Mill Lodge Beefeater in North Kesteven

Good food. James, our server, was great. Very friendly and helpful.

We had a late tea busy evening, lots of people in from the hotel, but service was good and we were soon sorted

Great experience. Friendly atmosphere. Lovely food and the service was fantastic. Especially Sacha and Emma. They were great hosts and very personable and helpful. Michael

Waited for ages to be seated on a quiet day. 2 members of staff walked past and completely ignored us..when we sat down table and chairs had not been wiped and was full of crumbs...not impressed

We had a meal at the Mill Lodge on 13th October 24. Whilst only having a main and drinks we found the food to be very good and tasty. Both food and drink arrived at a reasonable interval. The restaurant was not very busy but the staff worked hard to ensure that we were well attended. In particular we were impressed by Sasha who only started there 2 weeks prior to our visit. Her can do attitude and pleasant demeanor added to our dining experience.

We couldn't get a table at 7 pm, because we hadn't booked. The restaurant was not busy and didn't get busy. The beer was OK.

we regularly visit & last visited 24/09/24 with family and had a lovely time - everyone enjoyed their food & the service was brilliant, shoutout to sasha who was particularly great on her first shift - she smashed it :) you’ll see us again soon!

Mill Lodge is highly recommended for a good all you can eat breakfast. Enough variety to eat and drink. They have a nice buffet setting in which you can take as much as you want. Suitable for private individuals to eat out as well as for large groups of friends and family eat out. I had been here a couple of times but recently I discovered their services have dropped. The new pattern of booking a table for breakfast has to be looked into. If they need to do that then they need enough manpower to allocate seats to people rather than people standing for long on a queue waiting to get seats. I had to take a picture and video of this so the management wouldn't claim this doesn't happen.

Really good breakfast, always my first choice

Went there for Sunday Carvery, arrived at 2.30pm to be told Carvery was sold out and only regular menu available.

We went for breakfast and it was brilliant 5⭐️

Awesome meal, quality waitresses, namely Sacha & Sophie. Thank you girls. We will return very soon.

Service was fast and the Staff were incredibly friendly and helpful - Shaz was an highlight of our visit! Such a lovely lady who made sure we were taken care of, i hope she enjoys her retirement :) the food was very good! Wish we had more beefeaters in Norfolk.

Fantastic place for your steaks, flamed grilled too. The service was good with regular visits to the table for your feedback. Prices are not too bad either for the quality of food. I'd definitely recommend this place for daytime or evening meals. T

Passing through Lincoln, so popped in for Sunday dinner (yes, dinner... not lunch. Lunch is for southerners 😆) Waited to be seated. Table a bit on the sticky side. A few crumbs still on, from previous patrons. Cutlery was a little dirty. Waited for our orders to be taken, but seems they'd forgotten about us, about 20 minutes later, so had to go and ask... Food came quickly. Was nice on the whole. The slightly larger potatoes were a little crunchy/ undercooked in the middle, but. Everything else was fine. Staff were pleasant so all in all, not too bad

Visited mill lodge Friday 6th September. Bearing in mind we booked a table for 7.30 we weren’t even seated till 8pm and then proceeded to wait an hour and 10 minutes for the food to arrive, decent meal but on further inspection I noticed my 16 month old son’s chicken was visibly raw which he had already started eating. Staff agreed and were very apologetic but couldn’t do much other than void the bill as the manager was not on site. My contact details were left for a manger to get in contact the next day but have not had anyone contact me. This is very disappointing and not acceptable in a place that handles food. Also very poor of management not to contact me. This has been reported to the food standards agency. If a manager would like to get in contact you have my details and I have emailed directly. Can now confirm a manger has rung me and offered me to come back and visit again totally complimentary to prove that this is not standard practice and offer us a chance to experience what we should have. Following up on this review me and my partner have since back for a meal to try again. Staff were fabulous and accommodating again apologizing for the incident last time. The food was excellent tonight, really tasty and amazing conversation with the staff team. I have attached pictures of the food from our visit tonight, couldn’t fault them. Definitely will be visiting again with my partner and son after faith being restored and seeing what the restaurant standards really were. Lovely night, thanks so much.

Raw chicken served to my 16 month old grandson on 6/9/24..totaly unacceptable. The manager is suposed to be contacting my daughter today..i wont hold my breath and will be contacting the Food Standards Agency with photographic evidence.

Had a voucher so decided to visit. Haven't been for a while. No longer take orders at table had to go to the bar. I don't know if this was a temporary thing or not. Ordered chargrilled chicken with garlic prawns as extra £4.99. You got 2 king prawns, 2! The meal in itself was fine but felt the whole thing was not up to their usual standard. Front door looked as if it had seen better days as well.

This place is slowly on its way out went in tonight and was turned away as lack of staff but the place was about empty

Terrible food, staff were apologetic that's why 1 star

Just improved on my last visit a year ago

Great staff and good food but it is very expensive. It was good to see there are some local regulars. The only part of the menu that has moved with the times is the prices!!!

Excellent service and food in very pleasant surroundings.

Lovely meal & brilliant service from Susie

Staff were friendly upon arrival, seated us and took our order quickly as the restaurant was not very busy. Got our starter after about 30 minutes. Not too bad of a wait and the food was nice. After we had finished it took another 30 minutes until our plates were taken away. The waitress then asked for our mains order again which was a sign of things to come. After 75 minutes of waiting we decided to pay the bill and leave as it seemed as though we had been forgotten about. Staff were apologetic but the restaurant was still not busy so not too sure what had happened.

Horiffic, overpriced and cold, tasteless meal in an icy venue (both temperature and atmosphere) served by robotic staff. Wouldn’t recommend.

Very enjoyable meal children loved it

Met my friends for breakfast. What a good variety of choice for breakfast food. All you can eat for £10.99 .. for those with youngsters, they eat free.. really worth the money and you’re all full ready for a day out..

Very good food at realistic prices. Huge flat car park directly opposite the Bomber Command Memorial. Has hotel accommodation sharing the location. 15 minutes drive from Lincoln centre. Friendly and efficient staff all around. Single floor, with main toilets just inside door and wheelchair accessible toilet further along. Wide and varied menu.

The food was amazing .. best quality and taste. The service was kind and polite. The restaurant was full at that time and the order delayed a little bit but inside the normal time. The waitor forget to bring me my dring but no problem at all. I ve done this job in the past and its normal with the pressure of job.

Food good as always although portions seem smaller? Bigger plates than normal used so maybe that’s not true. Staff friendly but have to say service a little slow and not as attentive as normal, no one asked us if food ok etc and not easy to catch their eye for extra drinks.

Food was not as ordered. I ordered 1/2 chicken and received a very burned slice of chicken breast. I did get my money back but my husband didn’t after receiving what looked like the remains of someone’s plate. I have photos of the food but I don’t know how to post them on here. One member of staff just wanted to argue with me but my husband said he will eat the veg and didn’t want me to complain about what looked disgusting on his plate. We ended up having a carry out with my daughters chicken slice and my granddaughter s food that cost £17. The dogs had the food for their tea. Never again will I visit here if I could do minus stars I would

A great improvement on my last visit a while ago. Improved menu, food was delicious, and very good value. Went at lunchtime and a nice relaxed atmosphere. Encouraging to go more often....

The restrooms are not nice - didn't seem to have been cleaned in a while, with no toilet paper to use and pieces of toilet paper on the floor, toilet bowls with remnants... did not leave a good impression. The food was average - nothing sparkling- and the hot brownie was actually served cold. Probably the only redeeming feature - as the restaurant itself definitely needs modernising and freshening up - is that the customer several was excellent.

Wont waste my time really no straws for kids drinks dicusting outside inside same dirty best of all was fly in my wifes bailey advice dont go

The staff were extremely friendly and helpful. Food good and served quickly

Staff friendly, & helpful: when you could catch them as they dashed past table. Quite disappointed in the food. The chargrilled chicken tasted like it had been boiled in disinfectant. Also served with two small chunks of sweetcorn, no other veg. Chips cold. Puddings were small but tasty. Won't use Beefeater again.

Meals ok but not much of it shame really

Very expensive for a light breakfast, table was small and cramped for us, food was only ok, with the prices we were expecting better. The hot food was very dry. We won't be going back

Very nice meal affordable prices friendly team

The steak was absolutely amazing, so were the chips and the cheesecake for my partner. It was his birthday and they also put a little candle on the piece of cake and sang happy birthday. The seats were a bit old but they are ok to sit on. The only thing I wasn't happy about, was my starter. I had the garlic bread as a cheese version. It tasted like it was at least a day old and it was very fatty. So I didn't really like it

The staff were really short but the service was still amazing. Gail was lovely and worked really really fast to get the cues down and people seated. She deserves a pay rise. Thank you for a lovely breakfast.

Food was decent and well priced. The waiter shaz made the experience exceptional, deserves a raise. Very accommodating and a lovely person

Not normally one to complain but my food was very cold. I ordered a burger and chips and both were cold. Staff are lovely enough but I felt I was being a bother. I won't be back in a hurry

Been for 2 days with friends, breakfast then mix grills, tasty top draw meals , will use again with out hesitation. Service excellent as well, good value as well

We had breakfast, with friends, very accommodating, food excellent

Stopped for an all you can eat breakfast. Food was nice & hot. Prices are reasonable too

Great staff, need a more varied menu

Only popped in for coffee. Nice place.

Brilliant place for all you can eat breakfast.

We had a really nice time at Mill lodge tonight and James who attended to us was brilliant. Thanks 😁

Great pub with friendly staff, they always make you welcome.

Having now eaten here for two weeks whilst on business, the food is consistent and reasonably high quality for the price. The breakfast selection is good, dinner is satisfying and the staff are personable and attentive

Served by Shaz excellent 👌 ,food awful steak on flatbread .sent the first one back as cold .second one awful left 80% got home and was sick wont be going again .

Very very disappointed with the managements customer service from mill lodge and head office. After a serious fall in the car park on the 19th April, due to dimly lit car parking area and shadows from parked cars, the paved area was not visible, this resulted in very badly damaged knee cap and pulled ligaments after 5 hours in AnE.. This was not drink fuelled as I was driving. Still waiting for the management or Health and safety team to contact me, numerous emails and no response. If you are elderly, frail unsteady when walking, please take care, if this was to happen to some one else, the consequences could have been fatal.

Great food and service,the staff are so friendly and courteous a lovely beer garden and good value for money.

See pictures, food cold, lamb scraps, desert over heated and bowl was dirty, lied to by waiter and manager would not come and speak to me, not sure I'll be returning

Pre booked the table with a request for 2 Sunday roast as they always run out 3 hours into a 6 hour serving session. Waste of time with the request as nobody takes any notice of them.

Good food,but can get busy.They seen to be short staffed which can affect service at the bar,meal service was excellent however.

I am a loyal customer of beefeater been to a couple now but the people serving mad all the difference very funny and nice people

Great friendly staff. However, the food quality and portion size are not a patch on Toby Carvery or other similar venues. Prices are extraordinarily high for like for like venues.will not return after saying that last time we gave it another go, but it's awful. Shame, as location's good, and staff ate great, but they are let down by prices and quality .

I'd give more rating in the service area but its only Dan that I can give credit to the others didn't really seem to care was told to just go 9ver there when first entered where no one was for the same person to come and sent us so unprofessional. Dan really needs the credit food was shocking I'd prob still be there trying to chew the steak. 5 stars to Dan

Great tasting food at decent prices, in a nice setting with a Premier Inn on sight. There is plenty of choice with friendly helpful staff to make every meal an enjoyable experience. I love it here and meeting friends tonight, we were served by James. Excellent service!

Good price, nice food . Going back soon..

Ordered, and was served two beers at 22:00 only to be told 10 mins later "I'm closing, take your beers to your rooms"

Good value food, very clean good atmosphere

After a long journey due to traffic problems we arrived at the Canwick, Premier Inn quite late and being too late to go out we settled for the Premiere Inn meal deal at the Beefeater next door. It turned out to be great value for money. The quality of food and service was excellent even when one of our orders went astray. A special mention must go to Lilly and Susie our waitresses also Ian the manager for making our experience perfect over our three day stay. Thank you all so much Mike and Cath Solihull.

On a recent trip to Lincoln, we were staying at the Premier inn next door and we thought we’d head over for dinner as we have a little girl and they had a good kids eat free deal on! Unfortunately my daughter was absolutely miserable, wouldn’t stop screaming and crying, the staff went above and beyond to help - unfortunately it wasn’t working so I decided to leave with her (back to the hotel without my food) leaving my partner and littlest baby behind to enjoy their meal! 10 minutes later I get a knock on the door and the staff had cling filmed mine and my daughters food and brought it over - even with my drink!! I could not fault the service we were offered and Suzie C and Ian made a very stressful dinner a whole lot easier!!! Thank you so much Suzie and Ian you’re a credit to the restaurant! :)

Nice Atmosphere good price food could have been slightly fresher but overall no complaints but it was still decent. 👍

Food was great. Great service from James.

The staff were friendly and helpful. The waitress was very nice and gave us the time and support needed. The food was nice, it arrived hot, good portion size.

Had a roast dinner it was very underwhelming. Food was not very hot, roasties were frozen, veg was peas, carrots 1 parsnip and small amount of cailiflower cheese . On a Sunday i thought it would be fresh vegetables and not frozen such a shame as we come here regularly in the week and food is usisially ok but sunday roast is a no go. And this was vary disappointing

I don’t think I can give any good feedback except for the pudding which I had to order the biggest sundae due to still being hungry… I found the experience from start to finish very poor. Not only did we wait for 10minutes to be taken to our table, we ordered drinks at the bar whilst we waited but then we waited another 10 for them to be brought to us! The food was expensive for what we got. Looked like a basic child’s meal but in an adult portion.. sort of. The cocktails we ordered, my partners was farrrr too strong. Not only the fact we were waiting, we were not asked how our meal was, the food was basic, the staff seemed all over the place! Looked chaotic… and it wasn’t a full house!! The worst part… the cutlery being polished right next to us!! The clattering was driving me INSANE and wondered how the girl coped with the noise… oh wait, she had her headphones on drowning out the noise. That’s ok for her then!! I’ve worked in hospitality for many years and that is NOT acceptable. I will not be attending a beefeater again.

Just had dinner here with my significant other. Had prawn cocktail and chicken gougons to start, I had spinach lasagne and it was absolutely delicious . The chicken melt dish was superb too. For dessert , apple pie and custard and cheesecake, just gorgeous. Our server was James and he was Top notch. Highly commend him for his service to us. Definitely a must if you're in the Lincoln area.

I've ate stayed here 4/5 times for work and it gets worse and worse. The hotel are great and the staff are great. The restaurant is poor. Understaffed, waited 10min the bar to be served. My starter turned up wrong. Then wasn't given cutlery to eat. My main turned up with the steak well done when asked for rare. The staff could not care less.

Nice food and our waitress was lovely and very attentive

I loved every minute of my dinner. The BBQ sauce had a delicious smokey taste to it. You have to come here and eat this food it was delicious 😋

Adequate all round but not worth a diversion let alone an expedition.

Stayed in the Premier Inn at the side, and had breakfast here in the morning. Really enjoyed our buffet breakfasts, plenty on offer and not too busy.

Great food and service. Best to book.

Has seriously gone down hill . I will not be back again .

The welcome was great, young lady directed us to our seat and immediately asked what we would like to drink. We ordered our meal which came very quickly, we ordered steak and on the menu it states 'all our steaks come with a half tomato and mushrooms' this was not the case for one of us! We ordered surf and turf, one sirloin steak, fatty and very salty, 2 small prawns and calamari which had been deep fried beyond all recognition and very rubbery! The chips, triple cooked, were nice and a sauce was put on the side of the plate which was totally unnecessary, it was so spicy hot that it defied one to taste the rest of the meal! The meal itself was cold, maybe the sauce was presented to deflect that! Such a disappointment!

James was excellent at the bar and Sophie provided first class service when I ordered food. The food (gammon) was very good too. Compliments to the team.

Visited today for lunch. Ignored by 2 x staff when stood at 'please wait here' podium. Told we couldn't sit in restaurant because waiters had too much going on. Sat in bar area order 2 chicken curries.- more like soup! Had to add rice in sauce to give it sone substance! Meal deal came with dessert. Had apple pie - clearly microwaved ( soggy and nuclear temperature ) with gallons of custard ( swimming) overall not a very nice experience. 😑

The Staff were friendly and very helpful. Ordered crispy calamari, wrong, small soggy pieces with a whole chilli 🌶️ sliced, there was more chilli than calamari 2 out of 10. Worked out £1 per 1/2 “slice of squid, waste of money. Main course double beef burger with all these fantastic things done to it , chuck, marrow etc, wow, it was dry tasteless and Luke warm, chips were excellent, coleslaw was one spoonful and can honestly say I would have preferred a Burger King whopper at half the price. Overall very poor, mass produced junk with no attention to quality .

The food and service were excellent, it was a fairly quiet evening, so our food (full rack of ribs & a fish dish) came swiftly. The staff were also friendly and helpful, would definitely go again

Came in for a family birthday meal and the food and service was perfect as always. Thank you Anna and Gail 😊

Pleasant surroundings and staff but service was very slow considering how quiet it was. My friend and I had their lunchtime special menu which was good value, but unfortunately his sirloin steak was quite tough and he only managed to eat approximately half of it. Told the waitress, but other than a brief, automatic apology no further action taken.

Had a lovely meal with friends. First visit for Sunday roast and found it lovely. Disappointing that the half chicken was unavailable but the turkey substitute was still lovely, as was the lamb and beef options. Restaurant was quite chilly at first but then the fire was turned on and was much nicer. Service from Suzie C was fantastic; really friendly, attentive and helpful, thank you for making our visit even better.

Good place to visit for food. Not happy they close at 10pm Saturday evening.

Used to enjoy coming here but the food this evening was average at best. Calamari was fried for so long it was the colour of treacle and tasted like pork scratching. Steak for £19 was shockingly bad, dry and thin. Pies were clearly pre packed or frozen, you get about 8 chips with the main meals. It’s really gone down the nick! Service couldn’t be faulted, so I can’t complain about the waiting staff but the kitchen staff and food buyers need a rocket up their arses. Won’t bother again!

So disappointed, embarressed, we invited friends to eat lunch here. Staff were all very polite and friendly. Drinks arrived, ordered food. Three meals arrived unfortunately the chips were luke warm, still waiting for the fourth meal...I explained the chips were cold ( after a further 5 mins the fourth meal arrived) after apologising the waitress we could iether return all the meals or start eating while a fresh batch of chips were cooked. The chips arrived long after we had finished.its not quite the same eating food separately. Not all the deserts were available.Overall not worth even the 11.45 we paid. Quality was poor, presentation non exsistant on cold plates. Hate food waste! clearly poor kitchen management Wouldn't return....

Booked for evening , good friendly service . Not visited for a few years but was impressed with service .

Our evening meal on Friday 29th Dec 2023 was fantastic...I had the rib eye steak, medium rare cooked to absolute perfection and our table was served by the lovely Susie who was so friendly, polite and professional, nothing was too much trouble and given the fact that my wife is insulin dependent, Susie was extremely patient while we worked out her meal. 5 out of 5 on all counts and she is a credit to the restaurant 😁

What a shame that at around 65 ish pound per head that food was terrible. Christmas Dinner is usually a bit more but you get good value for money. I have Canadian scallops with king prawns and the stench of rotten fish was horrific. Prawns were rock hard but scallops nice and soft cooked nicely. Partner had prawn cocktail and prawns were still frozen. Main was turkey for myself and beef for my partner. My turkey was cooked OK but the beef looked awful. My partner skipped her meat and I ended up giving her some turkey. No mash at all which was baffling and other tables around us were also saying how there was no mash. Parsnips cooked well, roast potatoes also cooked well but then it went downhill. Carrots were rock hard and ee got a spoonful of shriveled garden peas. Not a great deal of gravy but personally for me was enough. Deserts I had the mint chocolate sundae which was extremely sickly but nice. Partner had millionaire profiteroles which were stone cold served with some sort of biscuit base! Service was shockingly slow. Starters came after about 20 mins of seating then we had about a half hour wait for mains then around an hour for desert to the point the lovely very helpful waitresss offered up some mince pies to gift as an apology that the kitchen was clearly swamped. We had only just finished desert and were told we would have to vacate the table as another couple were booked for our table and had waited over 40 minutes to be seated and left in the bar area. We agreed to move into the bar areas and the place was rammed with families wanting to be checked in let alone seated. Overall I'd give it a 2/10. Won't be back again. Overpriced for what you get.

First time eating at Beefeater. Chose it for Christmas dinner as the menu sounded nice after looking at all options in the area. We made a mistake in choosing them and it was a subpar meal for an extortionate amount of money. £60 a head sounded reasonable, we weren't looking for gourmet and high end, just something tasty that we didn't have to cook. We arrived and had to wait for about ten minutes, no biggie, were promptly seated and asked what drinks we wanted. The table was set up nicely with two Christmas crackers, which included a token wooden ornament inside. The server, a very lovely, bubbly chap arrived to ask how I wanted my steak and informed us that he'd put in our order and grab our drinks. I ordered the cheese fondue for a starter, sirloin steak for main, and apple pie with ice cream for dessert. My partner ordered chicken pate, salmon, and profiteroles. It went downhill from there. The starters arrived and I had a nice big bowl of cheese fondue with ONE wispy piece of bread. Well, you don't want to waste all that cheese, so asked the other grumpy server if we could get more bread. He brought out a bowl with ONE more wispy piece of bread, which was halved to share with my partner to assist with eating the pate as she also had received just ONE piece of wispy bread. Wow, stingy, much? Absolute waste of cheese. Next up, mains. To be fair, my steak was tasty and the best steak I've ate at a restaurant in the UK so far, which is saying something since I've been to Miller and Carter. However, after removing the fat (I know some like it, I don't), my steak became quite small. I would guess I was left with about 4oz in the end. The roast potatoes was good. The puff pastry with field mushroom and spinach was okay, but why? A bit more steak, more roasties, and some cauliflower cheese or just some broccoli would have been nice, maybe with a Yorkshire pudding. The gravy was okay. For my partner, she said the salmon was nicely cooked, possibly a bit overcooked on the skin side, but could not understand why it was served skin down. It was served with broccolini and garlic herb potatoes, which were okay. She said the tomato sauce was delicious though. Now, the dessert was a disaster. Partner said the profiteroles were okay, nothing special. My apple pie came with custard when I had ordered it with ice cream, so had to return. Not a big deal, it happens. Oh, the slop they returned with, oh my. It looked like the dredges scavenged from the pie tin. I don't care about pretty, so not a huge issue. The taste was a whole different story. Yuck! It tasted like the pastry was undercooked. After further investigation, you could see and feel the pastry was undercooked. Obviously, the apple pie wasn't cooked properly and they thought the microwave would fix it later? The clotted cream ice cream was okay, which is the only thing I ate. We were wholeheartedly disappointed with our meal. We had planned to have another drink, a longer chat, and enjoy our coffee and mince pie that comes with the meal. We didn't wait for the coffee and mince pie. We didn't even wait for the server to ask if we wanted our check. We went straight to the server cash out point. Grumpy server never asked why we weren't staying for the coffee and mince pie. Unfortunately, the bubbly server had left earlier as he stopped by to let us know he was leaving. On the way out, another customer stopped and asked us what we thought and we told her we definitely weren't going to go again next year. She agreed and could not believe that we were served such poor food for the price. She was absolutely flabbergasted and we concur with her opinion. Unbelievable. I think next year we'll stay home and grill a steak.

Food is tasty, we just had a couple of mix ups with our order, and was half finished before getting everything we ordered.

Wouldn’t return. Overpriced. All bland. Chefs need some advice on how to cook sprouts as they were squeaky. Not enough toast with the cheese fondue. Service a bit slow. Just a bad place to go in general

Nice layout and decent food. Beef Wellington on the festive menu - wow! Large family gathering on 17th December. A great meal and we were well looked after by Dan.

We visited this restaurant two weeks ago, when there was freezing fog outside and they hadn't put the heating on. We were sat at a table directly under a cold fan. We did ask to be re-seated and we were. The staff were lively and the food was great, but it was so cold inside, it kinda spoiled it.