Wokingham
The Flower Pot

The Flower Pot

Aston Ln, RG9 3EE, Wokingham, United Kingdom

Pub • Steak • British • Vegetarian


"Cute hotel and pub but the B&B experience was not up to guesthouse hotel standards. Rooms are fine and modern, but pillows are too hard and too big. Most hotels have 2 pillows for guests to choose . A thin flatter one and a fat one. These were both fat, I woke up with neck pain. What ruined our experience was the fact that we came down for breakfast at 9:15 as agreed with staff the night before and there was no one there. No food served, just darkness. We had to wait for the manager to show up as he got caught in traffic. If you run a guesthouse you either live in the guesthouse or you show up an hour before you agree to serve breakfast to your guests. It was careless and lazy, not the British punctual hospitality one tends to find in the UK. When the manager finally showed up, it took a While to get the food which was served in installments, we had to wait for coffee to be served one by one, we had to ask for water, had to ask for bread, there was no butter no jam just pastries , fruit and cheese and charcuterie. How are we expected to eat these with no butter or jam or bread? Photos online show yogurt and cereal. We were not served these. We should have asked for some sort of refund for the breakfast unpunctuality and shortcomings. Definitely not worth £200 a night after that random poor breakfast experience. Disappointed as the place is cute and has a great vibe but the owners have no clue how to run a guesthouse. They should stick to the pub."

Brown Bag

Brown Bag

5 Alexandra Court, Wokingham, United Kingdom, RG40 2SL

Cafe • Kebab • Mexican • European


"I popped in here yesterday, just to grab a take out coffee to go sit in the park. I got a medium cappucino with chocolate sprinkles. The coffee itself was nice. Shame really, Everything else about my visit was off. I was only in there for minutes, less than 5 minutes but the venue staff definitely made a lasting impression! Today was my first visit will be my last visit to Brown Bag Wokingham. I walked in quite honestly, I probably should have turned around gone elsewhere. As soon as I stepped inside I was hit with an aroma which you don't expect to find in a cafe. It smelt like a charity shop upon walking in. It put me off looking for anything other than just coffee. I went to the counter to be served. I had to wait a minute or so as the two staff were talking to each other. I gave the lady my order. She said a few things back to me but I couldn't hear her. It wasn't noisy in there but she was speaking very quietly with her face directed to the counter so it was difficult to pick up what she was saying or asking. After asking her to please say that again a few times we got there. I ordered medium cappuccino to take away. She did smile a little, more at the counter than at me, but, it was something at least. She passed my order to the guy, who then instantly, didn't appear to know my order. I had to wait a minute or so we He was on his mobile phone. He pulled a cup saucer out. He said something but, same as with the lady, I couldn't hear him. I said I wanted a take out cappucino, medium. Maybe I just don't know how it works in there? I thought it I ordered once that I wouldn't need to ask for the order again. Anyway..I digress. He asked me a few questions, all of which I could not hear so had to ask him to repeat them. Upon asking both servers to repeat what they had said of asked neither one spoke more clearly. I found myself just getting by on picking up the gist of what they were saying. I wish to say, I don't have any hearing issues. I spoke to several people yesterday had no problems at all with hearing people, not any other communication issues. I did enjoy the coffee hut as I said, I won't be going back. Even for a brief exchange I believe it is possible to make a customer feel welcome but I didn't feel that here. And, that aroma. I don't know why it smelled of charity shop but it made me feel the place wasn't very clean."