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Based on 2.059 opinions finded in 2 websites
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Went as a party of four for the carvery. Meat and Yorkshire pudding delicious. Sprouts and broccoli not cooked enough for us. All in all enjoyed it and lots of choice. Love the Dog Bar area :)
Alison Hewitt . 2025-04-13
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What can I say had a lovely carvery jonny was new he was so polite good luck see you next week
Ginny White . 2025-04-13
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Johnny (carvery chef/staff) was super , kind and generous with carvery servings. Clean pub, friendly and efficient staff and good food.
Bianca La Rosa . 2025-04-13
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Great service from jonny on the carvery nice clean pub staff very friendly good food worth a visit 😀
Suzzy Pintor . 2025-04-13
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Great carvery served by jonny will be back next Sunday attentive staff
Rebecca Hensman . 2025-04-13
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Beautiful carvery in a lovely location, was greeted and served by Faye who was very helpful. Would recommend to friends
Bob James . 2025-04-11
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I loved the place. It is next to a river and is a wonderful enclave. Typical English bar with a variety of beers. To eat they have a hamburger, dogs and then some prepared dishes of the day in which you choose the accessories. I liked it a lot.
Juan Cartelle . 2025-04-09
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The turkey on the carvery was delicious and very tender. Unfortunately vegetables were cold and when we asked for more boiled potatoes (only one in the pot) told no more for the rest of the day. It was only 2pm. The roast potatoes were nothing more than the scraps at the bottom of the dish. Overall disappointing.
Mal Goddard . 2025-03-31
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Good place to eat, passing through quick stop off
Stephenie Jenkins . 2025-03-30
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Great food, service and carvery were brilliant! Special thank you to Jonny!
Kat D . 2025-03-30
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Great Carvery, well cooked vegetables. Johnny the carvery chef is hilarious,,,thank you for making our mother's day even better.
Andy Bailey . 2025-03-30
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Really friendly and helpful staff, good food, quick service. Good value for money.
cathryn pugh . 2025-03-29
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Had an amazing time for my 21st birthday, would highly recommend.
Jordan Caygill . 2025-03-29
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When for family meal Saturday Jonny was so helpful
Nina Glover . 2025-03-23
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Fantastic location, mooring out front and great atmosphere. Visited for Sunday Carvery and not disappointed one bit. Jerry the chef even gave me some scraps for my dog. Thank you! 😊
Marie Jolley . 2025-03-23
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Food is nice and hot when it comes out of the kitchen, drinks are poured perfectly. On Sundays it can get quite busy so i can always understand if the food and drinks take a bit of extra time to come out of the kitchen.
Kaylee Green (Kaydip12) . 2025-03-22
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Always friendly staff, Faye is always welcoming and makes the dogs feel welcome. We love eating and drinking here and find the offers and prices very reasonable.
Lisa Godfreyeaton . 2025-03-22
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Jonny is an amazing and friendly carver so fun and friendly
Justice Mineards . 2025-03-22
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Good night out with family, we had a good , polite server Finley . Will come back.
agatha rotherham . 2025-03-21
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Banging carvery and the staff were lovely. Good value for food and drinks will visit again
Tomasz Kudla . 2025-03-20
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Steak fondue was amazing, staff were friendly will try the carvery next time.
Patryk Martyka . 2025-03-20
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Carvery was ok , could have been warmer, but cleanliness was dreadful. Carpet cover in trodden on food especially potatoes. The ladies toilets were a disgrace. Floor on one was filthy and covered in used toilet paper and no access from container of any more. Other toilet had loose too small toilet seat. 3rd one was out of order. No sign in from members of staff as to when last time toilets were checked . Wonder what kitchens were like ????
Marilyn Harding . 2025-03-20
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Fast efficient service. Really great carvery
Alex Turner . 2025-03-17
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Served by Jonny at the Carvery, he was friendly and engaging with good customer service skills, food was well cooked, and good value for money.
Tad Zapasnik . 2025-03-16
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The state of the ladies toilets are disgusting,broken seat on one loo ,no working flush handle on second loo.The floor and walls and doors have dirty splash marks all over them.The state of these toilets as just got worse it puts me off eating here again..
TIm Pallett . 2025-03-14
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We love this place and often meet friends here for a meal. However today things were not as good as normal, sausages on breakfast were hard and tasteless, they were sent back, as breakfast was mostly eaten we refused replacements. Hunters chicken was dry and slightly over cooked. Carvery was not as good as we normally find, Yorkshire puds were dark brown and looked like they had been out a long time, the rost potatoes looked nice but were hard, difficult to cut. It all seemed as if many things had been overcooked and been left around for to long. We will be returning as we love going here and it seems like today was an off day for some reason.
Ann Whitlock . 2025-03-14
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Jonny the carvery is great - excellent service at the deck! Made my day
David Jeffery . 2025-03-12
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It's on the nicer side of pubs i guess but not my favorite, which is ok.
MR. G “MaVoN” . 2025-03-12
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New chef Jonny on the carvery deck - absolutely amazing! Lovely meal, lovely atmosphere will return soon!!
David Jeffery . 2025-03-12
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Had a meal yesterday with family very fast service food was fantastic would recommend this pub
Neville Creegan . 2025-03-11
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They didn't have enough ingredients for vegan tacos. Vegan nachos were really disappointing and tasteless. The vegan burger was nice and tasty. The burger had vegan mayo in it, but the staff said they didn't have vegan mayo, but were going to check. The waiter never came back. It was cheap and okay, but we won't go back.
Olka Olka . 2025-03-10
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Food was nice, just not enough for the price.
dave moon . 2025-03-09
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Reasonably priced good food. Dealt with a table of 12.
Sheila Bell . 2025-03-09
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Been to the waterside this evening as I normally do at least once a month, normal thing, NO ABBOTT ALE Service was diabolical Had a mixed grill and was asked how I wanted my steak cooked and I asked for it to be done medium well, came out rare Will NEVER go back again
andrew hazell . 2025-03-08
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Chicken and bacon salad was disappointing: Croutons were overcooked and the sauce was too strong. The carvery portion was big but all the veggies were overcooked and tasted bland. Having said this, the apple pie was delicious and the waiters were nice although there weren’t many of them. Right by the river, the pub location is great and there were lots of people so I hope we were just unlucky on our food choice.
Raquel . 2025-03-08
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Carvery food well cooked and presented. Bar service slow. Mid week lunchtime so not much atmosphere.
Caroline Yeo . 2025-02-27
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As expected, good atmosphere, reasonably priced
B . 2025-02-22
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Had a small and large carvery plate however the portion of meat served was very disappointing. The small carvery consisted of no more than 3 mouthfuls of turkey and maybe 3 of beef . Requested an another slice and was refused. The Yorkshire pudding were like flat discs. Definitely not value for money !! There is definitely more superior places in rugby to get a Sunday roast so we won’t be visiting Waterside again
Lesley CLARKE . 2025-02-17
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This is a Very popular Venue. You will really enjoy your Time Which ever day you go.They r open for food 7 days a week. Go online and book ur seats. From a table for 3 or even 40 Fantastic Venue. Keep up the good work. Kris Reeve
Chris Reeve . 2025-02-13
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The landlord was so helpful pointing out the best deals on non alcoholic drinks deals. Food was amazing too
Mark Doyle . 2025-02-12
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Fantastic food - great choice of vegetables and meats and good value for money! Will definitely go again!
Mandy Scott . 2025-02-11
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Not fine dining, but excellent value for money. Food was well cooked (especially the burger) and portions were moe than adequate. and the waitress Becca was lovely. It was a bit noisy (not where I would go for a romantic candlelit dinner) but there is not a lot the Waterside could do about that. good food, excellent service, great value. FIve stars for the value and the service.
David Fleming . 2025-02-11
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Hadn't been for while but it was just as good as before great
Ivor Thompson . 2025-02-10
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Lovely pub & restaurant. Great food expertly cooked by Sam & friendly service by Patryk
Nick Chalkley . 2025-02-10
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I had a time booked on Saturday, I got seated by Becca who was very helpful and was energetic! Thank you!
Toby . 2025-02-10
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My husband and I popped into The Waterside for dinner. The service was excellent, the food came out quickly, and it was nicely cooked. Thank you to Sam and Patryk in the kitchen for getting our steaks spot on.
Nicola Chalkley . 2025-02-10
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Was lovely when I visited, food was lovely and great service from my server Becca who was very welcoming and pleasant. Will definitely be coming back soon
caitlin killip . 2025-02-10
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Lovely experience,lovely food but I was impressed with the service from a young girl called becca made my experience so welcoming and pleasant will be definitely coming back :)
Lauren Abbis . 2025-02-10
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Went to the waterside on Sunday; went for the steak fondue. Was cooked perfect medium rare. Patryk delivered excellent service and ensured we had a great stay
Adam Wanless . 2025-02-10
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I came in for a carvery on Sunday and was sat by Becca who was very polite and helpful! The carvery was delicious and will definitely be returning soon
Isabel Dale . 2025-02-10
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Good experience came with family of 4 and had an amazing service from Rebecca and made sure we had everything we needed . I recommend this place to anyone !! 5 out of 5 from me ⭐️
Molly Johnson . 2025-02-10
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I had lunch here today, I was served by Rebecca and she was lovely couldn’t have been nicer.
Emily Smyth . 2025-02-10
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I had a table booked for Sunday afternoon, I was served by Becca who was helpful and answered any questions we had!
Paul the dosser Rowland . 2025-02-10
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The steak fondue was amazing, Patrick was really helpful and polite, made some great recommendations for our food.
Tom W . 2025-02-10
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Excellent location with friendly and efficient staff and exceptional food. Sam and Patryk in the kitchen are wizards!! Their food is awesome! Cannot recommend them highly enough. You will not be disappointed.
Julie Farmer . 2025-02-10
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Fantastic meal as always. Big shout out to our great waiter Patryk and chef Sam. Nothing was too much trouble highly recommend.
susan hussey . 2025-02-10
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Lovely steak. Chips hot and crunchy, all good hot. Good service. Was really busy at 5pm on a Sunday. We booked a table.
Karen Taylor . 2025-02-10
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Went to waterside for a sunday roast, Becca was my server and very helpful and would definitely come back!
Toby Murphy . 2025-02-10
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Food was brilliant and so was Patryk! Loved the place!
Kevin Lima . 2025-02-10
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I came for a carvery on a very busy Sunday! I was greeted at host by Becca who was very polite and helpful. She then took us to our table. I was then served at the bar by Alex , who was very polite. And served a fresh carvery, Patryk then checked up on our food and made sure everything was great. Definitely recommend and will be coming again
Gabby Vineall . 2025-02-10
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I came in with my grandchildren on Sunday with no booking and Becca promptly sat us and provided excellent service. She was very good with my young grandchildren. Please pass this compliment onto her!
Linda Mansfield . 2025-02-10
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Came in with my family of 5. Becca provided excellent service and was very informative on the process of the carvery. Thank you!
Jake Dale . 2025-02-10
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Had a fantastic time at The Waterside Pub. The Sunday carvery was absolutely delicious. The service was exceptional, especially from Patrick, who went above and beyond to make our visit memorable. Highly recommend.
Daniel Reid . 2025-02-10
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Nice service, tasty food, fast service and friendly Staff. Our waiter Patryk very polite. I recommend sincerely
Piotr Martyka . 2025-02-10
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Ultimate mixed grill was so well cooked it made my mouth water. Patryk asked if everything was ok with the food and then took our plates
Jake France . 2025-02-10
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Great experience, Tasty food and friendly staff Patryk looked after us well, was helpful and friendly. Would definitely recommend
Edyta Martyka . 2025-02-10
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carvery was amazing. veg was cooked to perfection and was sat and served by becca who was amazing and incredibly helpful.
Ellie Rowland . 2025-02-10
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Great food patryk was very kind
Magda Liskiewicz . 2025-02-09
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Great service. Becca Sat us and looked after us during our stay and recommended us to have the apple pie for dessert.
James Fleming . 2025-02-09
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food was good for brunch amazing server called pat he was so kind and polite and not too expensive
சி. ஆரியன் . 2025-02-09
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We pre booked a table, but still had to queue to order, then we had to queue to get food with staff constantly trying to get through the line as clearly the layout of the queues need rethink so as not to be in the way of the paths of the staff, we ended up sitting down with our food 40 minutes later, and it wasn't worth the wait. Food was not nice, some veg was under cooked and the rest over cooked. Not a nice meal at all. The whole place was disorganised, and needs an update in management, and to train their staff to AT LEAST be kind to customers.
Maria Hudson . 2025-02-05
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Don't order a pudding so small kiddies portions
Jason Pennells . 2025-01-26
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Come here for a Sunday roast, not the best manged to book a table so that was a good thing had no gammon at like 6:30 or couldn’t be bothered to do anymore food was stale like it had been out all day. The Yorkshire puddings where no edible like rock hard burnt not very nice what so ever. After finishing dinner we where sat for about 45 mins (not busy at this point) one waiter kept walking past knowing full well we where finished and just couldn’t be bothered to clear our table! Had desert probably the only good thing about it, later did we relise we had food poisoning me and my partner the next day won’t be retuning again used to really like this pub few years back shame it’s gone down hill!!
Joshua joe Phillipson . 2025-01-24
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Really enjoyed popping in for a great value weekday carvery. Doggy friendly 🐾
Greg Mackey . 2025-01-22
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Went for lunch today, 4 of us altogether. Sat at table 1. As always the food was excellent, and so was the service. However, we arrived at 12.00 midday. So the place should have been cleaned before opening. But the floor beneath our table was disgusting, mud, grass and other rubbish (which i did take photos of). It was brought to the attention of one of the serving staff, who dismissed it, and said the cleaning staff were rubbish, and needed replacing!
Gillian Tyrrell-Gallichan . 2025-01-20
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We arrived without reservation but that was no problem we were sat within minutes just told that the table was required in an hour or so not a problem.. portion of meat was of a good size and there was a good choice of veg and gravy .. will visit again when we are ever in that area again
The Mibster . 2025-01-16
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Great place for a Sunday roast. Three types of meat are included in the meal. Very busy on Sundays. Carvery is available every day.
Tomek Ikea . 2025-01-12
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During my visit I opted for the Chicken Mix. I was greeted upon my arrival and felt extremely welcome from the moment I was seated to the moment I reluctantly left. My waiter Patryk was amazing and ensured I had everything I desired, despite looking a Young lad he was extremely professional throughout my time there. Despite looking extremely busy he made time with myself and my family to engage in conversations to really up my experience. I cannot wait to return again and I hope my server gets the credit her deserves! Thank you!!!
Finley Cox . 2025-01-05
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I had the opportunity to visit the city and this bar. The food was super good but the important thing is that I forgot my bag at their place. The next day I came back and they returned my bag with all my things in it. Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart. I will definitely come back, and I recommend this place to everyone.
CRISTINA JEVERDAN . 2025-01-05
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Great food,friendly and helpful staff.
Ricardo shillyshally . 2024-12-22
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Great service. Had carvery, meat was lovely, veg and potatoes piping hot. Highly recommended
maddie white . 2024-12-19
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Fantastic carvery, good service. Very busy at lunchtime on a weekday; they are clearly doing something right.
Graham Hubball . 2024-12-18
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We regularly visit this cafe as we walk round Draycote Water regularly for exercise. We usually call in for coffee and cake or a bowl of their lovely home made soup. (The scones, jam and cream are to die for). Today we had the 3 course Xmas lunch which we had booked a few weeks ago. They do several sittings in the run up to Xmas, some are carol concert dinners, others music from the musicals, jazz dinners etc. We had ham hock terrine, turkey with all the trimmings and black forest trifle (the latter was amazing, laced with Kirsch and full of cherries and chocolate) delicious! Service, as always was prompt and courteous. Can highly recommend this cafe all year round, the Xmas meal was excellent and great value too.
Sue Wiggins . 2024-12-17
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Nice meal, best to book before you go, always busy, and be prepared to que
Adrian Gray . 2024-12-15
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The restaurant saves Good quality food and drinks the staff are very friendly and helpful there is a lot of food to tuse from
Mark Crockford . 2024-12-10
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Great valueand quality carvery
Matthew B . 2024-12-10
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Just had a Sunday carvery in this place, and by far the worst carvery ever, if you can’t microwave frozen veg there has got to be a problem
Ian Shaw . 2024-12-08
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Food was mostly great though the gravy on the turkey and stuffing bap gravy was not gravy! Roasties were amazing and absouloutly divine!!!! Service was great although they charged wrong for the puddings it was still great !
phoenix fidgets . 2024-12-07
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My husband and I regularly visit the Waterside restaurant as a couple or with friends . We usually visit in the mornings for a cuppa , or for brunch. The staff are wonderful .They work so hard and often have to deal with a very busy restaurant and some rude customers . Well done to them all 👏👏
MARYFH . 2024-12-01
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Today we went for a festive meal,,i would just like to say,we had a fantastic meal, we booked as a party of 4, Every part of that 3 course meal was excellent, i think we will book again before christmas, Fantastic value. There was a live entertainer who just made a great atmosphere, all the music from the right decades lol. I would highly recommend to all my friends and family.
Jim Nicholson . 2024-11-28
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I would advise against going to this, not a child friendly place. I was in tears after my visit to the cafe today thanks to discriminatory behaviour from staff. I am toilet training my 2 year old currently and when he shows signs I have to be very quick getting him on the potty otherwise he will have an accident. I put him on the potty before going into the cafe however half way through our visit here I suddenly started showing signs, to get to the children’s toilet I would have needed to walk through the cafe (very long room) and down some flights of stairs and I knew by this time he would have wet himself and so to save spillage on the floor I discretely put him on the travel potty that I had in a corner, angling my body in front of him to hide this from view. He did a small wee in the potty with no odour and I immediately shut the potty which seals completely. However I was then told my staff there that there had been a complaint about this and that I should use the toilets downstairs. I was absolutely mortified and I felt like the worse mum ever. Should I have let my child wet himself and cause spillage on the floor? I’d needed to get out of the house for an hour for my own mental health but I left mortified. How can the cafe hold things aimed at toddlers and children and then not be supportive of mums? Disgusting.
Abigail C . 2024-11-27
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Always the same here- you make a booking and they don’t read the notes. Front of house was so interested in showing us to our table that we ended up loosing her as she wasn’t prepared to wait for my elderly parents. Deserts arrived when people were still eating their main course which we asked them to send back while we finished our meal
Adam Bowen . 2024-11-25
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I came for Sunday lunch with my dad and as always had a great time. The food is always great value for money. JJ and his whole team made us feel very welcome and valued. Thanks and see you soon.
Billy Blundell . 2024-11-24
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Downloading app was the worst thing - once the food and drink arrived all was very good
Norman Pope . 2024-11-24
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The food and drink were fine, but I would hate to eat here on a busy night. Not enough staff and not really interested. That may not be their fault since I don’t know the management or background situation, but the net effect was I stood at the bar and telephoned the place as if outside to get someone to serve us! I will not be rushing back.
Richard Head . 2024-11-22
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Excellent service and really nice food. Great value for money - like eating pre COVID!
Pauline Mukwamba . 2024-11-20
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Staff where friendly as normal, just not many of them. Queue to order meal a bit slow as only 1 member of staff serving. Carvery was not up to normal standard, meat, potatoes and gravy was good but all the vegetables were very undercooked and not pleasant so that was a shame. May use again but not for a while.
Steve Nixon . 2024-11-19
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the dog is always dragging me in lovely place and great food Sam's meat is amazing always moist ,and jj is the best host
mark davison . 2024-11-10
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Really goood place and the people are amazing the manager john is a top geeza
Dylan Kendrick . 2024-11-10
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Great food, Chef Sam is excellent with his meat and it always comes with a special sauce. JJ the manager has great banter, always generous to his regulars. All the staff are friendly, welcoming and helpful. Always happy to help.
Lee Worrall . 2024-11-10
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Personal opinion, awful, terrible rude staff. Food not cooked properly and tea like nats pea. Paid over £20 for a child’s portion of ‘ on the turn ham, nearly hard centred tiny cheap eggs, watery weak tea and a small slice of school tray bake sponge. Because I dared mention to the girl behind the counter that school cake counts as a tray bake and not a cake and doesn’t warrant an extra £1 she ran off crying. ….. I didn’t raise my voice, I didn’t refuse to pay, I wasn’t rude, I pointed out IT IS A TRAYBAKE! The manager came out to tell me it was as a cake and another £1, then another woman came out and told me the same thing. By this time THEY were raising their voices, I tried to pay their upscaled price the original member of staff came out with popping her tears and checking tables, 2 members of staff were to my right laughing in my face! Then once I had paid I got a “ ITS NOT A TRAYBAKE ITS A CAKE, DON’T COME BACK HERE AGAIN! Trust me I won’t, you’re far too dramatic for me! Your ham and tea are awful, your fried eggs a cheap small and over cooked and your staff don’t know how to deal with customers! Tray bake was lovely though!!