Harvester Restaurants > Reviews

Advantages: Waiter service, unique selling points & convenient location
Disadvantages: No sunday lunch option

...really tended to visit the Harvester in Loughborough until I got invited to two celebrations there in one week! Ever since then I have been back a few times. There are around 150 Harvester restaurants around I have visited only the one in Loughborough but would gladly use a Harvester elsewhere. They are normally situated near holiday inns or quality inns for some reason. Harvester is a subsidiary and brand name of Mitchell's and Butler's plc. Harvester ... Read review

Advantages: Warm and welcoming, lovely food, free salad
Disadvantages: You can not book a table

When you first enter a Harvester You will notice that there are two separate areas, one is the bar and one is the restaurant, you can eat in both of these places but can only smoke in the bar, however if you eat in the restaurant they are happy to let you go to the bar for a cigarette then return to your table. THE SETTING Harvesters restaurants have a country feel to them they have wooden beams and farm like fixtures, for example if you look ... Read review

Advantages: Great food, great service, great for families
Disadvantages: none

I love the Harvester restaurants so I do tend to go on a regular basis! Here is my review on the Harvester restaurant in Eastleigh, Hampshire. THE CAR PARK I have to admit that this car park isn't huge and it's on a really weird slope, although there are some more parking spaces in the Travelodge car park which is right next to the restaurant. We have never actually had a problem with finding a space but then we do tend to go early as we have ... Read review

Advantages: Honest, wholesome, value-for-money food. Child friendly.
Disadvantages: Some restaurants have very low standards. Not especially couple-friendly.

...odd mistake, but for some Harvester restaurants, 'mistakes' seem to be the norm. * When your drinks arrive half an hour after ordering them, AFTER your main meals, and even then they are wrong/missing, that's not acceptable. * We had a meal where the waitress actually gave us a check-back, only to be told for the second time that that my nan's meal still hadn't materialised from the kitchen (no explanation given). * The quality of the food is ... Read review

Advantages: delicious
Disadvantages: none

...room for pudding. Harvester meals are based on chargrilled meals, such as chicken spitroast (their speciality), sausages, corn, ribs, steak, burgers, etc. They also do a vegetarian selection (although small), fish, pasta etc. I normally go for chicken if I don't have the meal for two. Prices are around £7 - £11 for each main meal, which I think is good value. They also offer a lunchtime offer for £4.99. A choice of soup and main meal, or ... Read review

Advantages: Free unlimited salad, a good family pub.
Disadvantages: Can get very busy at weekend's, but this is the same for alot of places.

I'd never heard of the Harvester chain before until I came across a review online. Then nearby, a pub that was originally Brewer's Fayre closed down, and was later re-opened as a Harvester Pub & Grill meaning I could now try a Harvester Pub. What is Harvester? Harvester Pub & Grill restaurants are a family run chain and they have over 160 outlets in the UK. They bought a large number of Brewer's Fayres and Beefeaters, which explains why ... Read review

Advantages: It serves food and drink
Disadvantages: Quality of food and service

...own label fish fingers. BUT the Harvester restaurant around the corner is open. With a table free… (you can't book so you know this via telepathy) STAY AT HOME AND COOK YOUR FISH FINGERS AND CHIPS! Please. Vote with your feet and wallet for – well, value for money. So you are feeling lazy and you’d rather go to the Harvester… ~ WHAT TO EXPECT ON YOUR VISIT ~ I live within 500 yards of a Harvester restaurant, just for the record, ... Read review

Advantages: Great food & great service
Disadvantages: Cant book

I always enjoy going out to dinner. It means no-one at home has to cook and everyone can have what they want instead of cooking one thing for everyone. It was Sunday evening and no-one could be bothered to cook. We had a busy day as we had a Christening to go to and then the after party so we decided to go to the Harvester. I always enjoy the Harvester. I can't remember a time where I have had bad food or the service was bad. Everything has always ... Read review

Advantages: Lovely food at a great price
Disadvantages: None that come to mind

...times ive eaten at the harvester theres so many. Its the only place i ever consider going, for a pub meal that is. The harvester offers everything that you need. The Harvester i normally go to is the Old Mill, Pencoed, South Wales. I can only really go by my experience of this particular Harvester, however, theyre all the same! STYLE OF RESTAURANT The whole design of the restaurant is very traditional with wooden beams and a country style. ... Read review

Advantages: Free Unlimited Salad Cart and Free Kiddies Desserts
Disadvantages: You could eat too much salad and not want your main course

...the family at our local Harvester Restaurant. I hadn't been to the Harvester for years and was really looking forward to it and on the whole I wasn't too disappointed. We booked our table for 6.30pm and were seated within minutes of arriving. What we didn’t realise at this point was that they do an Early Bird Menu – this means that orders taken between 5pm and 6.30pm are entitled to a third off the bill. Although our table had been booked ... Read review

Advantages: Polite, helpful staff
Disadvantages: Poor hygiene levels, noisy kids everywhere, tables reminded me of a bad cafe

...i decided to go to harvester as it was close by and therefore pretty convenient. It was a Sunday evening and so we thought there would be available tables - wrong! It was packed and we had to wait in the bar. AMBIENCE- When we were finally called to our table we were dissappointed to see it was awkwardly placed opposite a wall (great view) and next to 2 huge parties with lots of noisy kids. Our tableware consisted of a paper napkin each and knife ... Read review

Advantages: Friendly waitresses
Disadvantages: very poor service, long wait for food that wasnt worth waiting for

Me and my husband went to The Talbot for a meal a few months ago. We asked for a table for two and were told to take a seat and they would call us as soon as a table was free. We bought a drink sat down and waited... and waited... and waited, for over an hour. By this time i was thinking we should have booked. I asked how long we were having to wait for this table and that perhaps we should have booked as they were so busy, i was told no we dont take ... Read review