The best restaurants in Astwood Bank and Feckenham Redditch West Midlands

They need to work on their welcome. Being stood at the bar, waiting to be acknowledged for our restaurant booking, with several servers coming-and-going at the bar and till - and ignoring us - is not nice. It simply needs a “hello, someone will be with you shortly”. The food was mostly nice, albeit we didn’t think the starters were particularly good value. The chicken supreme wasn’t creamy, like it traditionally is but still enjoyable. I’m being polite here; that was simply not chicken supreme: I like the idea of them changing their menu (assuming they do this), but having something online - either their website or social media - that gives more clues than a “sample menu” would be nice. Would only take two minutes to load the days printed menu online. Service at the table needs a few refining points - there appeared a pie on the menu, what was this today? We had to ask for wine lists. It’s not the cheapest place to eat, felt like we were doing more than our fair share of the work. We’ve left very similar feedback before - service here is not what it should be.

Good friendly service and good tasty food Every time I’ve had a take away my there has been no concerns order spot on . But last 3 times I have been when I have got home it’s not the order I have asked for you Need to be careful with your orders… I’ve paid for king prawns in the past and have been given chicken ! Just making you aware

My friend and I went for a last lunch here today as The Forest has been sold and closes tomorrow. It will be much missed as it’s always had wonderful food, atmosphere and very friendly and professional staff. Hopefully the new owners can match the current standards. It’s main problem is that it’s position on the high street means that it has difficulty picking up passing trade as it’s easy to drive past while looking for the entrance and it’s a fair way before you can turn round! So, good luck with trying to solve that puzzle. So, we’re going to try the sister restaurant, The Chequers at Crowle...