The Mash & Barrel

Management team more interested in having a laugh with each other than serving anyone, tables full of empty plates and glasses, absolutely filthy. Rather go hungry than eat there 👍🏻

Food is ok but very slow service for food and drinks, doesn't matter how busy or quiet the place is. We have been a few times and it seems like it's not just the odd occasion it's just slow.

I am a time served chef and I’ve got to say that was one of the worst meals I’ve ever tasted. The classic burger was dripping with oil from the grill and the chips were clearly batch cooked in advance. They’re so dry it defies understanding or effective swallowing. Really poor quality food, overpriced and very slow service. You’d get a better quality meal eating out of the bin store. To the chef: put some love into it or stop cooking. You cannot be proud of this

Very disappointed with the food and service

1x kids meal was ok… but no free starter was brought, and the tiniest cup of weak cordial

1x adult scampi was ok, but can’t go wrong with scampi

1x steak… cooked incorrectly- still very pink inside. And not told about extra charge for sauce!

1x Cajun pasta… no flavour

1x adult burger- inedible as chewy and grisley.

We ordered 4 adult drinks- the coke was flat and we were charged for one large lemonade when we were only served small.

All in all it was so disappointing, we cancelled our second table booking for the end of the holiday.

It wasn’t cheap, but the food didn’t live up to expectation at all!

The service we received was awful!! All in all very disappointing!!

Had the mixed grill and was quite nice although over priced.
Next night had the serloin steak and it was disgusting, small and not a good taste at all, wasceither off or cooked in old burnt butter.

Overall strange experience. We didn't book so when we got there we had to wait an hour, although there were clearly tables available for 5 they just hadn't been cleaned. Everything was fine when we ordered staff all nice and everything. About 2 minutes after we ordered a different waiter came back to tell me there was no Chicken Tikka left. Which was ok but a bit annoying. The problem was once they brought us are food the Chicken Tikka had came from are original oder but what i had ordered instead had also came instead of one of our other meals. Luckily they got us the correct meal in the end i just dont understand how you can make a mistake like that.

We read the reviews before going here and were in two minds about it, but we've been before years ago and can't remember any of the problems.
Staff were fine, could have been a touch more attentive and we would have ordered more drinks.
There were some meals unavailable, but signs explaining this (tesco round the corner has no issues) The 1st 3 things I picked couldnt have, so I did Have a rump steak and it was spot on, cooked exactly right and seasoned very well, all food hot and out in 15mins.
Overall would go again.

We visited the outdoor eating area yesterday with our 8 week old baby and 1 year old. We had no cover and therefore when it started to rain we were told by a lovely waiter that we could move to a table with a parasol.
When the waiter explained to the more senior member of staff (Male) that he was moving us due to the rain, the managers response was that he wasn’t allowed, and even when our waiter explained we had 2 small children, the managers response was that it didn’t matter.
Another table close by were told they could also move to the shelter, only later for another senior member of staff (Female) to confront them rudely telling them they weren’t allowed to move, which wasn’t their fault at all.
Overall the young male waiter serving us was extremely polite and understanding. However this experience all being a shame as we visit here often.