Wheatsheaf Pub and Pantry Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Lovely pub and atmosphere, service was great."
• "Delicious food and great service."
• "Staff nice and pub welcoming."
• "Efficient service and friendly bar staff."
• "Nice spot and friendly bar staff!"
• "The servers was lovely so we can't fault the service."
• "Great friendly staff with a great attitude towards customer service."

Cons:

• "The rest of the staff were totally rude, brusk and ignorant."
• "Service was horrendous... haven’t got a clue, not professional, very slow & generally poor."
• "One server at the bar was unnecessary grumpy."
• "The service was appalling, and we were ignored by several waiters."
• "Unfriendly service! Immediate impression no food sign up as soon as you walk through the door."
• "Staff weren't very attentive."
• "Service wasn't great. Too slow for drinks to arrive."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was delicious. Real country hearty homemade pub grub."
• "The food was amazing, the plates were generously filled."
• "The food takes a little time as it's freshly cooked but is wonderful and worth the wait."
• "Chicken and chorizo linguine was amazing - you can taste the quality of the ingredients, chicken very tender and chorizo nicely charred."
• "Main course (steak and kidney pie) was delicious and looked like something from a 5 star restaurant."
• "The beef stew and dumplings were absolutely delicious. Plenty of beef which was lovely and tender."
• "Amazing Sunday Roast: £12.95 for a massive Roast Beef Dinner and my daughter's roast beef dinner came in free as a result!"

Cons:

• "Some of the worst food I've ever eaten."
• "Terrible food, trying to be something they're not."
• "Creamy garlic mushroom starter had no sign of anything creamy. Dry and bland."
• "The steaks were the worst steaks we have eaten in all the years we have eaten out."
• "Nothing like, just white fish covered with a very thin layer of mush which was hardly warm."
• "The food arrived and it was VERY POOR. The lasagne was as dry as a bone."
• "The beef was raw, the turkey was solid and the kids pizza appeared microwaved and tasted like cardboard."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Sunday lunch which was great value for money."
• "Food is brilliant but expensive."
• "Even the 8-pound sandwich was huge and made it super worth the price!"
• "Just enjoyed a wonderful sharing ploughman's platter and what a fantastic meal."
• "Food is of good quality, with a wide variety of foods for all people."
• "Food was reasonably priced when taking into account the tourist nature of the location."
• "Sunday roast was good and reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "Would probably benefit from a lunchtime menu as £14 for fish and chips is a bit steep at lunch."
• "Food was massively overpriced and sub par, burnt bacon, bland burger."
• "Food was underwhelming and over priced for the quality."
• "Very poor value for money. £9 for two small slices of bread with very little filling."
• "It was very expensive for what you got."
• "Food was decent but expensive considering it clearly wasn't made fresh/in-house."
• "The menu was a tad pricey."

Ambiance and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Plus the interior was very warming and clean."
• "The table area was spacious and it was nice and quiet inside."
• "A nice village pub atmosphere in the heart of the town."
• "Nice surroundings inside to enjoy a drink and food too."
• "Overall this was a really calming place, a relaxed environment, and a good place to catchup since it's not really loud."
• "Comfortable and central popular pub-restaurant with friendly atmosphere."
• "A lovely traditional style pub set in the historic town of Bakewell."

Cons:

• "The only thing that was a tad disappointing was their black pudding."
• "Very unfriendly."
• "Their customer service skills were atrocious which damped the mood."
• "Very poor management."
• "The Wheatsheaf is tastefully decorated and looking very festive."
• "The area we were sat in was cold and the toilets are dated."
• "Toilets were dirty wet floors and bins overflowing with paper towels."