The Miles Thompson — Restaurant in England

We went into this pub at 3.45pm on a Monday afternoon and it was nice and quiet - just the way my wife and I like it. In addition, we'd never been in this particular pub before and we liked the ambience. It is one of the better pubs.

We wanted the half chicken deal which included a soft drink. Unfortunately, there were no soft drinks available "on tap" due to some problem or another, but I was offered a "can" instead. Unfortunately, the cans on offer were not to our liking and I asked if we could get alcoholic drinks in their place - at first, the bartender seemed agreeable but once she rang our order through the till, the bill came to a higher total (due to the alcoholic drinks rather than soft drinks). We then had to take the limited soft drinks cans that had been offered.

Asked for our table number, I responded by advising number 69, to be told that 69 did not exist. A colleague advised the staff member taking our order that 69 didn't exist on the till but that it was the table "by the door". Surely, this is a recurring problem every time someone sits at this table? Solution: sort it.

We were disappointed with the chicken as it was drowning in the lemon and herb coating which turned the chicken into a gooey mess. It was actually sat in a "gravy" of the coating. We were already fed up with the drinks situation and opted not to start a new complaint about the food and so just ate it. We've had this dish many times before at Wetherspoons and always enjoyed it, but not this time.

Overall, bit of a disappointing visit to this particular Wetherspoons where we are normally very happy to...

went here with my brother during the festive season & slap bang between xmas & new year. needless to say it was busy!! meals were ordered at the bar, but we 4got to order desserts at same time, so anothr trip was made to the bar to order puddings. aftr waiting approx half an hour the desserts we ordered for after our main courses arrived at the table. we had to tell the waiter that we were waiting for our main courses to arrive & that we didnt want puddings just yet. they were taken away. we waited at least a further half hour for our main courses to arrive - we-d both picked from the two for £8.20 (or therabouts) menu, which made the meals good value for money plus we both quite enjoyed what we had to eat. once we'd eaten our mains we were quickly able to catch the attention of a member of staff in order to bring our desserts - we couldn't be certain, but we did feel that the desserts had been re-heated - we jumped to this conclusion when my brother tried to put a spoin through his chocolate fudge cake sponge, which was hard though very like it had been ivercooked in a microwave. my dessert looked as though parts of it had been turned over with a spoon - it certainly didn't look as though it had been heated just the one time - fortunately my dessert tasted bettr thn it looked while my brothers pudding was changed for another. the food was goid enough for the price we paid - downside was the one hour waiting time for the food being served up & of course the puddings coming out before...

The food wasn't fantastic. The lemon chicken tasted awful! We had travelled to Kendal from North Cumbria for my husband's birthday and didn't want to spoil his birthday so I joked that it tasted more like floor cleaner! The chicken barely tasted of lemon more of neat alcohol and there were no herbs in it. The chicken tasted mushy! My husband tasted it and agreed it was awful! The apple crumble was full of cinnamon which was not stated on the menu. I have a food intolerance to histamine and cinnamon is a spice to be avoided to avoid a reaction. I ordered custard which I gave to my husband and he said tasted like plastic! There was not an option for sweet potato fries on the menu either, so I had to order white potato chips and give them to my family! The member of staff who took the order at the bar was in such a rush in a bid to sound professional and efficient and there was noone else waiting. However, it felt very impersonal and rushed. Another female member of staff failed to smile when I asked for help. However, having said all that, my husband and 2 daughters had enjoyed their food and the young gentleman who cleared our table was very friendly. Sadly we will not...