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5 of us visited on Saturday night for a friend's birthday. Lovely friendly atmosphere in the bar, even though Wales lost the rugby, with some excellent beers on draught and some very nice Merlot. Restaurant was lovely and warm considering the monsoon outside. All main courses were served quickly by friendly staff and all were lovely. I can thoroughly recommend the gammon from the local butcher; thick and not salty. Everyone else enjoyed their meals. Couple of us had sweets and these were also lovely. And note, the pub is totally bilingual!

On previous visits I was told that if I asked, the cook could reduce cooking time on the fish by 30 seconds and had excellent fish. On 28th June I asked for the 30 second shorter cooking time but was served with dry, overcooked revolting fish. Will not eat there again.

We had a quick lunch here before the distillery tour. Wow, what a fabulous place for lunch. Lovely server, and all our dishes were delicious and felt like excellent value for money. The rarebit was Fantastic! Thank you so much 💓

A little cafe that does the job. Friendly staff and we enjoyed the veggie and regular full English breakfasts. My eggs were cooked perfectly as requested - thank you so much for that! Will return when in need of a good cooked breakfast!

My wife and I went for afternoon tea. I booked well in advance on a booking web site and requested a specific table which hasn't been a problem previoulsy. I called the hotel a few days prior to our visit to confirm they had us in the diary. On arrival people were at the table we had booked so we were seated elsewhere. Our table request was on the system but apparently ignored. There were reserved signs on other tables. When the sandwich and cake stand was brought out there were cakes on the top plate, sandwiches on the bottom plate and cream and jam on the middle plate. We only noticed this after the waiter had gone. I then had to check if the scones had been forgotten, but apprently not. You have to tell them when you are ready for the scones but they didn't inform us of that. There was no sugar on the table so with no staff visible I had to go to the bar and request it. We were asked if we wanted more drinks so my wife requested peppermint tea. Approx. 10 minutes later I had to go to the bar again and remind them. When it came to wanting the bill there were no staff visible so we went to the bar to pay as we were leaving. There was no obvious shortage of staff but there are areas of the restaurant that are out of sight of the bar where the staff seem to congregate. In my humble opinion the place just needs better managing with attention being given to the little details that make for good customer service. Hoping for a smoother landing next time.

This place can be wonderful .but it can also be average .the lobster is wonderful The steaks can be hit and miss .but I do keep returning

Came out of my way with my family to the oxford sainsbury’s cafe to get a good meal we saw on the sainsbury’s cafe menu online to turn up and see completely different! hardly selling anything just “soup” and microwaved bread basically. let alone not much food for children or vegetarians. don’t come here.

This was just perfect; very good service, very reasonable price and great food. What’s not to like? I’d recommend it thoroughly.

Visited as a couple 7 March. We were staying in the hotel. Ambience was good. The eating area could perhaps do with a bit of updating but it is fine. Menu is a mix of pub classics and more adventurous dishes. I had one of the latter as a starter, Lamb Tagine Roll with harissa mayo and smoked aubergine purée. Very good. The roll had chunks of lamb and the mayo had a kick. Tasted and presented very well. I had steak and ale pie for main. Appeared home made with real chips. Again very good Mrs W had the pork belly which she enjoyed too. We had a very nice bottle of NZ Sav Blanc as well. Very good value.

My wife and I were travelling back to the Midlands from Scotland along the A66, and after two and a half hours of driving, around half-past eight in the morning, we pulled into this café. Now, we’ve done this journey many times, and driven along the A66 countless times, but have never ventured into this eatery before. This was our loss, as the food is excellent – hot and tasty, and also so very reasonably priced, considering that you are in the middle of nowhere (£15 for a small breakfast, a Scottish breakfast, which is very large, two slices of toast and two mugs of tea). We were glad that we had stopped here, and we will definitely be visiting the café again on our journeys along the A66.

This was my first visit to Meltham Fisheries, and the staff were really welcoming and friendly. I ordered a large fish with chips & peas, the portion size was huge. Given that I had a fair distance to travel home, the staff also wrapped my meal foil so that it stayed hot. At home the meal was still hot and the potion size was huge, the complete meal was high quality and cooked in my opinion to perfection. I really enjoyed the food, especially the fish which was huge. I will certainly be visiting this shop again in the future. I cannot fault the service and quality of the food.

While it is a bit more expensive than other places we always eat here when in London. My family had the Sunday roast which was very good and not too expensive and I had the beautiful afternoon tea. It was lovely and a great experience.

Je pense que notre room service provenait de ce restaurant et à chaque fois c était délicieux , service rapide , rien à dire c était parfait

GUAU. Realmente disfrutamos de nuestra comida el martes por la noche. Llegué tarde pero el restaurante cierra a las 2 am y el bar a las 4 am. Goody ... . El nuevo menú, ahora, tiene una buena selección de todo lo que disfruté de mi curry y a mi esposa le encantó su hamburguesa vegana. La pizza también se veía muy bien, pero la próxima vez. Buena relación calidad-precio y personal muy hablador. Fácil ubicación, una vez que lo encontramos debajo del arco hacia el Hotel Imperial. Volveremos

" Gastropub " it says on their website....NEVER ! We went for Sunday lunch after reading how popular this place was on our local FB page.Not the nicest of dining areas , certainly not like their photos. Tiled floor , mis-matched furniture, more like a transport cafe for lorry drivers. The whole place is very rundown and drab , peeling wallpaper, damp patches etc. No starters available . Meat was tender and plates piled high but frozen soggy sprouts, cabbage with loads of stalk and nothing seasoned at all . Very bland .Not a good experience. We like to support local businesses but sadly won't return here. The staff were lovely but it needs a lot of money and a total revamp in order to survive . I hope it does!