Witch & Wardrobe — Restaurant in Lincoln

There is a first and last time for everything I believe. My Wife and I visited the Witch and Wardrobe today for a ‘swift half’ before we began shopping in Lincoln. It was a hot day so whilst my Wife was ordering the drinks I checked out if the clearly signposted ‘beer garden’ had a spare table. There was a small party of 6-8 girls having a get together on the upper tier of the garden and an unrelated couple having drinks on the lower tier. There was also a spare table. I went back inside and told my Wife that there was a spare table. My Wife made her way outside and sat down at the spare table and I followed with our drinks. As I was about to go through the door a young dark haired employee asked me abruptly if I was with the party in the garden. I replied no. She told me that I wasn’t allowed to go outside. I asked her where the signs were to say it was a ‘private party’. I was ignored and the employee went outside and told the unrelated couple having drinks and my Wife that they weren’t allowed to be outside. We all came inside, obviously shocked at the way we had been spoken to, drank our drinks, and left. There was absolutely no signage to indicate that the beer garden was off limits. I double checked. What I saw was totally unprofessional customer interaction and planning. There are many pubs going of business through no fault of their own but this pub is one that surely thoroughly deserves to go out of business. Will we return? I think not. Absolutely Zero stars....

Travelled up to Lincoln from Nottingham for the day and decided to pop into the Witch and Wardrobe for a pint. What a mistake! The pub is filthy, badly in need of a refurb, and appears to have a fly infestation.

A fly dropped into my nearly full pint I had been nursing for 20 minutes while waiting for my phone to charge, and I thought that – based on how full it was – I would be able to get a fresh one poured. So I asked nicely and the girl behind the bar said, cheekily, can't you just flicking hand gesture. I said no. Then she said 'well I can't just pour you a new one, as it wasn't there when I poured it ... unless you want to buy a new one'. The audacity! So I returned to my seat to wait for my phone to finish its charge, and in that time about 4 or 5 different flies came and went and crawled around on the inside of the glass.

The pub clearly suffers from stingy management, a lack of focus on customer satisfaction, and a lack of cleanliness. The stingyness is also evident in how run down the place looks, it probably hasn't seen a lick of paint in years, if not decades.

If ever in Lincoln, this is a...

The place is mediocre

To the nice gent who said "were trying to cut down on paper (in regards to track and trace)" so I said "do you still give beer mats out? 😂"

Well the humour was lost.

It seems a pub for locals, its nothing special except for the massive picture of Lancaster.

Carlsberg was alright but nothing special.

No food at present, possibly holding back the calories 😂

Toilets : NOW HERE IS A EXPERIENCE.

Your more likely to catch disease in here than you are at the bottom of the Thames.

Sort your toilets out people and give them a scrub and a air freshen once in a while.

Staff are friendly and for what it's worth it's alright for...