The Fiveways in Nottingham

On a recent trip to Nottingham we tried Fothergills for dinner. We turned up without a reservation but this was not a problem. We were given a seat in the window. I chose the Mushroom Pie. It came with lots of vegetables, mash and gravy which was a real treat being a vegetarian. You don’t often get gravy. My OH had a giant fish & chips, which he enjoyed. Staff were friendly and service was good.

We had the Famous Filthy Kebab - it was excellent! The vegan slices were really tasty and aioli was scrumptious! Service was great and super friendly.

Food was not cooked properly and was cold and stale and was refused a refund won't eat here again what a first class dive

Our afternoon tea was a gift from our daughter. The waitress was lovely and extremely attentive but the afternoon tea itself was very average. A selection of teas but all teabags! Afternoon tea usually consists of a selection of finger sandwiches and then homemade cakes. There were finger sandwiches but the fillings were very bland. There was a minute soggy pastry tart and a soup! The scones were good but very small and these are usually the centre piece of the tea but instead a slate filled with huge cakes was served. The almond tart didn’t taste of almond and the orange muffin was very heavy. Not nice at all. Have had far better.

We had called by a few times previously for a drink and a bite of lunch when it was the Atlas, so we called by again for lunch.The immediate greeting was that there was a 20 minute wait for food (no hello), we went to order at the counter, but were told that the orders were now taken at the table, whilst the waitress came to our table in good time, the wait for the drinks was tedious, so tedious we considered leaving. The place was freezing, the front door was open all the time, everyone was sitting with coats and scarfs, it was like sitting in the garage with the freezer door left open. We saw so many people waiting for food, someone returning their food to the counter, that we decided just to wait for the hot drink (we were going to order food).We saw the tea bag (for one of our drinks) dropped on the floor and then put back on the saucer and served to us (we asked if we could swap it for a tea bag that hadn't been on the floor) - the waitress apologised, but come on this is basic hygiene surely staff should know not to do this?All in all, very, very average and not at all as we remembered when it was Atlas