The Dukeries Lodge, Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire

We visited as a couple near Christmas time. This place has recently been redecorated and has some serious improvements, the place is amazing to visit. The service definitely needs some work, the staff seemed slightly disorganised and ‘flappy’. We ordered a starter of bread, oils, olives and feta, however when this came we were without our olives and had to explain a few times to the staff that on the menu they do not offer this selection without olives. It was quite confusing and took some talking to explain the issue. The olives eventually came by the time we finished everything else. My husband had the lodge stack which was a good standard burger. I ordered the mussels which were okay but the sauce was far too salty and needed cream. My dish had obviously been left under the heat lamp as the mussels had started to crisp and the bread was as hard as a brick. Again the service was friendly but slow. We ordered one dessert and a coffee, the coffee was quick but we had to wait nearly 15 minutes for a sundae. The food only needs slightly improvement but the service made us feel slightly nervous that we’d be waiting some time for some simple orders. We will be visiting again and can appreciate this is a new establishment which has only recently opened.

We thought we’d try this place since it opened again.. my god I wish I didn’t. The food was absolutely crap for the price it all was.. I ordered a ribs and chicken and chips. £19.50!!! Thinking it would come with a decent amount.. no. Littlest bit of ribs and the smallest piece of chicken and you get about 6 bloody chips. My mum she ordered a steak sandwich. Nearly 10 pound and came with about 2 little pieces of steak on the sandwich. Not good at all! Her and my auntie ordered home made chips. They brought out freezer ones. We asked if they could add atleast a little bit more steak on the sandwich. The chef said no?! Again wow great service. To then have a waitress come in and keep staring at us I’m guessing cause we complained. Again great service!🙄 we also asked for the manager. That didn’t happen. And then tried charging us extra for a side of 6 chips. Won’t be attending again! Prices are unbelievable for what you get!

Since having a make over the food is limited but delicious. The decor is lovely, however service can be slow. Each time we’ve been (3/4 times) something has unfortunately been missed off our order and the last time it was a full meal. The staff were more than accommodating, however left one of our members watching us eat!