Lawns At Thornton Hall

Had a lovely festive afternoon tea on Saturday. The quality of the food was excellent and the staff were friendly and attentive, nothing was too much trouble. We have done this for the last few years to get into the festive spirit and we weren’t disappointed!

A very poor evening meal to go with our stay in the adequate hotel. A weak menu, mostly steak. Very poor service. Seemed confused by a request for vinegar and mustard. We were still waiting when we gave up. Disappointing food. One meal was inedible. Very overpriced, obviously aiming for fine dining but falling woefully short. Fortunately there’s good pub food just down the road.

Visited here with my 5 sisters (one of whom was treating all of us) and was rather disappointed after looking forward to it so much. The service wasn't the best. Staff seemed uninterested, never interacted with us at all. Food was average, at best. Nothing was outstanding. For £29 per person, I would have expected the tea and coffee to be unlimited but nobody came to ask if anyone wanted refills (we wouldn't have even minded paying extra). The Great Wirral Afternoon Tea is definitely not the description I would use here, sadly. It wasn't awful, just wasn't great and the whole place lacked atmosphere.

Perhaps some of them may remember (or not,) but when I first started this website I originally named londonfoodholic . very quickly my love to eat not only outside london, but throughout Europe, which eventually led to fall london from my name. nowadays everything becomes a little out of control when I'm honest, but the problem still remains the same, I just can't stop eating! a part of my dissatisfied appetits meant that I would make a trip in the north, at least what I was in the north. I heard of a new chef chef who caused a little excitement in the wirral, and of course I could not resist the temptation, the trip planned and in the...more

razing, in all honesty, would have been in any case. brisket, I fear, had to go back. a huge block of completely dry, inedible materie, which should never be served, it was a perfect example for a kitchen that is rigidly attached to a recipe that is likely to work many times in the past with a piece of meat, uniquely inappropriate for. the wange itself was soft and full of taste, maybe still a bit cheap tasting, but in enough treacle-y jus to make it worthwhile, and a beautiful sausage-y faggot also held many rich juices. the highlight of the entire meal was a cheeseboard that was truly world class. a good two dozen or so games from all over the world.

It takes a lot for me to want to leave a place a negative review but I feel others should know what they’re up against before coming. We Went here as part of the overnight package with access to spa, you get £30 per head off the meal… No complaints re spa and rooms but the meal was awful! For starters the service was so slow, and if you dared asked for anything outside the menu such as a glass of water.. forget it… Twice I had to go in after requesting water which just seemed to be forgotten about. Food was bland and dry also.. for the price of it £18 for a dry piece of chicken an egg and about 10 chips..no sauce at all. So dry! I wouldn’t go back here again Terrible experience!

I have dined here in the past and the standard of food was high. My review is intended to provide constructive feedback. I appreciate this is such a difficult time for everyone in this industry. The Lawns has great potential but needs to find its identity. The room is lovely and grand. The staff are enthusiastic, friendly, down to Earth. The menu reads well. I feel the prices are fair and competitive. Sadly, the food, for the most part, was poorly executed. For example, unpleasant bread ‘toasted crutes’ served with the chicken parfait (and a nice onion relish). The ‘ crutes’ do not work, on any level. My salmon (overcooked) with noodles (over salted) no pak choi or spinach (as suggested on t...

We visited on a weekend dinner bed and breakfast deal. You get £30 allowance to spend in the restaurant and that would just about you 2 courses if you are having a Sunday roast. There wasn't enough staff to cover the dining room. We waited over 10 mins for someone to take our drinks order, then a further 10 mins to bring them to us. The service was so slow. Our food came out after we had drank our drinks, so we ordered another... that took ages too. The meal was nice, but very small. I got 3 small pieces of beef, 1 carrot! 1 tenderstem and something which resembled a pulp of some kind. 3 roasties and a squirt of jus. It wasn't the best. For desert we ordered a cheese sharing board. It was th...

I booked in for Sunday lunch with my dad but nearly cancelled when I read some of the most recent reviews. But I needn't have worried everything was really good in terms of food, service, and atmosphere. We had scallops to start and they were perfectly cooked in a delicious garlic sauce. Then we had chicken liver parfait which was incredible so smooth and rich and perfectly complemented by the brambles and sauce. I then had sea bream and my dad had mushroom risotto. Both very tasty although if I had one complaint I'd say the risotto was a tiny bit salty. The mushrooms (hen of the woods and chanterelle) were delicious. I then had lemon choux which was a lovely flavour bomb very sweet and sour...