The Windmill Restaurant — Restaurant in Staffordshire Moorlands

Is it the best food you’ll ever eat? Absolutely not—unless your taste buds are still in primary school. 🍔🎈

But hey, it’s themed for kids and it looks good, like someone asked a toddler to design a restaurant and then actually went through with it. The service? Top-notch. The food? Not the worst thing I’ve ever put in my mouth—still trailing behind that one time I mistook a candle for cheese.

We played it safe and stuck with burgers, because nothing says “culinary adventure” like meat in a bun. The kids’ ice creams were the real MVPs—tiny edible trophies of sugar and joy. 🍦

Is it overpriced? Oh, 100%. But you’re not just paying for food—you’re paying for the privilege of watching your child lose their mind over staying in the CBebbies hotel! Worth it? Debatable. Memorable? Absolutely.

This restaurant pulled a full Jekyll and Hyde on me.

Day One: Rainbows, unicorns, and burgers that didn’t make me question my life choices. Staff were lovely, food was decent, and the kids were happy—what more could you want?

Day Two: I walked into the same place but apparently entered a parallel universe. Service? Missing. Presumed on a smoke break. Staff? Hostile enough to make a cactus feel cuddly. I’ve seen faster movement in a queue at the Age UK!

How do you go from “Wow, this is surprisingly nice!” to “Am I being punished for something?” in less than 24 hours? It’s like the restaurant got dumped overnight and took it out...

This exclusive restaurant should be the go-to place for kids and parents looking to keep the experience in the CBeebies hotel going - only bookable for the families staying at CBeebies hotel, you would think this reflects the premium branded experience so far; sadly it’s a dismal, sad place that should be avoided

Having insisted we sit no sooner than 6:45pm (despite there only being 5 tables and 3 “staff”) we went into the restaurant. The decor is really good: it’s branded vibrant and lots to look at. And that is where the fun ends. Walking between dirty tables we are sat by a miserable staff member.

It is silent. No music. Nothing

Menus aren’t provided so we go find them and try to keep the kids entertained while we choose from the usual chicken/fish/chips.

Staff meander in and out, some picking up 1 plate, or chatting to each other. After 15 mins I go to find one as I’ve been ready to order for 14, and find him texting on his phone

While waiting for an order we had the most miserable rendition of happy birthday (for the table next to us) - it was utterly abismal. For the premium kids experience, you could be at a service station.

This place should be avoided by families- the food is mediocre but the worst offence is the lack of any atmosphere, excitement...

Ate here for dinner whilst stopping over at the CBeebies hotel. The staff are pretty good, a couple mooch around looking pretty disinterested though, the food is on par with a rustlers/mcdonalds. I had a burger and it was just edible, my wife had fish and chips that she just about managed to eat only because she hadn’t eaten all day and was hungry. The only food my daughter would eat is the baked beans. Zero quality, zero effort with the food. But they do have you by the short and curlys so regardless you’re going to eat there anyway. We also ate here for breakfast and o dear it’s absolute garbage, heavily processed rubbish, barely anything had any flavour whatsoever, and it was carnage. No cappuccino machine, regular boring filter coffee, the fruit was grim again my daughter loves watermelon but she wouldn’t touch it. I’m only giving it 2 stars because the waitress’s were really nice and could see they were trying their best, they’re probably aware themselves the foods...