The rating depends on who's serving. When it's the manageress or one of the less-young waitresses, then I can't fault them. When it's one of the young waitresses, then service is awful. I should point out that I've never eaten there, and have only had drinks. They do seem to have a high turnover of young waitresses, and as someone said above, they have very poor CS skills. This place does excellent Douwe Egberts filter coffee, which is what I typically have if I'm going to be driving soon after. The problem is that the young staff seem not to have ever heard of a filter coffee. The last time I was there and ordered one, the waitress looked at me with incredulity as if I'd ordered a cup of Mongolian Yak milk, filtered on the surface of Pluto with Martian gold. Off she toddled to the kitchen to ask them to prepare this mysterious concoction. 15 minutes later I ordered another one. Yet more incredulity. I mean, why on earth would someone want to order another coffee? When I paid very shortly after, she hadn't a clue what I'd ordered, and had to be prompted. It was hardly busy At least it was better than the previous time I was there. The young blonde waitress was having difficulty in suppressing a giggle when I ordered a coffee. Hilarious! I've not seen her there since. To be fair to this place, I find this attitude problem widespread in the UK. As someone else said, it's in McDonald's I find the best service and polite and attentive young staff. read more

The Station has been back in business with new proprietors since early 2011 and has over the last few months become my favourite place to get a good meal out. Meals are superbly balanced and provide great value both on the creative and on the nutritional front. I have found the staff to be very attentive, and food is usually exactly what is ordered, with few exceptions. Parking is simple, a good plus round here, and I have had both romantic dinners out and family meals here with equal enjoyment, as there is plenty of room for younger ones to wander about, a pool room and darts etc, and occasionally live music, always a plus, as some good quality local artists are put on. I have eaten salmon and chicken, my husband enjoys a steak, for which standards vary locally, others have tried scampi, gammon and lamb. These are all presented attractively with a nice side salad, three different vegetables including a lovely cabbage and swetcorn mix, and a choice of either chips or tasty creamed potatoes with a cheesy topping. These are our regular meals, there are many more including vegetarian and more bar-type meals. We have eaten here six times since re-opening and I firmly intend to continue as I'm quite particular about food balance and presentation and appreciate the quality of what is served here We do from time to time eat elsewhere, but there is nowhere else locally that provides such a great meal so reasonably. Fantastic, please carry on! read more

I recently visited he station grill for my birthday in may, we thought we would give it a try so we had lunch. On arrival we went to the bar to order drinks, i wouldn't say we were greeted with a very warm welcome, we were looked at as if to say "what do you want" we ordered our drinks including two coffees, to which the man serving looked at his colleague and said "they want two coffees of some sort". After sitting down to look at the menu we were greeted by the waitress (very pleasant girl) to take our order. We were unsure what some of the fillings and ac-compliments were so we asked the waitress, she was unsure what anything was served with or what the fillings were so she was back and to from the kitchen to ask. finally we were taken to our table which was right by the swinging kitchen door, when the restaurant was empty! when the food arrived, we had mainly ordered paninis which were lacking in filling resulting in them been very dry and tasteless. such a shame as the restaurant is very tastefully decorated and the right people could make it very successful, also very upsetting when this restaurant has always had a good reputation in the past. read more

recently went for Sunday lunch as a Family get together. Totally ruined the day. The meal was cold, the gravy was bisto, we had a couple of sweetcorn on the pre-heated microwaved cabbage, which was cold. There was insufficient vegatables of which we had to ask for more. We were made to feel akward for doing so. Had to wait for some of the meals as the order taken wasn't correct. The girl behind the Bar was miserable and unhelpful. The waitresses were kids who didn't appear to have any customer servives about them. As we spent alot of money there it would have been nice for the properitor to come and ask if we had a nice meal or even say hello.. nothing. Not even when she was at the bar at the end of her cooking shift. Or when we left there was no thankyou.There was 16 of us in total so spent quite a bit on a rubbish meal & service. Haven't a good word to say about the place, spoilt our family get together, MacDonalds would have done a better job!! read more

Often stop by station grill, greeted by friendly staff, beautiful setting, with tasteful decor, great choice of food, the home cooked chips are delicious! Have eaten morning, afternoon and evening, food can't be faulted, very much value for money, with a wide taste catering for everyone, breakfast especially good, not sure where they source they're bacon, but it's fantastic, chunky toast is good too! Would recommend to anyone, anytime the day. Also now I noticed offering a take away service for something in a hurry. Nice to see life in the place at last, been empty for a while and it's such a waste of a lovely place. Keep up the good work. read more

I am a regular customer at The Station Grill, due to the excellent, freshly prepared, home cooked food, attentive service and pleasant atmosphere. I find myself in disbelief when reading negative reviews, especially when the complaints are rather minor. I have never had a bad meal from there or have received bad service. The owner and cook herself is lovely and the staff are wonderful. I highly recommend The Station Grill to anyone with a good appetite and who wants a nice night out. read more

Been for a couple of meals there, one before and after the change of management. The first vist the food was expensive and mediocre. The second visit was horrible. The food was even more expensive and we spent the entire meal swatting flies, of which there were dozens. Waste of money don't eat there. read more