The Wheelhouse Restaurant — Restaurant in England

We, Came to Minehead on holiday and walked past the restaurant and felt it was exactly what we as a family were looking for to have a lovely evening meal. The staff are amazing attentive and very pleasant. The Food was nice / ok BUT we feel it was more like pub food that was out of a bag / pre cooked. We was shocked that such a lovely place does not serve local fresh food such as the fish I had. The fish could have have been from a Birdseye box, when I was in hope of a fresh peace of cod freshly cooked (especially as we are so close to the sea) My wife had a curry that came out and seemed exactly the same as you’d receive in a green king pub at half the price. The food is ok but it could be SO much more and if it was they could charge a little more for freshness.

All this said, it was not a horrible experience but we would not rush back.

Only being...

We went to this restaurant this evening for my partners birthday meal. They kindly let us change our booking time after we managed to get a ticket for a show we wanted to see(staying at Butlin’s). The staff were lovely and attentive. My daughter(16) only fancied something which was on the kids menu and they kindly made it into an adult meal for her. The meals are of a good size and they’re fairly priced. I had the breast of chicken in creamy mushroom sauce and honestly I couldn’t have enjoyed it more. My partner and children really enjoyed theirs too! The puddings were just as good, my partner particularly enjoyed his bread and butter pudding. Absolutely fabulous food and service here, we only wish it were closer but we will still definitely be making a trip back to eat here...

I chose this restaurant on the reviews and recommendations I had. I have to say we were a little disappointed. I booked a table weeks in advance for our special anniversary meal. When we got to the restaurant we were informed our table wasnt ready as somebody else was using it. We had to wait outside with the weather being poor and myself being disabled found this a bit unprofessional on the restaurants behalf although an apology was made. I still feel this should of been handled better. We found the staff nice enough and the food was ok but felt our anniversary meal experience was a let down. We just didnt enjoy the way things went. Considering we paid quite a sum for our meal. Would I return to the wheel house probably not as the experience we had wasnt...