The Royal Bar & Grill — Restaurant in High Peak

Firstly, I do not know to what hotel the people who gave good reviews have been to, but certainly not this one. Just had a weekend away and stayed 2 night in this place. Let me give u a quick summary of what to expect: You pull into the carpark and you are "greeted" by lots of rubbish that litters the place, the area at the back of the pub is full of cigarette buts and the like. My dog found some plastic pipe from a sink to play with😕. The welcome from the manager was not what you expect. The check in is from 12pm but at 14.30 when we arrived, the manager mumbled some apologies that he didn't know we were coming and the room is not ready. We also put in the booking we are coming with a dog but he was not aware of this, although the place is advertised as pet friendly.. We had a beer and waited in the beer garden for the room to be made ready, not a complimentary beer I might add. After a 4 hour drive you expect to be checked in straight away. Th beer garden was in the worst state I saw one to date: litter, broken down furniture, dead plants, dirty tables..not very inviting. The room was acceptable, but there were some issues: bed too soft and bouncy, not very good for your back, pillows deflated, hence 2 pillows in one cover, bed cover was very poor quality, synthetic, no cotton in sight, stains on the decorative cusions, bathroom with no ventilation giving a stale smell in the room, expired condensed milk (some of the containers had brown looking milk in them). On top of that, sleep quality was bad due to locals in the pub that had a fight until 1am one night. Yes, it's a pub, I would expect some noise but not so late in the night. The food was decent but a few issues there as well: eggs quite raw, I like mine soft but not half cooked. Chips for dinner meal looked like they've been fried in oil that hasn't been changed in a while... In general the service in the pub was ok, the Italian guy who served us was very attentive and apologised for the noise on the one night the pub was opened till late. This is the only reason I gave one star. Will we go there again? NO! Stick to a traditional B&B rather then a room above a pub. We have stayed in budget B&Bs before but I have to say this was the...

As soon as we arrived, the waitress lady took our drinks orders and promptly brought the drinks and menus. Great start. A short time after, the waiter guy took our orders. I asked him if the steak came with mushrooms. The answer was "No, we don't do mushrooms". Oh ok, I would've asked for mushrooms but clearly no point. Eventually after quite a long wait the starters came. Paté and toast, but the toast was bearly toasted. Regardless, it was nice enough, but what took them so long? We were the only customers in the house. The mains came and our sides of onion rings were a bit burnt. The waiter noticed and kindly swapped them for some more. But they were kind of soggy. I thought battered onion rings would be nice and crispy, but no. It was like they were reheated. On the plus side, the steak was done perfectly and the chips were great. But I would have rather had peas and mushrooms than carrots and broccoli. Who wouldn't? 😄 It's a nice place, nice atmosphere, friendly staff but they need to pull their finger out sometimes. And remember - it's peas and mushrooms for steak, not carrots and...

We had prebooked a table and rang to say we were going to be late, the restaurant was very accommodating and understanding of this. 4/5 of us enjoyed our food very much, the portion sizes were extremely generous (I received 2 fillets of sea bass with my order, another guest received 5/6 lamb chops with theirs, risotto was overflowing with mussles etc) and the food came out relatively quickly, however there were a few aspects that let the visit down.

We were told there was no baby changing so I had to go and change my babys nappy in the boot of my car, the service was friendly enough however quite chaotic (we were served by 5 different staff members throughout our meal and struggled to get anyone's attention when we wanted to ask for menus/more drinks/to order etc) and none of the staff (or customers that I could see) wore masks or visors.

The bill was £145 for 5 adults and a child, we all had at least 2 courses each and given the portion sizes I would say it's value for money. I would visit again if I was in the area, but definitely expect it to be a relaxed,...