written by bikernutt on 26/10/2015
food cold and not cooked very small amount of meat roast potatoes are burnt,if you are not a regular you get 2 slices of meat not very friendly would not recommend this place to any one who wants a good meal.
written by chReid140 on 19/10/2015
since the new manager took over the place has gone to pot. All he wants to do is post notices up warning bout this that and the other and then has to have team meetings etc closing the Carvery early . What's the point of having a team bonding night which yet again Carvery was closed at 9pm when more than half the staff are all from the same family. How many other carverys have done this. Wait till Christmas time yet again if you want a late meal goodness knows what time they will close but you can bet their excuse will be something stupid.
written by jotoho on 03/10/2015
We arrived at the Squirrel on Bispham Rd early evening on Tuesday 29th Sept 2015. We were told they had problem with the "steamers" & could only serve fish or 1/2 chicken in the carvery. We settled & paid for 1 of each only to find that not only was the menu restricted but also the veg- mushy peas or baked beans ! We noticed a number of tables with reserved notices on. As we sat eating people started to arrive & sat at these tables. Soon there were around 20+ & only sitting with drinks ! Why if there were problems in the kitchen, were these people not advised ? I believe the "steamers" problem was a ruse & that as soon as the non-reserved customers left,the serving area would miraculously be replenished with the usual fare for the "reservists". It turned out they were all in Mercedes cars ,so appeared to be a club do ! Better if the staff had been more honest. Having spoken to someone during our stay (a local) they said the standards at the Squirrel had become very poor.
written by KassandraFreeman on 26/08/2015
Turned up at Princess Alice in Thamesmead for breakfast buffet and had to wait ages for eggs. When I asked for scrambled eggs - kitchen staff laughed in my face. Had to request well cooked eggs which by the time they arrived the tea that we ordered @ £1.69 a pop was freezing cold. PROS: nice atmosphere, cheap food. CONS: poor service, inconsistent breakfast offering, having to keep yelling and waiting for food! Won't be going back.
written by 436Andersen on 24/08/2015
paid for large carvery only to be told when we eventually got food no sausages would be another 15 mins. Waited in long queue for food, table next to us waiting staff cleared drinks thinking they had gone,table was left for so long. when we got meals the veg was luke warm or dried up. Carving chef kept disappearing had to ask for gravy as did several other people. on the plus side I will not be going to this carvery again would be nice to know of non available items felt short changed no offer of alternative item
written by katysykes on 08/03/2015
Awful meal days old food bad taste with miserable carvery chef and uneadable food that you could not cut. Staff were falling out with one another so it made for hirrible atmosphere and vibe. No customer service or helpfulness you were left to your own devices. Filthy toilets and a manager in a tracksuit and woolly hat very professional!! Never again will I go avoid it at all cost we left starving.
written by on 01/12/2014
We had a family gathering so 18 of us went to the carvery at Peacehaven, sussex. Service was very slow and bar staff were non-existent. The poor lad waiting tables was run off his feet due to lack of staff. We finally got some food which seemed ok despite the stuffing being like granite. Then at 7pm they put signs up saying the kitchen was closed... they had run out of meat! how is that possible at a carvery on a Saturday night. Ok their other carvery down the road had shut because of no hot water so had a lot of extra booking but even so running out of meat...seriously! So any customers who had tables booked after ours would get nothing. After a long wait for deserts when they arrived most were barely edible, some were sickly sweet and some were just just soggy and mediocre, most got half eaten and left. It was a family get together so let that pass as it wasn't worth the hassle and after such a long wait we didn't want to be there till next xmas waiting for replacements. When paying the bill they then billed us for coffees from another table which had to be sorted. Then the next day we all started with food poisoning, one after the other it affected all of us that had the carvery, about 15 out of 18 were affected at last count. Just what you need when some of us had to then drive 300 miles home. Will we go again... not in this lifetime!
written by eeLockhart68 on 12/08/2014
if you want to fill like a school kid the barley mow on haylin island is the place you cant sit where you want , staffed by unhelpfull,aragont teenagers ,even on a slow day like to day we waited 29 mins to get to the carvery ,they well may be proud of their meat but the rest was so far below standard it was untrue I will not use this pub again
written by Dashawnb282 on 09/03/2014
Do not go here as the service is terrible food cold or dry meat which has been out under the lights to long.
written by judithcochrane on 23/02/2014
We have been going to the Wheatsheaf Inn at Mollington Chester for quite a few years Four of us went on Thursday at 6 30 pm there was only gammon left on the carvery,enough for eight people,some of the veg was finished and there wasn't any more there was fish or sausage but not much of that. The meal The gammon was awful and the veg was dry. It was very embarrassing as the people wetook had never been and we had told them it was a great place to eat
written by lee56 on 29/07/2013
So we turn up at 6 on a monday eveining in the summer hoilday . There was alot of dirty tables as we walk through just put it down to have been busy. We found a table and went to the bar to order were we found out there was only mash potatoes thats was fine but they did not say that they had no stuffing or Yorkshire puddings and not much in the way of vegetables too. The Turkey was so dry . I have never experince this here as only have been on a saturday . Then with two small children to top it off there was no napkins so not very help ful I shall not be returning there was no body around to talk to was gross this is the one in battle and has gone down hill massively.
written by 2Spangle on 20/05/2013
Just visited the Crown Carvery pub chain at The Pear Tree Bridge Inn, Milton Keynes. Real Ale is either cloudy or full of bits. A group of 10 walkers left their drinks and went over to Guinness! Having been to their Sister pub, the Radford Bank near Stafford on many occasions, we decided to call in for a Carvery here too. Only to be told - on a Monday afternoon - there were no roast potatoes available. A Carvery without roasties? We didn't even bother.....we will be posting to all other boaters to avoid this one.
written by on 04/09/2012
I live alone, am in my late 50's, male, and have in the past frequented the Mickerbrook Crown Carvery in Stockport. I considered this to be a cheap way of getting some veggie vitamins that I can't be bothered cooking at home. The food is good value and as such attracts all types, including many old people. That is something you have to accept though they are always first there, and slow moving. I've been driven to write this because today on leaving the pub I stopped next to the serving counter to put on my coat. Whilst doing so an elderley gentleman dithered down to the counter with his half eaten plate of food and commenced to replenish his plate. What appalled me was the way he casually used one of the serving spoons to clear an area on his plate, pushing around his half eaten food, before refilling it. No regard to the fact that others would be using that spoon; it was as though he was doing no different than he might be at home. This is no reflection of the hygene standards of the pub or staff, though there was a staff member nearby who probably didn't see what I saw. While there are people out there who show such disregard, 'top-ups' should be banned.
written by dangavlyns on 30/11/2011
Myself my husband and three children visited your establishment tonight as a birthday treat and took three 3 friends with us. we chose it because we have been there numerous times and have always been satisfied, so you can imagine how embarressed we were when we sat down to eat after queing up for ages and waiting for vegetables to be brought out, only to find that the beef which is normally beautiful was difficult to cut and impossible to chew, even the children had to spit it into a napkin.The gammon was cooked nicely but had loads of fat on it which is okay if thats what you like but not everyone does. My husband had to ask for a steak knife to cut his meat but then he left most of it because of all the fat.The food was not extremely hot either.We were very disappointed especially has we had told our friends what lovely meals we have always had.I would'nt be surprised if you don't have more complaints because while we were eating the place started to empty and on speaking to a member of staff was told that they had ran out of vegetables and someone had gone to a local supermarket to get some more. I think it will be a while before we bother to eat there again
written by CROWNCARVERY2011 on 20/09/2011
BEEN FOR SUNDAY CARVERY MANY TIME WENT TO TRY BREAKFAST NO SAUSAGE OFFERED EXTRA BACON WHICH I DONT LIKE NO HASH BROWNS THE MUSHROOMS WASNT COOKED AND THE FRIED EGGS WERE STILL SLIMEY AND WAS COLD IN THE MIDDLE WE GOT EXTRA TOAST BUT I ONLY EAT BREAD WITHOUT WHEAT IN IT AND I COULDNT HAVE A TEA POT COS THERE WASNT A ONE CUP ONE AVALIBLE SHE DID SAY I COULD HAVE A FREE REFIL WE WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED IT COST US ABOUT 11 POUNDS THIS MORNING DONT MIND PAYING FOR FOOD BUT NOT WHEN THE FOODS THAT BAD IF THEY HAD RUN OUT OF FOOD THEY SHOULD HAVE TOLD US BEFORE WE HAD PAIDED WJ ELLIS
written by on 30/08/2011
No mushrooms. Scrambled egg hot but everything else nearly cold. Bacon definitely cold. Good food spoilt by poor after care in keeping it hot. Will give it one more go then ----
written by on 21/12/2010
today the beef the turkey looked dry we never choose the ham was fatty not cooked enough potatoes part cooked coloured orange left most of my meal i have never had a bad meal at the squiril blackpool
written by on 13/12/2010
i,ve eaten often at crowncarvery sandbrook rochdale but after today i wont be eating there again,the portion sizes on the meat was inadequate,the yorkshire puddings are smaller,the veg was cold and 2 of the dishes were empty (cauliflower and roast potatoes).the chef who served was rude and needed to smile a bit instead of the miserable person that served us,please and thankyou go a long way,j barlow,
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Written on: 01/11/2015
which crown carvery ?