Judsons Wine Bar & Restaurant — Restaurant in England

Went in last night for their steak night and we all had the possibility worse steak ever in our lives...

We had 2 sets of steak night combos, all medium rare. But none of the 4 sirloin came out to be medium rare. They were super chewy, full of sinew and very hard to cut through by the steak knife. Yes even with the steak knife we couldn't cut through the enormous mass of it! The under-rendered fat and sinew basically occupied half of the 12oz sirloin. One of us literally choked by the sinew and almost needed first aid. The steaks were also very salty too. We never have to abandon our steaks before but all the work of sawing and trying to chew through the steaks just left us no choice. All our plates were stacked with failed-to-swallow meat and sinew next to the half-eaten steak. Have to say the onion rings were pretty nice. The kids sausage, chips and peas was another disaster. Sausages were just 3 bone-dry chipolatas, the peas were not drained well so the cooking water remained at the bottom of the bowl and turned the chips soggy.

Beers quality was hit and miss too. For one pint of Ossett Blonde there was a hazy glass and the next clear pint got a big formy top.

It was a long wait between the courses. No one checked back on us even we were clearly discussing about our frustration at the table (when they were clearing the table next to us) and one of us coughing to a bright red face. The waitress only asked when she collected our plates. She looked horrified to hear our disappointment but only sent our kids a handful of coffee biscuits as an apology and still charged us full bill.

Want to ruin a carnivore's birthday dinner? Go to Judson's for their Tuesday steak dinner. Won't be disappointed. Wish I did take the photos of our disappointing plates, but too busy minding the kids... Definitely...

Very poor service for a large group. Don't get me wrong, I've eaten there before for lunch and it was absolutely fine, no problems, reasonably priced and the food was OK.

Went for a Christmas work meal and it was horrendous. Despite having our food orders days in advance from the set menu, it was an hour between getting our starters and our main course! The quality of the Christmas dinner was awful. Processed turkey, a single pig in blanket which may as well have been a lump of gravel picked from outside, two tiny roast potatoes, a single scoop of mash, a few sprouts, a couple of carrot and parsnip sticks. It looked pretty cheap. The dessert was super nice, but absolutely, categorically, without any question.. NOT worth the £25 per head paid.

Drink service was super slow, with staff coming around with card machines asking money for drinks that still hasn't arrived after 20mins.

Despite some of our party cancelling last minute, with no refund (fair enough), Judson's had about £120-£140 for food they didn't have to make. Basically, free money for them. Yet still had the cheek to absolutely hound us for £18 worth of drinks orders which apparently 'didn't go through properly' on their card machine nearly an hour after ordering them.

Perfectly fine place for a quick and light lunch, but strenuously don't recommend for...

Standards have always been high in this excellent restaurant and we have always been very pleased with the food and service. However latterly standards have improved still further and our recent lunchtime experience was the best so far...thanks to superb tasty dishes all round and the enthusiastic warm friendly service from Tyler and Katie. It was very evident that they took a great pride in both their work and the business they represented. A credit to Judsons and Pocklingron itself.

Dec 2017 - Still frequenting Judsons and do miss Tyler the waitress who has taken leave to have a lovely little boy Presley - Congratulations ! However my dog Toby has a new friend in waiter Tristan - not because he's polite, friendly and charming - but more to do with the fact he always orders him his tasty sausages - even if I forget. Still great food and service from all the staff on...