The Wheatsheaf Inn Reviews Summary

Location & Accessibility

Pros:

• "Perfectly located within a mile of M6 junction 11 & just north of Hilton park services, this was easy to find."
• "Access is perfect just 1 min off M6 junction 11."
• "Great location for anyone travelling along the M6."
• "Nice pub just down from the m6 junction 11 island."
• "Great little Motorhome stopover heading south on M6."
• "Great overnight stop with our Motor home. Very convenient when traveling on the M6 Motorway."
• "Stayed the night on the large car park in our camper van. Electric hook up available as well for £5.00 if required."

Cons:

• "just a shame its tucked out the way and not in view of the road it's very easy to miss."
• "Tried to book a table rang 7 times over 3hrs no answer."
• "I have drove up on two occasions and it's been closed."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "Great staff, beautifully decorated and maintained (the pub and the staff!)."
• "Staff made me and my friend very welcome and offered to show us around the other part of the pub."
• "Staff were polite and friendly."
• "staff were great,helpful and polite."
• "Waitress Julie Was very attentive knowledgable of the menu and ingredients and also very pleasant."
• "The staff (2 ladies) were so friendly and accommodating."
• "Staff very welcoming."

Cons:

• "When we told the proprietor about our experience, she was rude to us, and fought back against each complaint."
• "The waitress was quite unhelpful and not very friendly."
• "Service was lacking seemed to be ignored, had to call server over to table for first drinks order after 10 minutes sitting outside."
• "However, the service was just so slow."
• "Unfortunately we waited 2 hours for our starters."
• "Staff were friendly but not very good at their job as they not once during or after the meal asked how the food was."
• "Service ok but not overly impressed with food."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "were amazed by the quality and quantity, the meal was cooked just as we requested and was presented beautifully."
• "Our main meal was fantastic."
• "They certainly made up for it by giving us free starter and our main meal was fantastic."
• "The choice on the menu is wide and varied but I always have fish and it did not disappoint."
• "The homemade beef pie with puff pastry is a joy and not to be missed."
• "The food here was really excellent."
• "The food was very good and very reasonable."

Cons:

• "Hunters chicken ordered, but when it arrived only 3 minutes later (!!!), it was dry and tasteless."
• "We had the cheapest bread and fishfingers I have ever had. The chips were frozen."
• "Ordered Freshly battered cod, was served with what appears to previous days left over with batter almost burnt."
• "Was disappointed tonight chicken was awful tasted wet and like s boiler."
• "The 'pigs in blankets' with the roast turned out to be one pig in a blanket."
• "Had the pizza which tasted like a frozen pizza from Tesco."
• "Unfortunately the food was awful! 7 meals and not one of us had a good word to say about any of our dishes."

Ambiance & Facilities

Pros:

• "Parked overnight in the carpark in our motorhome. Perfect evening."
• "Kids play area, car park, and great surroundings."
• "Good parking. Outdoor seating and enclosed play area for children, weather permitting."
• "Lovely pub lovely meals always lot of people who are friendly a lot of locals but never any trouble."
• "Lovely comfortable seating with a lot of choice so covers a lot of peoples choice."
• "Lovely decorated and because we hadn’t booked ( they were fully booked)the staff found us a table in the bar which was also nice and cosy."
• "A very welcoming pub/restaurant in addition."

Cons:

• "Don't book on a Sunday. Limited menu and nothing available."
• "There was also a group of very loud men in dirty working clothes at the bar."
• "Waited a further hour for main, mash was lumpy and you were fighting to eat it before the swarms of flies!"
• "The decor is updated but it was very cold."
• "was seated in conservatory which was a bit cramped as group on next table."
• "Felt as though we were hurried along from the moment we went in."
• "I saw a member of staff having a go at one off the customers."