The Retreat

Been for a meal tonight with my partner and two boys! Can't ever fault the retreat! It's always our go to pub for a family meal. Staff are always friendly, nothing is ever too much for them and the food is always spot on! All reasonably priced as well. We look forward to our next visit! Thank you once again for a lovely time!

Went here on Sunday wanted a roast and hadn't been there for years. Well what can I say me and dad love a roast and my hubby and mum had steak philly baguette and chips which they enjoyed. Our roast consisted of packet mask frozen spuds and veg frozen Yorkshire pudding and processed beef it was awful. Never again

Update: We had a table for 4 at 12pm, you were not busy. There was us and one other table at that point. We ate what we could as we had not eaten all day. Our kids are the remaining veg and frozen mash. Yes our table was checked, 2 minutes after our plates had been put down. We were still sorting our children out. No was not me on trip advisor, but if there is a review then maybe it’s a trending theme. The meat was cold, and tasted previously cooked. There is no way the meat was cooked that day, may it be from a butcher which I find had to believe as the way is was sliced. Fresh cooked meat will not look like that. Standards of food quality are obviously different as why you serve something you know to be vile? Although the veg may be cooked fresh, from frozen it will not be fresh tasting again there is a great difference in standards. When I went to pay the girl on the till simply said the bill with no eye contact or any questions about we’re we happy. Like I said, I’m not one to leave bad reviews that are unnecessary Original Review: Went today for Sunday lunch. The food was awful and I don’t like to leave bad reviews. The Sunday lunch was the same as a microwave meal. The meat was out of a packet, and the veg, mash, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes were all frozen and not fresh. There was nothing on the plate that was cooked fresh, all frozen. The carrots were the small smooth ones that you know are only available frozen. It’s clearly not a proper chef as no chef would be happy sending that out to paying customers. I’m sure the owner will comment and say you should of complained, but you can see the staff are not interested. Tried a few years ago, still the same just had a lick of paint.

The Retreat is always good. Our "go to" place for a celebration lunch. They even put candies on the desert for the "birthday boy". A nice touch.

Some pleasant decor, reasonable wait times, helpful staff. My steak order came back a bit wrong, but I think they were dealing with a lot that day on account of appliance faults. Family were pleased with the baguettes and all day breakfast looked like great value for money. Overall recommended.

Wonderful place to eat food was great and hot my complaints to the chef who cooked the food it was just cooked the way I ordered it the waiter was also very pleasant and helpful

Staff are great easy parking some of the food is lovely but some not so great too many dishes with chips mashed potato would be a nice change

Good Food, Great Service, not too far from the motorway and a far better option for a bite to eat than a service station. Would definitely go back.

I love the retreat as it’s a nice pub to eat at away from busy town, it’s nice to treat yourself there. Friendly staff and food was delicious

First time at The Retreat, good welcome on arrival, staff polite and eager to please. Lovely menu, good choice something for everyone, not pretentious like a lot of menus these days, a real treat! Will definitely go back!