Village Pub Grill Village Newcastle

The food was generally good but we much preferred the old system of the carvery. With then new arrangement where your food is delivered on a plate it means I had some things that I wouldn't have chosen and some, for example the cabbage, which I was served far too much of. It looked like it was done this way to fill up the plate. We would only go back for Sunday lunch if had a similar offer of buy one get one free, I don't think the individual price is very good value for money now, whereas it used to be with the carvery.

I enjoyed Sunday lunch at the Village which was good value as I had a bogof. Don’t think and I’d have been so happy if I’d paid full price of £15 each The food was nice and I loved the selection of appetisers , very nice ! lunch was hot and tasty , I prefer to have the food served rather than carvery so that was good. Nicely cooked veg and good rice Yorkshire pud Only criticism is that the meat was cut very thin and I like a thick slice of meat I’d return when offers are available

1st time eating in a few years.. Food wash very nice. Service was excellent bistro bar manager is a natural u dident feel like he was doing it because it was his job.. The way he spoke to you made u feel specia like u were the only one he needed to worry about. but he treat everyone like this such a special quality to have. He made everyone welcome it was so nice. The food I couldent fault was Sunday lunch. Loved the chefs counter. Atmosphere was lovely people relaxing.. We can't wait to visit again will be recommended to all family and friends.

To be honest, we were somewhat disappointed in our visit meal and it was no where near as good as the carvery style sunday menu we thought we were going to get. There was not much choice at all for starters or desserts on the 'help yourself ' part and there was a shortage of desserts, only 2 to choose from a plain cheesecake and yogurt pot type desert. Also, no spoons available for the soup or deserts. The Sunday lunch itself was quite standard, nothing special. I enjoyed the beef but my husband wasnt impressed with the processed turkey he got. Staff were pleasant enough but we cleared our table of both starters and mains ourself as no one seemed to want to take our used plates away do we ended up putting them onto another table or on the bar! Only positive was that I had purchased a voucher so instead of £50, we spent just over £25. I most certainly wouldn 't pay full price for what we got and wont rush back for sunday lunch. Very disappointed as our kids loved it last time with the choice and especially the ice cream machine but this has all been changed and not for the best.

With the new layout of the community areas. It was much better than it was a seperate bar and restaurant. We went for a relaxing family birthday meal (our 2 course meal was included in our room price) and found it anything but relaxing. No specific dining areas were therefore surrounded by drunk, rudering people who knock our chairs while we tried to eat our food and generally be disturbing. Tables are too close together. The new work space where the bar was earlier is a waste of space on the weekend. I think the hotel would only benefit from the creation of a section for people, meals and a section for drinks. There is nowhere else to sit in the hotel for guests. If our meals or service could not be owed, but will not return for food at the hotel, we will just feed somewhere else if we ever stay.