The Windmill Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Great menu, ample portions of quality food in a friendly, relaxing, clean and nicely decorated venue."
• "The plant-based menu was varied and all the options we 3 vegans went for were delicious."
• "Food was really lovely, perfectly cooked meats and tasty starters."
• "The food was delicious, the service was exceptional."
• "All of our meals were delicious and really nicely presented."
• "The food here is always tasty, my son loves the burger with the beef dripping sauce and he says their squid is the best they just get it right."
• "The food was lovely and the light batter to the fish and chips was a welcomed surprise."

Cons:

• "Dry, overcooked and honestly, awful."
• "Fantastic sounding menu yet the food is sub par and prices thus majorly inflated."
• "Appaling food, with shoddly service."
• "The food was below average. Stale, cold, undercooked... Just generally a naff roast."
• "Beef was so over cooked & chewy."
• "The food being very salty and mediocre, and I expected a bit better considering the price."
• "The biggest let down was the cauliflower cheese. Terrible!"

Service

Pros:

• "The manager was so welcoming and our waitress -May -made sure our experience was perfect 👌."
• "Callum. James. Donaldson. The BEST waiter I have ever had. From start to finish, took care of us as if he was our own father!"
• "Staff were friendly and professional, especially with how busy they were."
• "We were looked after by Maddie who gave us 1st class service nothing was too much trouble so thank you."
• "The service and the place itself is warm and friendly."
• "The young lady who served us was first class. Very professional and friendly."
• "Wonderful and friendly staff from manager to waitresses exceptional service!!!"

Cons:

• "We seemed to get forgotten about ....2 hours for 2 courses!"
• "Of most note was the disappointing service from the staff."
• "Waitress not particularly attentive."
• "Service was very slow, maybe short staffed?"
• "Service sooooo slow. Ended up being served by three different waitresses!! Very poor service."
• "The service was very slow (had to wait to order drinks, then had to wait 15 mins for drinks to arrive)."
• "Service wasn’t great, food wasn’t hot (massive issue)."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Lovely atmosphere, clean and attention to detail."
• "The Atmosphere especially with the oven was cosy and welcoming."
• "A very friendly local pub!"
• "Lovely staff. Nicely decorated for the festive season and 2 roaring fires within our view."
• "The pub is so nice and cosy."
• "Cozy little pub with a lovely wood burning fireplace."
• "If you're looking for a charming and cozy pub with great food and service, look no further than this delightful establishment."

Cons:

• "Social distancing was virtually non-existent."
• "The place soulless until later when the regulars started coming for lunch and treated like royalties."
• "The carpet is badly stained which leads to questions about general hygiene if the company is content to present this image to its customers."
• "The ventilation was limited with lots of talking, laughing etc one would have thought Covid did not exist."
• "The tables were filthy. They looked as though they hadn't been wiped for days."
• "Carpets stained, chairs were filthy and the table grubby."
• "Thoughts should be given to either a new carpet or replacing it with floors that can be washed."

Value

Pros:

• "It was expensive but worth it."
• "The bill wasn't as big as expected."
• "Price 10/10 as I had a 40% discount off mains."
• "It was such a good value lunch. Three course lunch for £19.95 plus drinks."
• "The food was scrumptious. Great portions and excellent value for money."
• "Food is absolutely amazing, served quickly and with a smile on the face!!!"
• "I would strongly recommend a visit here and the food is delicious (slightly overpriced)."

Cons:

• "Overpriced too."
• "Still a lot of money."
• "Very expensive lunch. Disappointing experience."
• "Everything, and I do mean everything, was overcooked."
• "In addition paying £18 for a manufactured burger and extra for double cooked chips [which i had to make do with awaiting for the very poor replacement fish meal] almost £13 for a glass of pinot red wine [apparently high end] when 2 days earlier we'd paid £7.90 for the same size glass at a different restaurant makes it high cost to me!!"
• "Terrible experience this time. Firstly, we deliberately booked a normal menu as we were not staying for News Years Eve, but the only option was an overpriced fixed £55 menu."
• "Standard chain pub. Fairly expensive."