Roman Way Beefeater in Newark and Sherwood

Nice and clean,very much a nice relaxed and spacious place.

First time visiting and will be the last, staff miserable, upon sitting down we were asked within a minute what we wanted to drink ( can I have I second to look at the drinks menu ) we were then given a list of things not available which was quite a bit. When the food arrived it was very disappointing ( apart from the skin on fries) a side salad for a child arrived with only 2 pieces of cucumber and nothing else. The price for what you got was extremely high.

Stopped in here while staying at the Premier Inn for work. The staff were really friendly and the food was superb.

I visited for breakfast and there is lots to choose from at the buffet style breakfast.

Nice meal here only problem seemed to be problem swapping garden peas for something else as I dont like them. Loads if excuses come on offer a flexible customer service

Good breakfast for the money, plenty of food.

I arranged a Family meal with a 25% Discount from Beefeater, which they have refused to honour. I will never use Beefeater again and intend on spreading their Corporate Dishonesty to all and sundry. Disgusted at their blatant scamming

Really poor visit. Food was poor. Service was good, atmosphere non existent as sat in a large room at the back of the restaurant by ourselves.

Visited Saturday teatime, fairly busy restaurant. Staff all really pleasant and efficient. Good service to seat us and serve. Food good quality and currently vouchers with money off - what’s not to like? Only scored food down as no coleslaw with my ribs! Well done all the team at Newark, it was a refreshing restaurant visit- you are all very polite and have been trained well. Also nice to be able to have conversation at table without loud music drowning you out!

Don't normally do reviews but I have had a breakfast several times over the last few weeks and just wanted to highlight how brilliant the staff are in the mornings always happy friendly and extremely helpful.

Great service great food great atmosphere perfect

We went into the beefeater and the service was amazing, food was good and staff were so polite, will definitely be returning

Great breakfasts buffet Walk in available always fresh

After booking a table for 5:45 it took 5 minutes before anyone acknowledged us and even longer to be seated. After being seated we had to wait a further 15 minutes to be served and then another 10 minutes for us to get our 2 drinks. When asked how long our food was going to take we was quoted 15-20 minutes, 35 minutes later we still had not received any food. After asking one of the servers how long it would be she went and brought the food out to us. I had the ‘steak sampler’ ordered medium rare, when it came out some of the steak was medium well while others were well done. I asked for a new steak which then took 12 minutes to come back out. My partner ordered the chicken and rib combo, the chicken was extremely dry and the ribs had absolutely no taste. Will not be visiting again.

Had a great breakfast today, staff so helpful and the manager was lovely

Good for breakfast. Help yourself so not as hot as ordered meal but ok.

We've been regulars here for years. Chloe,Chris and the team never fail to deliver. Good food, good beer and wine,excellent clean restaurant with a nice friendly staff and atmosphere. Thank you Louise too. If I had any small criticism at all, it would be the limited choice of sauce. Not everyone likes peppercorn. Minor point though, great place to eat and relax.

It's a Beefeater so you roughly know what is coming, this is a good one, food was lovely...

Staff were great and helped with the doors for my Mum's wheelchair without me asking, toilets clean but the place needs an update. Very dark and dull. Pleased I sat near a window. Food was mediocre but inexpensive. Mum enjoyed it. She has been many times before and likes it here.

I've never experienced this spiteful level of service before. Called in for my sons birthday breakfast this morning and asked the elderly service lady for a breakfast. She took my partner to the bar for payment while i held our 2 year old birthday boy. Once she took payment she walked us over to the breakfast area she then told us breakfast finishes in 10 minutes. In shock we asked for a refund and why she didn't feel the need to tell us this before she took our money. She told us we couldn't have a refund but did have 10 minutes to eat breakfast. 5 minutes later she gave us the 5 minute finish up warning breakfast was over. I thought a chain like beefeater wouldn't scam families. Even Mcdonalds warn you of breakfast is ending before taking your money. Beefeater = Scammers and this elderly service girl seem to find the situation she put our family in funny.

We were in the area for a holiday. Food was top class for a budget diner. So good we repeated the meal the next evening. Staff were super friendly.

Amazing service by Chloe, thoroughly recommend eating here

Very basic, limited parking. No atmosphere. Staff were good enough but food was awful. Small portions, chips dry, squirty cream. Just disappointing really. Need to up the food standard

Lots of parking. Good service. Lovely food.

Never seen such a chaotic breakfast service in my whole life, huge queue at a 4 foot serving hatch, food swimming in grease which was cold and tasteless when i eventually got it back to the table, coffee from the machine was tepid, frozen bread at the toast machine, no pastries, terrible value for money

Updated 22.09.24 VERY busy, but still didn't have to wait long for anything! Food & drink great for the price. Still excellent value for money 👍😁 Updated 5.11.23. Breakfast with family. Changed a bit since last visit hence upgrading of score! Pay on entry, which is no problem. This is due to too many dishonest people walking out without paying. This has allowed a self service breakfast which speeds things up to no reduction of quality or service. Food good quality and excellent value for money. Less interaction with staff but all were polite, friendly and helpful. Recommended 👍.

No fault at all all 5 stars will be visiting again.

Rich is a great barman and waiter: uncommonly attentive, friendly, and good humoured, especially considering there was a corporate gathering going on while I was in. Food was also good - Rich recommends the Smokehouse Tomato Dip and he is 100% correct.

Excellent meal from the evening fixed menu. 3 courses & drinks for 2 plus a few extras for under £55. Perfect

Looks very shabby from the outside but ok on entering. Good service throughout, food arrived quickly, steak over done from end medium requested. Price is average. Staff seem to think they'll be switching to a premier inn hotel where it will be hotel guests only in the near future.

Just your average Beefeater, decent service, decent food, decent place. Good A1 pitstop or for people visiting Newark.

Very disappointing. 7oz gammon steak was over half of it fat and gristle and inedible. Also plate was swimming in grease from the fried egg. Mentioned to waitress, to be told "oh sorry about that" and cleared table. No offer of a manager nothing. Only when i checked bill/receipt in car on way home was i made aware that i could have asked for duty manager. Bathrooms hadnt been cleaned/checked in a while, floors were scruffy and tissue everywhere. Won't be returning and would recommend others don't visit. Only saving grace was that the skin on fries were well cooked.

Exellent meal ,all of the staff were very pleasant and worked their socks off,it was very busy

Food was good value for money. The best part of the experience was the server Robert who had a great sense of humour. It was nice to be served by someone who had a smile on their face and clearly enjoyed their job. Will come again purely for the experience - thanks!🤩

Exactly what you'd expect from a beefeater with friendly, helpful staff. Just off A1 so ideal for those North/South meet ups

Simmone was a great and kind waitress and gave excellent suggestions. Service was fast and the food was tasty. Definitely coming back 🙂

We were pleasantly surprised by the pub. We had meals from the £8 menu with grandson having a kids meal. The food was very well presented, very tasty and plenty of it, especially for the price. Service was fab, very friendly team, and efficient. The pub was quiet, we were there at 4pm, so can't comment on the atmosphere if it's busy. Would definitely recommend.

Tonight, myself, my wife, and my son went to the beefeater Roman way on the way back from a busy day and despite ot just initially being a pitstop, As soon as we arrived, we were welcomed by a nice chap called Richard he interacted with my son and put all of us at ease and made us feel at home whilst having a bit of banter, The food was amazing and was catered to our needs and exceeded all expectations but the service outshone the food by a country mile it was very efficient and so professional and no hassle whatsoever. Richard is a credit to your team and he should be a role model for all employees to look up to within the company rest assured we will be back and hopefully be served again by such a professional within the hospitality sector

Friendly staff, nice food and good service 👍🏻

A delightful place to eat. During busy times it is advisable to book. Great service by Simmone. Thankyou for being so attentative to our needs and wearing a genuine smile. 💗

Great lunch stop with midweek deals. Simmons was a great server, very attentive & ensured we had everything we needed.

Good decor, lovely food and friendly helpful staff. Average price

Beefeater is great for families and larger groups. Take taste card so makes it great value.

Food wasn't great. Coleslaw was awful!

Stopped by for a late lunch/ early Dinner. We were greeted and served by Simmone who was lovely and very accommodating. Food was exceptional.

Lovely staff, excellent food and service. Very clean restaurant. Highly recommended.

Food was just as I ordered and tasted amazing

The service was absolutely diabolical more atmosphere in a morgue had to wait forever for drinks they offer free refills on diet drinks but try getting hold of someone to refill your glass the food was bland took ages to come out and wasn't even busy so no excuse for that worst beefeater Iver been in avoid if you can get better service in the McDonald's next door

Food was perfect, service was fantastic, they did all we asked for plus more. We was a group of 36, 100% satisfied and thank you to each member of staff for making are day special

It took a while just to get a drink or service in general

Good food at reasonable prices, convenient for people travelling A46 or A1.

Went for a "quick" meal after work, arrived at a moderately busy restaurant but had booked a table for 7.30, and we're seated reasonably quickly and drinks order taken. Then waited 20 minutes for food order to be taken despite other tables that arrived later being seen, and drinks did not arrive until had been seated 35 minutes! Then witnessed more guests who must have waited 10 to 15 minute's at the door to be acknowledged and seated. Appeared very disorganised and lack of management. Previously have enjoyed a meal here but this has put us off returning anytime soon.

Just stopped by from a long journey on the A1. The Roman way just came up on the maps as a good restaurant with highly reviews. They made a happy family.

Louise, amazing services!! We were sitting next to the main entrance. Louise always visits our table to see any needs of us. Thank you! 👍

Very friendly staff and gorgeous food

We once came to this Beefeater many years ago and had a bad experience, it's not a local one to us unless we're passing through or visiting the area, we caused we wouldn't visit again!!...Fast forward to today, we went strawberry picking and fancied a nice pub meal, we didn't come across much that we fancied and 1 was pretty full, we then came across the infamous Beefeater! 😁.. we decided to give it another try, maybe they got better, had been taken over, who knows! We ordered our food which there was a little wait, but after all we did have the triple cooked chips haha, I must say the menu has since changed (not too much choice as I prefer) and although I thought a little pricey £13+, we did go at the weekend and was told there was a daytime menu in the week (for next time) i must say the food was really nice this time and Simone gave great Customer Service!! 👍 🤗

We always like to come and relax with a nice glass of wine after a busy week, and it's lovely when Jason the Barman always seems to remember our order even though we don't come every week.

Went for breakfast at 11 and turned away, sorry weve stopped serving food. What restaurant stops serving food in the middle of the day? Went lord ted instead.

Way too busy. Only one drinks machine. So waiting over 10 mins to get a coffee. Would not come here again

Arrived at 8.30pm, checked if the kitchen was still open and was told it was until 9pm. Parked the car, went into the restaurant to stand waiting to be seated for 10 minutes, with staff making eye contact on numerous occasions. Once a member of staff finally arrived at 8.45pm we were told that it would bar snacks only due to the kitchen closing in 5 minutes (10 minutes earlier than originally told). We chose not to stay, left, and will not be returning.

Took the hubbie for Father's Day dinner, he had a mixed grill and I had Sunday lunch. We booked in at 12:00, to get in while it was quiet and to take advantage of the full availability of the menu. The only downside, was if been looking forward to pink lamb rump, only to be told, after ordering, that they had no lamb available. It was a company wide shortage. I was a little disappointed, but had beef instead. The meals were huge. It was all cooked really well. The veg withe the roast was really good, a really nice selection. Defo worth a visit.

It's ok. Only ever come here when we have a voucher. Not sure I'd be happy paying full price.

We came on the way back from the hospital. My wife had an operation and obviously didn't look too clever. Staff seated us in a quiet corner, treated her with kindness and respect. The food came promptly and was tasty as per the menu. So thank you to the staff.

Food was OK, Onion rings and chicken were a little over cooked but tasted OK. Service was very good considering there was only 1 front of house staff member to begin with

We booked a table for two people at 6.00pm, but arrived early. Taken to a table, given menu and asked to place our order at the bar, due to being short staffed. Also left meal menu. I placed our order at the bar, one lasagne and one fish and chips. 1 bottle coke and one non alchoholic cocktail. All were very enjoyable. The food arrived very quickly. To say they were very short staffed, everything was dealt with very efficiently. Please pass on these encouraging remarks to all staff working today, especially the gentleman who took my order at the bar, he never stopped and dealt with orders very professionally.

Passing by the beefeater and popped in, was welcomed by a lovely server called Calvina. Absolutely amazing service we will definitely be returning. Food was great, steak cooked just right, fairly priced and came out quickly.

Just average, nothing special at all.

Great stop off for unch while travelling on the A1 between Newcastle and Essex. Good value on some mains reduced price weekdays. Excellent service from Simmone. Thank you

Working away from home, made to feel so welcome by Rich, we ate well and drank well and was never left waiting.

Restaurant prices for pub food Filet steak undercooked and very poor

Lovely meal great value for money. Friendly staff is a lovely atmosphere highly recommended.

We called in at 8.45 last night. Asked for a table for 2 the girl started to show us to a table ,just to be shouted at by 2 or 3 behind the bar we NOT SURVIÑG FOOD don't give them a table. Very unprofessional. How roooooooood

Quick service and advised on parking instead of getting a fine

All staff from the hotel to the restaurant and bar staff are extremely welcoming. Food and drink are really nice and service is excellent. Would definitely recommend

Lovely staff great food amazing service

Loverly staff very welcoming with a loverly smile and well looked after perfect pub and restaurant!!

Great friendly service Jason very welcoming clean nice place

I love this place, the staff are so friendly. The food is excellent too and live sport in the bar. Don't need much else.

Great service, good food. Will be visiting again.

Service is great and Jason is very helpful. Would recommend the Beef Eater .

If I could leave no stars, that’s what they would get. The service was diabolical. The bar lady who served us drinks was fine. The guy who was at the front desk was a little rude. Rather than showing us a free spot, he said you will have to look for a spot yourself. One table left, full of plates and empty glasses. When I asked the guy if it could be cleared, his response was, yeah when we get a minute. We ended up have to ask again to the bar lady, who did do it straight away. So then, the same guy brings out one of our orders and puts it on the table next to it. 15 minutes later, when he returned, he was told that was not what was ordered, he stated, I will get a fresh one made. Then my order came out, a mixed grill, not to bad, could have been better for the £18.99 I paid. I had finished and another 30 minutes went by and still no other part of our order. We had to ask where it was. Then when it finally came, it was the same one that was given to the wrong table over 45 minutes previous. Definitely do not recommend and will not be going back. 0/5

Lovely service from Jason & Hannah. Food was great

Only popped in on the off chance. Had excellant meal. Staff friendly. Cant fault it.

One of the coldest days in April probably for 20 years Radiators on full blast Air-conditioning set on sub artic setting Not one member of staff had any idea how to control the heating Left to buy a thermal jacket so I could finish my meal before I died of thermal shock!

So cold and uncomfortable.Why? No-one seems to be in control of the air conditioning Had to leave .

We were served quickly, despite not having reserved a table. Our waitress was really lovely both efficient and pleasant . Sunday roast was perfect as was the salad .

The chicken was all bones and no Yorkshire pudding wouldn't go again for Sunday dinner

Fantastic value for money. The cooked options where delicious, and there where plenty of breads, pastries and cereal.

Very good, very nice thanks Simmone

Lovely place! Really good food, Simmone served us and she was a legend

Brilliant service and food, thanks to our host Simmone

Had a wonderful experience, with great service from Simmone

Absolutely fantastic food, great service by our lovely table host Simmone who ensured we had the perfect dining experience. Thank you

✨AMAZING✨ experianceeeeeee ✨✨✨✨✨ Simmons our waitress was AWESOME 😎

Great service from Simmone, very well cooked food, lovely atmosphere.

Excellent food and service again. Great visit and the kids enjoyed the free breakfast

I just wanted to emphasise how brilliant the staff were especially Jason who is a massive asset to the restaurant. He was non stop from restaurant to bar taking orders and serving both in restaurant and bar. And still had time for a chat. If I had a business I definitely would have tried to steal him. I hope he is well looked after.

Good quality food and excellent service

Great place for breakfast. Food was not very hot but plenty of it.

Had the roast dinner today but was very disappointed. Food virtually cold. Yorkshire pus very sloppy. " crispy " roast tates soft and soggy. Ves very bland. Don't like to post negative reviews but we have had some nice meal with you but left very disappointed today having spent over £100. Service was great as ever but let down badly by the kitchen staff.