The Windmill Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Great menu, great service and lovely atmosphere."
• "Six of us enjoyed a great evening of well kept and maintained drinks, beers that tasted like nectar and food that was cooked perfectly all backed by exceptional service."
• "Jane and her team provided exemplary service."
• "Service from staff was gracious both front of house and bar."
• "Very professional and friendly staff."
• "Friendly and attentive service."
• "The service was good and the lady hostess was very accommodating."

Cons:

• "Service and food was absolutely appalling from start to finish."
• "Really, really disappointed with both the food and the response to us not being happy with what we were served."
• "Waited an hour to be noticed by any waiting staff."
• "Very disappointed by our experience this lunchtime. No service outside whatsoever."
• "The point was raised with the staff, nothing, the point was then raised with the manager who basically blamed my palette and refused to accept any responsibility."
• "Served by a younger guy who seemed just as harrassed as the older guy.... He had trouble finding the correct change and snapped at an middle aged female member of staff."
• "If there was one thing that could have been done differently, it would be that trying to get someone to bring the bill at the end of the night was a little challenging....."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was fab and good value and as a whole we really enjoyed the experience."
• "Absolutely fantastic food (portions were really big, how can they afford it in these days?!), great atmosphere and service."
• "Quality fish 'n' chips, light fluffy crispy batter around a tasty bit of fish. How it should be done 👌🏻"
• "One of the Best meals I have ever had."
• "Chicken and mushroom pie, came with greens and lush cabbage, red wine gravy and perfect chunky chips that soaked up the gravy perfectly."
• "The lamb and mint burger was amazing...😍"
• "The food was really lovely, fresh, looked great & was really tasty."

Cons:

• "The meals weren't as good as they have been in the past."
• "The pork, again was tasty, but such tiny, fatty slices x 2 that the main meal was vegetables."
• "Food was dreadful left most of it."
• "The lamb shank was inedible as the jus was sickly sweet."
• "Sorry your food is sub standard and over priced."
• "The vegetables were the main meal quantity wise and so heavily salted as to be like drinking sea water."
• "Food quality very poor."

Ambience and Location

Pros:

• "Lovely building, beautifully kept gardens for sitting outside."
• "Clean and nice decor."
• "The food was lovely, the beer garden was huge and had parasols up as it was baking hot."
• "Great garden area lovely place to sit and enjoy the sun!"
• "Fantastic beer garden especially when the sun is shining."
• "There are several large outdoor spaces in the lovely gardens with plenty of room between the tables."
• "Lovely little pub up in the hills a bit, got a good view into Manchester and a nice beer garden."

Cons:

• "Not easy to get to is my only gripe but well worth finding a little gem."
• "The pub itself is nice and cosy, spacious and in a lovely location with plenty of parking available. Unfortunately the food side of things let us down massively."
• "Just returned home from a terrible meal at the Windmill."
• "It sells itself as a gastropub but in reality it's standard pub food, albeit perhaps a little bit more adventurous: fine dining it isn't."
• "Nice surroundings but expensive for what we received."
• "Visited the windmill potentially for a meal. decided against it as the loud, foul mouthed boys club at the bar didn't really encourage one to stay longer than necessary."
• "The problem was the food which was distinctly average."

Value

Pros:

• "The food was fab and good value and as a whole we really enjoyed the experience."
• "Inexpensive."
• "Well worth the small amount extra you would pay for food in other pubs every now and again."
• "Price was more than acceptable for the food, environment and level of service."
• "Reasonably priced menu."
• "Amazing value for money too!"
• "Very reasonable prices too."

Cons:

• "Being charged £1 for a splash of soda water in a spritz!"
• "Overpriced food tho which is a shame. It's not a gastropub. It's a normal pub menu."
• "But to pay an extra £5 on top of the meal for the service charge was a sting."
• "Sea Bass meal was very good and flavourful but only 1 small fillet, which was not good for £15!"
• "Food was delicious but quite pricey and no smaller options for dinner."
• "Sorry your food is sub standard and over priced."
• "Nice surroundings but expensive for what we received."