Reviews in Wigan

I have been to the ashfield on a number of occasions over the past 5 years ,during my recent visit i noticed the place was looking a bit shabby and dated.The food was top class but the waitress service a touch careless for want of a better word.might try else were next time

Have been a customer at the Owls at Standish, for years,and on Friday 19th June 2009 visited with my 85 year old father and my wife.During the meal the waiter slipped and "threw" a full bowl of custard over the table,my shirt,tie and suit trousers,and i do mean a "full-bowl" !!He was apologetic,the incident was witnessed by various other customers and a table occupied by friends of my wife.No member of management came to the table to apologise,despite the lady who appeared to be in charge passing several times.As we paid the bill,we gave details of the incident,no offer of compensation was made/reduction in the bill.The reception/cashier summoned the lady who had walked past us several times, who in a very curt manner told us it "would come out",her complete lack of customer skills and arrogance was breathtaking,this had ruined the rest of our evening as we had to return home and change.No offer of a refund was made---so beware at the Owls of Standish,you pay for what the waiter spills over you,make sure its not an expensive dish!!

It is a nice place in a good setting, however, the food and the service was pretty bad, the chicken pie was slop in a bowl with a burnt top, you have to order at the front desk before you even get a table, worst dining experience i've ever had

Me and my boyfriend went on a Sunday evening to eat. We sat down and ordered our meals (Garlic Bread starter and 2 seafood paella starters to share), we waited 30 minutes for the garlic bread and one seafood paella came. We said we ordered two seafood paellas and waited a further 20 minutes for the other paella starter. When this arrived it had cold spots in it. This is SEAFOOD which came with hot and cold spots. We sent it back and asked for a refund, and said we would pay for what we ate. They tried charging us twice for the drinks, and also tried charging us for the meals we had not eaten. When challenged, they refunded the drinks and we paid for the garlic bread and 1 seafood paella, however this was after 3 attempts of challenging the receipt. I had food poisoning the night after eating some of the paella, i would never eat here again nor would i recommend this restaurant.

Great ambience a certainly a warm welcome from the friendly manageress and staff. This is a newly refurbished village pub which retains most of it's original features as befits a coaching house of it's period. The food was somewhat disappointing however, half an hour wait for very simple starters wasn't really worth it - given that they all arrived in stages making several of us wait before starting to eat. Then we found one of the dishes was partially frozen, luckily we had swapped it with my husbands fishcake otherwise my toddler would have eaten a frozen spring roll. The mains quickly followed but the steaks were so overcooked that they had shrunk and some dish ingredients had been confused with different meals. Decided to have dessert and coffee at home. I think it prudent to wait to eat there until the food service operation can be improved.

just had a meal on mother day and the food was like very high quality and had a reasonable price. and after the meal they give us a free Amaranth, and i ask one of there waiter they said they give it free every sunday. i very happy and i will come back again. what about you? try once your life, you will enjoy it! buraq in Ashton-in-Makerfield it is the best Indian restaurant to eat.

A very, very disappointing dining experience. My wife and I dine out frequently and we have circumvented a number of local indian restaurants. This place seriously let themselves down. they served up salty food and when this point was brought to the attention of the waiting staff / chef we were told 'the chef said you were having a laugh !!!'. The manager failed to address the situation. If you want to take my advice... unless you like salty food and poor customer service you'll be best off avoiding this place

go to the red robin much better!!! we were disgusted with the service and meal quality

Service was good, though waitress had an uncanny knack of shouting and being very giddy! But she was working on her own!! Food was quite poor considering the price,small portions, you had to pay extra for veg or salad so it worked out quite expensive for what you got. Also - we were told that many things on the menu were sold-out - Fish, steak, wine!! It was only 7pm on a Saturday night!! Problems with the stock-control there! The decor was lovely - but they need to sort out the problems above before we would return.

Please do not go for a meal here. I attended last sunday with my family. I ordered roast lamb, it tasted like it had been cooked in floor cleaner, and the boiled potatoes were from a tin. I even heard someone at the check out desk complain about the same poor food they also looked very disappointed. Unfortunately i needed to use the gents on the way out ? it was disgraceful. The smell was of stale urine and very overpowering. What a shame this beautiful location has been spoiled by bad Food and unclean facilities. Take my advice STAY well clear of this establishment.

Went last week on works party. The service was excellent and the food was mouthwatering. Good selection of wines too. Enjoyed it so much going again this week. It has to be my favourite restaurant around Wigan.

Pity you don't have another box for dissatisfied customers as I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND the Wiggin Tree - meal took over 1 and half hours to be served to table after asking about the slow service and if there were any problems in the kitchen. When it arrived it was poor to say the least and the fries were only warm and looked like they had been sitting around for half an hour. We ordered coffee - makes no difference what you order, you get a bog-standard version which takes another 25 minutes to get to table. Take my advice, choose somewhere else for your pub lunch. :(

Sat 31st January. Restaurant freezing cold. Service abysmal, Starters passable, main course abysmal. Veg was inedible. Half of restaurant closed off, not many customers in, looked as though there was no chef on duty and the few staff (we only saw 4) were trying unsuccessfully to cope

i been to this restaurant and its the best food and they have a very good price. also i only spent £20.00 and they gave me some stuff free, for example: 2 poppadom onion mango mint + onion bhaji + A BOTTLE OF TIGER BEER! so i am really happy with there service.

I went to olive garden on Sunday I can only say this a one of the finest Italian restaurant I have ever been. Service, food, atmosphere, prices, cleanliness was excellent. Eight of us been their & every one happy thank you olive garden

The service is terrible. The waiter was disrespectful towards my wife.

Went to the Olive Garden last weekend and what an amazing night. This restaurant has an atmosphere you cant find anywhere else. The place is buzzing, the staff are some of the best group of staff i have ever been served by...The head waiter Mimo is such a character and really took great care of us! There is also such a pleasant young man behind the bar who was telling us of his stories in America. Its so nice to go to a restaurant and enjoy the company of the staff...all of them are wonderful! Food is out of this world...cant recommend this place enough.

We went to the Olive Garden 3rd January,we didn't know what to expect and was greeted with a very full restaurant. Unfortunately there was no where to park so we had to park on the road but it was worth it. All the staff are very friendly,the place is clean and bright. We ordered and was taken to our table,the food was fresh and delicious. The pizza's are so thin and crisipy,but very big for just one person. The staff really know how to make someones special day special as a few people were encouraged to stand on the table and dance. We will definitely be going back very soon,I booking for Valentines day now as it was very busy when we went so maybe you should book well in advance. The prices where very reasonable.There are a lot of vegetarian option and it must be one of the best Italian restaurants around.