The Galleon Steak House Reviews Summary

Category: Restaurant Chesterfield

Address: 48 St Mary's Gate, Chesterfield, S41 7TH, United Kingdom

Phone: +441246559065

Rating: 4.4
based on 156 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was delicious, the portion sizes were just right, presentation was good."
  • "We had one of the best steaks ever in the restaurant, it was amazing."
  • "Food is beautiful."
  • "The food was amazing, had children and fussy eaters and everyone was very happy with their meals and very full at the end!"
  • "Really good steaks, well cooked, lots of flavour."
  • "Steaks are consistently good quality."
  • "The food is fantastic, the meat is what you order."

Cons:

  • "I ordered chips with my meal, to say they were overcooked is an understatement."
  • "Halibet was very dry looked like it had been left under the grill."
  • "Although the steak wasn’t too bad, the chips were ‘RANSID’ & INEDIBLE, which I couldn’t eat."
  • "Steak was over cooked on one side, nothing to write home about, it's meat put on a fire."
  • "4 out of the 5 steaks ordered were flavourless and not at all tender."
  • "Food was meh, rocket wasn't fresh, yellow and wilted in a ball in the middle of the plate."
  • "The rib-eye steak we ordered was burnt."

Service

Pros:

  • "the staff are really friendly and will happily give you that high class feel"
  • "All the staff were attentive and friendly."
  • "The young lady who checked us in was very welcoming, friendly and helpful."
  • "All the staff had masks, were very pleasant and cleaned table as soon as they became empty."
  • "Staff were very friendly on arrival, sorry I didn't catch your name, and so very helpful throughout our evening."
  • "The staff was fantastic and also they had a very clean environment."
  • "The staff are really polite and welcoming!"

Cons:

  • "I was initially charged £5 extra for a drink that I didn’t order."
  • "Very clear they had just presumed the change was a tip! Staff turned from very attentive to blatantly ignoring us."
  • "Although I complained to the waitress at the time, she had a ‘couldn’t care less’ attitude."
  • "Took 30 minutes for them to take our order."
  • "We had to ask two waitresses for the bill and even then we were sat waiting for half an hour after we had already finished eating."
  • "staff showed no interest at all not even an apology"
  • "The service and attitude of the staff was somewhat questionable and made the whole experience rather poor."

Value

Pros:

  • "Price range extremely reasonable for such good quality food and service."
  • "Prices were reasonable."
  • "Exceptional service and amazing food for a great price and much quicker than you might expect from somewhere of that quality."
  • "The pricing is very simple and fair at £4 for any starter or dessert and £10 for the carvery itself."
  • "Great value though considering what you get."
  • "For the money I wouldn’t look anywhere else."
  • "Great value for money."

Cons:

  • "£3.65 for a lime and soda is just plain greedy."
  • "Very overpriced for the quality of the food."
  • "The quality of the steak tastes cheap."
  • "value for money I think not"
  • "Overpriced but not worth it."
  • "£7+ for 2 lime and sodas."
  • "DEFINITELY WILL NOT BE CALLING AGAIN!!!!! MASSIVELY OVERPRICED!!!!!!!"

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "The ambiance was really nice."
  • "It's a nice upmarket atmosphere without making you feel out of place."
  • "Nice ambience - lively but not too much to hold a pleasant conversation."
  • "An atmospheric restaurant with friendly staff."
  • "The restaurant itself is medium sized and atmospheric and sits perfectly with the menu."
  • "The restaurant was very clean with nice decor and music."
  • "Really nice selection of food even though it's just labelled as a steakhouse."

Cons:

  • "Atmosphere not great as it wasn't busy but it was Sunday teatime and we chose that tone because if our young children."
  • "Atmosphere not great as it wasn't busy."
  • "It's a restaurant & the prices aren't cheap so you expect it to be a good professional atmosphere, not feeling like you're in your local pub listening to a community quiz!"
  • "Bit cold inside, tho it was freezing outside."
  • "As soon as we went in the whole room was very smokey."
  • "Please note when you have an open kitchen, customers may not want to see you washing pots in filthy brown water on the way to the toilet."
  • "We did wonder how such a business would operate during the COVID-19 crisis and restrictions that need to be in place."

Accommodation

Pros:

  • "Great place to stay for a few nights away. Very clean, nice rooms."
  • "Our room was perfect."
  • "The room was massive with a huge bed, really comfortable and spotlessly clean."
  • "The rooms are so beautiful there is a large tv with Netflix and many other apps/channels free wifi, a stunning dresser gorgeous bathroom."
  • "The room was spacious and well presented the ensuite was spotless modern and spacious."

Cons:

  • "The only minor gripe I had was that the room in which I stayed faced onto the main road, which was busy all through the night."

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