The Dominie Cross in Bassetlaw

So, it's not the most attractive pub in the world, but it has pleasant decor, plenty of space, and a variety of seating options (including outdoor area). Also, it's a Wetherspoon's, so there's a great choice of food and drink available at extremely affordable prices. The staff are very friendly too. I regularly visit with family and/or friends. I do have two issues, though. Firstly, now the 'order from your table' app is well established, actually walking up to the bar on a night out can mean an extremely long wait (20 minutes on my last visit, in fact). It's still a pub, and when you're out with your friends, and you just want drinks, you still expect decent bar service. Secondly, over the last few years, the tables have become shabby and often sticky. This is apparently due to a spray cleaning product they had to use regularly during the pandemic. It's not pleasant to eat there because of this. I know it would be a big expense, but the tables need sanding down and re-treating, or replacing. That being said, I would definitely recommend it. If the above issues were addressed, I would give this pub five stars.

Me and the wife both had a big breakfast each which consisted of 2 sausages, 2 rashers of bacon, 3 hash browns, 1 mushroom, beans and 2 slices of toast with loads of butter. It was very nice and for £1.56 extra you can have unlimited hot drinks. I had never had a spoons breakfast but I'll be having one a bit more now.

It's a 'Spoons. Standard menu. Good,.intuitive app.. At the table service. Always an empty table. Pic - Gourmet sirloin £12.45 includes alc. Drink. Staff friendly. Constant cleaning being done. Table clearance etc. It's always busy, but not full, except on weekends or big sports events. Closes at 0100 on a Saturday. Large TV screens here as well. Town centre location with good access to front & rear . Disabled access to rear - two large steps at the front. Large beer garden + it's partially undercover. Free parking at the rear on a Sunday.. Coffee machines at the front of the premise. Busy with cyclists on a morning at the weekend. Coffee only £1.56 with free refills at present. What's not to like ?

Always a good selection of beers and cheap food. Breakfast was good.

8:am on a Saturday morning and it's time for another Wetherspoons breakfast. I won't beat about the bush, this was definitely one of the better traditional breakfasts we've enjoyed at a Wetherspoons. And when our quest to visit them all has reached it's end I'm pretty sure this will still be right up there in the top 10% A nice pub with helpful and friendly staff. The food was excellent, the coffee was hot, what more could you want? And the beans didn't even have skin on them. Yes, really

Main meal, dessert and drink for 16 pounds so good value.

Nice breakfast pleasant atmosphere

Always a good time here, insanely fast service with both drinks and food and I cannot recommend enough the pizza here - always THE BEST and it’s a sourdough base so my partner (who’s gluten free) can have it too! Price is amazingly affordable too!

Called in on steak Tuesday. Three of us had the same meal. It was nice. The steak comes with veg 3x onion rings chips and mushroom with grilled tomato. My wife and I are teetotal so we had J2o each and the lad had a Desparado. We all enjoyed our meal and would go again. The 4 stars for atmosphere is because it was cold in there and a few kids running about. But I'm sure we could have been able to pick a table in an adults only section? And Away from draughty doorways.

Great prices and friendly staff.

Good beer nice atmosphere had great afternoon with freinds

Always find a Wethwrspoons when we are out and about. We like to try them all! This one was great , the food usual standard, piping hot and served quickly by a friendly assistant. Toilets were and the ladies was lnt upstairs for a change, but the one Ichose had part of the veneer missing from the wall A great visit and will call again when in the area

Lovely place, I go there all the time. Breakfast and dinner on point.

Not a bad place, could do with some music. Beer prices always good Good selection of non alcoholic drinks available

Don't eat here, I took a group of residents, ordering and drinking fine, 7 of us on 2 tables, 2 meals were not enjoyable my chicken burger was cold toast bun but cold cooked chicken in the middle, beef burger ordered was cooked but served warm, The fish and chips were nice, Curry was nice and the jacket potato was OK. Disappointed.

Good value meals and drinks service was good when we ate

Didn't eat here just met with friends for drinks. Nice atmosphere and no waiting at the bar. They also offer an app with table service which works well. It was busy but not overwhelming, nice place to start the evening with reasonable prices too

Saturday 23rd December 2023 Today i visited this good clean bust vibrant well staffed weatherspoons if the pub would have had a decent range of handpumped ales on and not just the bog standard ones weatherspoons have on it would have been given 5 stars by me today

we had xmas meal average, tates were not nice. drinks fine. dirty tables, staff looked fed up.it is what it is, but for the same price we have had better meals. we would not have the same meal again.

Absolutely superb wethers. Staff friendly, service is rapid. All round thumbs up!

Great price great place cheap and cheerful 😊

Very nice place. Staff are very friendly

Still owe me a refund for steak meal, i complained about which was full of gristle and to tough to eat, they said I'd get a refund , that was five weeks.

Great place in the wonderful Market Town of Retford. Cheap good quality food and drink friendly staff and service beer gardens

Me and my wife decided to have 3 small plates each. I had a pizza, haloumi fries and chicken bites. My wife had pizza, chicken strips and haloumi fries. The pizza is spot on but is only an 8" one. The chicken bites are ok but you've had enough by the time you've eaten them all, I wasn't too keen on the haloumi fries. Maybe 3 small plates is being greedy maybe the reason I didn't enjoy it too much. Maybe I'll think before I order next time.

Crisis went above and beyond to help us thank you

Brilliant as ever ....food here good and was packed...did not wait for food and had an excellent dessert

Posto incantevole spaziale . Birre buonissime panini buonissimi. Prezzo non saprei perché sono stato offerto dai parenti.

Always call in while fishing in the area. Staff always attentive, and atmosphere always good.

Very clean Food was delivered quickly Drinks served easily at the bar and via the App 1 deduction on service as our unfinished drinks was picked up to be taken away. Otherwise, we will return again.

Staff are so welcoming and friendly and the food was lovely and fresh .

Perfectly reasonable Weather spoons, swift service good priced food.

Visited late Thursday afternoon. I had 3 small plates for just under £15(8"pizza, loaded chips, chicken bites). My wife had fish and chips with 6 onion rings. I was stuffed after. Great value and tasted really good. They still have to make more of an effort to clean their tables.

This was a fabulous pub to go drinking at, with a historic styled design! This includes the brick walls and symbols on the walls, the counter is flashy and staff were so nice that they made sure to go back to serving me first after accidentally forgetting I was there. I had a refreshing pint of Coor's, outdoor seating is fabulous and the toilets were kept clean even!

We ate here on Sunday before travelling to The Stone Valley Festival. We ordered steak pudding, chips and mushy peas and it was really tasty. The staff were really brilliant and very attentive making sure that everything was ok. The pub has a good atmosphere and is very clean and tidy.

Typical Spoons. (Although toilets are downstairs, which is unheard of in spoons 🤣)

Food is expensive to what it used to be and not as nice. No one comes around to check if everything is ok. But cheap beer. I don't go in as often as o used to.

manager as an absolute bulldog She should have been a German general

Fast service. Ordered food which arrived quickly. Good prices. Tasty food. Clean toilets. Really good value for money. £30 for four meals and four drinks 👍🏻

Always busy great prices also lovely and clean and great staff

Really good service if you use the app and don't queue. No way of knowing who is next to be served at the bar so you take your chances there. Busy times the app is excellent and bar staff prioritise the online app sales.

We had the vegetable pizza which was really nice. There is an outdoor seating area. It was clean and the staff were friendly.

Nice weathersponons would come again

Visited early on a Monday evening. It wasn't busy but not empty. We ordered drinks and food through the app. The drinks came quickly enough and the food not long after that. I had a gourmet chicken burger(buttermilk) which came with onion rings and chips. My wife ordered bbq chicken melt with a jacket potato. Both were nice and typical for a wetherspoons. The place is a touch run down and a bit grubby. Toilets aren't upstairs!!! Will visit again.

Good food and drink with cheap prices as well. Gourmet buttermilk chicken burger was good as was bbq chicken melt.

Sadly my wife's tika massala was served only just like warm. My jalfrezi was good en 🔥 but I finished before my wife's tika massala was reheated and served.

Chicken burger was like boot leather

Friday night drink not very busy, large pub to fill

Lovely barmaid, had a chuckle with her

It has become a bit of a family tradition to drop in every Thursday for a curry and drink. Obviously it is excellent value for the money but beyond that the service is also excellent with friendly staff and far and away the best Wetherspoons pub we have been in. Thank you.

Typical great Spoons with aircon I side and a great beer garden!!!

Very nice Spoons in a lovely town. Very good service and pleasant atmosphere.

This pub has a large outside seating area, which is great especially having a drink and chat outside in the sunshine. The food was lovely too, came out nicely presented. It's clean and tidy, even the toilets were clean.

Staff were rude and abrupt, we all ordered a SOFT drink to our table and got asked to show ID to prove we was all over the age of 16 even though we ordered soft drinks! two members on the table had their ID whilst me and two others didn’t but we was all wearing our collage lanyards which proved we was above the age of 16. The member of staff refused to give us our drink and told us we had to leave, by this point we had already paid for our drinks and came to quite a lot as there was 7 of us, I know this seems as a couple of pounds for adults but for teenagers it felt like we were taken advantage of. The staff member brought over the manager who was again rude and abrupt to us and told us we can not have a refund for our drinks and told us to leave. It was very disappointing as I personally am not from Retford and travelled far to come here to meet my friends and we experienced a very nasty atmosphere even though it was extremely obvious we was all above the age of 16! I have also been here several times before and they have never ID me so this shows that their policy is not carried out very well by the members of staff.

Nice pub staff always been nice although sometimes there run off there feet

Lovely pub. Food really good. Staff welcoming. Toilets on the ground floor unusual for Wetherspoons

Top notch spoons And the toilets were on the snake level no stairs I'm shocked 😯 Quick service aswell to say it was a busy sunny day

Good value for money with drinks and food and a really varied menu even for vegetarian and vegan options. Nice atmosphere too

Reasonable prices for drinks and food. Nice beer garden, friendly staff but a few very loud people spoilt for us.

It a Wetherspoons! Does everything a Wetherspoons does...... excellently at sensible prices😎👍🏻

Cheap beer but not a lot going g on. Pretty empty for a Friday night pub over the road had Karaoke and that was busy but beer was more expensive 😅 😀

Great breakfast. Pleasant staff. Good value

Ended up here for our 20 wedding anniversary. The place was accommodating and comfortable. Dinner didn't take long to get to us, all cooked to satisfaction. We had to guess the table number so a photo was shown to bar staff lol

I'd give no stars but it wouldn't let me review without putting a star. They'd run out of sugar the table with sticky and hadn't been cleaned. They told me they only had one poached egg but could fry me an egg instead. When asked why they could fry one but not poach one she said they are reheated in the microwave for 40 seconds and they had run out. Considering the kitchen is supposed to be full of "chefs" this was ridiculous. The poached egg came and it was actually over cooked theyd mircowaved it for too long 🤣🤣 They missed items off of other members of our tables breakfasts and while talking about us in the kitchen they forgot to close the door... customers can hear you you know. Honestly they may be good for a cheap drink but food wise we left our 80% of our food and wouldn't eat there again. Do not recommend at all.

Service was quick and friendly. The breakfast meals were hot and tasty. A pleasant atmosphere

Food was good service great pity about the screaming kid behind us tho

Gorgeous place. Nice garden. Food was bang on (for a weatherspoons).. really busy, nice atmosphere.

Nice inside with big bar area and outdoor area on a sunny day

Great pub, great atmosphere, decent prices for both meals and drinks. Love the refillable coffees and teas

The food and service were nothing short of excellent. The fish and chips were the best we have had in a long time, looking forward to our next visit.

The food was hot and ok but the table were a bit wobble and the chairs were creaky .

A good quality weatherspoons. Service good and hot plate made this a worthwhile breakfast

Probably the worst witherspoon breakfast I've had

Brilliant food brilliant customer service will visit again

You know what your getting with a spoons and this didn't disappoint, food was cheap and cheerful, only reason it's a 4 star review was because it was quicker and easier to order by app than stand at the bar.

Very nice venue. Food arrived quickly, even on a busy Saturday night

Good food as usual friendly service

The usual Wetherspoon selection of food and drink. What makes this one stand out are the excellent staff.

Good friendly staff, clean and usually busy. Beer top quality.

Typical weatherspoons food was very quick to arrive actually which doesn't happen often. Just love the fact that I used to get a week's shopping from here in its former Netto days 🤣🤣🤣

Food was nice but lukewarm, service fairly slow, clean area, but most of all the speakers were so loud with having the racing on! Really should section it off so there are quiet places to sit and eat. Asked to turn it down and they said "they can't cause the racing is on". I hope they don't have the racing on all the time, as we won't be returning. Not everyone wants to listen to the noise!

Lovely pub and atmosphere, fun and friendly staff. The basket of pigs in blankets for £5 is not to be missed with a cold beer

Town centre pub. Has a friendly atmosphere , with a nice exposed stone walls/old books on shelves decore. The staff a friendly and attentive. The food is fine - just as you'd expect from a Wetherspoons.

It's a 'spoons, but it's one of the nicer ones I've visited.

Friendly. Bad for parking Disabled car blue badge

6 dining at 8pm on a Saturday. Found a clean table straight away. Pleasant staff and all food ordered was freshly cooked and hot. Everyone enjoyed what they ordered, and we were served swiftly. We did have teenagers with us and was reminded on more than one occasion they needed to be out by 8:30 which made us feel rushed.

It's a very clean lovely pub kids friendly lots of tables amazing area which reminds you of the libraries of universities

Love the traditional breakfast I go twice a week now they could do with extra staff sometimes

Friendly team and fast service. Food fantastic. Warm and clean environment. Drinks with fresh fruit and clean glasses. Great value. Can not ask for any more.

We we not in last Saturday the 11th February at 18:30pm they had run out of white wine 😡 which I think is ridiculous when they are a pub they should have stock in at all times. But we’re selling bottles of wine. Why couldn’t they have used the bottles of wine.

Very pleasant and great value, the kids love to pop in for lunch.

More concerned about a 17 and a half Yr old having one drink with her meal surrounded by family and friends, then those smoking weed in the outside area. The smell is so strong that no one can miss it. Very aggressive staff members approached the child, not the adult.

Been here a few times and always been satisfied with the food never had to wait long, staff always friendly and helpful, and prices good.

We was expecting more for our money than I had lasagne which was like kids sized with a bit of limp salad my friend had steak n chips no peas or garnish . Very disappointed I thought wetherspoons prides itself on value for money !! I don't think we will be back anytime soon!

Very good curry and pizza the waitresses also very helpful and friendly

Had tuna mayo with jacket potato and salad. Ok But salad was thrown together and not v appetising …. Not well presented particularly lettuce!!!

Spoons init, nice staff though. Prices are starting to edge up.

As always, quality food at a good price, staff brilliant in a friendly warm atmosphere.

Usual spoons experience but great staff, good cheap food and the app means no more bar queue's

It is what it is a spoons. Staff are friendly enough though