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Pub Reviews In Doncaster
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 We recently visited this pub for a meal. The food was below average, the bar staff appeared to not be aware of the customers, and preferred to chat between themselves rather than concentrate on their customers.
While the menu has a wide variety of food, some of it was unavailable, but we were not made aware at the time we ordered the meal. Many of the vegetables on the carvery were over-seasoned and the gravy was cold.
The dessert the pub is "famous" for was, how can I put it, the worst dessert I have had the misfortune to experience. The cream that was served with the dessert was sour and warm, I can only conclude it was either stored incorrectly of out of date! So if you want to eat at this pub/restaurant be aware you will get cold over-seasoned sour food! Food poisoning waiting to happen!
- Joanne Newell, 16/7/2011
This pub has the potential to be a really great meeting place for both friends and families alike. The staff are all very friendly and chatty, and local regulars very welcoming to outsiders.
Unfortunately, the attitude of the 'landlord' lets the pub down. If and when he chooses to show his face (which doesn't appear to be very often) he is completely lacking in hospitality and customer service skills, and to be quite honest, rather obnoxious. Doesn't appear at all to have the best interests of his customers at heart, instead taking a 'put up or shut up' attitude towards even the smallest of customer complaints.
I really feel that if it wasn't for the endearing welcoming attitudes of his staff a lot of the locals would go elsewhere.
- Louise, 09/5/2011
A special occasion deserves a special setting, and while you may agonise over the guest list, catering or the entertainment, there is one venue that makes the decision-making process a lot simpler.
Recently refurbished to the highest of standards, Sprotbrough Country Club provides you with everything you need to ensure the occasion is one to remember for all the right reasons.
Husband and wife team, Paul and Janine Hall have been landlord and lady since 2002, with 50 years licensed trade experience between them and their friendly team of bar staff. Transforming what was a working men's club into a hub of the community, you can be sure of a warm welcome and plenty of laughs.
It is the high standards of professionalism at Sprotbrough Country Club, which really sets this venue apart from the rest. The tasteful decor and contemporary mood lighting adds to the great atmosphere, whether it's a christening, a wedding or anything in-between.
- G Kirkham, 01/3/2011
Simply the best pub I have ever been in. Great music and a great atmosphere. Thank you Mr Billy.
- John Baildon, 23/7/2010
Good food, but let down by poor standard of public conveniences. Shame.
- Bill Simpson, 20/7/2010
It's not just any old pub
To some, it might just look like another pub tucked away in the corner of a sprawling mining village. But to others The Drum in Bentley has shaped lives.
It was built almost a century ago in the style of the time, a vast, sprawling cavernous type of place, quite plain, even ugly in its outward appearance.
To generations of us growing up in and around Bentley, the building barely warranted a second glance. It was something that was always there, an immovable landmark, a beacon for homeward bound travellers.
The Bentley Hotel it was rather grandly called when it opened in 1913, but soon it was known to all as either the Big Drum, or simply The Drum, named, rumour had it, after a popular local drummer who entertained in the pub concert room.
Years later, after a brewery make-over, the Bentley Hotel sign disappeared and The Drum it remained thereafter.
It survived two world wars, was the gathering place for Bentley's births, marriages and deaths, saw the rise and fall of one of the country's finest pits and watched over the death of the community which grew up round it.
The Drum was many things to many people, an Aladdin's cave of countless attics and cellars, a warren of corridors and stairs, dining areas and bars, store rooms and kitchens. Outside there were vast gardens and bowling greens and overgrown orchards to be explored.
Meet the eclectic mix of customers who stood in their designated areas in The Drum's bars; the butchers and bakers, doctors and dentists and the steady stream of miners with their unquenchable thirsts.
Life in those days was simple and uncomplicated, black or white, where children could play safely in the streets and where entertainment was home made.
Today it's still a thriving community pub run by Gary and Karen, ever keen to welcome new customers, from local and far, offering entertainment, and quality menu to drool over.
- Julie Knight, 05/7/2010
A great family pub, run by mine hosts Dave & Ruth Wicks.
Alas John Smith's Cask has departed, but there is a constantly changing selection of real ales.
Sunday lunch is a joy to behold, with Ruth assisted by Annie, in no small way. Food is available seven days a week with a great menu.
Every week there seems to be an excuse for a party, if only because superstar Anto won the deciding in both darts & dominoes last Monday at Balby Recreation Club.
A wide ranging customer base from UB40s to a teacher, with nutters like myself in between. Drop in anytime for a great welcome!
- Patrick O'Hara, 03/4/2010
Excellent - staff and rooms were brilliant.
The food was brilliant, and fantastic value for money. 10/10.
- David Evans, 05/9/2009
The White Swan is no longer famed for having the highest bar in Britain, as the landlord that owned it for a while demolished it! How thoughtless of him was that?
- Suzy
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