The Lakeside Beefeater in Doncaster

No. Very categoric NO! A disgrace, this is what is was, I have ordered a steak which was by far the worse I've ever had. What made the matter worse is that the staff sympathised with our plight but they were saying that they are aware about the low quality but they cannot do much as they will loose their jobs. Disgrace.

Booked in for Xmas day lunch 3 o clock sitting.arrived at 2.50 table not ready people still eating from previous sitting left stood at the bar .starters and pudding were fine main course was not upto standard no condiments on table stuffing and Yorkshire pudding over cooked struggled to cut them no mash just a load of roast potatoes(don't know if they had ran out)didn't get offered our coffee's or mince pies .Don't know if we were the last to be served party of 11 disappointed.

Natalie provided amazing service, she was super attentive and extremely patient with our kids.

Hmmm, been going to beefeater Christmas lunch for years, this year was the most expensive and not the best, food not to quality or standard of previous years and service not good, previously the atmosphere from serving staff was lovely, this year it was stretched and staff appeared not to wanting to be there. The whole experience wasn’t good and would not recommend where previous years looked forward to the day…. The minced pies served at the end were cheap and tasted nasty… looked lovely but will definitely look for somewhere nicer next year or do the traditional cook at home….. saying that we still left a £15.00 tip

Christmas Dinner Brilliant no fault can't judge, Server Natalie very friendly and jolly.

Excellent Christmas dinner, great service and lovely staff. Highly recommended

We decided to go out for Christmas dinner this year for the 1st time in 17 years, chose the lakeside beefeater, the xmas dinner was excellent and was very well presented, all the staff were very friendly and welcoming, will be booking again next year.

Good Christmas dinner. I'm not big on large portions, but I would have still preferred a little more than one pig in blanket, one small stuffing ball, and one and a half slices of beef. The food was of good quality, though, not the greatest, but certainly not the worst. My wife and kids seemed happy enough but agreed that for the money it was quite basic for a Christmas dinner. Staff are lovely, friendly, and helpful. The restaurant is clean and well kept. Atmosphere was pleasant and relaxed.

Went there last Saturday afternoon had a pint in there before the tranmere match busy pub

We go here every Sunday and we love it !! The service is fab the staff are amazing and Nat makes you feel so welcome !! Would highly recommend.

Natalie was excellent love service that she gave us Will definitely keep coming up here even though we come here from mansfield EXCELLENT WOULD RECOMMEND TO ANYBODY !!!

Absolutely dire mixed grill. Dry as a bone, took absolutely ages to arrive. Lovely staff, overbooked for the kitchen obviously.

I love it food was great my whole family ate it I would definitely recommend the kids igloo (I found photos on Google)

A good meal with colleagues to celebrate Christmas. Food was tasty and the service was fine. At the end of the day, you get what you pay for. Main and dessert with bottomless fizzy drink for around £18. Great atmosphere because the music wasn't too loud!

Nice breakfast, book a table before u attend

Came in today for a Christmas catch up with a friend and was pleasantly surprised. Lovely, friendly staff and warm welcome. We both chose the festive turkey dinner and it was brought quickly with extra jugs of gravy. The food was delicious - obviously freshly cooked - and our dinner consisted of moist lean turkey, Yorkshire pudding, stuffing balls, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, parsnips, cabbage, peas, carrots and sprouts. Cranberry sauce was brought on request. The staff were attentive but not intrusive and very jolly. Food was so plentiful I couldn’t finish my dinner. Brought a slice of Black Forest Gateau home with me and that was lovely too. First time I’d been there and, if today is a good indicator of food and service, I’d definitely recommend and go again. Thank you for a great experience.

£21 for an 8oz fillet steak, that I get, but the rest of the plate wouldn’t have fed a child. Taste was fine.

came for food on the 11th with family, enjoyed the meal, staff was great, interacted with my little one. Special shoutout Steph, Emma ,Casie, Debbie and Alan and Leigh.

Garbage service and garbage food, unprofessional waiters

Called in for lunch 9th December whilst shopping at Lakeside. Warm welcome from our server, Josh who looked after us very well. Food was excellent and my son had the steak sampler which was cooked to perfection. I had the haddock and chips and my mum had lasagne from the lunch menu which were delicious . Excellent value for money at £8.99. Will be calling in again.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic steak and a great pub atmosphere! The steaks were cooked to perfection—juicy, tender, and full of flavor. The menu had a great selection, and the sides were just as impressive. The pub itself had a warm, inviting vibe with friendly staff and a good selection of beers and wines to pair with the meal. If you’re a steak lover or just looking for a hearty meal, this place is a must-visit. Highly recommended!

Went there today with family we wanted a Sunday roast which we have had before and enjoyed. Was told no Sunday dinners it's the festive one do fair enough. When we went to pay we asked to use our blue light card and told not on that menu. We wanted a Sunday lunch. So what about help the heroes with the discount we hadn't took the Sunday lunch off plus it was a Sunday lunch to us not festive.

A great place to stop for breakfast with a wide choice of hot and cold foods. Alan was friendly and helpful, and, despite being very busy, he had time to chat. It was clean and tidy. It's close to the Lakeside Outlet so perfect for some sustenance on the way to a shopping spree.

Had a fantastic experience at Beefeater Lakeside Doncaster this evening 3/12/24. Service was brilliant, food excellent. Our server, Natalie, really looked after us, it made our evening, thank you from us all.

Lovely Restaurant, brilliant staff, nice food.. try their Sirloin Steak and salad... it's delicious..

Lovely food, lovely friendly attentive but not overbearing staff

Stayed here again 25 Nov great restaurant great staff great food . The staff are friendly and professional especially the ones on last night and this morning big shout out to Natalie and chef who covered Breakfast. Also it has the best Toaster in the whole chain of restaurants your toast is done after only one trip through it yipeeeee

Breakfast always high standard, Natalie and Dec were very friendly and welcoming, will definitely be back!

I work away from home a lot so eat out a lot. The service here from Declan and Jaya was exceptional, friendly, helpful and really genuine, could not have asked for more!! Thank you so much for your help and time. A very happy customer!

Brilliant service from Declan and Natalie. Such lovely people with the personal touch. Breakfast was lovely and consistently good over 3 days.

We booked a table for my Dads 90th birthday, his favourite place to eat out as he loves the gammon steak they have on the menu. Leigh served us and the service was exceptional. Having just being diagnosed with Celiac I was a little apprehensive about what I would be able to eat but Leigh was extremely helpful and didn’t make me feel like ‘one of those awkward customers’! He was back and forth to the kitchen and even adapted one meal so that I could eat it. Thank you so much to Leigh for helping me and for my Dads birthday meal being ‘on the house’. I will certainly be going back when I visit again.

Totally out of the blue visit today, been shopping at lakeside. On entering was made overwhelming welcome by Alan who had been part of management team in Grimsby. He had remember me, it was like meeting an old friend. Food for a party of 3 was amazing, couldn't even fit in a pudding we where so full after eating our mains. Steaks I would highly recommend, I had a mix grill which was cooked to perfection. My partner was jealous. Lol So BIG thank you to Alan and all the staff. Will drop in again next where in the Doncaster area.

5 star service and food. Alan was so attentive and welcoming. We have a 5 year old who is quite fussy and he made everything so easy. Partner had mixed grill and will definitely coming back for the steak.and so will I.

Recently had a family meal. Staff were all lovely. Alan was so funny cracking jokes and making us laugh. Definitely will return

Went there for my breakfast the other day, food and service was exceptional, didn't have to wait long for my food and it was cooked just how I like it, the staff were welcoming friendly, I went back a few days later for a steak dinner and again was perfect.

Like to think all my review are constructive so hopefully it helps improve the service, walked in with no booking and received a rather cold welcome or should I say wait there I'll be a minute rather sharply, asked if we had booked and we had not so was told we have to go to the bar side to be honest it wasn't that busy but we headed to the bar side which was drab in need of a lick of paint and also cold which followed a theme we ordered 2 meals and when they arrived both looked nice and well presented but the chips on both meals were warm as if they had been left under the hot lamps I was going to say something when we got our table check but one never arrived which I thought was common practice in these sort of pubs we ended up leaving without looking at the desert menu didn't even get a good bye and a thank you when we left really poor customer service I normally give a place a second chance but don't think I'll be making the effort for here

Absolutely brilliant from begining to end👍

Excellent well priced dinner time menu....food was hot, good and well presented. Our host, Allan was really helpful and nothing was too much trouble. Would definately eat there again.

I have been here a lot for work. Had evening meal and breakfast. I have not yet had a meal that has not had an issue. Items forgotten, overcooked and cold. Dependent on the staff member I have found them to be underwhelming and reluctant to interact especially to ask if food was ok. Would come here by choice. Example potato dippers. Spring onion mozzarella cheddar barbecue sauce £5.49 see picture and tell me that value. Soggy chips, no onion and baby portion. This was to take to room. Room had mould on the walls and tatty. Value for money zero.

Just returned from having a Sunday roast Will not be going back!! The food was Luke warm. Didn't know which was roast parsnip or roast potatoes! not much taste to any of it. I would not recommend for Sunday lunch you can get nicer food elsewhere and better value for money!!!

We have been here before and always recommend it to others but not after this time. Hardly any staff not very interactive with us on arrival we paid and found a seat didn't even ask if we had any special requests on food to be made or allergies. Coffee machine wasn't working properly someone else complained and he went to fix it. We had orange juice and tea so it was fine for us. Had cooked breakfast but wasn't good large pieces of bacon tasted ok but lots of smaller and these had a rancid taste with them grilled tomatoes had been put in broiler and skins were falling off and looked bad and mushy black pudding is usually quiet firm but when hubby cut into it was very watery . We were sat near food heaters and when chef was filling up on sausage he just tipped in then picked them up with his bare hands and put them back into the pot which wasn't very good. The taste of sausages were good for a buffet but this was over rode by what I saw. The bread was so hard round the edges you had to search for soft bread. No croissants or pan o chocolate yogurts everything was empty even ran out of milk for cereals. The two members of staff couldn't coupe with it the main manager came down straight away he was filling everything up but we had decided to leave by this time not been well all that day into next think it was bacon as not had anything else to have made us unwell.

Food was good but beefeater used to be better value for money than now

Really good Sunday Dinner, excellent service from Natalie

Good food plenty of easy parking

Love to go here just for a drink or a meal. Good friendly service.

We were turned away at breakfast time last week and offered a table an hour later. Needless to say, we went to Toby and were welcomed with open arms. We won't try Beefeater again.

Called in for a meal and a drink, was served by a young man named Josh who was extremely pleasant and his customer service skills were excellent. The manager Becky along with her staff, Kieron and Steph were professional and friendly. I would recommend a visit

Had a very good meal there. Will go back when we are in the area again

Nice place for family and for friends beer party

This is a very good Beefeater. I'm a regular customer of all the different branches and I must say that this is one of the bests by far. The location is excellent with a very accessible car park with 2h free parking, and nice facilities. Service is very friendly and always pending from the customers. On weekends there is the option for all-you-can-eat breakfast with the kids for free, which is excellent as the price is very good. The only "but" I can imagine, is that sometimes there are running out of some deserts, which I imagine depends on the stock, but it is a shame not being able to eat always the delicious "churros" with an ice cream :) Thanks for being so nice with the customers,

Lakeside Beefeater is one of our biggest favourite for eating out. Everything is just right for us.

All 5 of us absolutely loved our food. Best we had on a away day this football season Thanks for the service Natalie. 10 out of 10

Top breakfast, great service, we will definitely be back! 😁😁😁

Had a lovely meal after attending doncaster races. The staff were great throughout and seated us even though we were nearly an hour early. Food was great and would gladly go again!

First time for a breakfast nice friendly welcome great choice of food would definitely recommend and will definitely be going back 😋

Food is always good and prices are fair

All good..staff.service,food,drinks and atmosphere..lovely as always.

Great variety of food, excellent taste and very good service.

Fabulous service, tasty food.. Great for ppl on the carnivore diet. Staff are happy to accommodate this in what every way possible.. my new favourite place to go 5 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

It's a large venue, conveniently located near the outlet village. There weren't many servers in, thus service was slow. Not much else to say, it's ok at best, not a destination venue if course, but it'll do.

Food not as good as usual. Bought from main menu but it was no different to the cheaper daytime menu portions were skimpy

Food was top quality Sunday dinners. The staff were very polite and served you with a smile and was happy to help wherever.

Loved it. The food is amazing and the atmosphere is great. On my favourite list from now on.

Dined at Lakeside Beefeater today with 4 other family members. 4 of us had lamb roast which was pretty rubbish. We got 3 tiny round pieces of lamb which were the size of a £2 coin. It was so dire that I was literally waiting for more to come. I appreciate lamb is expensive but jeez! One family member had a chicken burger which looked nice though. She enjoyed it. The guy who waited on us was really friendly. He was rushed off his feet bless him. The meals came pretty quick considering he seemed to be working alone. Probably wouldn't go again, sorry.

Nice place First time there Good food and service

Decent drop in when visiting Lakeside retail outlet Get busy on a Friday afternoon sometimes

First time eating for some time. Small choice of menu, but quite varied. I had pie, my wife had steak. It was served hot by a happy smiling member of staff. Steak was pretty good and good size. Pie was tasty. Will go back

Nice pub, selling decent chain pub food

Went for breakfast here, absolutely great. Great looking selection of food, nice and hot, and all staff were friendly and helpful

A good menu, with plenty of choice, can be busy at main meal times

Thank you for a lovely birthday meal.. appreciated extra effort to make beer free fish batter for our fish and chips... Service was very lovely and helpful x

Excellent all round loved it 👏

We came as a party of 20 for a birthday .. The food was lovely came out quick. However the service and the member of staff looking after us was very poor and let the place down

First time in there the service was really good food was brilliant and a 3 course meal for the kids for £6.99 was a real bargain (including steak which isn't usually on a kids menu)

Food was terrible I think the staff were embarrassed to bring it to the table . I most certainly would never recommend this place . I'd rate it less if I could

Great atmosphere, food is always nice .Me and my family been coming here for nearly 7 years and kids love it .Big smile every time U come through that door from people that work here ,Especially Natalie . Th

The Lakeside Beefeater Review The Lakeside Beefeater: I'd give this restaurant a solid four stars. The food is okay, nothing extraordinary but decent enough for a casual meal. However, the service can be quite slow, which can be frustrating if you're in a hurry or very hungry. This place isn't ideal for a romantic date, as the atmosphere is more casual and family-oriented. It's better suited for a straightforward meal with friends or family rather than an intimate evening out. In summary, The Lakeside Beefeater offers satisfactory food and a casual dining experience, but the slow service and lack of a romantic ambiance make it less suitable for special occasions.

Natalie was great host couldn’t do enough for us

Had a fantastic meal but the service was better. Natalie was amazing we will be back

Took the wife for a meal. Value and quality and Natalie gave great service

Had steak it was lovely n loads on plate .staff friendly n good atmosphere. Definitely go again

Extremely good value for money and very nice service off a young lady that was very friendly. Sorry did not get her name but put up with all our demands (from father in law), quick to serve and excellent with my little boy. Will go back again in the future!

Lovely place staff fantastic Alan and his partner are great just what a company need hubby got a larger and did not taste right Alan did not hesitate to change it and he was,friendly and so was his partner who runs the pub maybe use that couple to train other managers and staff becouse that's best beef eaters we have been 2 thanks Alan xx

Cannot praise the staff high enough booked a table for 5 of us but 2 of the party had gone to another pud so we had to leave to join they were so understanding cannot rate food as we didn’t eat there but with what a sew it looked beautiful will definitely be back 10/10 well done staff

Eaten here quite a few times in the last 3 months as we live near by, delicious food and friendly staff.

Poor service! You get better service at McDonald's!

We live local and the decent pub is beefeater. This is made so much better due to the service from Natalie. She treated us like family from the moment we walked in and made the whole experience welcoming. Give her a payrise!!!

Visited a few times for food. Food is basic thats on the menue. Would be nice to to some changes on menue.

Great staff always welcomed by them plenty of room for parking,always enjoy.

Alan was our waiter for the evening. He was most attentive and a pleasure to be served by.

Good choice of food when I had dinner there in early June

I wouldn't recommend the all you can eat breakfast

Went in the first time the waiter treated me like absolute garbage with disgusting attitude. Same day today in the restaurant stood there for 1 hour no one served me again... the service is terribl. Waiter is just walking around passing me and serving other people what a discriminating restaurant I'm gonna stay here and see how many hours it's gonna take to get my food it's already prepaid for. I do not recommend this restaurant.

This is quite possibly one of the best pub we have been in for some time. The food was amazing, decent portions (for those hungry people) and the service was spot on! We stayed in premier in next door so we have had dined in there 3x nights in a row! I wouldn’t want to eat elsewhere. We were well looked after. Thank you. Absolutely recommend this place!

Great dining, quality food and service

£10.99 for all you can eat cooked & continental breakfast with fruit juice and/or tea & coffee included. Great value, the ingredients of the cooked breakfast are much better than their competitors (especially the sausages). For with your toast or yoghurt they have a wide selection such as; fruit, honey, Nutella, etc.

Good place to eat at a nice restaurant with good service as well

Delicious food after a long day at work and traveling in the morning...relax after eating on the other side of the restaurant

I feel that this is a restaurant that doesn't like to host Asians. Although I didn't reserve a table in advance, I saw that there were only very few guests. The receptionist, a man in his 40s, seemed very impatient and had to dress up in a special way. Finally, we were seated. The location next to the entrance and exit of the "toilet" makes me feel discriminated against. The food is just average. I would not recommend this restaurant to Asians.

Had the Sunday roast. Afraid its in much need of improvement..very poor quality for the price ...disappointed..thought it would be as good as the breakfast they provide . Wich in my experience deserves 5 star ..