Reviews in Swinton

I have just visited this pub for a family meal and was extremely impressed. The food was exceptional and reasonably priced and the service was second to none. I would particularly like to mention how welcome we were made to feel by the waiter/barman Chris. I will most certainly be recommending this restaurant to family and friends .

Went there for lunch. In 4 year olds meat ball came they was that over cooked they were like rock. I asked can I return this she cant eat this. The reply you have to send the full meal back. Ok telling me this is a microwave meal. Left sat there no attention from staff. Nice place service no good.

Cafe 186 could possibly be the worst cafe I have eaten from.I ordered food, 7 different types of sandwhiches - ONLY 6 sandwhiches came and ONLY two of them were correct. DO YOU WRITE DOWN YOUR ORDERS??I then call your company and I get told "come back and I'll refund you"I have petrol to pay for and precious work I need to be getting too. Won't ever be eating here again. Ridiculous, gormless staff.

Avoid!!!! I got food poisoning from here twice!!!!! Never again!!!!!!

I love good fish and chips, and they are hard to find. Sykes do it right every time, and the staff are fast and friendly. Keep up the good work. Always freshly cooked. Piping hot, and shop is immaculate

Phoned up 4pm sunday for 16 fit in at 5pm Good food will be going again.

Sadly a disastrous end to a fantastic father’s day. We should have known when we were forced to ask for a menu after 15 minutes that there was a service problem. Prior to this the poppadums and dips were virtually thrown at the table by the waiter after he had fumbled his way through our drinks order. Thirty minutes in we had finally ordered our meal, with the express request that the meals for our 2 and 4 year children come as soon as possible as it was now 6 pm. About 1 and 15 minutes in the starter arrives, all is good if not a little on edge how long does it take to fry a bit of onion into a ball shape, and dip a cube of chicken into spice and cook it? Ohh hang missing chicken nuggets and chips for the children! Virtually called liars we are told we never made this request. It looked like the meal was then cooked by the delivery driver in his jeans and t-shirt! Turned out he was the delivery driver.In house entertainment on the very next table, Involving some drunken chap wandering in off the street and eating the scraps from previous customer; he had obviously eaten here before and was fully aware of the service issues!We had to clear our own table onto another one which had just been left, other customers followed suit leading to scrap pile in the middle of the restaurant.Around two and a half hours in we had a main course, food was fine, we were not and the whole meal was consumed by very hungry and angry family not a pleasant end to the day.Ordering drinks was ridiculously hard as they never appeared on multiple occasions result was going to the bar yourself. The place was sweltering and sat in orange darkness as it appears they don’t know how to replace a light bulb! or there is something they don't want you to see.We heard other families complaining and threatening to walk out which ultimately happened, at one point I heard the manager threatening to sue a fellow customer if she left. When we were done we told the manager of the restaurant we were unhappy with the service we didn’t want a free meal and we were going to pay, but we wanted an apology. Which lead to him, squirming and blaming his customers for the lack of staff. We recommend he tell customers there is a delay in service. Which we were then told he had done, btw this had never spoken to us all night and now realise we were avoided. We were then told we could leave and don’t have to go back. Bad management, dire service, reputation destroyed in one evening!Thanks to the delivery driver who arrange the children’s meal so fast, not sure if you have the required food hygiene certs to be in the kitchen but hey! Will avoid forever.

Would never eat there again. Took my mum on mothers day for a booked meal. Landlady very gobby.

Wow I've eaten the best chips in the world SCRUMPTIUOS! NOM NOM NOM YUMMY

Absolutely brilliant food, I ordered Sunday roasts

Been stacks of times. Love it! Had a party for about 125 people. Been to funeral reception there. We (immediate family) and our extended family love everything about it. Thanks to all.

Wish to come and try the new Punters.

By far the best cafe I've ever been too. Great menu and fantastic service.

We called in for a family meal last November midweek on a quiet night. 4 Adults and 2 children and as the food was so undercooked including the children’s burger which was cold and red in the middle and all the chips still hard and cold veg, we felt the food was unsafe to eat. The menu had also changed and the quality of the food seemed poor (which can be down to cut backs by the group and not the fault of the location). Due to the large amounts of food we left on our plates we were asked by the waitress if there was a problem which we explained; but as the Manager was not on site there was nothing she could do.I had already made a reserved booking for just before Christmas so the next day I phoned to cancel this booking and spoke to the Manager, who truly seemed concerned that we had been serviced uncooked meat and said she would ring us in January to see if the family would like to return.. we never received the call..

The manageress at this pub is the rudest person I have come across. After saying we would have a wait of 15 -20 minuters, we waited one and half hours. As soon as we had finshed our meal (three lady pensioners) she said "I want this table and I want it now, go finish your drinks at the bar" we left the table and paid our bill but we won't be returning whilst she is in charge.

The Restaurant itself is very good food is great and staff friendly enough. I have been going here for over 20 years and decided to have a bit of a do for my 4oth on a sunday evening at their buffet which was advertised in the window on the menus and website. we checked on friday that they could reserve some tables for us on the following sunday when we arrive they had taken down the sign which was on one of the tables in the restaurant as it had only just been taken down and said they were no longer doing the buffet. there was 23 of us 13 adults 8 kids by their prices the food should have been around £150 they expected us to pay for full price for meals, this I suspect was a tactic to get more money out of us. we came to some arrangement but the final price still came to more than it should by about £100 quid without drinks very felt very let down and not going back.

great curry, great service, great staff, go and try it.

We have been quite a few times now and had a lovely meal very pleasant staff and nice clean enviroment. Well done Sue and Joe Hallett.