Cellar - Solihull

Absolutely fine if you like the bare bones of deep fried delights we were staying here for a few days and I honestly struggled to find something to eat. Apart from a few tapas dishes, it Burger, burger, burger, burger, steak sandwich, fish chips or 1 solitary pasta dish. No specials, no other option than what was offer ! Service was absolutely diabolical, on one occasion, our table of had 1 dish served 10 minutes before the other 6 and the remaining 8th dish 20 minutes after that !!

Sat outside the bar in the sun overlooking the golf lawns, very relaxing, ordered baguettes that were delicious, although took ages to be served. Not enough staff on the bar.

I never usually make it policy to eat in hotel bars, as usually they are overpriced and underwhelming relying purely on the captive audience approach, and I was correct. But the geography of the hotel and TA telling me the nearest Indian was 3km away I was trapped! I had passed on the main restaurant as it seemed expensive for what is was offering. There main lager was carling and one of those nobody really knows or tries, there was no premier brands such as Moretti, Peroni, Estrella, SAN Miguel. Where are these people living!! So I went straight to some overpriced house wine at £7.50 for a large glass, I suspect the bottle was less than a fiver! The food selection was again overpriced, clearly relying on tired golfers coming of the course and just buying anyThing! I went of an Italian platter to share, this was a 2 man starter, which I had as a main, some warm bread, 4 slices of mozzarella, 6 slices of meat (2 x 3 different types) and olives and garlic, some sun dried tomatoes and some artichokes. All for the sum of £17.95 Probably a fivers worth from the Tesco deli! Not very impressed a good deli board has so much potential but this was all a bit cheap and underwhelming. My bill for 2 glasses of house wine. And my deli board was £32.75 just not good value or even good! Next time I will walk the 3K, lesson learned!

As a treat for me and my mum I booked a spa day with afternoon tea. The spa was fantastic as well as the treatment. However when we found the bar to have our afternoon tea, the tables were all full of plates and glasses and there didn’t seem to be enough staff on. When we eventually sat down in the snug, it was like sitting in a cave. No music or ambiance, so I played some music on my phone. We were served our tea and coffee quite promptly, but to food took some time, not a problem if you are waiting for freshly made sandwiches and cakes. Well it arrived. no introduction of what the sandwiches were, so had to guess. They were dry and the filling were not recognisable. The scones look like they had come out of packet from Aldi and the slices of stodgy cake were vile. I have been to many afternoon teas and this was by far the worst one. Will never eat here again!!

I went to the restaurant for a delicious meal and then enjoyed a drink at the bar afterwards. The staff were very welcoming, there was a great selection of drinks, and the views of the golf course were stunning. It was also a nice bonus to be able to watch a football game while there.