Rotherham
Bay Horse Pub

Bay Horse Pub

Main Street, Rotherham, United Kingdom

Pub • Soup • Fish • Seafood


"My partner and I had booked a meal at The Bay Horse Scholes after hearing so many good things from family and friends. We were really looking forward to going and invited another couple along with us. We booked for 6.45pm but were told we could have the table from 6.30pm. The carpark had plenty of spaces and the pub was welcoming on arrival. When we got to our table (we were waiting on a couple of friends) the waitress (really pleasant and friendly) said that she wanted to take our order first for food and drinks as they were expecting a table of 10 shortly and wanted to make sure our food was in first to avoid us waiting which was appreciated. Our friends arrived and we were then ready to place our order. We were then told that our table were not allowed to order any starters. We were told this was because the table of 10 had not 'pre booked ' their food when asked? I am not sure how this is our problem and we felt as though the table of 10 was being prioritised over ours. I have never been told that we cannot order a starter because of another party (and their incompetence) in my life. Really disappointed. To avoid causing a fuss in a busy pub, we went ahead and ordered a main. The food itself was really tasty. Dessert was beautiful (cheesecake) all made fresh. When we asked if we could order more drinks for the table, we were then told to get our own from the bar. Again, I have never experienced this in the middle of a meal. Overall, the food and pub itself was great. The service not so much so. Staff however were pleasant and I do appreciate that they will have been told to say to us that we can 't have starters and can 't order more drinks etc so this review is not a reflection of them. We wouldn 't return to the pub on this basis alone. We did however have a great night overall catching up with old friends and the atmosphere in the pub was great, so we didn 't let this spoil our evening. Those who recommended the pub couldn 't wait to ask us how we had got on at our first visit of the Bay Horse and were really shocked at our experience as they have had such good experiences in the past."

The Fairways

The Fairways

Bawtry Road, Rotherham, United Kingdom

Pubs • Fish • Coffee • Ice Cream


"When making a booking in advance I generally find a table to be assigned to that booking but when we arrived we were left feeling a little confused as we were told although there were many empty tables that we could either sit at a table they required back over an hour later or that we could take our food through to the bar to sit. We choose to sit at the table believing that we would indeed be completed and out although no time limit was stated at the time of booking and well an hour is more that enough for a Sunday dinner with it being a carvery. The various other tables remained empty which puzzled me to why there wasn't a table assigned to us originally. The remainder of the time spent in the restaurant was like watching a game of musical chairs with staff running about with a piece of A4 paper with some scribbled names, pax numbers and booking times I guess moving tables and chairs here there and everywhere around us which wasn't perhaps the greatest of experiences whilst surrounded by some beautiful views of the local golf course. We were told we had to pay for our carvery and drinks at the small bar area in the restaurant although as soon as we went to pay there the staff member made herself scarce. We moved through to pay in the bar area after a wait and then were surprised to not receive a ticket or receipt for the carvery itself. We braved ourselves and proceeded to the carvery counter. We were luckily met by a friendly smile of one of the two chefs serving the carvery the choice was good (3 meats per most standard) and the Giant Yorkshires to die for the veg selection was good and gravy thick (just the way I'm told the Yorkshire people like it) some of the veg selection was a little cold and could have done with being warmer with appropriate serving lamps like other carveries. We were not offered any desert or post meal coffee etc but that might have been because it seemed we were getting close to overstaying our welcome although many, many empty tables still remained next to us and in the conservatory area."

Morrisons Cafe Catcliffe

Morrisons Cafe Catcliffe

Popular Way, Rotherham, United Kingdom

Cafe • Cafés • Coffee • Mexican


"I had seen the christmas menu advertised from £5.75 for just a turkey meal or two or three courses, prices vary depending on what you have, a starter with a main or main with a dessert or all three. Anyway we went around 1pm, the cafe was fairly busy, so waited in a short queue, eventually got to the till and I ordered two christmas dinners, the lady on the the till asked if I wanted cranberry sauce so I replied yes and she said was there anything else, so said yes we would like christmas pudding as well, so she replied oh you want the christmas meal, so had to start the order again (it seemed a bit of an inconvenience to do this, she explained she had to put each item in separate! A turkey meal with cranberry for two and christmas pudding for two, one with cream and one with brandy sauce, we were charged £21.20 for two meals, two puddings, a small bottle of orange juice and standard bottle of still water. Found a table, moved dirty plates, put the number up, anyway the THREE christmas meals arrived quickly, we pointed out that we only ordered two, he took the extra meal away, gave him the receipt, he took this to the till and gave us £5.75 cash, no receipt back or offered to refund back onto the card. Just realised writing this review there was no cranberry sauce. The meal was hot but the turkey was two slices of flat processed meat but okay, a small serving of carrots and sprouts, one stuffing ball and a yorkshire pudding, also lots of gravy. After finishing the main meal, put the second number up for pudding and waited a good ten minutes, the pudding was a good sized portion and the brandy sauce was hot but not too hot to eat. A good value meal."