"The venue is beautiful and the perfect setting for an intimate wedding ceremony."
"Definitely worth travelling to."
"What an absolutely fantastic night- I honestly could not fault a single aspect of it!"
"Nice country pub feel inside."
"Very nice place, understand the reasoning for the parking cameras and very easy to deal with."
"Visited the Merlin on Saturday after a long walk. It was our first visit but we'll definitely be back. Lunch was delicious and service was faultless."
"The ambience was nice and chilled, the music playlist was good and the decor is nice."
Cons:
"Pleasant staff but garden requires a bit of upkeep, weeds everywhere and outside chairs aren't the safest, beware!"
"And speaking about elderly you should do a Risk Assessment of your car park area and you will realize it’s unsafe to use after dark."
"This place has gone right down hill... Overall we were extremely disappointed and won't be returning."
"The place is now looking decided Tired."
"The outdoor ‘atrium’ area wasn’t comfy and is grubby (dogs allowed too) so dine inside if you can."
"The decor was tired and tatty, curtains not hanging properly, paint worn off the doors leading to the toilets."
"Inside the decor was scruffy, and it felt a little tired. I had the half-chicken but my food was overcooked."
Food Quality
Pros:
"Surprisingly good food."
"Excellent food waiting staff are polite."
"The crab linguini and gambaretti pizza are fantastic."
"We ate here, I had ribeye steak, one of the best I've had. Absolutely delicious!"
"Every one of us had a fantastic meal."
"The food was one of the best I had for months."
"The food was excellent, the staff were lovely and unobtrusive."
Cons:
"The food is very average and simple is a mild description. No creativity, no fresh ingredients and no sinergy in flavours."
"They had some issues in the kitchen. Bland and overcooked food which took ages to come."
"Fish and chips were greasy and for some reason they batter and fry the fish with the skin on which just tastes odd."
"The lamb main was disappointing (overcooked, missing and wrong items on the plate)."
"The meat was raw, we attempted to eat the meat & struggled to even cut it."
"Was disappointed with my curry, tasty enough, not really enough sauce, quite a small portion."
"The quality of the food was very basic and bland."
Service
Pros:
"Amazing service and the team couldn't be more hospitable in catering for a bridal party of around 16 people."
"James and Brad on the bar were fantastic and really helpful."
"Beautiful meal at the Merlin today. Food was excellent, service from Ciara was attentive and friendly."
"Need to mention my server Oceane as she was an excellent waitress and very chatty and attentive."
"The service was slick and the food hot and delicious."
"Food and service was very good staff very attentive and constantly making sure everything was ok."
"The staff, building & food were faultless."
Cons:
"Male bar tender was rude, said there was no service charge added to the bill until I checked and there was a service charge over £70."
"Waited a few minutes for someone to actually greet us, eventually a young guy came over and very abruptly asked us what we were waiting for."
"Manager made an odd comments twice when we asked pay separately as we were in a large group."
"Service overall could /should have been better, we had a room to ourselves, 25 adults plus children, food delivery wasn't professionally coordinated."
"Service is quite slow."
"The only criticism would be that we didn't get asked if we wanted more drinks nor if everything was okay."
"We had to ask for drinks a number of times repeatedly."
Value & Pricing
Pros:
"Stayed overnight for one night. Excellent value & we had a huge room & very spacious bathroom."
"Very pleasant stay.ans great value."
"We felt we got a great amount for the price."
"Relatively inexpensive (for Alderley Edge)."
"The rooms themselves were priced very reasonably."
"More expensive than we would usually go for but the delicious meal was worth it."
"The food and menu on offer is brilliant. Well cooked, imaginative and a friendly speedy service."
Cons:
"Lovely meal but slightly disappointed as we ordered from Sunday dinner menu and we were charged full price for each course instead of £19.95 for two courses."
"All in all I won’t be going back - about £124 not well spent!"
"If you are going to be paying over £40 for lunch it should be a good lunch with good service. This was not."
"Value for money was poor which was disappointing when our group was very large."
"Not worth the money we paid for it and left wishing we had stayed at home."
"Overall overpriced for me and unfortunately can cook better myself but fancied a treat."
"Buyer beware.... Just received £85 fine for parking at The Merlin."