The Wheatsheaf in Charnwood

Went for my grandsons birthday. I ordered steak and asked for no blood. The steak was very fatty and dry, so much so that I didn't eat half of it. Did let the waitress know about the problem. Ladies toilets only one in action and no toilet paper.

Had a lovely meal on Friday 22nd November but this has now been tainted as I have just received a £100 fine which I was totally shocked by. Yes, previous reviews state there are numerous signs referring to car park charges but I didn’t see them as I was slightly later leaving work. But who expects car park charges at a restaurant? I don’t have a receipt as it was paid for by my boss. I certainly won’t recommend returning again, absolute joke and rip off. Why can’t the staff mention these ridiculous charges on entering the restaurant?

We were served by Becks and everything was perfect, thank you!

Becks is a great host and helped with all our needs! I’m sure she could handle any question asked of her, will happily come back if I get served by her again! Top place now after it’s had a refurbishment inside!! Highly recommend the Wing N Wave with large chips and Beef Dripping Gravy!!!

Great woman polite and good service

rushed into ordering our food as breakfast was closing which was fair, we ordered and thought everything was okay. first four meals came in reasonable time, however after one meal didn't show we asked where it was to which we were told it would be another 10 minutes as the water needed changing to make the eggs benedict. we then chased it 20 minutes later to which we were told it would be another 20 minutes!! waited over an hour for a poached egg on toast what a joke!! server wasn't apologetic at all and said "well it's been taken off the bill so do you want it or not" didn't seem to care and was very abrupt and emotionless when admitting she just didn't put the order through. she then went to talk to the other coworkers behind a wall while all staring at us!! won't be returning

Food was great, our server Chloe was lovely and made sure we had a great experience

A super environment with great food. Laura was lovely and extremely capable. We will definitely come again. Thank you.

Laura was friendly, knowledgable, efficient - perfect

Laura our server was very pleasant and professional. Couple of errors with our order but nothing that wasn’t quickly sorted out. Was quiet for a Saturday afternoon.

After craving a mixed grill the harvester didn’t disappoint ! Laura who looked after us was polite and professional! Food was served within a reasonable time and the salad bar was fresh ! Would happily return :) !

Wanted just the salad bar which was lovely, barman even kindly offered me a larger bowl as that’s all I wanted. Think his name was Tony, very quick en efficient service 😃 thanks guys

It was really good. We had the best waitress ever called Emma. Great food and even better ice cream sundae! ❤️

We walked out Manager and member of staff arguing Only us and another couple in at 9:30 am Expensive Took 20 mins for 1 tea and 1coffee and I had to ask to be served

Chloe was absolutely amazing! Thank you for accommodating my gluten allergy so well and making sure there was no cross contamination! Wonderful

The menu has changed and is less appealing Overall it was an ok meal, my chicken was rather charred and too blackened for me to enjoy and my bread from the salad bar was a bit firm A recommendation for improvement would be steak knifes on tables and round plates for food

Chole served us and she was very friendly and helpful

It’s a personal preference but I really, really dislikes the atmosphere. We were sat close to the front door which kept banging loudly and could hear the voices from the bar which were very loud too. The proximity to other tables was also an issue as my partner and I found it difficult to hold a conversation owing to the noises above but also the loud clattering of glass from behind the bar and crockery from staff clearing tables. There was a rushing sensation from the staff also which added to the volume. The food was good and the service excellent. Personally I will avoid coming here again because of the noise and it was impossible to feel at ease.

Service was really quick and staff were very friendly and attentive. We walked in with no booking on a Friday and no wait. Very promptly service ensured that we didn’t wait unnecessarily. Our server was very friendly and would recommend (we travel to this Harvester rather than visit nearer by ones in Derby).

Booked on the day and explained have a kids with asd. They placed us in a wonderful table out the way. My son had a steak which looked amazing. My daughter had kid ribs which was amazing value. And I had adult ribs. Meat fell off the bone. Delicious. Our server Adam was so great. Attentive, friendly and professional. Helped with menu choices and really helped my kid situation. My youngest said I like him, he's so friendly and chats with me which she loved. Thankyou for a rare night out with my kids.

Becks served us very patient as we were unsure what we wanted

Very nice food, good prices/portions and great customer service by Laura at Harvester, Loughborough!

Great table Service from Chole.

Went with wife and son , the salad bar was delicious, but as for main meals the ribs were dry no flavour , wife’s burger was disgusting dry couldn’t swallow so dry 2 meals ruined , then when asked to see manager she was rude didn’t listen to a word , knocked 2 drinks of the bill so diffusers sent 2 meals back .. o er £35 one chip eaten of a plate … to recieve a refund of 2 drinks further 1 week later recieve £60 parking g fee .. parking in there car park … whikst in there restaurant wasn’t told that had to sign in my number plate absolutely disgusting …. This is not England as we now it …. Avoid …. Euro car park ….. alarm bells ring

Food was very nice, freshly made Emma was a fabulous hostess and made us feel welcomed 10/10 would recommend

Good value Sunday lunch, excellent steaks and salad bar

Great service by Chloe. New menu is more streamlined and we wished the things that stopped at 5pm were available all night... Nice fresh meal out. Thanks

Nice friendly pub and staff are always helpful and friendly

Great meal out for a friends birthday! Laura serving us was lovely and made sure everything was just right, Thank you!!

Served by Becks Excellent service and lovely meal

Without the salad bar the meals are a bit stingy. Ice cream sundaes are seriously overpriced. Toilets need a bit more care and attention.

Fantastic food, quick service, seated in a booth which was clean and quiet. Served by Laura, who was very polite and professional. We will be visiting again soon

Staff were excellent. Food is good value and the surroundings great for a chain pub. We’d happily eat here again.

Served by Laura! Lovely meal and great service. Thanks so much!

Good choice of food on menu and great value. Service was quick and our waiteress Becks was friendly and helpful.

Spot on service from Becks and the chefs Thank you spot on food no complaints at all lovely service

Excellent food and brilliant service from Becks!

Served by Becks this evening. Lovely polite lady and was very pleasant:)

Becks our server was amazing food was good we had a great time

Served this evening by Becks. Great service thank you. Food and atmosphere good and what would be expected in a Harvester.

Michelle was great, food was lovely

Lovely waitress very kind and helpful would highly recommend Becks and will definitely be returning

Very pleased, the price was okay and staff was nice.

Lovely service today, served by Becks

Chloe was very attentive to all of our needs she in an asset to your company,

Staying locally I called in for a meal for which I needed to return an hour later which was not an issue. I ordered the crispy chicken to start and the mixed grill for mains (see photos). I returned the next night to a less than welcoming reception being told there were no tables available despite one being empty in my line of sight. The food the night before was ok. The salad bar looked like a swarm of locusts had called, the starter was rather nice and the mixed grill was ok. The steak was very well cooked but the rest was overcooked but edible.

We had a really lovely meal. Trinity was a great waitress very attentive and friendly. Will be returning!

Pleasantly surprised with this place. Great food and great service. Staff were accommodating for our large group and made everyone feel welcome. Loved the free drink refills and also the ice cream machine and salad bar. Great choice there as well. Really good value for money and a great family location. Loads of parking too.

Great food, can certainly recommend their breakfast, Will be back again for sure....

Trinity was excellent, super accommodating and quick !

The food was delicious and we were looked after very well by Laura.

Love it. Great food, great service, great staff New improve menu and reintroduced corn bread

Servers by Chloe, very lovely helpful, and polite

Absolutely love this place I had trinity serving me today and she is a lovely and respectful lady. Thank you

Staff were absolutely wonderful and accommodating for my son on his birthday. The chef made special exception with a delicious steak and we had candles in the sundae. Thank you so much

Good food, and Great service by Becks!

Server Chloe was excellent. Very efficient and friendly

Becks was great and food lovely.

Very enjoyable food and great service. Thank you Becks :)

Food is always nice, Laura is the best, she even told me I have a discount coupon❤️

The menu is good and we loved the salad bar, one of the main reasons we like Harvesters. We enjoyed our meals when they eventually came. However the service is shocking, I think it might be better if our waiter found a different role, one where you aren't customer facing. We waited 10-15 mins to place a drinks order after being seated, then we had to wait ages for our food, I was at the point of standing up and trying to flag down a member of staff so I could enquire about it when the food arrived. I had to flag someone down to ask for another drink, we didn't have anyone ask us whether our meals were ok and then I had to call someone's attention to get the bill. Shocking service really, it took the shine off eating there.

Great place to eat as it is halfway between Berkshire and Yorkshire

We booked a table for 7.30 and arrived on time. Took 30 minutes to take our order, no drinks offered. Although the food came relatively quickly we had to ask for the table to be cleared after the main course and also ask for the sweet menu. Again another wait to order our sweets and further drinks, had to ask. Food was acceptable but service very poor. Will give this Harvester a miss for a while. Disappointing

Excellent, as ever. Great choice of food for all ages and appetites. Lovely staff. Happy atmosphere.

Rude staff -require training on how to talk to customer. Dirty and shabby we walked out, didn't want to spend my money in such a sub standard restaurant.

Reasonable service. Food mostly good but some meals tasted burnt/bitter from the grill (chicken/ribs) which was a shame.

Decent food and great service by Riley thanks

Great food. Friendly staff. Served by Becks who was great

Great food great service even better with discount code so had a coffee and dessert to finish

Excellent service by Becks, very friendly & polite. Food was awesome, throughly enjoyed are visit 2day . Looking forward to coming back , Becks even wrapped chicken to take home for the puppas 👍

Trinity was our server and was very patient with a group of 12 changing their minds and paying separately. Excellent service. Thanks.

5 for ultimate breakfast, excellent service, food to the usual harvester standard. Amusing incident, one ordered fried eggs, couple of poached eggs, no problem, one wanted scrambled eggs, sorry we haven't got any scrambled eggs!!!

Great service tonight from Laura! Friendly and a sense of humour. Hopefully Laura is made aware of this feedback. Many thanks.

Our server Laura was very kind and attentive!

I've been a few times over the last few years and it was great to see it so busy. Was very well looked after by Laura. The food was terrific as usual - the new menu items I tried are delicious.

Oops! We rated this high in August and booked a 7 person birthday lunch on Saturday. Good table, kids pack but service standards were far below what we have experienced before here. Very slow to take a drinks order, even slower to deliver them second time around, salad bar not replenished in a timely fashion and changes in some of the food unwelcome. It’s great for kids but Harvester must employ sufficient staff to cope with Saturday numbers…..the salad bar is a very important part of the delivery. It must be kept fresh and stocked. As for the corn fritter……..it’s corn …….leave it be! I’m afraid we will be thinking twice about returning here now.

Great service by Riley. Great breakfast.

Our favorite Harvester restaurant. Lovely breakfasts and dinners.

I came to complete some work on site yesterday... The wheatsheaf is a great looking venue and all the staff are extremely helpful and friendly. "Bekks and Bekki" (sorry ladies not sure of the spellings 🤣) the 2 managers both called Becky.. 2 exceptional members of staff... Both these ladies were fantastic with the customers, professional but with outgoing personalities and best of all a little fun "which I think only enhances the customer experience !! I never ate here as I was at work but the food coming from the kitchen looked lovely and the kitchen staff were doing a Stella job preparing all the meals !! ... Great job ladies... Thanks for looking after me during my visit 😎👍

Staff were very welcoming and friendly. Came to take order quickly. However food took forever to arrive and when it did the burgers were massively over cooked to the point where it was like eating charcoal. We raised this with staff who apologised. We explained we didnt have enough time to re order nee ones so we ate what we could of the burger. The staff had kindly taken the burgers off the bill as a result. Would visit again but probably order something else.

Food was amazing. Great kids selection. Friendly and efficient service from Chloe. Atmosphere was very family friendly. Will definitely be visiting again.

Great food and lovely atmosphere. Thank you to Chloe, who was also fabulous!

Really busy with student drop off week. Emma worked tirelessly and got everything right. Food was nice and atmosphere really pleasant.

Great food and service. Turned up on Uni drop off day as well. Becks the waitress was very good, polite and with a smile. Always good.

The service by becks was very good and she was very friendly. The steak was fatty and very dry.

You can't walk to this place because of the location where it is situated. That's why they partner with Euro Car Parks to generate the profit. The staff will not remind you that you have to register your car. If you don't do that, one drink will cost you £100. Better to chose a place with free parking for customers without any traps.

Chloe was really nice and service was great.

We had a table for 8 tonight , we waited nearly an hour for our dinner . The food was very mediocre for the price and wait , the service definitely lacked a smile from all but one of the waiting staff . The salad bar was virtually empty . I was ignored but a senior member of staff after I tried to get her attention after she’d rebuked her waiting staff at the pass ( too busy getting her ice and soft drink ) Wish we’d gone elsewhere , now we remember why we stopped coming here

Served by Chloe. Lovely service, very nice food. Couldn’t go wrong.

Sat down at 7pm Friday evening, ordered drinks ok, looking through menu, on trying to order told NO sirloin steak and then on reselecting, told NO rotisserie chicken available….. very disappointing.

Staff very friendly and helpful (especially regarding allergies). Food was delicious but steak slightly over cooked...happy to recommend.

Great and quick service with a smile from everyone working, even sung too by the chef, becks our waitress was especially good. Highly recommend for breakfast as that’s when we normally go once the kids are dropped at school.

Food lovely. Service good. Thank you Becks

Great meal - lovely service by Emma.

Great service by the outstanding Chloe is a star!

Visited with my 80 year old father earlier this month. (Sept. 2024) We arrived early (11:30am), but walked in was shown to a nice table very promptly. We weren't there very long. We enjoyed lunch and a drink together, for just over an hour. My dad likes to make it his 'treat' when we go out. ..I've been going to Harvester's for decades now. When my children were younger, they loved, and still do, the 'Rocky Horror' sundae... I have grandchildren now who like it too these days! This morning, I received a £100 car park fine in the post for the day of our visit. Now everyone makes mistakes, so I called the restaurant to inform them of the problem. I spoke to deputy manager Michelle, and explained my dilemma. She said to email the fine and receipt from the day.....This is where the problem starts. My father, as I said, is 80 years old. He just doesn't DO 'cashless'. He draws out a certain amount per week and just uses cash..I called him to ask if he had saved the receipt..He hadn't. It was when I informed Michelle of this fact, that she went into an (obviously well rehearsed) monologue, of how we walked past 19 signs warning us, and that the greeter "should" have told us as we entered...They didn't. I asked if they had cctv and she said they did, but in the 13 days it took for the fine to arrived, it had would have been conveniently overwritten. I was in mid reply when she hung up on me! I'm a businessman. Times are hard at the moment. Particularly for the hospitality sector.I can accept when I make a 'mistake', but her audacity in hanging up on me left me stunned. I, and my extended family will never, sadly, visit this establishment again. You have been warned!

Becks was really friendly and attentive. I was staying away for work and having such a friendly place to go made everything so much nicer. Will deffo be going back, highly recommend

Had a nice lunch here today. Becks was a fab server.

Emma was amazing service thanks

Emma was fantastic, friendly and efficient. food was great. Will come again