Selby
Spuds And Berries Farm Shop

Spuds And Berries Farm Shop

A63 Hull Road, Selby, United Kingdom

Mexican • Asiatic • Seafood • Fast Food


"Spuds and Berries used to be one of our favourite spots for breakfast/lunch, seems the last couple of times it’s been a little disappointing, food still ok but just as good as other places serving similar menus. The first time we went, my partner asked if he could have scrambled egg instead of the fried egg, to which he was told no because it costs too much to make scrambled egg, he requested no egg but maybe an extra slice of bacon, his breakfast arrived absolutely piled with extra bacon, yet couldn’t have the scrambled egg because it was too costly? Today we went for breakfast, instead of asking for the scrambled egg, we asked if the egg in general could be replaced with a hash brown which was the exact same price as the egg on the ‘extras’ list, we was told no we wasn’t allowed to do that, it used to be allowed but became confusing for the chef when there was big tables… There was no big tables, in fact only 5 people in the whole place, 2 of them was us. As I work in a restaurant myself, I do understand there needs to be a line drawn somewhere but wow, talk about keeping the customers happy… definitely didn’t seem bothered about that at all, and this is no insult to the front of house, they’re only doing as they’re told. It’s sad to see you have got rid of the tea leaves and strainers with the pot of tea, that was always a nice touch, now just replaced by your bog standard tea bag. The breakfast it’s self was ok… not a great deal of seasoning on the full Yorkshire and the Hollandaise sauce on the Eggs Royale was cold but other than that, it was edible. These may be really petty issues but they’re stuff that would personally make our eating out a much nicer experience, especially when things don’t come cheap. Safe to say, we won’t be returning now, I just hope one day it can back to a place it once was."

The Vavasour At Hazlewood Castle

The Vavasour At Hazlewood Castle

Paradise Lane, LS24 9NJ, Selby, United Kingdom

Fish • Steak • French • British


"We dined in the restaurant as part of a package at the hotel that my friend had booked for my birthday. We arrived for our evening meal at 7.45pm. The restaurant is very pretty and there were a few tables in. It was a nice atmosphere. We were given the menus and chose a reasonably priced bottle of Pinot Grigio blush rose. I chose the soup to start, roast pepper and butternut squash and my friend the prawns. The soup was quite bland. There was no salt and pepper on the table. I only really ordered it as there was nothing else I fancied and we were having 3 courses. The prawns were good. For main we both ordered the chicken breast with fries and peppercorn sauce. This was really disappointing. I could hardly cut the chicken with my knife and could have done with a steak one. The fries were served in a metal bucket, looked good but soggy at the bottom. The chicken reminded me of something you would cook when you are learning to cook and just plonk a chicken breast on a tray and put it in the oven! It wasn’t seasoned or in any marinade. It wasn’t soft or moist. I believe if you picked this on the a la carte menu it was around £23 which is just ridiculous for what it was. I ate it but only because I was starving! The sticky toffee was lovely and my friend enjoyed her lemon tart. By half 8 in the restaurant there was no one else in, so the early nice atmosphere just vanished. We finished our wine whilst they laid the tables for breakfast around us. My friend said she would put the wine on the room as that was all we had to pay. The bill was £43? The young gentleman explained that we were on a two course dinner rate so had to pay for the puddings. My friend could well have had this stated in her booking email but when you are faced with a three course menu and no one says anything how would you know? The soup I never would have had and the sticky toffee although delightful was not worth paying £9 for. I felt bad that my friend was picking this up as it was totally unnecessary. At breakfast we were served by the same young girl who overcharged us for the Prosecco the day before. She asked if we wanted tea or coffee but didn’t say, have you been before, it’s a buffet, please help yourself to juice, cereal etc. The hot self serve wasn’t great. The bacon looked like it had walked in from the field as did the sausages. The hash browns were flat cold and the eggs looked like they had been there from the day before. The restaurant looks stunning and with a few tweaks I think it could be fabulous but I wouldn’t be rushing back after this visit."

Hins

Hins

2 Portholme Dr, YO8 4QF, Selby, United Kingdom

Asian • Asiatic • Chinese • Fast Food


"We have ordered from Hins many times over the past few years, mostly on line. The food has always been delivered on time, tasty and no problems arising, however this was not to be on our last delivery! Saturday evening order placed 3x dishes, 2 sides and sauce. Order, total amount and delivery address clearly shown on Your Order print out on hubbies tablet. Delivery time stated at 8.09pm some considerable time after placing the order but we were happy to wait. Delivery time came and went and we were absolutely starving! Hubby rang the shop to be told it was on it 's way. Ten minutes later still no food, tried to call the shop again but no answer. Then get a message to say delivery is now running late and will be an extra 40 minutes past the original delivery time stated! At approximately 9.20pm our intercom was pressed, gate opened for the delivery driver and our order placed which was in a soggy bottomed cardboard box was placed on our doorstep, the receipt cellotaped on the top. We always have the correct money ready to pay the delivery driver along with an extra £1 as a tip. The driver (female) then proceeded to ask for £4 extra than the original total price. We said that was not correct and that we had the money ready to pay for what was stated on our order form. We where then told no payment no food!! We explained we were going to pay but only the original price we had written on the order and why was there an extra £4 added on. The receipt was ripped off the top of the order and shown to us, all written in what looked like chinese, delivery address and price being £4 extra. We showed her the tablet with the order written on and the price we were paying, she did not know why there was an extra £4 added on, said she was only the delivery person and proceeded to ring her boss for me to speak too. We said we did not want to speak to her boss, we just wanted to pay and go and eat our food which had already been delivered very late past the original stated time. Her boss informed her that she was to collect payment with the extra £4, we refused to give that, the original total amount that we had ready was handed over which she was not happy with. She was still wanting to disagree over the final receipted amount so we said we had paid, were starving and therefore picked the box of food up and shut the door. On getting the food inside the cardboard box that it was sat in the bottom was found to be damp and soggy, obviously things had been in there a while. All food was cold and one of the side dishes so badly burnt that it was not edible at all!! This experience with Hins has left us very disappointed and upset, order delivered extremely late (no apologies given for this), more money demanded on delivery and on finally getting to eat the food to find it cold and burnt! Needless to say we will not be ordering from Hins again."