Peterborough
Huntly

Huntly

The Village, Orton Longueville, PE2 7DN, Peterborough, United Kingdom

Steak • Cheese • British • Desserts


"We had our baby’s baptism which we had planned for 1 and a half months. When we arrived they changed the room without telling us. We set our room that morning and we had left our cakes in the boxes to ensure no flies would sit on them. When we arrive mid afternoon we had noticed that they had been uncovered and that the cakes had a few flies near. We arrived at 5pm and we did notify them we would like to eat for 6pm while we had photos taken by our photographer. But they rushed us and cattle us in to our room. We had a party of 43. When being served our food, it’s was served table by table which was fine. However, when a table is waiting 15 minutes and everyone else has finished I think that is not acceptable. They did rectify it but it shouldn’t happen. When it came to cutting our cakes they said they would cut and serve them. This never happened. We ended up serving them without plates and forks, which we did ask for in the morning. No members of staff was available and we couldn’t find any. When everyone was leaving a member of staff came over and said “I’m sorry for your experience we quite under staffed”. If you know you have our party, main dinner service and another party in a different room you would think that they would prepare. Finally, you can not be served at the bar when they are serving food because they are that understaffed. Which mean you are then waiting between 20-30 for a drink."

Circa 1852 Coffee Shop

Circa 1852 Coffee Shop

Station Approach, PE8 6XB, Peterborough, United Kingdom

Cafés • Coffee • British • European


"We are only occasional diners at this hotel and it is nearly a year since we were last there. This time round we were there for a large celebration Sunday lunch, booked well in advance. Firstly we were in the bar for a pre lunch drink. Their drink prices are high and their service abysmal! The poor chap behind the bar was in the wrong job. He took forever with the order and got much of it wrong. The service was so bad we were giggling at it. It would have made a tremendous comedy film! We moved to the dining room. They were not exactly rushed, with only our table occupied and one other of two people. There were four main course choices, but one (the duck was crossed out saying sold out . Bear in mind that this menu was the special Sunday lunch menu and we were the first in the dining room! After eventual ordering we waited an age for the first courses, two of which had to be returned to the kitchen as being the wrong items. We then had to wait an age for the main course, which was brought out in dribs and drabs, and again at least two had to be returned to the kitchen to be changed. Then, again a very long wait, during which three of our party had to leave without their dessert to attend another event (well we had been at lunch for nearly three hours by then thanks to poor service! After serving each course the few staff would all disappear and no one was available to deal with any queries. Eventually tea and coffee was served, and the waiter threw a few sugars round the table with a few wooden sticks which were apparently in place of spoons (no thought of putting them into a bowl . Such was the service. The problem is obvious to see ill trained, unsupervised staff. The food was generally good and was let down by poor service and incorrectly recorded orders, and in the kitchen by inadequate ordering of menu items and cool plates. As things stand, I would not chose to eat here again."

East

East

35 New Road, PE1 1FP, Peterborough, United Kingdom

Thai • Asian • Lunch • Coffee


"An early January visit to the Upper Deck East in Peterborough with the wife and daughter. This part time show vegan, his delightful part time pescatarian and spice suspicious full time carnivore all ate handsomely. Starters were all perfectly executed and presented by friendly and helpful staff, before being devoured in a table staining show of force by family Butler. Tempura vegetables, sweetcorn croquettes and steamed dumplings I seem to remember but they were eaten so swiftly it's hard to recall with certainty absolutely delicious!! Mains Szechuan prawn for the boss, Singapore vegetable curry for the bill payer and duck pancakes for the daughter with increasingly expensive taste (I blame the mother . After a blissfully short discussion around the potential to share dishes, it was decided that the show vegan would not be sharing any of his dish for just Rice and Spring Onions!. We tucked into our meals initially with the provided chopsticks....this lasted just seconds before each of our taste buds decided that much larger quantities were required from each mouthful and they were discarded for the biggest spoons available. Each meal was delicious and demolished in a frenzy of plum sauce (to die for , curry sauce and noodle soaked pleasure. The delightful eating experience only briefly interrupted by the spectacular flambéing of a Volcano chicken on the table next to us. A brief scientific discussion followed around how close the daughter could get for the Insta photo before hairspray proximity would leave Dad with £250 on you've been framed. I swear the boat listed (it didn't! under the sheer triumph of eating leaving all 3 of us with no space for pudding. We disembarked to leave the staff surprised by the unusual rocking of the boat at the weight shift as we left (again didn't and doesn't! and flabbergasted by the speed at which they were able turn round the table for the next guests. Can't rate these guys highly enough... 5 stars! Be back again soon."

Waitrose

Waitrose

Mayor's Walk,, Peterborough, United Kingdom

Tea • Soup • Coffee • Chicken


"I was third in the queue at (not at the peak of a lunchtime rush) and the two people in front of me ordered and paid for their drinks and food (chicken curry and a soup) and were then told there would be to minute wait, even for the bowl of soup. As they were in a hurry they decided to cancel and get a refund. When my turn came, although I was looking forward to having Welsh Rarebit I was also told there would be a wait so decided to have a coffee and a cake. When I sat down there were ten other people in the cafe so the wait was inexcusable. I watched those serving. Normally, in restaurants, waiters are running around like blue tailed flies, but here if the three I saw had gone any slower they would have been walking backwards. After minutes they came out with the cancelled food (the curry and the soup) as the cancelled order had not been passed on to the kitchen. It was offered to people free but this was not taken up and taken back to the kitchen, presumably to be thrown away. So much for Waitrose's green credentials. I will not be visiting again, especially on a Saturday, as the cafe is obviously staffed by school kids who are under no adult supervision. If Waitrose want to benefit from being next door to a major train station, they need to realise that some of their customers might be time limited when calling in for something to eat. With regard to the green credentials, I have given up trying to get receipts recycled. I have been told by Head Office that they are shredded and recycled but when I ever mention this to staff I get the response that's news to me"

The Fayre Spot

The Fayre Spot

Bretton Centre, Peterborough, United Kingdom, PE3 8DX

Pubs • Full • Drinks • British


"NOT WORTH THE 1 STAR Having not been for a few yrs due to ill health, I was elated to be able to visit for lunch with Hubby and the kids. As always staff were accommodating to our needs being 1 wheelchair user and 1 scooter user. However, that 's as good as it got bar a Lovely quick catch up with Wendy (who is always amazing, alongside Jo). Unfortunately unbeknown to us, since visiting last, it 's had a new manager who hired a Professional Chef . Needles to say the food which always came UNSEASONED, now was, as with most Professional Chefs , seasoned to within an inch of its life. When the food arrived, I enquired if it had been peppered to be told i 'll check, it might be off the griddle, by the server (unknown), who never got back to us. I 'd ordered an omelette, and upon the first bite, felt like I 'd swallowed several mouthfuls of Sea water. (I should imagine the manager thinks this will make people drink more). Being intolerant to salt and pepper, I gagged. My sons chicken burger was inedible and incorrect. We reordered 2 meals. My husband, when he has salt, tends to over do it a bit, however, even he couldn 't stomach the chunks of course Sea salt all over his chips. My daughters mash was slightly more palatable to begin with, despite being drier than the Sahara Desert. The onion rings were raw too. Having ordered more drinks and re ordered 2 meals, we finally received and finished 1 and 3/4 's of an hour later. As if that wasn 't bad enough, it cost £46, for food so basic, my ASD teenagers could have cooked it within half the time, and to a better standard. Quite frankly, I shall never step foot (or whhel) in there again. Its a shame,as we used to go weekly."