Wildwood Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was absolutely fantastic, steaks cooked exactly as requested, pizza, pastas etc were superb and everyone was very impressed with the food they received."
• "The Artisan pizza was delicious, one of the best I've ever had. The quality of the ingredients was first class."
• "Main food was lovely, I got the peri peri pasta, great flavour."
• "The food is excellent."
• "The food itself was delicious."
• "The food looked incredible and was delicious, my pizza had plenty of quality toppings."
• "The food was hot, tasty and very much enjoyed."

Cons:

• "Seafood risotto all mussel shells of those not dead were broken it was gritty."
• "The courgette dish was very watery and both the spaghetti dishes both lacked flavour and looked exactly the same."
• "The kids spaghetti bolognaise was flavourless."
• "All four pizzas came out together and were absolutely superb, large and tasty, cooked really well."
• "The mains were awful, undercooked pasta. Chewy steak and meatballs…"
• "The starter I had here was underwhelming."
• "The food was average."

Service

Pros:

• "The main thing that stood out was the staff, we were made to feel so welcome."
• "Friendly and quick service brilliant atmosphere and will return for a full meal after the quality in the deserts."
• "Very well organized by the staff. Prompt to take our orders."
• "The regional manager rang and invited us back. We could not have been more happy with the service."
• "Service was brilliant and attentive."
• "The service is friendly and informal but very efficient."
• "Staff exceptionally helpful. Pre ordered as 12 of us which worked perfectly."

Cons:

• "Food was average, service was the worst I've experienced anywhere for years!"
• "Service was the worst I've experienced anywhere for years!"
• "Staff were not very attentive."
• "Waited far too long for order to be taken."
• "After this point the service was very poor."
• "Service started good but got progressively worse, servers were so task focused that they weren’t noticing that we wanted or taking and that we had no food or drink in front of us."
• "Service was shocking nobody took our order for about half an hour."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Lovely atmosphere in the restaurant and bar downstairs and the cinema upstairs was everything you could want."
• "Good ambience and the restaurant was well presented and clean."
• "This restaurant is great. Good food good atmosphere and very attentive friendly staff who cannot do enough for you."
• "Very light, open space, great social distancing and family friendly."
• "Very nice and modern interior, spacious and 'breathing' which makes you relax."
• "The restaurant was big, bright, and airy, and had some very quirky decorations."
• "The place itself is lovely and has a cosy atmosphere."

Cons:

• "AVOID *** AVOID ** AVOID ** IF YOU WANT TO GET WHAT YOU HAVE PAID FOR!!!"
• "The place was empty, just us and 1 other couple, should have been a hint but ignored it."
• "I would highly recommend avoiding this establishment in the future."
• "Because its such a large dining area it's very noisy when busy."
• "Because of so many hard surfaces inside, it does get noisy and difficult to be heard."
• "However the acoustics and music inside the venue meant I couldn't participate in conversation with our group."
• "Never have I seen such overworked and under valued staff."

Value

Pros:

• "The food was very good and value for money."
• "Movie and 3 course meals deals are available."
• "Absolutely fantastic place to eat. Good selection of starters mains and deserts."
• "It was nice to have a good meal and then see a movie all for one very reasonable price of £19.99 pp."
• "The pizza was great value, we ordered a classic (small) size and this was plenty with a portion of chips for a normal adult."
• "Price wise I felt it was fair priced at only £43 for three of us."
• "If i'd paid regular price it would been ok, but with the eat out to help out promotion it was incredible value."

Cons:

• "The food was quite expensive for what it was."
• "Food was ok, but rather expensive for the quality on offer."
• "Food was average and expensive."
• "Food was reasonably priced but drinks were extortionate."
• "The portion sizes are shocking for the amount they charge."
• "For the cost, the quality of the food was terrible."
• "Drinks slightly pricy, but comparable with restaurants elsewhere (a 330ml coke is £3.85) so for four people you are looking at £16 already."

Additional Features

Pros:

• "And hey... There is even a cinema upstairs!!!"
• "We only used the cinema, but it was very comfortable on the sofas and we loved the cosiness of the small cinema."
• "To top it all they have their very own cinema up stairs."
• "This restaurant has the unique combination of a built in Cinema."
• "There is a cinema room upstairs which they do a meal deal with which I thinks a great idea for a night out with friends."
• "They provided plastic cups for the kids, which was a great idea."
• "There is a children's menu and a children's room at the back with some toys and a film playing."

Cons:

• "Visited Wildwood today. Was greeted by nobody."
• "Awful both times we’ve been, first time bad, thought we’d give it another go even worse!"
• "Such a great idea for a kids party with food and movie afterwards, but sadly the service has let the experience down."
• "I would personally not recommend this venue for kids party."
• "Keep trying this place as I really want it to be amazing but always ends up disappointing."
• "400ml cider bottle for £6.95... beware cider drinkers..."
• "Wouldn’t return again."