The Woodside in Chesterfield

The Woodside is under new ownership and tonight's food was amazing. The huge chain pub menu has gone infavor of a varied but more select choice of items. These are using fresh ingredients prepared to order and served on hot plates. The car park is flat as is the entrance and there was a warm wcome. Will definitely go again.

Booked a table of 8 people for Sunday lunch (1.45pm) sadly told no Sunday lunches left (only 4 turkey roast dinners) so had to make do with normal menu - however was told no mixed grills either hot chicken wings and other things off the menu.. the lasagne which was ordered came and was burnt around the edges, also the broccoli was undercooked - I have to say the staff are lovely as we visit this pub frequently for drinks mainly, however, this has not been the first time that food has been an issue and not been available to order as per the menu (or as advertised on the Sunday lunch board outside) when we have previously visited here to eat. We have felt really let down by this experience and very likely wont be eating out here again. Very disappointing.

Visited again today, after a gap of about 6 months and unlike other reviews I have read, the staff were inattentive and the food mediocre. The mashed potato just looked weird and was very solid. Reasonable priced though doubt I would eat there again having frequented in the past when the quality and friendly atmosphere were above and beyond.

Staff are always very friendly and welcoming. Food is consistently good and portions are generous.

Just on a walk called for a pint on way home 😋

Great friendly service and a great atmosphere

Amazing staff, very friendly and accommodating. Food was excellent and venues was clean and inviting. Will visit again soon

Amazing atmosphere, fantastic food and great beer

Came across this gem. Lovely. 2nd visit. Exactly the same, great customer service and good food. Well done all.

Excellent service , great prices and a great range of beers and a good varied food menu.

Lovely little pub.popped in because of the reviews and wasn't disappointed.Good all-round.

Amazing place. Had very tasty food had the combo sharer we highly recommend! The team were so friendly and warm and welcoming! Really nice place we will be back again soon! Can't recommend enough

Lovely atmosphere, great food and friendly staff. Jemma is an absolute superstar ⭐ nothing was too much for her, made our visit rememberable.

Food is amazing here! The service was spot on too! Especially from Mark who is such a lovely guy. He made sure we had everything we needed.

Great food and customer service!

The pub had another great value offer on. As a result, it was quite busy, so I had a bit of a wait to order and for food. The staff remained friendly and courteous, the food was nice and plentiful. I will be back.

Very good food and atmosphere will definitely be back

Thoroughly enjoyed a family meal, food fantastic, service brilliant. 5 stars

Pleasant Pub, good atmosphere good drinks and food, very welcoming and friendly bar staff.

Absolutely awful. Don't bother coming to this pub/restaurant. No point pre-ordering for Christmas meal as took 40 mins for starter to arrive! We had a better meal and better service in Nandos that evening.

Nice place that we found by chance on a drive out. We were not disappointed when we went inside as it's a lovely place with plenty of choice of drinks and the food smells and looks amazing. We will definitely be going back to try the food. The atmosphere was buzzing as the rugby was on but it was in the other side of the pub so didn't bother the diners, nice to find a pub that still shows sports but not in the dining area so you can still eat and have a conversation without the TV over the top of you.

I came to work from this pub last week and the service was exceptional, all the staff were super friendly and attentive. I was ther eworking from a laptop for quite a while and didn't feel rushed at all. I stayed for a couple of coffees and some lunch and it was perfect. would recommend!

Went for the quiz night, as we have done many times in the past. Microphone problems, a late start and winning two straight lines, we were told they weren't doing it as the rules suggested, which were written on the paper... 🤷 Nice selection of drinks at slightly higher prices than the pubs down the road in Brampton. It's a nice place, but the staff seemed to struggle a little, this particular night....

Unbeatable value on the January offer. All good, friendly staff. Will be back!

Service is friendly, welcoming and very attentive. Food is good quality and arrives quickly, great pub!

We had a lovely meal here. Service was good can recomend it

This is the second time I've taken my 10 year old daughter to this friendly and cosy pub. I offered to try a different place, but no. She was so enamoured with the food on her first visit, that she insisted we call again. She enjoys the all day breakfast. Minus egg, mushroom and tomato. She says they have the best hash browns she's tasted. Service was quick and efficient.. I was also pleasantly surprised at the (assuming landlords) openness and easy to talk to. We only live at Holme hall and so will be back to order another breakfast no doubt.

We had Xmas day lunch at The Woodside. It was the best Xmas Day we have had out. Beautiful food, great atmosphere and most importantly we were rushed as we have experienced elsewhere on Xmas Day. Our group aged 6 years old to 92 years old and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. Would definitely book again for next year

Lovely service, the manager, Mark and sue made me and my family feel very welcome. The food was lovely next I will be coming back with my dogs so there can go on the pupparazzi borad

I've been here many times previously but gradually the food has deteriorated & today's experience was awful. I ordered lasagna that came almost charcoal black & welded to the dish, so I asked for a replacement. This came swimming in a puddle of what looked like dirty water. It looked as if the lasagna had water poured over it to make it most. It was awful & inedible. The waitress asked if I wanted another - but absolutely not. I asked her if she would eat it & she agreed with me that it wasn't edible. I just ate the salad. No apology at all. I won't be visiting here again & will strongly tell others how awful the food is. The other meals weren't very good either.

I recently came here for a drink with my partner for a drink as we were early for the school run pickup. It was almost £12 for a pint and a half of cranberry juice (I no longer drink alcohol). I find the price excessive and I lived in Central London for two years. When I asked for an itemised receipt, the barstaff seemed disgruntled at this request. The pub seemed clean and warm and the staff were smartly dressed for work.

Booked a table of 14 mid week for a Sunday evening 16:15 obviously majority wanted their Sunday Roast offered Arrived to being told, No yorkshires no stuffing no this no that. Order Beef & Ale pie with seasoned veg and mash. Alongside multiple food order issues again not having this and that. Food arrived, pie was something out of box, bag of microwaved veg no seasoning and smash for mash, charge around £14 Didn’t let it dampen the mood so ordered desert, Crumble of the day… Sounds great, well it could have been if they hadn’t burnt the top of my crumble and still served it me. Food 2/10 Still edible but not worth the cost. Waiter 8/10 apologetic and attentive

Work Xmas meal and we were really impressed with everything from placing the booking online, confirmation, meal choices and the service on the night. We had a set Xmas menu 3 courses for 7 people. Curtis, Sam, Michael and Ieuan looked after us well. I had fhe soup (tasted homemade) Beef bourgignon (more like a shank of meat in amazing gravy) and a chocolate torte. We had a nice table in a semi-private area away from other people. We will be back!

A friendly pub with excellent food and good prices. A enjoyable experience worth visiting.

Very long association with this place. The hands have changed but the quality remains good with some of the old staff still working. Visited after a gap of over a year. Still cleanliness is maintained and the quality of food remains same and good.

Brilliant as always. Outstanding customer service from the team on duty on Christmas Eve. So thank you for another evening of fun and laughter. Smashed it Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all at The Woodside!!

We've visited a few times, always really happy with the meals we order. Our most recent visit I ordered the vegan Christmas burger, and my husband ordered beef, both very happy with the quality and price

Brilliant as always. Outstanding customer service from the team on duty on Christmas Eve. So thank you for another evening of fun and laughter. Smashed it Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all at The Woodside!!

Me and 11 colleagues went for Christmas lunch yesterday and everything about the visit was superb, the food was lovely and the chef had carefully observed the special dietary requests for 3 of our party certainly going the extra mile!. A big thank you to Curtis who graciously managed late number changes (due to illness) and was kind, helpful and professional. Highly recommend.

8 of us called in on the off chance of having Sunday lunch there. The staff were very helpful and the food really good would definately recomend the Woodside

Great food at a great price,the friendly welcome from the barman/landlord was really nice,and made for a relaxing atmosphere in

Sandra and I had an excellent meal we were seved by very efficient staff who looked after our every need, we often stop by because of the very speedy delivery and pleasant surroundings. Thanks again Sandra and Jeff.

A huge thank you to Mark, Jemma, Holly, Iuean, and Lee for making our daughter's baby shower a great event. The hospitality, service, and attention to detail was first class and the buffet was excellent. Thanks again to all the team for making it a special afternoon for us.

Staff very friendly, not eaten here yet but the quality looks really good, only draw back is dog owners with muddy footwear.

We came for my Dad's 70th birthday and had a buffet meal. We had an area cordoned off for our party and it was great to have the space to ourselves. The food was delicious - salads, sandwiches, chicken, sausage rolls and quiches, followed by lovely chocolate brownies and profiteroles. The team really looked after us and even offered us takeaway containers to take the leftovers home. Thanks to Sue, Curtis, Holly, Jemma, Ieuan and Connor for a great evening 😀

a pleasant pub with a good welcome and a reasonable range of good food at good value prices

Friendly welcome. Excellent range of beers. Enjoyed my pint and opportunity to relax and chat. Comfortable. Plenty of parking spaces

Very clean, friendly staff, nice & warm. Choice behind the bar is good too. Food looks great. Recommended

Very helpful staff all the things you require for a peaceful comfortably generous meal with friends and family are here. Enjoy 😉.

Always friendly relaxed atmosphere fortunately they have kept the old staff who always make us welcome. The food was ok.

I had Puff pastry steak and ale pie. Well it tasted quite nice but there was more pastry than filling along with frozen chips and I guess frozen veg. carrots peas mainly. Overall taste was ok but for £12 not really good value. Doombar beer was ok and price reasonable. Another had chicken etc burger - he wasn't impressed another lasagne which was ok , and chicken leek pie which I think was ok. We will no doubt visit again but not regular as prior to Stonegate taking over.

Friendly staff , nice atmosphere , tight parking in places .

Visited for evening meal on reservation with friends from the US. When ordering was told that they didn’t have three out of four entrees we selected from the menu including fish & chips. The reason given was due to the high volume of patrons the previous days. After making other choices again told not available. Managed to order one sirloin steak which was rock hard and inedible. Had to resort to hamburger for one meal. Other food was poorly cooked. Desert was not worth money charged. The waiter was pleasant and apologetic. Very disappointed.

Booked a table for 5 people and a high chair for Sunday lunch, arrived on time ordered drinks, went to the bar to order food to be told there was no Sunday dinners left. At 3 o clock. 1. You should have told us when we walked in there was no Sunday dinners left we wouldn’t have ordered drinks. 2. You should make sure there is enough food for people who have BOOKED a table. Although you did refund our drinks we drove round for an hour and a half trying to find another place that would take a booking for 6 people at such short notice. Nowhere did so my partners birthday was ruined we had to go home with our 11 month old son who was now very cranky from not having his dinner. His brother and girlfriend had driven up from Manchester for the meal. Very disappointed will not be returning

Great service and lovely food. Will be coming back soon. Thanks

Went for my Father's 91st birthday. The food was lovely, staff friendly and obliging. Clean and pleasant surroundings. Would thoroughly recommend a visit.

Went for my father's 91st birthday. Food was really lovely, staff friendly and obliging and pleasant and clean surroundings. Would thoroughly recommend the Woodside.

Four of us had lunch here and it was an extremely pleasant experience.The staff who looked after us were very friendly,obliging and professional whilst the food was enjoyed by us all.Very nicely presented,hot and very tasty.The service was also very quick.We will be back.

Booked for 1.30pm. Arrived 10 mins early and hardly any staff on bar so had to wait to be seated with my 95yr old dad. Usually short wait to be served but due to shortage of staff quite a queue only 1 bar staff. Ordered food and waited an hour. When it arrived cold veg, mash potato rubbery, roast potatoes had been fried and asked 3 times for extra gravy. Very disappointed as we have been here many times and had lovely family meals. The staff were lovely and I felt sorry for them as we could see they were trying their best. Shame as it's put us off going again

A lively family pub with good service and excellent food , its what a pub should be . Both darters and mains were really tasty and although they were busy we didn't wait long . Friendly staff and good food ,I can highly recommend

The place was clean the staff friendly and helpful and the food was delicious. What more could you want

Went early this year, had one of thier burgers and was pleasantly surprised by how good it was. Pub was quite, probably due to the snow, but it was a warm and friendly place, will definitely go back at some point.

i went to this fantastic restaurant the food was fairly mid but the service was insane couldn’t have done anymore for me and don’t get me started on the atmosphere it was like being in the away end at a steal city derby it was limbs let me tell you over all fantastic 10/10

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Staff are always friendly and the service and food is excellent

Fantastic service and the good is amazing

Great staff and lovely food. Gave our 2 boys an extra ice cream which was very thoughtful and amazing customer service. Recommended! 😀

Very dog friendly Dog bowls, dog beds and treats supplied! Great friendly service with a lovely atmosphere Clean and nice decor too. Steak was great , cooked as I asked , nice presentation.

Amazing service, amazing food the place to be.

Lovely meal and dessert, top notch home cooked food at reasonable prices absolutely beautiful 🤩 Staff were friendly and a welcoming lovely pub very clean and nice atmosphere will be returning very soon!

Staff was really friendly food came out really quick the mac cheese bites were really nice had the fish pie two time when a been here and the dessert was good as well

Visted with friends, no negative comments from anyone in the party.

Lovely modern, well presented pub. The service was faultless, and the atmosphere was great for a family Sunday lunch get-together. This place has Sky TV for sports if you want to watch football or F1, etc, as well. The food was almost perfect bar for a couple of slightly undercooked boiled vegetables, but the Sunday Roast Dinner was awesome, especially the roast potatoes.

Nice clean pub not too bad of a menu but unfortunately like lots of pubs it’s all prepared (frozen food) it was tasty but not the same

This is a perfect spot after a big walk from linarce reservoir with a brilliant burger finishing our day

Excellent food and service, would happily recommend to family and friends. Will certainly visit again in the near future.

Lovely atmosphere, lovely bar staff, a great variety of soft drink beers and ciders. Nice place to call in for a drink

Bite to eat with friends and cocktails is ideal here. Had a great time with friends and lovely experience.

Great drinks, great food, great staff! Would recommend to anyone wanting a relaxed environment! Great for couples, friend or families

This spot is great for 2 4 1 cocktails, and drinks. We also had some sharing food and that was lovely. Had a lovely time with friends. Would recommend!

Went for a family meal, along with two dogs. Made welcome by friendly staff. Food was excellent, with a good choice of food. Food was hot and delivery was prompt the staff were friendly and efficient.

Fabulous meal - meal arrived promptly - friendly and helpful staff & brilliant that it’s dog friendly

Absolutely terrible food. Vegetables were cold and my dad’s pie was rock hard. I had to send stuff back it was that bad. I felt so embarrassed taking my parents here as I could have cooked a better meal myself at home. Last time we...

Fab staff fab drink n company n food great company n atmosphere chilling day bank holiday weekend yes

Five of us went for a meal here. Out of all 5 meals the only one that wasn't an issue was the kids meal. The steak and ale pie was lukewarm, one meal was not put through in the order, the veggie burger, as per...

I ordered duck with wilted spinach and roasted onions. It was served with iceberg lettuce and raw onions, with gravy. For dessert I ordered Erin mess sundae with broken meringue and fresh strawberries. There was one piece of broken meringue and the strawberries were still...

Went today for lunch. Asked for mixed grill. They hadn't got it. Went for gammon. Gammon ok. Chips overcooked and hard, egg over cooked hard and crispy on the bottom.

Had some disappointing experiences at the Woodside recently. Manger (I think) when serving at the bar is sullen and unwelcoming. It’s a shame because it’s a good venue

Nice setting and location, easy access and good carpark, nice interior and lovely exterior of the pub

Great 2 4 1 cocktails and friendly staff.nice and modern decorations. Very family friendly. Would come again

Very rare is it you want to write a review on behalf of your dog, but that’s what I feel this place deserves. Cute & Proper water bowls (rather than taccy plastic containers) a biscuit selection, beds & cushions and their own water barrel was...

Really enjoyed another visit to The Woodside, sport on TV, reasonably priced food and great drinks offering topped off with friendly and efficient service, what more could you want?!

Lovely pub good atmosphere, great staff would definitely be coming back again ,friendly staff, be back again soon

Absolutely lovely mixed grill . Everything cooked to perfection and very tasty. Great waitress service . I will definitely return.

Lovely welcoming atmosphere. Great pint. Was served by sue and she gave excellent customer service. Dog friendly as well perfect for families

It’s cosy and the staff are amazing they’re good at making us laugh. Loads of drinks are available.<3

Went in this pub today, bought a pint and a aparrol spritz, £17.50 would you believe. Of course I didn't pay it but asked if that was right, the manager said yes , two for one he said yet I was only served with one...

Amazing customer service. Food was top quality and presented professionally. Nice clean bar with clean toilet facilities. I would recommend for family food.

Great impromptu Sunday dinner Was easily accommodated for a part of 8 Good quality ingredients and food quality of drinks Would definitely recommend and return

Best pub I’ve been in in chesterfield, lovely staff great service. Didn’t have food my self but it smelt beautiful