Just had the Mother's Day Afternoon Tea at The Pavilion and unfortunately the food was very disappointing. Both the size and quality of the tea were poor and definitely not worth £14.95 a man. We shall not be returning.
Keeley Critchley
Can't fault this place at all, we had a small party of 20 ppl here today for my step sons 18th birthday and the food was absolutely divine, we will deffo be back for more. They catered for us all in their outside heated room which was made private for us, staff were really friendly and the manager came to introduce himself aswell which was nice, 5 stars all round, we really enjoyed our night, thank you for having us xx
William_ Nicholson556
1st class highly
L4342NDscottg
Went for bottomless brunch. £35 per person with blue light discount. Had two margarita pizzas each and five cocktails in 90 mins. Amazing food great drinks brilliant service. Can’t fault it. Would recommend. Value for money and wuality food and drink. Definitely go back. Five stars from me. Thank you pavilion.
airam1975
Reason for 2 star is for the staff sorting issues and being kind and polite and the apologetic free drink. 15 of us for the festive menu . They were understaffed took 2 hours to serve a 2 course meal following another half hour for people who wanted a pudding. The food was shocking , bland , cheap and cold . Total waste of 25.00. went to McDonald's when left . Avoid.
Bev Wood
Prebooked Sunday lunch a week in advance for 7 people on a birthday get together.We were told on arrival they only had Gammon left. So basically, the "walk ins" had a choice of our meats!That's just for starters.3 chopped garlic mushrooms on a small slice of white soggy bread - the menu said ciabatta.Pate served with one half of a toasted bagel cut into small wedges - menu said served on ciabatta bread.The gammon was like eating a bowl of salt.Ordered chorizo and jalapeño pizza but received a plain pepperoni.Roast potatoes were obviously boiled potatoes in skins then quick roasted for 10 minutes or so.Yorkshire puddings were small and like cake texture.Gravy was as black as coal.Basically, nothing left by the time we got there because they had served 100 sittings when they usually do 30. Not the customers problem! A booking is a booking.Absolutely shocking excuse when they've had our booking for over a week. The kitchen obviously had ran out of food so we had to make do with whatever they could muster together.Overpriced for the quality of food we ate.We received a discount but that doesn't cut bad planning, bad service and bad food.Waitress was lovely but we won't be going back.
Jay 79
Staying in the Premier in a few yards away so popped in on my way back from the gym on the off chance to see if they did takeaways. Staff were really helpful and I went for the katsu chicken. Picked it up 15 mins later and it was delicious! Generous portion with LOTS of chicken whereas most places just give 3 little pieces. Will deffo be there again before I leave at the end of the week. Rated the atmosphere a 5 even though I didn't stay as its the kinda place I like to eat.
Julie Rutter
Excellent food and excellent
R G
Food was lovely, however we had booked a table for 7 people on saturday, we had the reservation email but was told there was not reservation. We then was told there was a limited menu as they didnt know about the reservation. We ordered our mains which were nice but we ordered 3 pots of garlic dip for £5. We got 1 dip share and still got charged the £5. They also wanted to close too so they didn't offer us deserts. Not a great experience but the food was nice
LilyandRob
Only us and one other table in. We ordered some dishes from the tapas menu and a side of fries. £3.95 for a very small portion of fries served in a tiny plant pot although they were hot and freshly cooked. Other dishes weren’t up to much. Chicken bao buns were cold, chicken had no seasoning or slaw at all and ‘asian slaw’ was a very measly serving of pickled cabbage. Chorizo was fine, hard to get wrong. Creamy mushrooms were nice but ciabatta was barely toasted. Greek meatballs were gristly and the sauce was bland. Staff were pleasant and service was good but would definitely not be in a rush to return for food.
Divorce party of 14. We did the afternoon tea with cocktail offer. Lovely plate full of sandwiches and sweet treats. Unlimited 90 minutes of cocktails and prosecco. Was not the easiest group to run around after, due to how many there was. We all had a fabulous time! We did notice one particular lady running rounda serving us. At one time she looked hot and work loaded heavy (it was that very hot sweaty heatwave September Saturday). She definitely put our group enjoyment first. Got a breef moment to thank her . Lovely lady who told us she had just taken over the running of the pavilion, we wish her all the well-deserved luck and success. And would 1000% recommended
Andy UK
Really odd place, it's like you're looking at a block of flats! Also had a zombie cocktail which was alright, but the person behind the bar didn't put any effort into shaking the cocktail mixer and became my laugh for the evening mocking her skills ?
Martin H
Excellent service-manager had excellent customer experience. I had the tapas which was very good. Cooked well and excellent presentation. Certainly a place I would go back to -looks like it could be lively in the evening!! Definitely worth a look at if you are in Barnsley-thoroughly recommend!!
r0wland123
Went here with my daughter to book and pay deposit for a babyshower. Decided to have lunch first ordered 2 jacket potatoes with toppings, when came one was given to a different table but this was sorted promptly. I took one bite and realised mine was cold ask my daughter about hers and she said hers was cold too we told staff they said we will get fresh ones done. About 15 mins later we both received another which were the same ones just reheated and reshaped. And yet again first bite cold again the manager came to our table and said he'd seen them come out of the oven himself, I told him to touch the potatoe as I wasn't eating it anyway and yes it was cold he couldn't understand why. Faulty microwave in my opinion. We didn't pay for our drinks as consolation but haven't booked the baby shower either. Only ten people in the restaurant at the time and we weren't the only ones sending cold food back.
424DonnaM
Went with my son tonight for a bit of mummy and me time he's 12. :) Manager lovely on arrival and showed us to a booth. All staff very attentive made us feel welcome and it really had a lovely atmosphere. We had 2 cocktails made to mocktails which my son loved. The presentation of them was brilliant. Ordered katsu chicken for my boy and he cleared plate and loved it. I had pulled pork burger. The coleslaw was the nicest I've ever eaten it was 10/10 for that and I could have eaten another bowl. Genuinely loved this so thanks to the chef it's often bland and tasteless in restaurants as a bit of a after thought but the taste was great excellent touch. Really nice buzz to the venue and I loved the decor it's very modern and the lights my son thought very cool too. We will absolutely be returning.
Just had the Mother's Day Afternoon Tea at The Pavilion and unfortunately the food was very disappointing. Both the size and quality of the tea were poor and definitely not worth £14.95 a man. We shall not be returning.
Can't fault this place at all, we had a small party of 20 ppl here today for my step sons 18th birthday and the food was absolutely divine, we will deffo be back for more. They catered for us all in their outside heated room which was made private for us, staff were really friendly and the manager came to introduce himself aswell which was nice, 5 stars all round, we really enjoyed our night, thank you for having us xx
1st class highly
Went for bottomless brunch. £35 per person with blue light discount. Had two margarita pizzas each and five cocktails in 90 mins. Amazing food great drinks brilliant service. Can’t fault it. Would recommend. Value for money and wuality food and drink. Definitely go back. Five stars from me. Thank you pavilion.
Reason for 2 star is for the staff sorting issues and being kind and polite and the apologetic free drink. 15 of us for the festive menu . They were understaffed took 2 hours to serve a 2 course meal following another half hour for people who wanted a pudding. The food was shocking , bland , cheap and cold . Total waste of 25.00. went to McDonald's when left . Avoid.
Prebooked Sunday lunch a week in advance for 7 people on a birthday get together.We were told on arrival they only had Gammon left. So basically, the "walk ins" had a choice of our meats!That's just for starters.3 chopped garlic mushrooms on a small slice of white soggy bread - the menu said ciabatta.Pate served with one half of a toasted bagel cut into small wedges - menu said served on ciabatta bread.The gammon was like eating a bowl of salt.Ordered chorizo and jalapeño pizza but received a plain pepperoni.Roast potatoes were obviously boiled potatoes in skins then quick roasted for 10 minutes or so.Yorkshire puddings were small and like cake texture.Gravy was as black as coal.Basically, nothing left by the time we got there because they had served 100 sittings when they usually do 30. Not the customers problem! A booking is a booking.Absolutely shocking excuse when they've had our booking for over a week. The kitchen obviously had ran out of food so we had to make do with whatever they could muster together.Overpriced for the quality of food we ate.We received a discount but that doesn't cut bad planning, bad service and bad food.Waitress was lovely but we won't be going back.
Staying in the Premier in a few yards away so popped in on my way back from the gym on the off chance to see if they did takeaways. Staff were really helpful and I went for the katsu chicken. Picked it up 15 mins later and it was delicious! Generous portion with LOTS of chicken whereas most places just give 3 little pieces. Will deffo be there again before I leave at the end of the week. Rated the atmosphere a 5 even though I didn't stay as its the kinda place I like to eat.
Excellent food and excellent
Food was lovely, however we had booked a table for 7 people on saturday, we had the reservation email but was told there was not reservation. We then was told there was a limited menu as they didnt know about the reservation. We ordered our mains which were nice but we ordered 3 pots of garlic dip for £5. We got 1 dip share and still got charged the £5. They also wanted to close too so they didn't offer us deserts. Not a great experience but the food was nice
Only us and one other table in. We ordered some dishes from the tapas menu and a side of fries. £3.95 for a very small portion of fries served in a tiny plant pot although they were hot and freshly cooked. Other dishes weren’t up to much. Chicken bao buns were cold, chicken had no seasoning or slaw at all and ‘asian slaw’ was a very measly serving of pickled cabbage. Chorizo was fine, hard to get wrong. Creamy mushrooms were nice but ciabatta was barely toasted. Greek meatballs were gristly and the sauce was bland. Staff were pleasant and service was good but would definitely not be in a rush to return for food.
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Divorce party of 14. We did the afternoon tea with cocktail offer. Lovely plate full of sandwiches and sweet treats. Unlimited 90 minutes of cocktails and prosecco. Was not the easiest group to run around after, due to how many there was. We all had a fabulous time! We did notice one particular lady running rounda serving us. At one time she looked hot and work loaded heavy (it was that very hot sweaty heatwave September Saturday). She definitely put our group enjoyment first. Got a breef moment to thank her . Lovely lady who told us she had just taken over the running of the pavilion, we wish her all the well-deserved luck and success. And would 1000% recommended
Really odd place, it's like you're looking at a block of flats! Also had a zombie cocktail which was alright, but the person behind the bar didn't put any effort into shaking the cocktail mixer and became my laugh for the evening mocking her skills ?
Excellent service-manager had excellent customer experience. I had the tapas which was very good. Cooked well and excellent presentation. Certainly a place I would go back to -looks like it could be lively in the evening!! Definitely worth a look at if you are in Barnsley-thoroughly recommend!!
Went here with my daughter to book and pay deposit for a babyshower. Decided to have lunch first ordered 2 jacket potatoes with toppings, when came one was given to a different table but this was sorted promptly. I took one bite and realised mine was cold ask my daughter about hers and she said hers was cold too we told staff they said we will get fresh ones done. About 15 mins later we both received another which were the same ones just reheated and reshaped. And yet again first bite cold again the manager came to our table and said he'd seen them come out of the oven himself, I told him to touch the potatoe as I wasn't eating it anyway and yes it was cold he couldn't understand why. Faulty microwave in my opinion. We didn't pay for our drinks as consolation but haven't booked the baby shower either. Only ten people in the restaurant at the time and we weren't the only ones sending cold food back.
Went with my son tonight for a bit of mummy and me time he's 12. :) Manager lovely on arrival and showed us to a booth. All staff very attentive made us feel welcome and it really had a lovely atmosphere. We had 2 cocktails made to mocktails which my son loved. The presentation of them was brilliant. Ordered katsu chicken for my boy and he cleared plate and loved it. I had pulled pork burger. The coleslaw was the nicest I've ever eaten it was 10/10 for that and I could have eaten another bowl. Genuinely loved this so thanks to the chef it's often bland and tasteless in restaurants as a bit of a after thought but the taste was great excellent touch. Really nice buzz to the venue and I loved the decor it's very modern and the lights my son thought very cool too. We will absolutely be returning.