Johnh Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 The Chequers, I've had a bad meal there, albeit a couple of years ago. These days, the minute I see "Wacky Warehouse' I drive on! The Blackamoor takes the biscuit, where I was charged 50p each for Yorkshire Pudding on the Sunday Roast, listed as 'Sundries'. The Amraj at Crystal Peaks on New Years Eve charged a group of 4 of us £14.70 service charge on a Buffet?? Is there knowhere worth going now??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camrat78 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Maybe i don't have very high standards, but I've not had a problem with the chequers. Again, you get what you pay for, but as a place to go if you cant be bothered to cook its fine by me. The food is adequate, the service ok, it does exactley what it says on the tin, so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonmiles Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 the peacock is very good but yuo will pay more for this. a good place to go is the waggon and horses at millhouses very good food and a very nice landlady. she was very helpfull and very pleasent. one of our meals came and it was'nt to spec so she then appologised prefusely and then set about dragging the chef back in to the kitchen throwing the meal at him and with in 5 minutes the meal was back and it was to the highest of standards. the food is reasonably priced and was a very entertaining meal. if the chef from the waggon is on this site England won 5-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebra Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 We went to The Chequers recently too and had no problem, in fact compared to the Brincliffe Oaks (Nether Edge) and Waggon and Horses (Totley) we were very pleased. The Brincliffe had two very dirty highchairs, god for bid if anyone else with kids had wanted to eat there at the same time, there was a severage smell which started building up and after 15 minutes became intolerable, the drinks order was wrong and took 10 minutes to be served (1 pint of shandy and 1 lemonade with pineapple juice) then for some reason I checked if I could use plastic to pay for the meal, I knew I could since I've eaten there lots in the past - don't know what made me check. Answer - no, new management and we haven't changed the machines over. We left! Waggon and Horses have no child facilities at all anymore, none at all. Off to The Chequers, served in a decent time, food was fine although one steak cooked slightly more than required. No problems otherwise. The two for one was a bonus to us, we had planned to eat regardless and it meant less of a headache for us as we didn't have to wash up and so on afterwards (huge headache with two foodily creative twins!) The Chequers is ok, the Brincliffe is vile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 The Chequers, I've had a bad meal there, albeit a couple of years ago. These days, the minute I see "Wacky Warehouse' I drive on! The Blackamoor takes the biscuit, where I was charged 50p each for Yorkshire Pudding on the Sunday Roast, listed as 'Sundries'. The Amraj at Crystal Peaks on New Years Eve charged a group of 4 of us £14.70 service charge on a Buffet?? Is there knowhere worth going now??? the last time I went to the Amraj, there was this fairly noisy group of people across from us, who were drunk as skunks. one of the "ladies" at that table was so "brahmsed" she was trying to climb on the table, and take her top of. it really spoilt our meal... If I'd wanted to have a pseudo-lapdancing session, I'd have taken my hubby to Spearmint rhino or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyLover Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 I don't think u can beat Damons at Crystal Peaks. I have been there loads of times, and never had any bad food or service at all. They are always very busy - a good sign! I know they don't do "two-for-one" but its great if its your birthday - you get your main meal free, and a birthday cake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shazbat Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Went to Damon's back in March and just though it was stuck in a proper time warp. Food was ok but not somewhere I'd be beating a path to if I wanted a meal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camrat78 Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I know what you mean BobsGirl, it does look like something out of the 80's. Do they still give you that crappy cake if you go in on your birthday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick2 Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 a very nice landlady........one of our meals came and it was'nt to spec.........set about dragging the chef back in to the kitchen throwing the meal at him She sounds delightfull, I'd have left if she treated her staff like that in front of me, there is no excuse for that kind of behaviour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom3t0 Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 the ruby lounge in town is a nice place to eat, the chef even came out and asked how we wanted everything cooked etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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