Reviews of Wheel Inn,
Review by Sue on 17th September, 2012
Add your review Date visited: 16th September 2012
You have to speak as you find and the four of us had lunch (2.00pm) sitting and found it really lovely. We weren't seated till 2.30ish but had a drink while we were waiting so no problem. The food was piping hot and really tasty. The gravy ran out so I asked if there was more, this was brought out about 10 seconds afterwards. The plates were huge (far bigger than Toby Carvery)and food piping hot and delicious. Service good and waitresses polite. NO complaints. ALL positive! We would certainly recommend, and eat there again.
Review by MAGGIE SPRECKLEY DOLLARD on 31st July, 2012
Add your review Date visited: 29th July 2012
We have dined at this establishment on a number of occasions but not for some time. Having read the somewhat damming reviews I started to have second thoughts but as I was short of time to find another venue, I decided to book anyway relying on past experiences.
I am incredibly pleased I did, the food was still superb, the staff were still pleasent and helpful, everything ran on time and the place was beautifully presented and imaculate.
I can only say one would have to look for a long time in this area to find a comparision, let alone better.
I will continue to use The Wheel and would reccomend it to anyone.
Review by sue kings lynn on 28th July, 2012
Add your review Date visited: 8 july
THE WHEEL GREAT PUB REALLY GOOD FOOD HARD TO FIND THESE DAYS AT A REASONABLE PRICE DRINKS EXPENSIVE THEY ARE OF AVERAGE PRICE UNLESS YOU COMPARE TO WHEATHER SPOONS TROUBLE WITH REVIEWS THEY ARE OFTEN WRITTEN BY THE WRONG PEOPLE KEEP GOING THE WHEEL
Review by Kath on 18th July, 2012
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Our son and new wife had their wedding reception at The Wheel. The food was superb, the waitresses were first class and did everything they could to make sure everyone had a good time. There were a lot of people there and everyone said what a lovely pub, praised the food and thought the landlord and landlady were very professional.
Review by Cath and Darren J on 13th July, 2012
Add your review Date visited: 8th July 2012
We were there the same Sunday as the previous people. It was an utter shambles! Everything was running really late (to make us buy overpriced drinks while we waited perhaps)The staff were really slow and seemed disorganised. Having spoken to several people who were there, including a man who said he was a regular we were told that although the food was usually good it was nearly always late, and the turnover of staff was huge. A different face nearly every week due to the foul temper and language of the bosses. The good reviews seem to be written by friends and family of the owners and the rest tell the truth. It used to have friendly faces, good staff, and a good atmosphere. Not any more. Perhaps the hint given by a member of the staff that there could soon be a a change of ownership is a good sign.
Review by steven spooner on 8th July, 2012
Add your review Date visited: 08/07/2012
we booked on friday for a sunday carvery and where to we would be in the bar,we have been there before quite a few times with no problems,we had booked fo 2pm and where told it would probably be about 20 past when we could go upto the carvery no problem with that nice to see a busy pub we then waited till just after 3pm no problem with that when my wife and daughter went to the carvery they had run out of roast potatoes and only had enough cauliflower cheese for 2 of our party of seven when my wife asked if there was anymore potatoes or veg was told that the previous people had been greedy and thats all he had and then to add insult to it he told her he would take a £1 per meal how can you have a roast meal with no roast potatoes and only limited veg we will no be going back in the hour we waited they could have cooked not just shrugged his shoulders and told us basicly tough luck take it or leave it and before any bright spark remarks on us being whingers we did not sit there complaining but came out of the pub and went to another resturant where they wanted our custom and money .
Review by mrs brent on 17th June, 2012
Add your review Date visited: 17th june 2012
i am a regular visiter to the wheel inn and today once again found the food to be superb and the service to be of a high standard.
the landlady and landlord informed me there is several new staff and found them to be professional and polite we had a lovely day and would definatly recommend to others.
Review by J Feeney on 16th May, 2012
Add your review Date visited: April 2012
The staff are definitely the rudest I have ever encountered anywhere! The landlady is not only rude but her language is vulgar! There seemed to be a lack of customers there and when I enquired about a music night (as is advertised on the web site ) I was told they did not have them any more because it upset the older drinkers! What about the rest of us? The barmaid seemed more interested in dancing round the landlord and all in all it was an experience I will not be repeating.
Review by Rob on 14th May, 2012
Add your review Date visited: 27Apr 2012
Worst experience we ever had. we were met at the road side forced through the door to a table which was designed for four but was set for six people. we were hurried to the cArvery which was ok. the pub has three sitting by their own admission making it impossible to be sociable to our guests . a terrible wedding aneversary dinner. we will not return or recommend this eatery to anyone.
Review by Ms --- on 9th May, 2012
Add your review Date visited: May12
lovely food and atmosphere
Review by Trevor & Sandra on 4th May, 2012
Add your review Date visited: 02/05/2012
We dine at the Wheel at least once a week and have been doing for a couple of years or so and the food gets better and better long may it continue!!!!!!
Review by ..... on 17th March, 2012
Add your review Date visited: 17th match 2012
never will i book in here again, we had a table booked and sadly due to a family illness had to cancel, after explaining our situation and asking to re-book, the lady on the other end if phone became very rude, would not allow me to re-book there and then, asked for us to call back another day, then promptly hung up on me. we shall not re-book, and although people say the food is nice, the customer service is discusting, not only did they loose our table booking, they lost future customers too.
Review by Trevor & Sandra on 10th December, 2011
Add your review Date visited: 07/12/2011
I visit this Pub on a regular basis and would like to congratulate Bert and Linda on the consistently superb food they serve always to a very high standard the staff are always polite and just can’t do enough to make your visit enjoyable I will continue to return again and again!!!!!!
Review by V Bennett on 4th December, 2011
Add your review Date visited: 03/12/2011
Never will I return to The Wheel, Wisbech St.Mary again. I had no problem with the food, it was lovely, but in my opinion there's no point in having a lovely meal if the service to go with it is vulgar... and quite frankly that is what it was. The waitresses were rude to at least 6 members of my party and more than once to several of these people. Simple questions like "please may we open a window?" were answered in a rude and out of order way. I would like to point out however that this wasn't all of the staff, only two of the waitresses, but equally it was unacceptable behaviour that i wouldn't expect of a 6 year old yet alone grown women.
Review by Jean on 4th December, 2011
Add your review Date visited: 3rd Dec 2011
Definatly not family friendly,waitress staff and landlady very unhelpful and rude.food was very good.
Definatly wont be returning.
Review by J.J on 14th October, 2011
Add your review Date visited: October 2011
What a wonderful little haven this is! I spent 4 days here and felt so very welcome. The food was absolutely beautiful and plentiful and the service and the staff were impeccable. The venue is of a high standard of cleanliness and the evening entertainment was fabulous. I will be back. All the way from Wolverhampton!
Review by andy on 26th June, 2011
Add your review Date visited: 26th june 2011
First visit today after a recomendation from local friends, really made welcome by all and the food was fantastic value,being from out of the area i was well impressed and sorry that we live so far away so unlikely to be able to re-visit.
Top marks
Review by sally stanford on 21st June, 2011
Add your review Date visited: 19 jun 2 011
Well what can one say, this lovely little country pub is above all expectations the food is excellent and the interior and exterior are immaculate, staff polite and helpfull and one must really take their hats off to Linda and Burt the Landlords for their hard work, my family and friends have much respect for this lovely couple. WELL DONE .................
Review by Nicky on 14th June, 2011
Add your review Date visited: 29/05/2011
We stayed with friends in wisbech St Mary and went along to the pub on Sunday evening for the carvery. It was excellent, with a large selection of freshly cooked veg.
The decor was great, with the bar adorned with shiny horse brasses.
The landlady welcomed us warmly and we were later entertained by the landlord and our friend playing guitars and singing! All in all a great place with superb ambiance!
Review by maria on 31st May, 2011
Add your review Date visited: 20 april 2011
Had an amazing meal and the service was 1st class a lovely atmosphere and was made to feel very welcome ! When other customers present were very rude to the landlady and her staff the landlady still acted professional and was very polite in dealing with unreasonable people concerned will definitely be visiting again and recommending the wheel to friends and family.
Review by kathleen dack on 30th May, 2011
Add your review Date visited: 17th April 2011
I and a group of friends were in this pub on the evening of the 17th and were sitting in close proximity to the people who have complained. They did not care that their whining was upsetting other diners. The staff went out of their way to firstly give disabled access via a different entrance to everyone else, causing other diners to wait. There was one particular "lady" who found fault with everything, who constantly whined and moaned and who even went to the kitchens to shout abuse at the staff. We had a wonderful meal, the staff were helpful and courteous and the whole evening would have been brilliant if we had not had to sit near to those awful people. There was nothing the landlady or any other member of staff could have done to have pleased this woman, who spent a lot of the time just complaining to everyone within earshot -and yes they brought a cake, sliced and distributed it themselves and left the table looking like a bunch of chimpanzees had eaten there with no thought whatsoever given to the staff who had to clear it up. Arrogant, ignorant and expecting Rolls Royce service and wanting to pay Mini money. You have to book well ahead to get into this place and if they are now staying away it gives the rest of us more chance to book a table, and enjoy our evening.
Review by Kath on 30th May, 2011
Add your review Date visited: 27.04.2011
We had a wonderful meal in excellent surroundings and were treated with the utmost courtesy throughout. The only fly in the ointment was a lady from the "Cake" party. They came in with a birthday cake before the desserts and then everyone said Oh we won't have the dessert we will just have cake!! This was obviously the intention all along. They chopped this cake themselves and passed it all around (without plates) and the table looked like a horde of 5 year olds had eaten there. When approached by the owner she then went and shouted abuse at the kitchen staff and was rude and unpleasant to everyone until she left. She ruined for everyone else in the pub, what was until then a brilliant night. We will all go back to the Wheel, hopefully "Cake" will not.
Review by emma on 20th April, 2011
Add your review Date visited: April 2011
All I can say is that I am very shocked at how rude the staff were. I'd never return to this pub.
Review by Cake on 17th April, 2011
Add your review Date visited: 17th April
I've been to The Wheel many times and given we were coming today to celebrate a birthday I was very disappointed with the attitude of the staff today. On arrival we asked if a cake could be brought out - which as far as we knew was fine. As requested the cake was brought out after main meal with lit candles. As we were deciding on our deserts the landlady came over and made us feel very uncomfortable about having the cake there, yet nobody said it was a problem on arrival. After paying for the meal I made my feelings known that I felt it was out of order only to be told to piss off and not come back, along with being told we'd made too much mess eating!! I'm not sure there was mess on the table at all, the only problem they seemed to have with us was my father, who is in a wheelchair. They had no disable access , we provided our own ramp, even tho we booked this table in Feb and the knew about the wheelchair and said it wasn't a problem. I found all the staff very hostile towards us. The landlady was aggressive and to be honest it was embarrassing to be spoken to like that infront of other customers. AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE!!
Review by Kate&John Groark on 26th October, 2008
Add your review Date visited: October 2008
We visited your pub with friends of ours, Elizabeth&Ken Davis,we had come down from birmingham. The pub was very clean and also very friendly. The food was excellent, and we would not hesitate to visit again next time we are down your way.
Review by Lynette Bass on 3rd October, 2008
Add your review Date visited: 14th September 2008
The Wheel Inn is a lovely typical village pub, nice clean appearance tidy with lovely flowers adorning the outside, as soon as you walk through the door there is a lovely warm atmosphere. Landlord and Landlady very nice and friendly always on hand to speak to also to help if needed. Food excellant! perfect carvery ,this being their speciality ,choice of 2 meats with a variety of vegetables, what more could anyone ask for. Highly recommended especially for anyone with large appetite. Keep up the good work Bert & Linda.
Review by eddie on 1st October, 2008
Add your review Date visited: 26/09/08
my girlfriend and i have had several meals here. each time it has been fantastic. the quality is second to none. both main meals and deserts are great.the cleanliness of the pub is first class. i have never seen such clean toilets either.the landlord bert is a character in own right, a top bloke and linda always goes out of her way to please. all the bar staff are very friendly and go out of their way to make you feel welcome. A*******
Review by Steve Smith on 30th September, 2008
Add your review Date visited: 14.09.2008
We attended the Wheel Inn with my wifes parents, who were from Manchester.
We had a fantastic time, on arrival we were made very welcome by Lynn, who handled are seating and drinks order. The food was great my father in law asked to see Lynn and Burt to thank them for a well presented and superbly cooked meal, their was a great choice of food at the calvery. We had a lovely evening in this friendly and welcoming resturant.
If you are in the area and looking for a great evening, i would highly recommend the wheel Inn as your first choice.
Thanks again to Burt and Lynn
Review by shamus on 26th September, 2008
Add your review Date visited: 24/09/2008
You couldnt make it up. The place is without a doubt a pub/restaurant you would make a return visit, the food is as good as it gets and plentiful, you know your in for a feed when you see the shear size of the plates.If you say that you have been in a cleaner pub i would feel confident in calling you a liar! Even the copper pipes in the toilets are polished bright enough to see your face in.The atmosphere is second to none and if you want to meet a real character go meet the landlord Bert and if you need to feel welcome the landlady Lynn and her barstaff always do exactly that. The gardens are well kept and a lot of care has obviously been taken to get get them to a such a standard. i could go on and on but i wont. give it a try (you`ll be back)
Review by mick on 22nd September, 2008
Add your review Date visited: 19 oct 08
i think your reporter must be young i think the pub looks great with brass food is great spotlesly clean so donnatello forgot his bandana landlord brill last time i looked landlady sent her horns for re sharpening she is a pussey realy just mind the claws ps best guinnes in wisbech
Review by Wayne Howard on 18th September, 2008
Add your review Date visited: 14th September 2008
The Wheel Inn is a fantastic local pub that has been recommended by all most people that I have met since moving to this area. The whole place is spotlessly clean and the garden is absolutely beautiful. There has been a huge amount of effort put into the place and you can see this wherever you look.
The food was very good and the service brilliant. I can happily say we were all made very welcome and we thoroughly enjoyed our meal. I would recommend the Wheel to all.
Review by paula kelly on 17th September, 2008
Add your review Date visited: 16/09/08
Ivisit the wheel inn quite often,& have always have always been amazed at the continuity of the standard of the food,& at the way the landlady warmly greets & accomodates her customers as if they are all friends.The polished brass in the pub gives it a warm cosy atmospher, unlike the sterile feeling of modern day public houses.People come from far & wide for the good wholesome food & warm welcome they recieve.
p.s THE KITCHENS ARE SPOTLESS as is the rest of the establishment.
Review by deidre sameer on 27th August, 2008
Add your review Date visited: 17/08/08
The Pub looks lovely from the outside and is ok inside - bit dated (brass everywhere!!) the food was very nice, although there was a sweaty chef behind the bar literally dripping wet!! not a promising sight when you have just eaten the food. The gardens where lovely, but the best thing about the Wheel is the landlady, people come from far and wide to see her, she is supposed to be a bit of a tyrant and she doesn't dissapoint - at one point i thought she was going to spontaneously combust at a waitress... possible the stories about her are a little far fetched though - i didnt see her bite anyone or throw anything plus i looked closely for horns!! so i was a little dissappointed. I would recommend though!