The Wine Press Reviews Summary

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The atmosphere was cozy and inviting."
• "There is always a great atmosphere and usually pretty busy with bikers and walkers."
• "WOW! Great atmosphere."
• "Nice pleasant, atmosphere with great views of Hollingworth Lake either from inside or in the beer garden."
• "Nice atmosphere and although not a real log fire it did add to the ambience after a chilly day walking around the lake."
• "Perfect spot and great atmosphere with lovely people."
• "Beautiful location, overlooking the lake, people watch, see the bikes and dogs."

Cons:

• "Lacks atmosphere."
• "Such a shame, always a horrible atmosphere when the women who is on front of house is working."
• "Sadly the outdoor benches are always dirty and sticky, it’s disgusting and shameful that nobody cares about cleaning them."
• "Not really impressed, dogs inside the building."
• "Drinks expensive and there is something amiss (which I can't put my finger on) about why I don't want to eat there."
• "The experience wasn't the greatest."
• "Quite honestly the food has plummeted down hill and should come with complimentary Rennies to help with the heartburn you get after eating so much salt."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff was incredibly friendly and knowledgeable about their selection."
• "Got served well for drinks and food."
• "The service is first rate and the food is good."
• "The staff were fantastic and the food was excellent."
• "Friendly staff and table service."
• "The staff and service were absolutely amazing and catered and helped out with everything."
• "The staff were friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "The staff are shocking, I stood for over ten minutes to order food while they served people at the other end of the bar who arrived after me, I was very unhappy."
• "Didn't speak fluent English."
• "The waiter he was very awkward and made me and my partner feel very uncomfortable."
• "Waiter brought drinks and actually had the gall to argue with me about bringing the wrong drink."
• "Service was slow."
• "Service slow but staff pleasant and friendly, have had other food here hence the 4 star rating which has been good but wouldn't return for the Sunday roast."
• "Poor service on a day which wasn’t exceptionally busy."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Steak pie was also beautifully cooked."
• "Great Food Friendly Staff and not a bad price."
• "The menu is excellent and very reasonable, and the setting could not be better."
• "Cheese and onion pie was best he had had, perfect!!!"
• "Food quality is excellent and prices are reasonable."
• "All the served food was excellent, my tuna steak was cooked just about perfect."
• "The lamb roast of the day was absolutely delicious with deep fried mozzarella as the starter & portions were really generous and tasted amazing."

Cons:

• "Ordered kids meal which was sausage n mash. The sausages were burnt..the mash was a tiny spoon full I would of not bothered putting it on the plate."
• "Unfortunately food option isn't as good as company, we had to wait almost 50 minutes for simple burger with chips, and it wasn't even that good."
• "Both steaks were good quality steaks but both over cooked."
• "The cheese on the ploughmans had been cut early in the day and by the time we dined around 1.45 it was dried out."
• "Poor experience ordered vegan burger was a frozen burger from Iceland or another supermarket bun was burnt told waitress of poor experience told manager would come over !!! Didn't see sight or sound of him/her ???"
• "My meat was overcooked and was very chewy, my veg was still hard and my potatoes wasn’t cooked for long enough."
• "That was not sticky toffee pudding, no dates."