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The Dovedale Restaurant

British

Palace Rd, Buxton

Reviews for The Dovedale Restaurant

I and my husband went for dinner .Restaurant section was empty . When I order my drink sprite waitress asked me pint or half and I realised that is not in the bottle so I wanted to change bottle of diet coke. After that strangely she was questioning that why I wanted bottle not the other option . Anyway then we ordered 2 starters , 2 mains and 1 puding. As a starter we both ordered the soup and it was ok. And the main course I had the fish which is disappointing. It was too tough...read full review

While the Hotel had an elegant entrance and staircase and was in a convenient position with clean rooms the dinner menu was a disappointing buffet and looked rather sad and dry and as there was only one other diner we left and went into town which was packed with fine restaurants and very busy. To be fair the breakfast was reasonable (except for awful coffee) and the staff were helpful although it all felt a bit Fawlty Towers!

We got to the restaurant for the pre-paid dinner at 1920 for a 1930 booking. Taken to table given menus then nothing. No one came near us for 20mins then we were asked what we wanted, including drinks. Then nothing, no drinks not even a piece of bread to go with the butter that was on the plate. Having watched other people being served before us we walked out after 40 mins waiting. Disgraceful service. The only plus was that it prompted us to find an excellent eatery in the town....read full review

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