Doncaster
Spice Library

Spice Library

The Old Library, Doncaster, United Kingdom, S64 9QD

Asian • Balti • Halal • Indian


"This restaurant has a vast menu that you might typically find at a British curry house, including a wide range of starters, Tandoori, curries, traditional and a signature collection, sides and a decent Vegetarian selection. The price range here is reasonable and around what you would expect at a similar Indian Restaurant with curries averaging around the £9/10 mark, therefore their Sunday Wednesday offer is definitely value for money. We enjoyed some delicious food including; Onion Bhajis – 3 decent sized Bhajis. Mixed Kebab – all great, the Sheek kebab especially, with a decent hint of spice. Spice Library Special; mouth-watering spicy curry consisting of lamb tikka, tandoori chicken off the bone, chicken tikka and meatballs all cooked to perfection in a spicy sauce. “Medium to Hot” – in Ben’s opinion (someone who does like very spicy food and has a fairly high tolerance) said this wasn’t spicy BUT that it was really tasty and the meat was very tender. The meatballs in particular were really good. Keema India; Mixed keema, chicken tikka and potatoes cooked together with green chillies. Medium – a really yummy curry with big chunks of meat and potato. Very filling. Goa Green Chicken Curry – the greenest curry I’ve ever seen!! But went down really well. Chicken Passanda; Chicken tikka cooked in a sweet creamy dish made with coconut flour, cream, sugar and mango sauce – a mild but flavoursome dish. The Garlic and Peshawari Naan breads were lovely to scoop up the saucy curries. The atmosphere here is decent and the service was also good. We enjoyed our visit as a group of two couples on a Sunday evening, and the place filled up with families, including children, and friends alike which was great to see. This restaurant is open Tuesday to Sunday evenings, and there is parking nearby. For takeaways, you can order direct from Spice Library’s website with 10% off all collections, or via FoodHub."

The Town House

The Town House

High Street, DN10 6JL, Doncaster, United Kingdom

Cafés • Steak • British • Vegetarian


"I came with my friends after a day spent wedding dress shopping and we had a really frustrating experience. My friend has a number of allergies and since we didn 't know what time we would be finished with the appointments, we chose this venue as she has 'dropped in ' before and they have been able to easily accommodate her. After being greeted and seated by a lovely, young waitress we were then approached by a much ruder member of staff who was immediately defensive and started to complain that she didn 't want a lawsuit on her hands as the business was privately owned and couldn 't afford it . We explained that our friend has eaten here before and the waitress said because of the commercial kitchen, they don 't have the facilities to offer us ANYTHING. The menu states that everything is freshly prepared and they are happy to cater for special requirements so this really shouldn 't have been an issue. We asked why the menu says this and she sharply said we are but you didn 't give us notice did you . We then explained that our friend has walked in before and been able to eat and her response was well its the same chef and he 's not said that to me . She was extremely rude and was more worried about a lawsuit than customer service. She even started talking about why McDonald 's cups say Hot because they were sued and said one person ruins it for the rest ....in other words she wasn 't going to let us eat because she didn 't want a lawsuit. We even suggested simple dishes that our friend could eat (jacket potato, chicken salad, pasta) and again, she blamed the commercial kitchen and said we can 't guarantee they 'll be no cross-contamination ....so if you have allergies don 't eat here! What she didn 't know, is that we have worked in the industry for a number of years and we know exactly how commercial kitchens work. This should not have been a problem. She also kept mentioning that they had a private party for 43 people that the chefs had to prioritise. Our custom was obviously not as important. She even shrugged and said well I close in 20 minutes anyway . If this were the case why were we seated and given menus in the first place? After this awful experience, we had to ask for the bill which she slapped on our table. Now, had this happened where we work, we would have at least offered the coffees as complimentary (as we only ordered them because we thought we would be eating). Not the point but it would have been a nice gesture after such a bad experience. Unfortunately we didn 't get the name of the waitress who was rude, unhelpful and extremely unprofessional. We all stayed very calm and were simply asking why nothing could be offered when theres plenty of simple dishes our friend could eat (the younger, nicer waitress actually offered us scones, so this waitress was just being unreasonable) but this waitress spoke to us quite aggressively to the point where other tables were looking. You don 't expect to be treated this way because one of your party has allergies. Appalling service. Will not be back. Would not recommend. Avoid if you have allergies."

The Blacksmiths

The Blacksmiths

Town Street, Doncaster, United Kingdom

Soup • Steak • Cheese • Chocolate


"EDITED: 17th Jan :Since I wrote this review I have received a message via messenger to say “in light of recent circumstances we feel it best to cancel your booking later this month” I’m not quite sure what to make of this apart from i guess it confirmed my thoughts that they don’t really care about my custom or customer service. On that basis I’m more than happy to give my good hard earned money to an establishment who does care. We are fortunate in the sense that we have a number of good choices fairly local to us. Shame you can’t put an honest review online without being “cancelled” and it doesn’t need to be like this, an alternative response could have been we’re sorry you feel like this and we value your feedback. Next time you’re in let’s have a chat. BINGO …. I feel like I’m valued, they get a chance to hear how they can improve. Original post: We love the food but the attitude of some of the staff just isn’t right. We have been in several times as we live fairly local but The gentlemen behind the bar has always been rude, noisy and unwelcoming. This really puts me off and makes me feel very uncomfortable with the guests we take with us. I like the food but it’s becoming a challenge to go. All we have done is visit on a regular basis, take lots of guests with us, paid good money for good food so I don’t know why we are made to feel so unwelcome. We are going again with friends later this month and I’m dreading the welcome coz it’s so embarrassing for us. I doubt if it will ever change so I guess we have to decide to vote with our feet, or not"

Woodfield Farm

Woodfield Farm

Woodfield Way, DN4 8SJ, Doncaster, United Kingdom

Pubs • Full • Steak • British


"The food is good… but the food only arrives after asking multiple people multiple times what is happening, and even then it’s still a battle to get service!I sit writing review whilst waiting for my children’s desserts! The adults deserts came out half an hour ago, but we are still waiting for children’s ice cream and cups of f tea! We went out for a family meal, 4 adults and 2 children. We were asked if we wanted table service or to use the app. We opted for table service. The waitress came and took our order around 3:30pm. By 4:00 we still hadn’t received our drinks or meals. We asked the waitress, who rudely asked if we’d been to the bar to pay. We didn’t realise that was required, so went to the bar and paid. Drinks then arrived, but it took another half hour and asking staff twice where our food was.We finished our meals quickly, as we were starving by this point. I went to ask for a dessert menu, as we weren’t offered one, we then had to find a waitress to take the order. We asked for all desserts and 3 cups of tea to come out together. The adults desserts came out quickly, but the kids desserts and tea didn’t come out. We asked 3 members of staff where these were and they eventually came out, after we asked to see the manager, almost 40 minutes after the adults had finished. From the moment arrived it felt like we were chasing up everything. Nobody came to check out meals were ok, or offer more drinks etc. The food was actually quite good however we were so hungry that anything would have tasted good. The only food I didn’t think was very good was the chocolate brownie which was like a large slab of chocolate sponge cake, and not brownie like at all. We won’t be coming back for a while 2.5 hours to be served 2 courses is not acceptable!"