The Miller of Mansfield Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Best Sunday roast I've had. Best tasting menu ever."
• "The food was absolutely amazing."
• "The food quality is clearly excellent. Ingredients are world class and the recipes themselves are quite obviously yum yum yum."
• "The beef in the Sunday lunch was plentiful and perfectly cooked, good quality and full of flavour."
• "Very tasty food and a wide range of drinks at the bar."
• "The food at The Miller is exquisite."
• "Every dish was great, as was the wine pairing."

Cons:

• "The food is nowhere near as good as it used to be."
• "It's a pity that the overall quality has gone down since it's changed management."
• "Food was nice, haute cuisine style portions so not for everyone, however came out cold and ice cream came out melted."
• "The food is indeed very basic, uncared for."
• "The steak in the pie filling was tough and needed another hour of slow cooking."
• "Fish was dry, unseasoned and on a bed of what I can only call kids vegetables."
• "The food was mediocre for the prices charged."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff are excellent, always attentive and genuinely thoughtful."
• "The staff were friendly and welcoming."
• "The service was excellent and the waiter made sure we had everything we needed."
• "Really excellent food and service in a pleasant environment."
• "The entire team were very friendly and the quality of the stay was fabulous."
• "Service was really friendly and would recommend to everyone."
• "The personable service was fantastic; we were made to feel very much at home."

Cons:

• "This hotel is overpriced and under delivers."
• "The wait staff seemed a bit listless and inattentive."
• "Sadly the service is just like a family pub."
• "No attentive staff."
• "The service for the evening was awful."
• "Service was very slow and pretty mediocre."
• "Staff were friendly and well meaning but they have a lot of teenagers working there who clearly haven’t been trained at all."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "The vibe outside (chilled, busy, relaxed)."
• "Pub has lots of character and a beautiful beer garden."
• "The pub was cosy, comfortable, tables not too close together and the background music was at a perfect volume."
• "Cosy bar area with open fireplace."
• "Lovely atmosphere, too, aided by a great team behind the bar and the crackling of the open fires."
• "A really lovely establishment, with engaging, charming front of house staff."
• "Charming pub with very nice food."

Cons:

• "The noise from a group in the bar travelled directly up to our room."
• "Our room was on the small side and above the bar so a bit noisy."
• "The huge disparity between the vibe inside (dry, stuffy, boring, quiet, empty) and the vibe outside."
• "The whole area did not feel very clean."
• "Totally overpriced and I would go as far as to say the website oversells the 'charm' of the bedrooms."
• "General lack of interest in guests and customer service."
• "The man behind the bar was rude to my friend by belittling her when she was trying to order."

Value

Pros:

• "The GM of the Miller of Mansfield, Elle Land, has send me a repayment of £45.02 which is what we paid for three (or four ?) large G&Ts before departing for the wedding."
• "Went for lunch today, as always the food was wonderful and the Pinot Noir wine was great tasting and good value."
• "We had the set lunch menu which was £20 for 3 delicious courses."
• "Price was also rather good."
• "Not overpriced food quality exemplary."
• "The food in the restaurant downstairs was delicious and reasonably priced."
• "Everything was very tasty and beautifully presented."

Cons:

• "Portions are so small (when you pay £32 for sirloin you expect a decent amount)."
• "Prices are too high (£9+ for desserts, £25+ for mains, £4.50 for carrots)."
• "The menu was very limited and overpriced."
• "Drinks are expensive."
• "Brownie was average and wine poor for £35."
• "To my shock £40 was taken from my account, 3 emails, 2 calls later and now having to advise my bank to claim back the money."
• "A month has gone by and I am still no nearer getting the £40 back that the establishment owes me."

Accommodation

Pros:

• "The rooms and breakfast were lovely."
• "Rooms are well finished."
• "We absolutely loved our room; the giant bath is awesome, great amenities, clean room, super comfortable bed and a wonderful breakfast included."
• "The room was quint and cosy, the staff were very friendly and accommodating."
• "Lovely airy room, cafetiere and coffee."
• "The rooms are furnished and equipped to a high standard with quality toiletries, coffee machine, fan, lots of lamps etc."
• "Our rooms were clean and the staff were quick to provide us with requested needs."

Cons:

• "The toilets in the bathrooms are not plumbed into the mains so are macerator toilets so if someone flushes the loo in the night in a nearby room you hear a grinding mechanical loud noise which wakes you up."
• "An anniversary gift from my wife for an overnight stay in a superior double room. We both thought it was a very basic room."
• "The standard double room that I stayed in - named Larkby Thorpe - is not one I'd pick by choice as it's at the top of the building and gets very warm."
• "Room was so hot, no fan provided, had to ask."
• "The serving of vegetables is on the mean side and the Yorkshire pudding was too fatty."
• "Rooms basically well appointed and clean but need some tweaking eg radiator controls missing, curtains not closing fully."
• "The shower didn’t work and the wash basin drained very slooooooowly…"