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The Crown Inn Cookham

The Crown Inn Cookham

The Moor Cookham, Berkshire SL6 9SB, SL6 9SE, Maidenhead, United Kingdom

Steak • Pizza • Seafood • British


"Food was delicious, great place to sit outside in the sun. Sadly, the waiting/bar staff and managers were awful. I rung ahead on a Sunday to see if they had availability for 3 for late lunch, they wouldn’t tell me yes or no, we went to see if we could be seated in the bar/outside anyway. Again the waitress didn’t give us a clear answer, barely acknowledged us, even though over half the tables were unoccupied. We went to the bar to order our food, once ordered we realised they had charged us about £2 extra per burger.. on returning to the bar to query I was told it was a discretionary service charge, which is automatically put on. I think this is outrageous considering we sat ourselves, got our own drinks, ordered our own food, and had to get our own cutlery and condiments. I have worked in pubs for years and have NEVER done this or experienced this. One of the first things we saw when we walked in were staff sitting on a high table at the front of the pub cleaning cutlery, in full view of everyone. Obviously there was some controversy over them doing so between two managers as one manager in front of myself and many others at the bar made it clear she was fine with them sitting there and the other manager wasn’t (which he was right to think). Staff hovering around, not acknowledging customers standing at the bar, not cleaning tables, barely even communicating when asked a question by a customer. I did not see one staff member smile. This pub has so much potential, it’s such a shame. One female manager in particular was incredibly unfriendly and unapproachable. Not what you expect in a such a lovely area. Price per person: £20–30"

Blossom Room

Blossom Room

The Hub4 Mortimer Square, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Tea • Brunch • Drinks • English


"We booked a table and the first thing the waitress said to us was she was going to have to give us a bad table as the table she was going to give us was still occupied by guests who had overrun their allocated allowed time. The waitress said she 'd move us when they left, to the better table. That never happened. I had a mushroom ramen which was bland as! Next to no mushrooms neither. My boyfriend had a burger and chips, the chips were nice but the burger looked and tasted bland. The cocktails had so much ice in them, it was hard to drink from the glass without ice spilling out all over the table. I know many places but a lot of ice in cocktails, trust me, I know. But this was something else. Also, the cocktails had no flavour! I couldn 't taste any alcohol in the two different cocktails I tried and neither could my partner. We had two different cocktails each, 4 different cocktails in total and they all tasted rubbish!!! The mojito was awful! It was an absolute insult to cocktails!!! It was all just completely rubbish. Such a disappointment and a let down. I am not convinced anyone could be a fan of the place or revisit multiple times. If it wasn 't such a 'instagram worthy ' place because of the pretty decor I don 't think anyone would ever bother going there. I cannot stress enough how much of a let down this was, the food, service and drinks. It was just a big pile of nothingness and a waste of money, even though it was fairly cheap!"