The Royal Pub & Restaurant in Barnsley

We have drove past this place a lot and decided to pay a visit one day after work during the week. The deal that was on was 3 meat plates for £18 or 3 veg plates for £12. We ordered 3 of each to share. We ordered... Potatoes croquettes OMG I have not tasted something as tasty in my life! When I go back, I want a full plate to myself Garlic mushrooms.... Mmmmmssssss so tasty and sooooo garlicky! Spanish Omelette... I was too full by the time I got onto that so only had a bit but my husband loved it and punished the lot. Chorizo Just 🤌🏼 Belly pork Tender and scrumptious Chicken skewers Delicious and huge! The food was hot, presented well, and large portions. We were worried it might not be enough and nearly ordered some chips to go with but it was more than enough. I had a bit of everything but not half of it. I will definitely come here again. Nice atmosphere, cheap during the week when you can't be bothered to cook. Nice friendly staff and quick service. Please dont come here and not order the croquettes though. My favourite thing that evening 😋 A couple of weeks ago, we paid a lot of money to eat at a fine dining restaurant for their taster menu in Leeds and we both said after that this food was much more tasty!

This was a great find. The food is delicious. I had 3 tapas dishes (squid, prawns and paella) and they were very filling. The customer service was great. I went on a Wed and there was a quiz on which was great fun. They have a great range of drinks. Recommend

Excellent food, Excellent service, atmosphere brilliant. Nice place to eat. Definitely recommend this place.

One of the best restaurants in Barnsley. Hard to fault, great beers, great food and excellent service. Best Tapas I've ever had.

Lovely food, expensive but worth it, service not Brill. Been twice and not all of the order was brought out

My first time at the Royal, of which we had Tapas. A pretty marvellous menu with top notch food. Cooked to the highest of standards, simply delicious as one would say! Compliments to the chef. Altho mistakenly I thought a Jalapeño, was a pepper. That was an awful mistake 🤣. Service was brilliant, lovely atmosphere! Will be visiting again rather soon.

Cold and shoved into one tray. Shocking! I’m a regular. No more

delivery fine as I don't live far but what has happened. all the 3 items thrown slapdash in a tray. patats bravas cold, the cheese croquettes were soggy from the oil from the chicken and I asked for separate sauces as we don't like same spice levels. I've ordered from here at least 5 times and was always restaurant quality, in desperate containers per food item and fresh. don't know if this is a one off but I'm really disappointed. requested a part refund from just eat.

Excellent atmosphere, superb food. It was worth the travel from worksop. Pigs cheeks and the lamb chops were amazing!! Don't expect the food to come all at once. It's very relaxed and comes out very fresh when each meal is ready. The only downside is that the dedicated driver pays a lot for an expensive non alcoholic drink ( orangeade, £2,10 for a half pint ??), 80 pence to top up your gin with lemonade ?? Otherwise, it's a superb tapas restaurant. 5 stars 🌟 🤩 ✨️

Fantastic tapas, great staff too. Not much of an atmosphere as we went on a Tuesday so obviously it is a quiet night for them. It is always busy at the weekends when we drive past.

The food was inedible and there was a long black hair in a dish… We decided to choose The Royal this evening after a recent wave of positive reviews and a previous positive experience a year or two ago. As a local, we had heard it had changed owners and that the food wasn’t as nice as before- however we decided to give it a go. We ordered 5 dishes (there were two of us), 3 dishes arrived and they were all extremely average- the chips were covered in salt and the croquettes were slimy. After- we received our chicken skewers where there was a long black curly hair cooked into it- this instantly made my stomach turn as it is a health hazard and not expected! Finally, the steak came out- it was pure fat and completely inedible. Avoid!

Couldn’t have enjoyed the food any more than I did it was fantastic!! Big shout out to Joe the chef the food was incredible and the gent and ladies serving were great also. Had a great time with my Mrs. Would highly recommend!!

Groupon deal meal for my friends birthday. Food was lovely.

Delicious tapas, good prices (3 for £18 offer from lunchtime on Fri)

Speedy service (don't mind it taking longer either as food is prepared fresh) and out of this world food. Nicest meal I've had in a long time. Friendly staff and nice environment. Would definitely recommend. 10/10

Had Sunday dinner. Very nice roast chicken. Service was great but they did keep asking if everything was okay which after the first couple of times became a bit annoying.

Couldn't go regularly as its so expensive

What’s happened to this place? This used to be my go to, who puts chilli in a korma and butter chicken? Absolutely disgusting binned the lot.

Something has changed and for the better…. We stopped to going into the Royal as it was like the only way is Essex, skinny jeans and tight vests and that were the men ..…. It’s now more like it used to be when it first opened, far nicer clientele, the two girls that looked after us Kate and Amy were exceptionally tentative from start to finish… I’m really surprised at some of the bad comments on here & can only think that they must be some of the young chavvy only way is Essex past clientele… The cocktail menu is extensive and the tapas menu has a lot to choose from. The dishes that we ordered were exceptional, fresh, very tasty & really good sized portions. For two women having a catch up and having a bite to eat, we had a wonderful three hours there & weren’t rushed from our tables like you can be in some places, we enjoyed it so much that we are booking to go back again together and also planning to go with our other halves separately as well. Well done Kate and Amy and the kitchen staff for looking after us. The garden and the marquee are exceptional too, and the pictures that are on here do not do the royal any justice at all. I’m so glad that we have something on our doorstep that we can go to without being surrounded by fake tan and Turkey teeth 🤣

Used to be brilliant but since it got taken over or something changed its abysmal. takes forever to order food, then takes forever for the food to come and even then the foods not as good as it once was. Ruined a really nice place, so disappointing.

Highly recommended. Great food, drinks and service.

Sunday lunch was good but was outstanding on a previous visit so slightly disappointed. Still going to return to try the tapas.

beautiful food they just forgot the gravy which made the food abit dry

Had Sunday dinner was good for the price

Food looked great, atmosphere of a stalled lift. Service was fine, later that night, when I got home it was coming out both ends, It was pretty close to the excocise sick scene and I couldn't get off the toilet. Rang a friend who joined us, she had the same as me, she was ill just Like me. I would blame the booze but I didn't drink that much. Pork belly avoid. ....

Absolutely loved my experience at The Royal! The tapas were bursting with flavor, and the cocktails were simply divine. Surprisingly affordable too! Already planning my next visit.

Always arrives hot and cooked to perfection.

I asked my partner to surprise me and to choose a place to take her out, and what a choice! Amazing range and taste of foods, delivered by a young staff who knew their stuff - or could find out - and who were friendly throughout. Whilst swordfish wasn't for me (a case of 'it's-not-you-it's-me', all the tapas were delicious. We will be back and bringing friends next time 😃

Booking was easy. The prices are very reasonable and the food was nice and well presented with good portion sizes. Unfortunately the service was quite slow.

Chicken was dry and vegetables were hard/undercooked, not worth £15 at all

Will be ordering again very tasty

Went last Friday early evening with a friend and the food was lovely. Friendly staff. I will be returning for sure

Wonderfull food,great atmosphere and lovely staff.

The team at Darton, Mapplewell and Staincross Community have been out for Sunday lunch and decided to take the mother out for a treat and they decided to have a return visit to The Royal Pub & Restaurant The team feel that a big, massive shout out of appreciation to The Royal Pub & Restaurant for the excellent food and drink this Mother’s Day afternoon and to all the hospitality team for looking after us thr pub waqs very busy the food was served timely and the team looked after the diners. For starters - Salt and Pepper Chicken strips, Oriental Slaw with Shanghai sauce, beautiful chicken strips with a very tasty Shanghai Sauce beautiful. For main - Roast gammon, Duck fat roast potatoes, creamed potatoes, honey glaze parsnips, carrots and seasonal vegetables, pork and sage stuffing, Yorkshire pudding and pan gravy. Only simple words needed to describe “Superbly cooked.” For dessert - Warm chocolate brownie, chocolate sauce and chocolate ice cream – wow flavour sensation. If you have not been to The Royal Pub & Restaurant give them a try the food and service is exceptional. @followers @top fans Darton, Mapplewell and Staincross Business Hub Darton and Mapplewell Community Darton, Mapplewell and Staincross Community #barnsleyisbrill

Food was beautiful and quality of ingredients was fantastic, portion size was a bit small and was lukewarm when it came. It was on time but I do live a distance away from the restaurant. I’d have again though.

Really disappointed, we came on a Saturday when it wasn’t busy 06:30, Staff too busy chatting to each other too busy talking to seat us and then having to wait over 25 minutes to even order a drink because they were too busy talking. Only getting the drink 30 minutes after we arrived. Wrote everything down in Spanish the waitress wanted it in English. Then when ordering they didn’t have 2 items off the menu as they were out. All food came out at the same time so when you got round to it, it was cold and so it didn’t taste great When paying the woman asked after I paid if everything was ok, which I stated it wasn’t and she stared at me and said nothing. Really unprofessional staff hugging friends and chatting and kept going to her friends for drinks and food Would not recommend and definitely won’t be retuning until the level of service improves ans polite and professional staff are employed

Food tasted beautiful but it was cold. So a little disappointed

We go fairly regularly but today was really disappointing, slow food service, and the food quality was nowhere near what it was. My wife’s meal was incomplete (Sunday roast and they forgot the veg) and the side never arrived.

Great food, great service and fantastic music...

Really disappointing three course Sunday lunch. The beef was inedible and the whole meal itself was just very bland and not very nice. We’ve always been customers of the royal and enjoyed the food here but it seems under new ownership and management the food and service has plummeted. A shame

The starters were really nice but the Sunday roasts were so salty I couldn't eat it ,I did feed that back through the staff ,my husbands was just as salty I had beef and he had gammon its better to under season as one can add salt if preferred. Desserts were the same as everywhere else so uninspiring and didn't bother .All in all disappointed 😞

Booked online which was a very easy process. Upon arrival The Royal pub and restaurant we were greeted with a very warm welcome. We were seated in a very nice restaurant the very nice waitress took our drinks order and served them very quickly, a very nice Madri and Zinfandel. The Sunday menu as an excellent choice of meals. I ordered the Goats Cheese fritter for starter and believe me it was beautiful, for main it was the gammon two large thick cut slices of gammon cooked perfectly, the carrots and parsnips we superbly cooked along with a n excellent Yorkshire pudding. For dessert tried the sticky toffee pudding with ice cream and it was lush. The overall service was outstanding and the price was very reasonable we would highly recommend a visit. I’m stuffed lol.

Booked a table for 4 for Sunday lunch at 2.30pm. Meals arrived at 3.50pm. When the Sunday lunches arrived, the parsnips and carrots were raw and overall lunch lukewarm. This place has gone downhill since the takeover. The chef needs to move on as it’s bringing the what was amazing reputation down.

Unfortunately it was a bad visit, not organised well enough, food mediocre and expensive.

Great place to eat, some of thr best tapas I've had outside of Spain!

The Royal is an excellent restaurant , spacious seating and we'll appointed bar,the staff are brilliant with nothing too much trouble, a really good experience

Sunday lunch was amazing and great service by everyone there! Had 2 kids and a dog and was really accommodating! Couldn’t recommend more, thank you!

We had an amazing experience with Georgina at the Royal for my hen party. Georgina provided excellent service, displaying exceptional politeness and staying on top of our demands, even with a staff shortage. It was the perfect way to celebrate – highly recommended!

Came in for the cocktails, they looked great and the ones we got looked just as amazing, great service from Jim!

Amazing local pub with great food, service and atmosphere.

Slow service, bar drinks prioritised over restaurant customers - won't be going back.

Unfortunately, it looks like this place has lost its standards with the change in ownership. A reservation was made a few weeks in advance and then confirmed the week before. We turned up to be informed that the table we had booked was not available as whoever had done it had not 'locked out' the table. However, after a while and discussions between us and the management, we were allowed to sit as we wished. Everyone apart from 1 ordered tapas which was good. The steak and chips meal which was ordered we had to chase up to be told the chef had not been informed that it was a main meal ! It was meant to be a birthday celebration with members of the family travelling from London so you will expect that it's dampened the evening.

Gone Seriously down hill! Came for my daughters 21st Birthday Celebration and was so disappointed. Been coming here for years and always been a treat. Entered the building to sub zero temperatures, was told to sit at our table and someone would take our order for drinks, no one came so we went to bar instead, mentioned the coldness to a member of staff who informed us the heating was broke, mentioned the open fire and was told they had nothing to light it with! Never before have I had to eat a meal with my trench coat on! Man entered the building for tonight's entertainment the quiz!!! If you want a quiet night please do not go on this day, it was SUPER LOUD and ridiculous, seemed to be just the staff playing the quiz. A couple of complaints from another table next to us, never seen the place as empty! We were unable to interact with each other due to the quiz being so loud and annoying. Expressed our upset and disappointment to members of the bar staff who said they would pass our comments to management and they would ring us today, we never received a call. In my opinion the once beautiful food and ambience here is no longer, quite sad really.

We booked for a funeral tea 3/10/23 Farrah (manageress) explained that they don’t usually serve anything other than tapas; however the chef and kitchen came up with a superb display of fresh sandwiches ( with real butter ) ; a fabulous selection and farm shop sourced produce. Homemade sausage rolls, pork pies and chips; then we had 10 x set tapas menus which complimented the traditional fayre. A truly perfect combination. The kitchen staff, bar staff, waiting staff and of course Farrah made this daunting event into a celebration of life! Opening up early too to accommodate the timing of the day. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts. Every guest commented positivity about every aspect of the afternoon which went on well into the evening where we shared our lovely stories and memories.

Honestly absolutely gorgeous tapas. One of the best allioli that I've ever had. We needed to move tables because it was a Friday and some guys were being rowdy but they quickly accommodated. The service was quick, the food was delicious and it was reasonably priced to say how great the food was.

It's a lovely pub with a nice big beer garden covered by a marquee. It was fairly quiet when we called in, so the atmosphere wasn't what it could be. We had a pleasant hour in there all the same. I like the idea that you can ask for a blanket if you're feeling a bit chilly in the beer garden. Not that we needed one, as it was a very warm evening.

Could do with some fans as temp in Restaurant was quite warm, apart from that, food and service was first class. Great variety of hot and cold Tapas, outstanding flavours and good prices

Our second visit for tapas, took 2 friends with us this time. Food excellent, and all the staff were brilliant! Definitely be visiting again and would highly recommend!

Wonderful food and service. Love the place.

Lovely place, great food, tipi outside is fabulous. Really good atmosphere. Great for a party.

Am visiting from Melbourne Australia..my Barnsley friends brought me to this place for fantastic tapas meal and cocktails. Each of the 10 dishes we had was flavoursome, Generous.

110% food, not just the best tapas but the best restaurant in Barnsley bar none in my opinion. They forgot one of our dishes but was still a 10/10 experience regardless. Friendly towards groups, couples, and children.

Sunday Lunch 16th July 2023, good food plenty of it roast cooked pink loved it. Deserts great Blue Cheese well certainly different. Service great the girls were spot on thank you!

Gorgeous food and friendly staff as always!

Nice Sunday lunch , superb rhubarb crumble

I love this place. Lovely staff, lovely decor and a great covered outside seating area at the back where you'll get a lovely cosy feeling because of the plants and lights.

Really delicious tapas, very nice waiter (short brown hair & glasses) and good value. The garden is lovely and I love that the menu is in Spanish.

A very on-trend place to eat. Full of atmosphere and energy. Service was smart, 6 helpful. Food delicious. We would take our friends and / or recommend.

Had a lovely tapas session... might have gone a little early though, were the only ones eating... food and service very good

Top place great atmosphere spot on for a few drinks, food is also 10/10 whether you go for tapas or the Sunday dinner 100% recommend.

Food excellent service excellent we ask to be moved table 37 is in the way of people and staff getting passed also only had stools not very nice while eating.

Amazing tapas will definitely be returning

Faultless, beautiful tapas, lovely staff, great place, clean, nicely done out, good ambience will be back!

Tasty tapas..large potions.. Bar staff friendly ..

We popped into the restaurant by chance when traveling home and we're lucky to get a cancellation. The whole experience was lovely, the staff, the decor and food were great. We had Sunday and it was delicious, we both had the lamb which was very tender, accompanied by crispy roast potatoes, smooth mash, and a great choice of vegetables. We will be returning when in the area and will book in advance to guarantee a space.

Went for a birthday celebration. The tables are cramped together. The food was poor. Service was awful. Drinks were forgotten. Meals weren’t cooked well. And came out at different times. Won’t be going back.

Great atmosphere but a bit overpriced on drinks and foods but Sunday evenings a nice chill out if you can reserve a table

My partner and I went here for valentines day. The food was amazing. The bread was so nice I had to order more. We had mussels which were cooked to perfection. The anchovies were just like I had in Spain last time I went, sooo nice. Paella was good. We also had octopus which was in a tomato sauce that was nice too. Size of the tapas were spot on. Think we had 6 or 7 dishes and that was plenty. Jug of sangria was amazing a bit strong tho, definitely a jug to share not a jug each haha. The girl who served us was so happy and friendly she really made us feel welcome and gave me a rose 🌹 wish I knew her name to mention her on her as she was lovely. Will definitely be returning. Hope to go one Sunday when they have live music. Can't wait to to have the anchovies again PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT!!! Thank you

Absolutely fantastic service from Georgina, made us feel welcome and couldn’t do enough for us . Other customers were heard saying how lovely and hard working she is.

The Royal is a pleasant and lovely place for tapas and drinks and the atmosphere is always brilliant but my recent visit was not so satisfactory. Staff took a significant amount of time to deliver our drinks, despite the fact me and my friends had asked a number of times what was going on. The food also took a long time to arrive, and eventually when it did the chicken was very dry and not up to its usual standard. I still had a very enjoyable time celebrating my friends birthday and I totally understand that staff have a difficult time when things get busy but I did not see any excuse for the quality of the food or the length of time we were made to wait.

Amazing food, time and time again! What a gem!! Amazing tapas - the belly pork is the star.

Food was gorgeous, the meatless options still had a few considerations for veggies as fried foods and cooked in fryer used for meat, which we appreciated being told. Restaurant was very busy but we weren't rushed at all. Especially recommend the goats cheese with honey and nuts. Will definitely be visiting again, it was a wonderful pub to visit for a New Year's Eve treat!

Always great food, drink and service. Extremely wide range of dishes that cater for all tastes.

Food was amazing, service was great and very accomodating for coeliac disease. Many dishes are advertised gluten-free but they adapted others to also be gluten free. We all came away very satisfied.

Lovely wine, over rated food, terrible for parking.

I can’t count the number of times I’ve been either for cocktails with the girls, or tapas with the family. Today was the first time I have been for Sunday Lunch and I am gutted I didn’t go sooner! It was all beautiful, piping hot and the service was fantastic. I’d highly recommend for all services - drinks, tapas and Sunday lunch for something different. You can eat/drink outside under the canopy, inside in the restaurant or in the bar area where there is live music every Sunday too. Worth a visit! Thanks as always. X

A little expensive but the food was delicious

Love it - Brilliant Tapas, wonderful staff, great atmosphere.

Terrific food, staff and service and not overpriced, definitely go again

Food is delicious but service and organisation is shocking, 35 minute wait for one dish of patatas bravas to come out and one dish never turned up which was disappointing to say the least. Staff unorganised. Wouldn't recommend or go again.

It had been a while since my last visit but was super excited to see new dishes on the menu and they didn't disappoint. Highly recommended.

£3:75 for half of carling and black currant , totally over priced as usually between £2 to £2:40 👎👎👎

Really nice place. Went for tapas and quiz night. Food is good and nice beers

Wonderful food, friendly atmosphere, it's one not to miss

Incredible! New favourite place. Lovely food cooked to perfection and staff were great. Love the outside area, cosy 😍

well received but no surprises. menu in spanish but the staff didn't speak spanish 😅. the tapas are divine and well-prepared. without much waiting and always relaxed. pleasant environment outside. Definitely to repeat and recommend.

Absolutely shocking order wrong from beginning to end will never go again

Tapas bar, slightly on expensive side but top top class food and service so really you get what you pay for, cannot fault food etc

went here for my partners birthday the food was disgusting just warm the service was slack the pub is run by kids that look like they are on day release from secondary school they get a click of younger end in who just sit in the bar area shouting and swearing at the top of their voices they let dogs into the food area when people are eating if i could give a zero then i would

My daughter booked the Royal for mothers day the food was amazing and the service was excellent will definitely be booking again.