Wetherspoons: The Sir Nigel Gresley in South Derbyshire

Would be better if I'd of been said hello to by the staff member!! I paid for my drink by card yet she didn't even acknowledge me with a thank you,she just walked off!.....the pub wasn't even busy!!!......a total disgrace! I remembered her name because someone shouted her.....Reene!! She needs some training regarding "People skills".......otherwise I had a lovely drink!

Plain and simple this is a HORRIBLE HORRIBLE PLACE. Filled with threatening half wits, it's a pub that makes Royston Vasey look like Monte Carlo. Utter dump. If you fancy being stabbed than it's a dream venue.

A very intimidating place that wouldn't feel out of place in a horror film. The type of joint that everyone turns and stares at you as you walk in. Half expected to be warned about the best in the country and not to walk alone at night. Hurried ate our breakfast through a cacophony of swearing and kids screaming. And adults screaming at kids. Did I mention the screaming? It was an assault on the eardrums.

I went with my mum for Mothers Day. I have visited many other times before. Amazing service. Extremely kind employees. Delicious food and drinks. Would recommend.

Just stopped in for a quick drink. My Punk IPA was good and the service was fine. Unfortunately I'm always disappointed but the lack of vegan options on wetherspoons massive menu.

Called in with a colleague. Should have checked Trip Advisor. Nice from the outside - that's it. Full of chavs of both sexes all swearing, ditto old blokes, brats running around unchecked, mountains of half cleared plates on tables, etc. UGH.

Items were missing off food order, which is no problem as this is a common mistake everywhere. I raised the error with the waitress that two meals had items missing, she apologised and said she will get them for us, but she never did. Eventually we finished our meal and left. It's a shame we were ignored like that. I raised the issue once internally, I didn't see why I had to ask again, so here's your review.

Popped in for some lunch with friends. It was very busy. Menu was quite good. I had a jacket, wife had a panini and our friend had a pizza. There are free top up of drinks. Staff were friendly and helpful. There seemed to be a good selection of beers. Food was served quickly. I could not get the app to work ;(

Disgusting breakfast. Worst I’ve ever had anywhere. Cold, dried up, tasteless rubbish. Looked like it had been on the plate a week and tasted like it.

If you want to go out for a few drinks and be treated with rudeness and indifference by the bar staff, this is the place for you! No please or thank you on both visits to the bar and coupled with a mediocre beer selection and another price rise, not a place I would ever recommend. The young bar staff need some lessons in basic customer service.

I've eaten here many many times and its always very good. I had the mixed grill this time which was absolutely delicious. Maybe the rump steak was overcooked and a bit tough but otherwise it was delicious. Great and friendly service and very quick as well.

VISITED SUNDAY 4.30pm ORDERED THE BEEF PUDDING MASH AND GRAVY! DONT KNOW HOW THEY COULD HAVE SERVED THAT TO ANYONE ! I HAD TO LITERALLY CUT THE MASH WITH KNIFE AND FORK, HARD PEAS AND THE PUD WAS NEARLY COLD WITH THICK LUMPY GRAVY !!!! IT WAS THE WORST MEAL I HAVE EVER HAD WHEN EATING OUT. DID COMPLAIN BUT AS I HAD EATEN SOME OF IT IT COULDNT BE REPLACED. WONT BE EATING THERE AGAIN

Just to let you know, as they dont let dogs in,they have now changed their policy, As of friday mice are allowed to run freely around the conservatory, unchallenged, we spotted one as we were haveing a meal, needles to say wont be going back.

As usual, I had very friendly and extremely prompt service. I placed my order on the app and within 1 minute my drinked arrived from Casey. What a lovely friendly lady she is. I have to say that a buy called Andy was (as usual) working really hard. What an example he is. Thank you everyone...I will be back very soon. Ian.

HORRIBLE, waited age for food and pint took over 15 mins to come and food was not eatable, all bunt and cold and complained but staff just shrud shoulders. All day brunch cold and beans no sauce,eggs like a brick and bacon burnt to a cris0 and like leathers and still can taste horrible bunt taste after 7 hours. AVOID

Ok place to eat but I have found better wetherspoons on my travels. Not saying I wouldn't go as you do get a reasonable priced meal but it wouldn't be my first choice if in the area.

Went to the Sir Nigel Gresley for Mother’s Day and my 70th Birthday breakfast with my family, the breakfast was cold, bacon thin and hard, eggs very hard and burnt. No atmosphere, coffee station filthy, carpets needed hoovering, tables dirty. The hole of the pub needs a deep clean. Will not be going there again 😡

The mixed grill was very overcooked. Probably from sitting under heat lamps. The rump was paper this and very tough. Not impressed at all.

Orded two gourmet 8 ounce sirloin steaks which includes a steak sauce in the price. The bar person said that their were no sauces available Charged me the full price. Why couldn't I have a discount of £1.35 per meal as that is the price...

I went in for breakfast, they have a piece of paper that you turn over to the green side when you want service and red when you don’t require service. I turned it over to the green side and the gentleman on the bar came...

So my friend & I, and my daughter who is an employee of WETHERSPOONS , GLOUCESTER FOR 3 YEARS) Visited this evening, we ordered food & drinks which came quickly, however we were asked for ID for my daughter who is 21 (2 years younger...

On my arrival at this establishment I had to clear my own table. Most other places especially at the minute the tables are cleared and wiped down before you are allowed to sit down not here! I had checked on the app hours before we...

Walked in and the place was untidy, dirty dishes piled high on the tables, no track and trace to be seen,staff ignoring customers, standing abot chatting, we had to clear our own table, judging by other reviews? Its living up to its reputation. Of haveing...

Well, usually the food and service here is acceptable for the price you pay but for some reason today almost everything was pretty poor. Arrived and the table needed cleaning; we had to request that then ordered the food via the app to maintain safety...

my first time to this place and it was disgusting , dirty !!! food was ok for the price ....staff looked dirty with dirty uniforms . the lady that collects plates with a bun , curly hair gave that many dirty looks to customers and a smile would crack her face made the place even more poor ...... will not be going back to this place again

Popped in for a drink and found out it was a curry night. We'll who could say no. Curry and a pint for less than £7...... A v sides too. Service was good, staff friendly, food good and choice of beer excellent.

I've been here quite a few times with my friends. The food is very good for the price, and the refillable hot drinks mean you don't have to spend much money to keep you going all night! Ordering on the Wetherspoon app is quick and...

Just had a breakfast eggs were cold solid and like rubber hardly any beans and when brought me new eggs they were as bad

First time visit to the town and the pub today Friday 22nd november 2019. we were passing thro the area which i am abit familiar with and stopped for a coffee. Was looking for a Costa but came across this Wetherspoon pub and we do...

Arrived tonight for the steak night at 19.00 and found there was no steaks left or the fish was told the only choice was chicken or the gammon left in disgust

You really cannot go wrong with a Weatherspoons, tasty food, huge selection of food and drink, and their restaurants are placed in some of the most interesting buildings in the UK. Whether you fancy a Pizza, Curry, Burger or just a salad, the food is...

Given very favourable experiences in equivalent Wetherspoons establishments in Burton-on-Trent and Lichfield, our encounter with the Nigel Gresley was very disappointing. Two of us ordered a curry (Thursday is 'curry day'), which turned out to be 'very average'. My wife had a jacket potato, which...

Toilets awful as per usual not been checked for four hrs floor swimming no toilet paper bin overflowing with dirty nappies why is the whole establishment allowed to use disabled /baby change toilets

Delicious food served quickly. Pub quite noisy as very busy but couldn't complain about the meal. Prices of food and drink are excellent.

Food is great and staff are always friendly and helpful, the downside is that the atmosphere in there isn't always great though unfortunately.

Popped in for a quick pint, and was impressed with the great offers available. Definitely cheapest place in Swad for a drink.

Badly need of refurbishment,dreadful state of toilets and furniture within pub, ongoing issues with bad workmanships inside and outside the property.Sad but could be the flagship of Swadlincote.

Called in for drinks with friends on a Saturday night, staff seemed more intent on messing about between themselves than treating customers correctly.

Great place for a few drinks with friends, its the cheapest place to drink in the area at £2.15 for a pint of real ale.

Food, yes - Pub grub. Cheap. Good selection of beers. Service is good/prompt. Go in, order on app, staff member arrives and delivers drink/food. So that’s good, no queuing.

Went inside only once. Food poor. Would not go back. Lot's of regulars appear to spend all day there. Not my kind of pub.

Ordered it came and the mash potatoes were crusty and hard sent it back and a new one came exactly the same so sent that back got a refund so please do not order that

Came to the restaurant Sunday around 2pm for a quiet drink whilst walking the dogs. Me and my partner sat outside with our two dogs, he went in to get us some drinks and then came back out again. About 20 minutes had passed and a lot of people had complimented us on our dogs and fussed them, all of a sudden the Shift Manager came out and informed us that we weren’t allowed our dogs on the premises and if we were to sit outside then we needed plastic cups. Nowhere outside were there any signs to state we were not allowed our dogs and that if we were to sit outside then we would need plastics cups nor was my partner informed at the bar. When my partner asked if we should drink up and leave we were answered with a yes. Never have I known a pub/restaurant in England not allow dogs outside, in fact quite a few pubs allow your dogs inside! We live nearby and we will never return to this establishment after the way we were treated!

Come here for mothers day breakfast good service breakfast quite nice once the no beans mixup had been resoved had to sit in bar because it was busy with families with squealing kids 21 pound with drinks good value for money

Early evening very quiet . Good atmosphere with England doing well at the rugby Good selection of ales and lagers . Will call again.

I have used the disabled toilet in the pub as I have a radar key. I find really helpful as you have room to move around and it’s private, or at least I thought it was. Someone tried to come in while I was inside and I carried on, but to my amazement and shock they managed to get in with their key.

Came for a vist 13th feb with my partner as i was in the area for a few days.

I went in for lunch with some friends after being told how nice this place was so we decided to give it a go. How wrong were we, we had to send our food back and after conplaining we were offered a replacement meal but even that was cold so we ended up deciding to leave our food and go elsewhere i wouldnt recommend this place at all cheap beer and food but the standards are awful.

Food poor, cold, not what I ordered, salad look like it was dead and very over done considering the food only needs warming up.

Children have to vacate the premises at 8.00pm but due to our food arriving late my grandchild was still eating her food at 8pm and suddenly Andy the bar man approached our table and shouted out loud over numerous tables and customers to "can we get out its 8pm" and walked away. On this I approached the bar and said to the manager Rob Winterton that we had been asked to leave because it was 8pm and my grandchild was still eating and his rarely was "get out or you will be banned" so I asked for a refund and his reply was "right your banned from this pub and if you don't get out ill make one phone call and have you put in hospital". I have emailed numerous amounts of complaints to the wetherspoons head office but no one can be bothered to reply.

Been going here since I was a teenager. Good for cheap drinks at the weekend and most recently food for brunch with friends and babies! Can’t knock the food or service You get what you pay for and the locals are friendly.

Well done Wetherspoons Swadlincote,

As a regular customer I've seen the quality of food being served from the kitchen is not what it should be.Yesterday, off the chicken club deal I ordered chicken breast and salad.

Visited day after Boxing Day for curry night. 5 empty beer pumps. Order 2 jalfrezi’s but only had one left. Heard other tables complains about missing items. Visited Friday and had no diet tonic. Had spiced rum instead. Went to get another and that had run out.

The food I ordered was under cooked and when I complained they took the food away without offering a refund and then brought it back burnt.i asked to speak with the manager and he sent a bar tender to deal with the complaint.I then demanded to speak with the pub manager who eventually came to see us and was very rude and asked us to leave with no refund for the inedible food.Food is awful, staff are rude and need retraining and the management are a joke

I come here every week but getting really fed up now with the standard of food and lack of choice.

The foods not the best and service very slow. Not very inviting and the tables need a good clean. Slow at cleaning the after someone has left.

I use this pub regularly most weeks and have found the staff generally helpful and pleasant, the food and drink very good, and at a very reasonable price, unfortunately the level of cleaning is not of the standard that weatherspoons should be aiming for, tables are left with dirty plates etc, and left uncleared for to long, and when they are cleared food that is left lying on the table is swept on to the carpet,and not cleaned up, maybe some staff training is required on general hygiene and house keeping is required, and possibly a hoover purchasing,

Well to start it seemed everything I was asking for off the menu they did not have in . It was dinner time no excuses . The food I did have was a terrible undercooked mess. Will not go again ! Wetherspoons crap food and warm beer !

My wife and I have used "the Gresley" twice recently with the aim of having a quick breakfast - this despite my having said previously that I would never eat breakfast there again. I should have stuck to my promise to myself.

My partner and I are regular customers and have always found the food to be excellent,we always recurve a warm and friendly welcome from the staff and there's a nice selection of beers and spirits

We always use the "Sir Nice" as a place to meet friends and to have a few drinks before we eat out. We have eaten at the pub and the food is good standard pub food, but we mostly use it for pre-drinks. The beer selection is wide and great value.

Just been to the Sir Nigel Gresley in Swadlincote and had the 14 oz rump steak while the wife had mediterranean vegetable lasagne.

having living in swadlincote for the last couple of years I haven't been to this pub much only because it's not that close to where we live and I'm not much of a drinker I have had breakfast there and it was really nice had a bit of wait but that didn't matter staff are friendly and polite and they have a good selection of beers etc well worth a visit for the local people of the town

Pub quite busy for mid afternoon on a Wednesday. Me and my son ordered some food. It came in around ten minutes and it was very nice. Staff were friendly. It was nice and clean in there.

The fourth and last branch of Wetherspoon for 05 June brought me here as my ticket covered bus travel within Derbyshire also, and although Swadlincote has a railway line through it, it is for freight trains only. I had just ten minutes here but it is extremely convenient for the bus station being literally at the back of it. It is named after the designer of the world's fastest steam locomotive, the Mallard. A swift last half pint later and back on the bus to Burton it was.

Maybe the manager should think about another career as he clearly isn't happy in his job his attitude towards customers is disgusting sitting on his phone talking to customers like they are something on the bottom of his shoe we left our breakfast which was actually nice but ruined by his appalling attitude I pity the other very friendly staff that work very hard there

What can you say but a Wetherspoon chain pub. Food usual biol in the bag / microwaved stuff ,but adequately served and prepared .

OK, it's not the best Wetherspoons i've eaten in but it's normally good, the steaks and burgers are great as are the curries, the chicken dishes always seem a bit on the dry side, also the batter on the fish could do with being a bit lighter, on the whole though very good value.

Called at Swaddy on a random ramble really and having bought a lovely pork pie and some local cheese in the Market square I saw the Nigel Gresley and decided to have a late lunch. Good service, nice food, pleasant atmosphere and a pint of Monty Python IPA which on its own would have been £2.09! wow!

Visited this evening for curry night! The waitress was absolutely clueless, she didn’t know what she was attempting to serve was it tikka masala or jalfrezi? All she did was keep apologising, surely you have staff training! Also ordered two of the new pitchers it was a pity you didn’t have the chambord to complete the pitcher!

This pub is great and mostly always visit when we meet the family but it all depends on the staff on the day, can be rude, service slow, they serve the locals before you even though they no you been there longer (pass 3 visits). But the pub itself is nice

Its the daily offers of cheap drinks with the meals that draw the customers in, the food is what it is, cheap bar meals, presentation is not good at all but if the food is cooked correctly and i'm not ill after eating it then I would continue to eat there. Generally good bar service with polite members of staff and a good atmosphere

We do tend to gravitate to the nearest Wetherspoon when in a new area. If it's OK, we go back when next in town. We know what's on the menu and that there will be a good range of drinks. The Nigel Gresley has seen us several times so we're certainly happy with the place. It has had an extensive range of real ales and excitingly, ciders on draft each time we've been there and breakfast is always good fresh fare.

Although the exterior of the pub looks decent, there is nothing special about The Sir Nigel Gresley whatsoever. I would only recommend this to people who are only concerned with the price or drinks (although the range isn't bad either), otherwise you are best looking elsewhere.

Used to enjoy the benefits of the choice of visiting ciders available. Cracking prices as usual and benefit of trying different ones. However now told that was due to recent cider festivals. No problem limited choice but think ive only got anout a dozen to go at.

The food I ordered was under cooked and when I complained they took the food away and then brought it...

This Wetherspoon's got the nod for today's meal after having read a few of the previous reviews!! Yes there were...

Visited tonight (Thursday) for curry night, went to bar and started to order and was told no naan breads, garlic...

Look bright and and airy from outside. Popped in for coffee. Sat in conservatory. Very confused as they wanted you to download an app to order (had this in McDonalds too ). I ordered at bar, they were not busy but service was slow. Coffee good and you can get free refills. Ordering by an app at you table might be good when I get used to it.

Waited 25 minutes for it and came eggs were both hard and cold tomatoe cold and so was the mushroom and the butter had melted and went everywhere. It's not the first time this as happened and the manager he doesn't give a damn I may get banned for reporting this but never mind be weary.

Fish and Chips ( real Cod ) hand dipped and freshly made with a pint for less than 7 quid. I had bread and butter and I was stuffed. Very good value. Speedy, friendly service. When can I go again?

Hemos comido aquí dos veces recientemente. Cada vez que me han servido por un personal cortés y la comida ha llegado rápidamente y ha sido realmente delicioso. Obviamente no es cordon bleu, pero es una comida estupenda para el precio. Las dos veces que me he sentado en la amplia zona de estar al lado del bar. Es luminoso y espacioso.

Como la mayoría de los pubs weatherspoon este tenía un buen ambiente lleno de un personal amable, con una gran selección de bebidas en una ubicación privilegiada.

I took my two children aged 16 and 8 here during xmas week so it was very busy. We had a meal here and it was good. Clean place and good friendly staff. Would come again for a meal.

My wife and I have until now visited the “Gresley” for breakfast regularly – rude not to as its a short stroll from home and right in the High Street shopping area.Its OK for a pub although I have seen previous posts including the chilli theme night when they'd run out of chilli - but up to now our experience has been acceptable despite the odd “ we've run out of eggs” which is possibly reasonable for a fry-up but not when your Eggs Benedict come in a sealed pack from the food suppliers and the whole thing just needs warming through.However, I've now come to the end of my tether and will use alternatives in the area in future (I've been recommended to Sainsbury's cafe). My smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel was as dry as a bone; the bagel itself probably at least a couple of days past its sell-by and even the cream cheese was dry and grainy, and my wife's fresh fruit selection and Greek yoghurt and honey with toast ended up as two slices of cold, dry toast after a first visit from a waiter informed her that they had no apple, a second visit had the waiter delivering a bowl containing just sliced banana and a third visit saying they'd run out of yoghurt and honey.Yes – she told him where to deposit his soggy bananas and slice of dry toast.

My partner and I visit this place on a regular basis, at least every 2 weeks for a couple of drinks and some local colour! The drinks are cheap, the food is prepared and I suspect partially cooked elsewhere but adequate. The best thing about it is the entertainment provided by the locals; that's if you can put up with the incessant swearing mainly from the group of drunk beer bellies who seem to monopolise the area by the door, inside and out. The staff are good and there is never much of a wait to be served, the décor is old and tired and needs updating and there is a strong smell emanating from the disable toilet which, by the ways seems to be used by most of the regulars. The are better establishments close by!

This is a Wetherspoons pub. The menu is large and there is plenty of choice. The Curry night on Thursday is great value with a free drink. I had a steak and chips with onion rings. It was very good value.There are a variety of beers and the staff know about them and can recommend something for you.

Went for the curry night and ordered two Currys, everything arrived and was hot and tasty! However there was no chutney, how can you possibly have poppadoms without chutney! I asked the duty manager why they couldn't have just gone to supermarket and bought some chutney, his reply there was nothing left in budget for chutney as it had all been spent on salad! Poor stock control and poor communication caused this problem! Sort yourselves out Swadlincote Wetherspoons!

What it says on the tin - £6 for chicken chips and a pint, you can't go wrong. I've eaten the specials in here four nights a week on some occasions, and it is always a great bolthole when you can't be bothered cooking.

We go every week for Steak Night and it's a typical Wetherspoons. Can't argue with the prices, some weeks the food can be very good and some weeks it can be below average- but all in all not bad for a cheap and cheerful meal.

Due to being unable to go upstairs to the toilet due to health issues I was sent to the disabled toilet. On entering, the toilet seat was raised and the surrounding floor was wet with urine. When putting the toilet seat down i found dry excrement stuck to the back of the toilet seat. I told the bar tender about this and he said he would get it checked. He told a colleague to go and check. He never once apologized. We were going to have a meal but this put us off.

A nice friendly pub. Staff work really hard and keep a tight ship. Never had a bad visit here at any time of day.

If all you want is a cheap burger and a pint then this the place.Most of the meals are frozen and ready prepared, tables left dirty for quite some time

Live locally and go fairly regularly as it's a cheap and cheerful night out. It's a wetherspoons chain pub but in fairness to them the young staff are generally very friendly and up for having a laugh, the drinks are (as in every Wetherspoons) cheap but decent brands as they do follow trends. Food is very good value and verges rom edible to quite nice depending who is cooking. It's by no means silver service but frankly if a sommelier turned up at the table in the town of swadlincote (which is a lovely towm btw and where i grew up, but ex mining / industrial so speaks it mind) it's quite possible someone would think he was trying to steal their purse and knock him out. I've no complaints overall and will keep going.

Every time I'm in swad I have a nip in very good never had a bad meal or pint, only problem is the toilets are up stairs

We had a full English with coffees very good price and service very good too. Will call in again when next in the area for another breakfast

This is a Wetherspoons pub. The food is supplied from the standard menu and is usually cooked quite well. The surroundings are very basic in both clientele and seating areas....

We picked this particular Spoons out as part of the way home between a day out in Market Bosworth's Battlefield Line heading back to North Notts on the A38. And keeping the rail theme going, The Sir Nigel Gresley was just about on the route home. Ideal then for stop for a Sunday Lunch of sorts and to tick off another Spoons as visited.There doesn't appear to be anywhere nearby to park nearby as the most of the town centre is pedestrianised and CCTV'd without any gratis towards late evening or weekend parking so we opted for the civic car park down the hill some 100 yds away - not great for the hard of walking.So the upper echelons of the pub chain still won't admit that doing away with the traditional Sunday Lunch in favour of all day breakfasts has been a sure fire winner but the new menu suggests steak and eggs are on now. Getting there as concessions go!I'd checked Tripadvisor about the pub before going and found mixed reviews. Suffice to say that when we got there late on a Sunday afternoon, the pub was less than a quarter full with the majority, possibly the locals and regulars, up at the sunnier end of the pub or outside in the smoking area. We easily found a clean and tidy table amongst the many empty ones at the back end of the pub.There were no numbers on the tables so I'm guessing this will be a lottery nightmare should the pub get busy. We go for fish and chips but they aren't available; however the steak pie and chips deal is on and its far cheaper instead. The beers appear well kept and the meal soon comes along with an extra gravy as ordered. Bottom line then, a neutral review with nothing particularly good or drastically bad worthy of a mention. Would have to see it on a say, Friday night to get a fairer perception. In the daytime it's light and airy and the decor seems recent compared to some other less salubrious spoons encountered over the years.So we've pencilled it as a possible returner if we're ever in the area again.

Go here most weeks for steak night. Amazing value. Sirloin steak and real ale for less than £7!!! Before frequenting this Weather spoons I had long since given up trying to get a steak at a Weather spoons that as edible let alone good. However, here the steak is really good cooked as requested, not grisly, with excellent service. Fantastic value.Also quite often go as a family of 9 or more with grandkids. Always good service and the food is good for what you pay. Great for kids.