Balkerne Gate Table Table

Firstly, the wings are incredible. Proper home made mother's here. Get them with the sauce on the side...
You know what? I was going to knock a star off because of the size of my gammon, but thinking about it, I think they got it just right. It looked tiny on my plate, but it really was just enough. Fair play, portion guys! Marked down for a long wait for the coffee machine at breakfast, plus that holiday bloody toaster.

Evening meal was OK I did find it a bit cold in the restaurant as the blowers was directly over me but was unable to move seats as it was a little busy... Breakfast in the morning again little busy not enough staff on in relation to how many people came for Breakfast I was taken to my seat I was told someone will come and take my order I had some rice Krispy's while I waited again I was acknowledged but after 45 mins of waiting and still no Breakfast I had to leave to go to work there was no structure no order the staff that was on was buzzing around looking busy but they didn't cope very well the toaster wasn't working there was no sugar available except brown and that's no good on your krispys. Overall the location of the hotel was good for me for getting to work if I had to visit the area again I will give the Balkerne Gate Table Table another try and put my bad 2 days down to lack of experience by staff and some situations can't be helped.

Place has gone downhill faster than an Olympic skier. Staff grumpy. Tried to get a table for 2 and they said it would be at least an hour even though restaurant was nearly empty. Don't waste your time. Drive half a mile down the road and you'll come to the Rovers Tye. Extremely friendly staff, great food amazing value.

Very much a case of you get what you pay for. The waiting staff were all very friendly although they are operating in an incredibly tired looking restaurant. Food wise, it's budget ingredients put together with limited care and served at about the price point it deserves, not a moan by any means, just an observation. If you're after top quality food, this isn't it, if you're after a cheap bite to eat it just about fits the bill.

Servicing the Premier Inn it is adjacent to, the Balkerne is a busy pub with lots of workers using the place. The menu reflects the changing times for example you now have to pay 49p for a naan bread where it used to be included in the meal. The menu and beer/lager options are all decent and the staff are really excellent.

Lovely enjoyable meal.
Fast service to get us seated. Very quick to take starter/dinner order not so quick for taking pudding order or bringing over the bill, we ended up going to the bar as in the waitresses words "ooops so sorry I forgot to bring it over"
Nice and quiet, not during busy hours, was a nice enjoyable meal out. Great food and lovely cocktails

The staff are polite and friendly. The food menu is abit limited but I do understand as other restaurants are still serving a limit menu's too. The food is ok nothing to really shout about but It does gets upgraded to a 4* as £9.50 for unlimited breakfast (and kids eat free) isn't bad value.

There's a lot of variation between Table Tables in my experience, but Balkerne Gate is consistently one of the best. Decent pub grub nicely presented, friendly courteous staff, and a convivial atmosphere. You can't expect fine dining at this budget, but what they do here, they do well.