many times and this was by far the worst entertainment we've seen!

Went to see The Jersey Boys night. What can I say, great atmosphere, great food, great service, and superb entertainment. 10 out of 10. Definitely recommend and will be returning 👌

I went there with a group of people. I had salmon and veg and hollandaise sauce. The vegetables I like a bit more cooked but delicious. Fruit salad or apple pie with cream or custard.

Second time that we have been to the Lake would go again

Lovely place, beautiful setting, good food, good service and a walk around the lake when the weather permits it.

We had lunch then an Abba tribute for entertainment. A great time and in a beautiful setting.

Fabulous meal and service as always

Lovely place food is terrible, they serve you like your in prison

Fantastic place 😀 and xmas dinner is out of this world 🌎

Lovely place to eat after a long local walk.

Lovely stroll around the lake followed by a convivial stop at the clubhouse for some tea and muffins sat outside with wonderful views over the 18th and the lake. An added benefit is to see some skilled fishermen at work.

Had a pre paid family meal a cavary 40 of us young and old. Service was very good. Special food requirements we'll catered for. Not a big choice of veg but everyone was happy Drinks were reasonably priced. Nice surroundings inside and out. We would go back, might have a meal and band night as advertised.

Beautiful outstanding place. Cheap drinks. Gorgeous toilets.

Great place for events, we are attending a wedding here and the service couldn't be any better. Highly recommended.

Brilliant days fishing at the lake 👌

Really enjoyed Faye Horne’s Diva show on Saturday. She was fab with an incredible voice! Nailed Adele, TIne T, Shirley Bassey, Whitney, Shania etc. Great personality, defo be back to see her next time she visits

Beautiful outlook from the restaurant. Lovely and clean too. Waitress was lovely

Lovely setting with a lake and golf course. Well maintained building, comfortable dining area. Clean toilets facilities and disabled parking and toilet. Good place to visit except the meals, although reasonably priced, were poor value, and very disappointing on the occasion of our visit. Otherwise, it was pleasant, and we sat outside after lunch in a good seating area.

A beautiful venue. Recently went to a birthday party.

We have been to two tribute nights and on both occasions the food, entertainment and service has been absolutely superb. The location is so beautiful. The staff were friendly and professional, nothing was too much trouble. A***** on everything. We will definitely be visiting again