Roadchef Taunton Deane M5 Southbound Reviews Summary

Category: Rest stop

Address: M5, Southbound, TA3 7PF, United Kingdom

Phone: +447826872816

Rating: 3.7
based on 344 reviews.

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "Service staff friendly and efficient."
  • "The McDonald's service was clean, friendly staff, fast service, self service ordering or face to face."
  • "The two stars are for the staff, who work hard to make your visit worthwhile."
  • "The food tasted good and the employee called GLENN KEATES was very good."
  • "Adam, who was a lovely, polite member of staff."
  • "Staff were very helpful and friendly."
  • "Staff pleasant even tho it was fairly busy."

Cons:

  • "Costa Taunton ..... utterly amazed by how gormless the staff you employ."
  • "Service was slow, i was only buying tea, it wasn't uptil I approached the counter that one person to realise that I might be a customer."
  • "Very poor. I'm guessing that all of the businesses inside are franchises. The McDonald's experience was dreadful."
  • "Maccys staff a bit rude and awful note with really poor English grammar on all self service kiosks."
  • "Nasty very rude member of staff at McDonald's shouting at customers for failing to follow totally confused queue system."
  • "When i questioned the person serving as to lack of customer help for those waiting she looked at me blankly."
  • "The staff work hard, but are over worked and under paid so don't take it out on them."

Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Always clean and tidy, the shop here has loads of items and two Costa machines, cigarette counter."
  • "Clean and tidy inside."
  • "It was clean & tidy in all public areas with staff members emptying bins & sanitising tables & chairs."
  • "Toilets nice and clean."
  • "The place itself is pretty clean."
  • "The toilets were clean and even smelt fresh."
  • "We were travelling to Cornwall and stopped at this service station first port of call were the toilets which we found to be very good clean & tidy."

Cons:

  • "Tables all dirty, drips and food along table edges, floor filthy with food and rubbish."
  • "Toilets filthy and floor in dining hall caked in food and drink and has not been cleaned in weeks - DISGRACEFUL !!!!!"
  • "Just spent 10 mins cleaning someone's excrement off the toilet seat."
  • "The dirtiest services I have ever used..toilets were so filthy I felt grim just walking into them."
  • "So dirty, not just daily debris on the tables, but filth all over the floor, seats and high chair."
  • "Dirty loos and also the accessible ones."
  • "Absolutely filthy, never been in such a filthy services."

Facilities and Accessibility

Pros:

  • "There is always plenty of parking room at the back away from the carriageway."
  • "Plenty of parking available and easy to get in and out."
  • "Plenty of parking space with EV charging stations."
  • "Good disabled parking and good disabled toilets near the entrance."
  • "The rest of the facilities are well laid out and have good wheelchair access."
  • "Facilities ok, clean and easy to access."
  • "Plenty of disabled parking spaces."

Cons:

  • "Not as well set up as some other service stations to cope with the movement of people in the building."
  • "The electric car charging points are not wheelchair accessible."
  • "Covid measures are confusing and it's difficult to try and maintain social distance."
  • "The car charger was built with a bollard in the way, blocking the handle of the cable and stopping it plugging in."
  • "The toilets are a long walk from the car park but that's ok."
  • "Parking nightmare in the summer as like all services very expensive."
  • "The car park can get a bit crowded & some of the spaces are quite small."

Food and Beverage

Pros:

  • "The McDonald's service was clean, friendly staff, fast service, self service ordering or face to face."
  • "Good place to stop for a break. Has a Costa's for those wanting a drink. A Macdonald's if you want a quick meal."
  • "It was a great service station. They had McDonald's, Costa and much more."
  • "Plenty of food outlets, including some lesser known, we had hot dogs meals."
  • "A good selection of food here not just McDonalds."
  • "Food all-round smelt good!"
  • "Good selection of food and drink available for sandwiches, rolls and hot food etc."

Cons:

  • "The bacon was tough and obviously just warmed up for the bap and the bap fell apart as I ate into it."
  • "The bacon, beans, sausages etc. were displayed in open dishes on the counter looking very dried up."
  • "Dreadful - met there with world travelling Japanese friends. We all agreed: without doubt, the worst coffee we've ever had."
  • "McDonalds disgusting / dry and inedible."
  • "The vegetarian breakfast was horrid."
  • "Everything is closed except Macdonalds, or a sandwich from the shop."
  • "Avoid the 'Fresh Food Cafe', because everything except the lettuce is frozen."

Value and Pricing

Pros:

  • "Prices rather high but no more than you'd expect from motorway services."
  • "As motorway services go this is tidier than most."
  • "One of the best service stations on the M5 it is easy to get in and out."

Cons:

  • "Not one under £2. Also fuel pushing £1.70 per litre."
  • "Petrol prices exorbitant."
  • "Nearly everything is so expensive to buy."
  • "Parking nightmare in the summer as like all services very expensive."
  • "Everything is closed gone 10pm apart from the toilets obviously and the lil over priced convenience shop…..not exactly the services anyone is looking for."

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