The Midway Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Stockport

Address: 263 New Bridge Ln, Stockport, SK1 2NX, United Kingdom

Phone: +441614802068

Rating: 4.5
based on 214 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Beautiful food I had steak amazing my husband had the curry best ever manchester tart to follow for me beautiful apple pie and custard for hubby beautiful."
  • "The food was lovely had starter, main and pudding."
  • "The food was top notch and very reasonable."
  • "Excellent meal of Asian Spiced Duck on a nest of filo pastry with salad."
  • "The food was excellent as before but my homemade pie had a long black hair in it."
  • "The food was lovely and the staff were great."
  • "The food as always was fabulous and the service was excellent - we love the food here and it is always hot."

Cons:

  • "Worst steak I have ever had...1/2 was just about edible."
  • "It was probably the worst Sunday lunch I have had."
  • "Ordered small fish and chips, batter was soggy and not crispy."
  • "The chicken was so dry it was hard to swallow while the beef was grey and pre-sliced."
  • "The Lasagne was typical of a Micro meal from farmfoods."
  • "The food was exceptionally poor, ordered chicken and stake combo and the chicken was HALF the size of my palm."
  • "Sunday lunch (meat trio) was disgusting...roast potatoes were that hard we couldn't eat."

Service

Pros:

  • "Staff were very attentive and friendly."
  • "Service and staff on other hand were great as usual."
  • "Waitresses were excellent."
  • "The staff are friendly and helpful."
  • "The staff are polite, courteous & efficient."
  • "Staff very pleasant and professional."
  • "The staff are so friendly and look after so well."

Cons:

  • "We then waited quite a while for service, I would estimate over ten minutes."
  • "We were waiting ages to receive our meals."
  • "The waitress did not ask if any of our food was ok in the area we were seated."
  • "Service has been confusing for some time, table service but not enough staff to cope."
  • "The service was awful 4/5 staff stood chatting behind the counter while we waited 20 minutes after receiving menu to order desserts."
  • "Very slow service and as we had young children they became restless."
  • "Sadly had a very long wait for food (nearly an hour from ordering)."

Ambiance and Decor

Pros:

  • "Lovely venue, will definitely return."
  • "Nice, modern, but pleasant decor inside."
  • "Lovely indoor/outdoor eating facilities."
  • "This is a nice bright, warm and welcoming pub."
  • "The pub is decorated lovely throughout and toilets spotless."
  • "Great food and good atmosphere."
  • "A lovely warm atmosphere and plenty of parking, with an outside eating area."

Cons:

  • "Fantastic function room downstairs with private outdoor space, half open and half under cover... Dropped a star just due to surrounding area, not very picturesque."
  • "It's a busy pub where you're sat extremely close to the next table."
  • "Lacks any kind of atmosphere."
  • "The outside seating area was clean and attractive."
  • "The atmosphere is warm and welcoming."
  • "The atmosphere is nice enough."
  • "It has a very cosy feeling."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Reasonable prices for the quality and quantity of food on offer."
  • "It's a bit expensive but you get what you pay for."
  • "Prices are at the high end for pub food - steaks from £14, and wines start at £16 a bottle, but it's very much a cut above pub food generally."
  • "The prices are very reasonable."
  • "Competitively priced considering the quality of food, you won't be disappointed."
  • "Great value, generous servings."
  • "They really have managed to hit the perfect cost vs enjoyment balance with this establishment."

Cons:

  • "Lovely place, nice staff, good service, good food, can be a bit expensive family of 8 came to nearly £300 + 20% service charge which is automatically put on your bill."
  • "Meal was fine but tapas were over priced and poor, food and drink over priced."
  • "It's just too expensive. To spend over £10 on 2 pints in Stockport the beer has to be exceptional."
  • "Only downside....price of drinks... pint of strongbow and vodka & fresh orange for over £10."
  • "Food and drink over priced."
  • "Had the sea bream - nicely cooked, but portion was very small and poor value for money."
  • "Bottom line NOT value for money."

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