The Engine Room Restaurant — Restaurant in England

I've just had lunch here and felt compelled to write a review as it was so bad. I don't like to complain, and have never felt such an overwhelming need to write a review.

I had a Bacon & Egg bap. It cost me six quid which I thought was a little steep, but hey, it must be £6 for a reason, I thought! Dry, greasy, tasteless. I've had better from a burger van at the side of the A35 for half the price! It came with a side salad, nicely presented in a filo pastry basket. Very fancy, but not a compliment to the bap at all.

My Father had a jacket potato. Now, I'm no chef or food expert, but I'd expect a jacket potato to be at the very least oven-baked. To use my Father's words, "Tastes like it's been warmed in the sun!" - In reality, it looked like it was shoved in the microwave for 5 minutes! He paid £8 for it. It was dry and could have done with being served with the traditional knob of butter (or even an option to add it on the side). Again, a very fancy side salad came with it.

I can't help but think that if the chef had spent more time on making nice tasting, properly cooked food rather than chopping half an apple in a pretty accordion-style and slicing cucumber into star shapes I wouldn't have felt so hard-done-by!

I definitely wont be lunching here again...

First visit today as a family of 4. Average food and experience. I personally only had an Egg & sandwich which came with a side salad. The bread was dense with particularly chewy crust, butter layer way too thick and had no Cress in the sandwich itself. Side salad consisted of half a plate of salad leaves, 1 slice cucumber, tomato, red onion and pepper. Personally I think a side salad should include more than literally 1 slice of salad produce but perhaps that's just me! Despite this it tasted okay. Disappointed that all drinks were served without Ice on a warm day (when asked a couple of cubes were sourced for us however) and seats definitely require covers, after a considerable wait all of us including both elderly guests found it very uncomfortable. Won't be in a hurry to return again and appears I wasn't the only disappointed customer as during our short visit I happen to overhear the manager dealing with 2 separate complaints (wasn't ease dropping but the location in which the manager decided to discuss was on a public table just next to us! - perhaps a more subtle place is required in...

I normally come here for biscuit decorating in the school holidays which is a free thing and ran by a lovely lady and my daughter loves ! Done inside so it’s easy to get a coffee and some lunch while my daughters entertained with her friends. It was really unfortunate to come today and find it had been moved outside … although sunny the weather isn’t warm and unable to get a coffee . The lady did a fantastic job with the kids as always offering a lovely holiday activity for free!

It’s just such a shame to have been moved outside which I can only presume was decided by managers … the area was in the shade in a car park where cars are parking during the activity … uneven grounding where a child fell on the drain, and unable to get some lunch and supervise my daughter which normally makes it so much better.

However again the biscuit decorating is a wonderful activity for the hoils which could bring the buisness extra cliental from...