Riverside Farm in Nottingham

Our recent experience at The Riverside Farmhouse Carvery was beyond infuriating. Arriving at 7:30 pm, well within their advertised hours, we were informed that they’d run out of carvery – the very dish they brand themselves around. This isn’t just disappointing; it’s a complete failure in planning and customer service. A so-called “carvery” restaurant running out of its main attraction an hour & half before closing is beyond incompetent. They couldn’t even be bothered to ensure the primary meal they’re known for would be available? When we expressed our disappointment, we were met with indifference – no apology, no compensation, not a shred of accountability. It felt like we were inconveniencing them by expecting the meal we’d come for. But the lack of care didn’t stop there. When we tried to salvage our evening by ordering dessert, we were told they were not serving “Menu” desserts only Take Away– and still well before closing! Clearly, they were trying to quietly close early, with little regard for the customers they’d left hanging. And as if that weren’t bad enough, it became obvious what their true priority was: Christmas decorations. The dining area was closed off, cluttered with boxes of decorations, as though preparing the restaurant for the festive period took precedence over actually serving the people who came to dine. With a road closure outside, it’s clear they’d pulled both the carvery and dessert offerings to shut down early and focus on decorating. The utter lack of professionalism and disregard for paying customers was appalling. This isn’t just a disappointment – it’s a warning. If you’re thinking of going to The Riverside Farmhouse Carvery, don’t waste your time. A restaurant that cares more about hanging tinsel than serving its core menu, that shows zero regard for its patrons, and that quietly pulls service to close up early has no business pretending to care about customers. Avoid this place at all costs.

A carvery pub with no meat available at 7.45pm on a Tuesday night. Carvery then switched off so no scope for vegetables either. Steak ordered but came with seemingly tinned mushrooms. Bbq burger swamped with bbq sauce and topped with an overcooked egg. Then, no menu desserts or sundaes available even though food is meant be served until 9am. The staff didn't seem remotely bothered or interested. Absolute shambles!

Banging carvery, Jo was a ledge and managed to get us a seat when we hadn't booked. Peng turkey. Ridiculous eclair. Spaff were amazing 😍

This is our favourite place for dinner and to have amazing birthday experience. Jack was incredibly accommodating and got our birthday cake out to us beautifully:)

Lana served us today, she was so polite and friendly and very efficient . Food was great too. We will be back. Thank you so much.

Nice meal, good selection of veg.

Staff standing not doing much and don't welcome you. As for the buffet breakfast they have taken jam and marmalade away so nothing to put on toast.

The 2 managers just walk in right to see me, just walk into

Excellent lunchtime meal with friends Very attentive friendly staff Had lunchtime special £11.99 for 3 courses Piping hot soup small carvery meat was amazing and large crumble for desserts. Definitely be back 😁

Budget price, friendly people nice for a pleasant lunch

Great place to pop in for a drink or a lovely meal for a family or a nice romantic meal. The place is very clean. Staff are very pleasant & dressed well & very welcoming as you come through the doors. The food was very reasonable priced & was cooked perfectly and will recommend this place

Lovely food. Carvery excellent. Great selection of veg and different gravy's. Atmosphere very good as was the service.

Best cavery I've had inva long time

13/10/24. THE Carvery. beef was like rubber green beans was like over done burnt both types of roast potatoes rock hard parsnips swimming in oil cauliflower cheese was really hard mash was ok stuffing was like cement hardly any gravy or sauces one of the kitchen staff just kept looking and walking off 4 ppl at bar 1 serving REALLY BAD FOOD THOUGHT ID TRY 1 LAST TIME BUT NOT CHANGED AT ALL

Fair prices. Good food. Friendly staff. Nice atmosphere. Update 12th Oct. The staff were fantastic. Tried the Tex Mex chilli and it was super. The Caulfower wings starter is superb, if there's two of you try that and the excellent garlic mushrooms as a sharing starter. Mmmmmm

Food is stunning, drinks are fizzy. Carvery is 10/10. Can’t beat it. 100% recommend

This place bring a whole new meaning to coffee and cake. Check out the display of cakes. Sunday lunch was good.

I was working in the area all week. The Riverside staff were very friendly, I never tired of eating the carvery. Many thanks to the staff there.

Great value breakfast, the atmosphere is amazing and really good for someone like myself who doesn't like busy places, food is always up to standard and the staff are amazing.

items missing No cake and no extra pigs in blanket

Had a carvery breakfast. Amazing food and great value for money

THANKYOU SO MUCH Charlene!!!! For your amazing outgoing and funny personality!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️ Me and my wife had a lovely meal but we had fantastic service! Would you believe we was arguing before we got here but left full, and happy thankyou so much Charlene we will be coming back for Xmas and birthdays❤️❤️❤️

Called in for breakfast, very disappointed, cheap, plenty etc but everything was overcooked, sausages had thick hard to cut skin, bacon well and truly overcooked, black pudding overcooked, good job I was hungry, chef needs to pay attention to detail, also not everyone likes these new fancy coffee, tastes like bonfire toffee

They sent me wrong order of food! Including pork that I didn’t order! I ordered 3 beef meat! I contacted them but they ignored my calls! Will contact FSC.

Friendly place and helpful staff, food is what you expect

Very good grub.best carvery in Nottingham.

Fabulous carvery! The gammon is some of the best I've ever had. All the food and staff are lovely. Highly recommended.

Paid £15 to get a carvery. Literally a tablespoon of mash, tablespoon of stuffing and the rest was green beans. Theyve changed the boxes and your not getting your moneys worth anymore. Still starving!

An elegant place, delicious food, I would try the cake next time.

It's always a joy coming to the Riverside Farm restaurant. My friends and I had a lovely meal on 09/09/24. The staff was really friendly and helpful (especially our waiter Jack). The ambiance always feels warm and welcoming, the food was lovely, the portions generous and the prices are very good value for money! The delicious cakes for desert are served in a box so they can be taken home afterwards which is also very nice. Looking forward to coming again soon!

Was a pleasure meeting joe she made my day...lee.

Food and service was ok I had fish and chips it was ok with only a small piece of fish and a handful of chips my wife had the carvery which she didnt enjoy, don't think we'll be visiting again

Lovely place to eat or have a quiet beer after work staff are friendly, big complements to sam the chef. She cooked a lovely chicken combo. 5* review from the lad with the Louisiana style chicken strips 👍👌

Best full English. . . Fantastic carvery. . Great staff. . can't ask for more really

Arrived about 9.30 for breakfast they had no fried eggs, they had scrambled but usually have fried eggs but run out, they had run out white bread, coffee in thermos container's but was tepid. On the plus side the other food was nice and people were nice but I would not have expected the lack of fried eggs and white bread especially at that time.

Called here with my wife for a end of week treat we ordered the chicken tikka each when it arrived we were disappointed the nan breads were rock hard and the curry was like dish water I tried to eat it to not make a fuss but my wife couldn’t and to be fair we should have sent it straight back we called over the waiter and told him our concerns and he apologised and said he would inform the manager he then returned and asked if we would like something else we said no and would prefer a refund he then said he would fetch the manager then returned for a second time and said the manager would refund our money back to the app we haven’t as yet received any refund it’s a shame as we have usually had some nice meals at the Riverside but I’m afraid we won’t be returning in the future if this is how you are treated with a manager that can’t even be bothered to speak to his/her customers.

Very tasty. Large portions. Absolutely huge, scrumptious cake. Jo was really helpful with gluten free service! I would come back

Fine if you eat meat or are a vegetarian but do not go if you’re a vegan. Almost all of the vegetables are cooked in butter and it’s in the mash and the stuffing. Asked for some vegan options and they basically just gave some basic boiled vegetables and potatoes which was nice of them to do but it was obviously very meh. No plant milk options either. Nothing wrong with any of the serving or anything they were nice, but just don’t go if you’re a vegan.

Foods today was amazing been a few times before always nice but today it was full of flavor and looked like a lot of thought had gone into it. Mentioned to the manager and she said that's because Jay cooked today. He needs to train the others because it was a million times better than it normally is

I was cueing for 25 minutes to get my carvery when I reach the carvery station there was not much to choose from the roast potatoes were rock hard no stuffing and there was only carrots for vegetables.. still had to pay full price even though half the food was not on show and when I complained my reply was.. its been one of those days

The lady taking food orders at the till was very rude to everyone she served. They weren’t even that busy last Sunday. Food was good though. She let her colleagues down.

We was served by Amie she was lovely and very help full we did have to wait but the food was nice would recommend and we will be coming back

Dont know whats happened to Riverside Farm recently. Hardly anyone in and the food gone right down hill. Got family members who rave about it aswell - any special occasions they are there - honestly dont know why? I had fish and chip supper - tasted rank ! Batter on the fish, sausage and scampi was tasteless and to top it off no tartar sauce and paid 12.99 for the privilege. Had a quick look at the carvery but it looked dry and looked like it been sat there since dinner. Staff all looked like they had just been released from prison - one of them shouting at kids running round ! 🤨 Update : Reached out to the email address no reply !

Missing Burger meal and meat yet i paid for the whole order. Delivery via uber eats, no refund either for food i didnt receive

Ordered from Uber Eats. Missing my whole burger order and meat with carvery yet i still paid full price, its terrible. They dont answer the phone

Food was nice. We were spoken to quite rudely and abruptly by staff. My boyfriend was practically shouted at to move down to someone else at the bar, even though there was only one person in front of him in the queue. Worst part is he was only asking if they had any mayo as we weren’t asked when food was delivered. The woman then again spoke very rudely to him, again almost shouting at him to tell him to go and see the host. He then went to see the host at the front, and was almost refused the mayo as they can only give out the sauce if food has been ordered and brought out - we had our food on the table. I understand if the staff are busy or under pressure, however this is unfair as a customer to be practically shouted at.

food was cold and the cauliflower was main the base. just two small pieces of gammon. not good.

Lovely meal...Better than Toby Carvery...No booking...

Might just be when we were there but they seem severely understaffed. This means just one person at the bar, serving all the drinks and taking all the food orders which means there was a queue at most times. No one clearing plates or anything like that. Food was okay but the vegetarian pies are quite dry and stodgy.

love farmhouse inns steak & ale pie was awesome even though I ordered an eclair they didn't have any so supplement was 2 slices of very nice cake which I was very happy with.

First time there in many a year. Was pleasantly surprised. Thank you

Had a Sunday carvery it was very nice.

Walked in and seated straight away. No delay in food coming out. Our food was delicious. Staff polite and friendly. Would come again.

Had food delivered absolutely disgusting meat not cooked properly phoned up restaurant spoke to a very rude manager food inedible wouldn't care but the order was over 100 pounds

Been before many times, went today soent best part of £100 so the dinner goes up £3 at weekends, thanks, just when I have opportunity to take my kids, my mim n dad went up got a plate full plenty of meat, then a new chef came out with freshly cooked meat, I had Gammon and beef, I was gobsmacked more so at the gammon, it's what I would break off to give my dog, being polite I wasn't going to ask for more, I shouldn't have too but it ruined my dinner and my girlfriend wasnt as bad but near enough, disgusting, ill never go there again, will look for another place to eat, very hit n miss proper gamble, desert in fridge is very nice though.

Very bad, I bought 2 beers and on the second round I bought the same 2 beers and they charged me extra, when I told them that what they were doing was not correct they laughed, a lot of discrimination

Lovely all you can eat breakfast.jo very helpful and friendly 10/10

Nice, no frills carvery and grill. Attached to a travelodge. Will get reviewed to 5* once the EV chargers that are currently out of order are working.

Really enjoyed Sunday carvery. Staff polite and efficient. Food was hot and tasty.

We popped into the Riverside Farm as we were passing late on a Saturday evening, they were able to accommodate us easily with no booking. The food was fantastic, the service was quick and we would certainly call again if we in the area again.

Staff are so rude! No customer service what's so ever in this place. Sorry not all just management special Mandy!

Served by Jo couldn't do enough excellent, meal staff great ,definitely visit again and recommend highly to family and friends

Food was much better this time we had carvery, the kids got free ice cream with toppings and were over the moon. Our server was top notch today and really went above and beyond so thanks Jo really appreciated it and such a better experience than when I came a few years ago

Didn’t have the best time on my visit. Booked for a carvery to find out it wasn't on anymore as they ran out of food:( Were seated at a table and no one came over to us until we realised we could order on the app, it took them 30 minutes to bring over our drinks as no one was stood behind the bar watching our order come through. Ordered mac and cheese with garlic bread only to find out they had no garlic bread which they wouldnt have mentioned to us until we questioned where it was. Quite disappointed.

I am disabled and was a bit apprehensive about going out for dinner but I was put totally at ease when we got there by Jack who made us welcome and made sure we were settled and had everything we needed and came frequently to make sure we were ok. The roast dinner was lovely too. Will be calling again. Thank you.

What a bomb sight , came Sunday, the que was massive, one batman serving wait 15 mins to be served, the carvery area was filthy food all over place and on the floor , left.bad experience, it' just gets worse in that place .

Absolutely awful.Booked table on Saturday 13th July,never again.Let me start by saying this place used to be superb!Anyway I went to the bar to order food for 4 people(starters and main course).when going to pay I thought the price was a bit cheap so I questioned it.The barmaid said no that's right as the more starters you order the cheaper they are.We had literally just got back to the table and the starters turned up!.One of our party was still eating her starter when the waitress came over and said are ready for your main course!When they brought the main course out one of the main meals was missing,I explained that I had questioned the price and they provided the other meal(to be fair free of charge)BUT the meals where horrible,they tasted pre heated and one was cold.We were there for less than an hour in what should have been an enjoyable evening as we had relatives from Kent who we told how good this place was.Never again ,something has gone really wrong here to go from really good to awful in such a short space of time. I Don't expect a reasonable reply from the management as it seems to be scripted. EDIT NOW 3 STARS. THANK YOU LAUREN FOR RESOLVING THIS ISSUE,ITS MUCH APPRECIATED.

lovely dinner really enjoyed it thank you 😊

Food was very nice had playing area for my grandson and staff are very nice and polite especially one young man is ne was jack s very helpful friendly and very polite I'd definitely give he five stars.

Amazing staff so helpful and friendly I can’t rate them high enough very welcoming also very very tasty food the carvery was great and a lovely atmosphere and good prices The decor is NOT outdated imo it smells clean in here and it’s a great temperature very relaxing place feels homely and super comfy seats and great music playing at the ideal volume I don’t get the hate this place is getting Come and try for yourself

Kiaron is an amazing delight and left us with a big smile on our face so friendly and well be back soon. Just popped in for cake with intentions of returning

Came late (8:37), was still able to get a carvery which was a Godsend! Thanks for accommodating us.

We popped in here in between activities on a hen day! The food was top notch! Service was great & staff were welcoming & friendly! What more could we have needed!

A busy Sunday, yet the service was super quick! The food was lovely too. Thanks to chef James and to Jo, who looked after us.

Great service, very quick to get food very reasonably priced the service from Jack was very professional and curtious and polite

The staff were very Polite, the place was clean and tidy. Food was lovely and service was good. Reasonable prices. And toilets were clean

I haven't been here since it was Harry Ramsden's house. It's a big place with plenty on offer. We went late on a Sunday night, pre-cinema, so I guess it's partly our fault, but running out of beef and roasties is poor form for a carvery. The slice of discarded beef under the table next to us was ironically taunting. The Fosters shandy was the flattest I've had for some time but the diet cokes were a good measure. The ice cream display is amazing and would likely tempt anyone...scooping the ice cream from tubs under the bar left us feeling a little cheated. That said, we enjoyed our visit and will likely be back.

Hi so we came yesterday we hadn't booked a table, however Coral found a table for us with ease she is lovely friendly and welcoming we then headed to the bar Aaron served my daughter she ordered her dinner she's only 9 years old but what I'm getting at is he was patient with her we've been other places where she's not been acknowledged so it's really appreciated that he gave he respect, I then ordered and he was talking to me he was also friendly and smiley. We ordered our food the wait was a acceptable time and tasted great as always when we come, we then got cake and my daughter got ice-cream and again Aaron took the time out to let her speak about what ice-cream she was having it really does mean alot that she was acknowledged. In conclusion we'll always come back because we feel relaxed coming here we always get really good hot food and the staff are great they are pleasant and friendly so thank you so much to you all

We went for father's day. Waited in a queue for the carvery tickets for a long-time. Then waited a long time to be served with the desserts. We were waiting at our table for the desserts to come when a waitress came over and said" just to let you know another party has booked your table and you have to leave in 10 minutes!" We had only had an hour at our table. We told the waiter who brought our desserts that because of the slow service the people due to have our table would have to wait. An hour and 15 mins is not long enough for a father's day meal. We won't be going again.

Fantastic delivery service! The food let it down hugely!

driver was outside our door and rang me instead of knocking on door

The food was cold and alll mixed together in the container. Yorkshire pudding and roast potatoes were very soggy.

Was served by Rebecca today, and she was very welcoming, polite and very helpful, thanks Rebecca for being so helpful.

Nice location, nice size place. Ordered the large carvery on a Friday afternoon, place was reasonably busy. Food was questionable, only 1 yorkie left and the roasts where either whole baby potatoes or soggy bits. Meat was rationed compared to toby carvery. Toilets smell and only one hand soap for all 3 sinks. Will visit again as maybe a one off

farmhouse inns are my favourite

Food is OK nothing to rave about carvary needs more vegetables ie cabbage peas ect

So much better than hooters!! Good food, not expensive, served quickly... id prefer more table service but for the price it's great!

We visited Riverside Farm for the first time earlier in the year and were so impressed by the carvery that we travelled 1.5hrs to go back. The carvery is fresh, genuinely hand cooked, carrots that have been hand peeled and chopped - not tinned or frozen - braised cabbage and parsnips, actual cauliflower cheese with cheese in it, not just coated in a white sauce and dusted with paprika for colour, crumble assembled by hand, cakes freshly baked. Yes they really have got something different here. Not your average pub. Jo is bright and bubbly, really helpful, polite, and thoughtful around accessibility for those with additional access needs and Sara the cake chef makes a lovely apple and blackberry crumble.

The carvery is excellent and exceptionally good value. The restaurant is very dated and drab. Tables left uncleared for far too long. The whole place would benefit from a deep clean.

Fantastic friendly staff, very helpful with myself being in a wheelchair, The food was extremely nice my hubby had the carvey which he said was the best he had ever had ( being a ex chef himself that is a great review from my hubby. I had fish which was beautiful cooked and very light so out of 10 well it can only be 10 straight through the board thank you Lou, Leigh & Dinky (my service dog) xx

Delivery driver was very unprofessional, knocked once waited about 10 seconds then just left, not happy

Went yesterday for my partners birthday. The food was terrible he was so disappointed. I had a steak and he had a mixed grill the meat was all so rare when ordered medium-rare, the plates were filled with blood when cut open. The chicken was also unedible. Took it all home for the dog and he ate none. We would have complained and got it recooked but nobody ever checked on us to see how the food was and when i tried to find a waitress i could not. On entrance i also told the waitress who sat us it was his birthday and tried to enquire if they would do anything and she just nodded and walked away. So was just a terrible experience regardless but specifically for his birthday we were thoroughly disappointed especially for the price. They also no longer had red velvet cake on the menu which was his main reason for wanting go!

We fancied a carvery so thought we may as well try some where different. Food was lovely and desserts were great, however the service wasn’t great. The pub was very quiet so not busy, one person was serving on the bar but we had to wait a long time to be served. There were several members of staff that were just walking around. We had a carvery but again we had to wait 5 minutes to be served even though members of staff saw us at the carvery station. This is a lovely pub but the service is very slow.

Had carvery which was good given the price point. Yorkshire puddings ridiculously large, took up most of the plate.

I am so delighted to keep these even 100% even twice the percentage food fantastic delivery fantastic cake well words cannot Express how beautiful everything is thank you for not put in red cabbage on my plate thank you very much 10000%%%%%%%%%%%

Stopped off here for a roast dinner. The parking is plentiful with no problem finding a place to park. Next to the car park is lots of outdoor seating. It was a beautiful day out so sitting out with our drinks was really peaceful. The welcome from the staff was first class and friendly. We got a table without any delays. The toilets left a little to be desired. Very outdated, not well looked after and in need of some repairs. The food was really nice. Turkey and beef were good and tasty. The carrots and the Yorkshire puddings were not good at all. This was a shame as everything else was really nice and tasty. Overall it did not spoil the meal. I loved the parsnips. I’m not normally a parsnips person but boy they were amazing. A relaxing meal well enjoyed

Had a Sunday beef roast dinner. It was very good

Waited an hour for food to arrive 😩 unfortunately, and we had to get a refund. NO FOOD!!! 👎

Lovely little pub, staff are very friendly and the food seems to be fresh and up to standard from what I have seen. However, I have ordered twice from here. First thing I ordered from the app was a luxury hot chocolate that took half an hour to come, second time I ordered a glass of coke, again from the app, thinking it would come quicker as I had work and didn’t have time to wait for a hot chocolate. The glass of coke took 20 minutes to come to my table, even though the place was not too busy & I had to leave half as I had to leave for work. Overall it’s a lovely little pub, but maybe it’s easier to order at the bar than on the app.

the pie and food was cold, pudding said it was going to be hot it was not it was cold, only get one custard did not even say how to heat up not happy just disappointed