Castle Barnsley Rd Wakefield Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Our food was fresh, hot and high quality."
• "The food was delicious."
• "The food was excellent served up at timely intervals, my vegetarian options did not disappoint."
• "Food was spot on and the service, smile and settings were perfect."
• "The food was fantastic, some of the best we've had for a long time (lamb and chicken, then lemon possett and sticky toffee pudding)."
• "The food was delicious, well prepared and presented."
• "The food was really good."

Cons:

• "Neither dish was inedible but they certainly were not worth the price!"
• "Food was salty, pork belly well over cooked."
• "Unfortunately the food was cold."
• "The food was very over priced, small portions."
• "The chicken I received what looked like a half chewed small leg."
• "Food was poor except for desert."
• "The beef was fatty and chewy, the roast potatoes had not been seasoned at all and were tasteless."

Service

Pros:

• "Firstly, the staff were very efficient and friendly."
• "Our server Emma was so friendly and was always smiling."
• "Serve was outstanding, one of the staff members even offered to walk our baby in the push chair to get him to sleep while we could enjoy the mains when they came out."
• "Service is excellent."
• "Staff are very polite and friendly, was made to feel welcome."
• "Service matched that of the great food and the servers going way beyond service expectations."
• "The staff are really friendly."

Cons:

• "They seemed short-staffed."
• "We were left standing at the bar for five minutes before someone decided to serve us."
• "The wait for food was so long we almost left after the starter!"
• "No soap in gents toilet, despite having waitress service for drinks, bottles and empty glasses left on table which meant little room on table for dining!"
• "We was left waiting at the bar for 10 minutes while 2 people who knew we was there ignored us."
• "Service was really friendly but also very slow."
• "Service was terrible had to ask twice for our order to be taken after waiting a long time."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Atmosphere was great and we really enjoyed the food."
• "It feels like a local country pub and the recent refurbishment has made it even better."
• "The atmosphere is amazing, the music was great, the decor was lovely and the staff were superb!"
• "The atmosphere was perfect, a nice level of music and the furniture was comfortable and the décor is really nice indeed."
• "Beautiful place with a great atmosphere and attentive staff."
• "It has a warm cosy atmosphere despite being on a main road."
• "The atmosphere is excellent with a good mix of people and the aesthetics are great."

Cons:

• "What once was a lovely place too eat is quickly going down hill."
• "We went there last night for a nice meal and the music was so loud and it was like club music, it drove me nuts."
• "Going for a quiet meal I questioned why off shift staff members were trying to 'socialise' two extremely agitated dogs right next to our table in the bar."
• "This meant we needed to sit in our coats whilst eating and even the staff were sniffling and shivering."
• "Knocked a star off because it was too hot and there was no fan or air conditioning and I had to fight flies away from my food all night!"
• "Freezing temperatures, clearly the heating wasn’t working and zero fires were lit."
• "The first things we noticed were dirty walls with old food splatters left on and dusty fixtures."

Value

Pros:

• "You can sign up to their emails for special offers."
• "Nice place, nice staff, nice food and very reasonable price."
• "We were surprised at the end of the night how reasonably priced it was."
• "We choose from the lunchtime fixed price menu 3 courses it seems really good value for the money."
• "The fixed price menus are definitely better value for money."
• "They catered fantastically when we took a pre-booked party of 10 and the prices are reasonable too."
• "Delicious - I had belly pork with scallops and my wife had lamb. Superbly cooked and not bad on price."

Cons:

• "I think that overall the food portions should have been better for the prices charged."
• "Would I recommend? Absolutely not. Save your money! Much better places for a Sunday roast."
• "Felt the food was very pricy."
• "The food was very over priced, small portions."
• "The portion sizes were extremely small."
• "Overall a lovely meal if a little overpriced."
• "For a £19 roast dinner, you would expect top notch, but it's not!!!"