Disappointing birthday meal. I wanted to go to Barrington's to celebrate my birthday with my family for Sunday lunch. We'd been before a couple of years ago and had a lovely experience, however, it was really not as good this time.We were greeted and seated quickly and with a couple of the party stuck in traffic, joined about 10 minutes later which gave us some time to look at the menus. Drinks orders were taken promptly once the full party arrived. The glasses the cocktails came in were very basic and slightly unexpected shapes but drinks tasted nice which was the main thing. From this point our table was largely ignored. It took a further 20 minutes to order food from this point and had to flag down a waitress to do this. Food orders taken nicely and staff were polite. Sunday lunches came out well and on the whole were good. Roast potatoes were pretty hard and had clearly been kept on a hot plate for a while. Wouldn't recommend the cauliflower cheese as a side, £5.50 for four pieces of undercooked cauliflower in a thin 'cheesy' sort or milky sauce. Otherwise food was good. No one checked back on us to see how the food was throughout the meal despite the waitresses not being particularly busy for the duration of the meal but it wasn't until we'd finished that we really started having issues. No one came to take our plates away at all for about 20 minutes after finishing. We ended up catching a waitress's attention to ask for dessert menus, which we got only two menus for a table of 6 people? And then she only took three people's plates before disappearing to run another table's food. So we still had gravy filled plates in front of half the table for a further 5 minutes whilst trying to pass around two menus for all of us. Eventually a different waitress took the rest of our plates with our desserts order.The desserts, wow... Four of the party ordered the berry crumble with custard. After waiting 25 minutes for desserts by, which point people around us that had come in after us were already finished since they were served significantly faster than us, the deserts came out... Almost completely cold. Cold crumble and cold custard. Not sure how after 25 minutes since our order but we immediately sent them back and the waiting staff apologised. The other two parties ordered ice cream and the waffle with ice-cream, in which the waffle was also completely cold despite saying on the menu it was served hot. By this point we just ate the waffle to avoid further issues sending food back. About 10 minutes later the crumbles reappeared. The same ones just 'reheated', with the custard on top, so had of course formed a horrible skin on top which was extremely unappetising. The crumbles were so dense that they were difficult to break up, very little berry filling in 3 of the 4 desserts, not enough custard for such a dry dessert and was still just about warm in temperature.The waitress took two of the crumbles off the bill for us because honestly they were not nice at all.Overall very disappointing experience and didn't feel like much of a celebration meal.
Christine McGarvie
Sunday roast was nice but not very hot. Service was very slow and 4 fruit crumbles and waffle for dessert were served to us cold, and when it came back, it was only just warm, very little custard and far too much crumble. Overall
Kevin Simpson
First time at Barringtons and will definitely be returning. The food was amazing and was possibly the best steak that I've ever had. I find it hard to understand why so many people comment on the age of the waiting staff, they were absolutely spot on and nothing was to much. I would highly recommend this restaurant and I'm looking forward to my next meal there.
Dave Rasch
Our first time at Barrington,hoped for a good meal.....and it was exactly thatFood was a real treat,we chose lots of small dishes from an array of wonderful choices.A good way of trying things likeRibs,potatoes,greens,palenta,chicken,peppers all tasty and filling.Desserts were excellent.I must say the young staff were happy and attentive,I hope the boss realises what an asset they really are.Can't fault anything......will definitely be back. Thanks Barrington !!.Kid-friendliness: Kids welcome
Oonagh mcdonagh
the roast potatoes were like rocks . the rest was
Deena King
Fab bottomless brunch, staff were amazing!
Julie Wilkinson22
Nice unplanned birthday meal for my teenager on 1st feb, food was nice, ate far too much, but only ourselves to blame there lol! Starters nicer than mains which had a microwave edge to them I.e burgers not brilliant but all in enjoyable experience in a rainy quiet weekday night, nice casual atmosphere young girl who was running the front of house was absolutely lovely, attentive and friendly, epitome of good staff right there, thanks to her for a lovely Reception and good service and I hope she has a fabulous Thailand experience!
Joanna L
Turned up for a 60th birthday meal. Ordered a birthday cocktail, couldn’t make it as they didn’t have mint. Ordered starters, oh can’t do pancake rolls either, ordered steak and rib combo, oh can’t do that either… so far if zero stars was an option that’s what they would be given.
Leanne Green
Food is amazing! Service is a bit so so but not enough to reduce the stars. Have also done brunch here and definitely worth it ??
Nicole Wilcox
We have just devoured a Tomahawk steak here. It's was absolutely delicious...plenty for 2 people.We had a rack of ribs for starters , they also just fell off the bone.Honeycomb cheesecake finished off a lovely meal .....would love to see a cheeseboard on the menu as an alternative to a sweet dessert;)We were recommended this restaurant and will definitely be going back.Staff very attentive and chatty. Nice atmosphere.Great job , thank you :)Paul & Nicole
Food was very nice and didn’t wait long for it, probably because we were the only ones in there. I don’t know if it’s because it was a Sunday, or because it was super quiet but there was a severe lack of service. The girls serving were nice enough whilst asking for our orders but didn’t seem bothered about how our food was, if we needed another drink (we did) and didn’t even say goodbye to us once we paid our bill. We were also absolutely freezing sat by the door covered by curtains that were left open most of the time, it seems the front door doesn’t close properly? I don’t like to leave bad reviews and I feel the place has lots of potential but maybe just needs major tweaking in some areas.
Lorraine Chapman
I wasn't at all happy with the service I experienced today very rude meat tough swimming with gravy to the extent it was spilling out all over table she really didn't want to change my meal at all just said will bring you more meat I said it wasn't acceptable and if she didn't change it just take it away and take off the bill she went away tutting and bought a fresh meal wasn't great wouldn't go back. Do not expect to be treated like that very unhappy customer
Duncan Nash
An absolutely outstanding array of freshly cooked food. Friendly and attentive service and a nice atmosphere. Awesome place.
Phil Murray
Really disappointed this time had the Peruvian chicken just tasted like ordinary chicken and chips, no spices, and we sat by the door and it was freezing. Took our family from Manchester and they weren't impressed either. Won't be back for a while!
Neil Croucher
We had a great family meal for 3 tonight for my wife's birthday.The food was amazing for the price, and the service was just as good.I didn't get our hostess name, but I wish I had, as she truly made the night.She totally involved my son with every decision making and even went out her way to find him some crayons to do some colouring...Add to this that the wife got a free cocktail for her birthday, the whole experience was worth every penny..If you're looking for a lovely independent restaurant with great drinks, food, parking and location then you can't go wrong.We'll be back very soon.Neil Card.Kid-friendliness: Absolutely amazing ? %
Disappointing birthday meal. I wanted to go to Barrington's to celebrate my birthday with my family for Sunday lunch. We'd been before a couple of years ago and had a lovely experience, however, it was really not as good this time.We were greeted and seated quickly and with a couple of the party stuck in traffic, joined about 10 minutes later which gave us some time to look at the menus. Drinks orders were taken promptly once the full party arrived. The glasses the cocktails came in were very basic and slightly unexpected shapes but drinks tasted nice which was the main thing. From this point our table was largely ignored. It took a further 20 minutes to order food from this point and had to flag down a waitress to do this. Food orders taken nicely and staff were polite. Sunday lunches came out well and on the whole were good. Roast potatoes were pretty hard and had clearly been kept on a hot plate for a while. Wouldn't recommend the cauliflower cheese as a side, £5.50 for four pieces of undercooked cauliflower in a thin 'cheesy' sort or milky sauce. Otherwise food was good. No one checked back on us to see how the food was throughout the meal despite the waitresses not being particularly busy for the duration of the meal but it wasn't until we'd finished that we really started having issues. No one came to take our plates away at all for about 20 minutes after finishing. We ended up catching a waitress's attention to ask for dessert menus, which we got only two menus for a table of 6 people? And then she only took three people's plates before disappearing to run another table's food. So we still had gravy filled plates in front of half the table for a further 5 minutes whilst trying to pass around two menus for all of us. Eventually a different waitress took the rest of our plates with our desserts order.The desserts, wow... Four of the party ordered the berry crumble with custard. After waiting 25 minutes for desserts by, which point people around us that had come in after us were already finished since they were served significantly faster than us, the deserts came out... Almost completely cold. Cold crumble and cold custard. Not sure how after 25 minutes since our order but we immediately sent them back and the waiting staff apologised. The other two parties ordered ice cream and the waffle with ice-cream, in which the waffle was also completely cold despite saying on the menu it was served hot. By this point we just ate the waffle to avoid further issues sending food back. About 10 minutes later the crumbles reappeared. The same ones just 'reheated', with the custard on top, so had of course formed a horrible skin on top which was extremely unappetising. The crumbles were so dense that they were difficult to break up, very little berry filling in 3 of the 4 desserts, not enough custard for such a dry dessert and was still just about warm in temperature.The waitress took two of the crumbles off the bill for us because honestly they were not nice at all.Overall very disappointing experience and didn't feel like much of a celebration meal.
Sunday roast was nice but not very hot. Service was very slow and 4 fruit crumbles and waffle for dessert were served to us cold, and when it came back, it was only just warm, very little custard and far too much crumble. Overall
First time at Barringtons and will definitely be returning. The food was amazing and was possibly the best steak that I've ever had. I find it hard to understand why so many people comment on the age of the waiting staff, they were absolutely spot on and nothing was to much. I would highly recommend this restaurant and I'm looking forward to my next meal there.
Our first time at Barrington,hoped for a good meal.....and it was exactly thatFood was a real treat,we chose lots of small dishes from an array of wonderful choices.A good way of trying things likeRibs,potatoes,greens,palenta,chicken,peppers all tasty and filling.Desserts were excellent.I must say the young staff were happy and attentive,I hope the boss realises what an asset they really are.Can't fault anything......will definitely be back. Thanks Barrington !!.Kid-friendliness: Kids welcome
the roast potatoes were like rocks . the rest was
Fab bottomless brunch, staff were amazing!
Nice unplanned birthday meal for my teenager on 1st feb, food was nice, ate far too much, but only ourselves to blame there lol! Starters nicer than mains which had a microwave edge to them I.e burgers not brilliant but all in enjoyable experience in a rainy quiet weekday night, nice casual atmosphere young girl who was running the front of house was absolutely lovely, attentive and friendly, epitome of good staff right there, thanks to her for a lovely Reception and good service and I hope she has a fabulous Thailand experience!
Turned up for a 60th birthday meal. Ordered a birthday cocktail, couldn’t make it as they didn’t have mint. Ordered starters, oh can’t do pancake rolls either, ordered steak and rib combo, oh can’t do that either… so far if zero stars was an option that’s what they would be given.
Food is amazing! Service is a bit so so but not enough to reduce the stars. Have also done brunch here and definitely worth it ??
We have just devoured a Tomahawk steak here. It's was absolutely delicious...plenty for 2 people.We had a rack of ribs for starters , they also just fell off the bone.Honeycomb cheesecake finished off a lovely meal .....would love to see a cheeseboard on the menu as an alternative to a sweet dessert;)We were recommended this restaurant and will definitely be going back.Staff very attentive and chatty. Nice atmosphere.Great job , thank you :)Paul & Nicole
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Food was very nice and didn’t wait long for it, probably because we were the only ones in there. I don’t know if it’s because it was a Sunday, or because it was super quiet but there was a severe lack of service. The girls serving were nice enough whilst asking for our orders but didn’t seem bothered about how our food was, if we needed another drink (we did) and didn’t even say goodbye to us once we paid our bill. We were also absolutely freezing sat by the door covered by curtains that were left open most of the time, it seems the front door doesn’t close properly? I don’t like to leave bad reviews and I feel the place has lots of potential but maybe just needs major tweaking in some areas.
I wasn't at all happy with the service I experienced today very rude meat tough swimming with gravy to the extent it was spilling out all over table she really didn't want to change my meal at all just said will bring you more meat I said it wasn't acceptable and if she didn't change it just take it away and take off the bill she went away tutting and bought a fresh meal wasn't great wouldn't go back. Do not expect to be treated like that very unhappy customer
An absolutely outstanding array of freshly cooked food. Friendly and attentive service and a nice atmosphere. Awesome place.
Really disappointed this time had the Peruvian chicken just tasted like ordinary chicken and chips, no spices, and we sat by the door and it was freezing. Took our family from Manchester and they weren't impressed either. Won't be back for a while!
We had a great family meal for 3 tonight for my wife's birthday.The food was amazing for the price, and the service was just as good.I didn't get our hostess name, but I wish I had, as she truly made the night.She totally involved my son with every decision making and even went out her way to find him some crayons to do some colouring...Add to this that the wife got a free cocktail for her birthday, the whole experience was worth every penny..If you're looking for a lovely independent restaurant with great drinks, food, parking and location then you can't go wrong.We'll be back very soon.Neil Card.Kid-friendliness: Absolutely amazing ? %