The best restaurants serving British food in Haywood and Hixon Stafford West Midlands

Really good food and friendly atmosphere and helpful staff. Would definitely recommend.

Karen is great, very attentive and friendly, nothing too much trouble, steak was out of this world, would recommend 100%

An enjoyable evening meal a short walk from the wonderful Shugbrough Hall The restaurant was separate to the pub/bar side Very nice food with generous portions and a good choice. A very enjoyable visit

The cafe has gone downhill over the past few years: I live locally in the village and it used to be very clean, reasonably priced, and the staff were very friendly and welcoming. Now, cakes are priced up to £5(!) and two small pieces of dry toast cost £4.50, and tea costs £3.35 (hot water and a teabag!). The food is generally good, but it all costs about 30% more than what it is worth from this location. The Clifford Arms does a lunch just as good (and much less poncy) for a reasonable price, and is perhaps 100yds from the canal. I really regret writing this, as my mum and I used to be very loyal and regular customers of Canalside, but the prices are simply insulting: it has become a money-making scheme (not unlike the Farm Shop where a small bag of standard potatoes can set you back £3 where in Tesco you'd pay pennies). A large amount of the food is not longer even freshly made onsite. The queues are abysmally long at the weekends (the past three times I have visited I have waited in a queue (not to mention the wait on food) for at least 25 minutes - not just because of a heavy footfall, but because of slow staff and not enough staff making drinks/operating the till (but many floating around doing little). The lady on the till (who has served me several times) was snippy and condescending (apparently asking for my meal with no salad due to an allergy was too much!). Some staff are very welcoming and helpful, but not the majority. The cafe is dirty - with food and sachets over the floor, and tables often left unwiped. It smells of frying oil, and even just sitting for 20 minutes in the cafe you leave smelling of food. It is also very difficult to have a civilised conversation due to the noise - the noise cancelling clouds achieve little. I'm sorry to be writing this review. I really hope changes are made, as it used to be a wonderful spot and is obviously a beautiful site.

Visited local garden centre at Wolseley Bridge many times and eaten in the restaurant, having lunch and afternoon tea, including at Christmas. Will not be returning after experience last Friday. Drove my two neighbours there for the festive lunch and after a reasonable meal, nothing special, went to settle the bill for all of us as I had made the booking and paid the deposit. The girl on one of the two tills was trying to sort out payment from five ladies who also had made a group booking but wanted to pay separately. The system wasn't co-operating and she resorted to calling someone to help. That someone turned out to be the restaurant manager. After she figured out how to accommodate the various payments she turned to leave and I asked whether someone could please take my payment as I was not part of the other group and by this time I had been waiting patiently for about 15 minutes. She simply said they were all busy though by this time it was 2.30 pm and quiet. I asked whether she could do it herself but she said, quite rudely, that she had 'other things to do', turned and walked away. I suggested to her retreating back that perhaps her priority should be customer service but she took no notice. When finally I got to pay it took one minute. That one minute and a 'sorry' is all it would have taken to avoid this review.