Brook Garden Restaurant

We decided to try By the Brook after hearing several people say the food was fantastic, & wanting a new local eatery for our rare dinners out. Sadly, we were underwhelmed. The cheesy garlic bread- which I was excited to find was made with Turkish bread- was almost completely lacking in garlic, or indeed much flavour outside of the bland cheese. My husband's beer was warm. Then, after an almost 40 minute wait (when the place wasn't even a quarter full yet), we finally received our meals. I was not impressed to find the very nice cut of steak was lukewarm, at best. As were the 4 garlic prawns in their very small amount of sauce. Lovely steak, but cold by the third mouthful. I chose not to request a replacement steak as I didn't want to wait another 40 minutes. The restaurant itself was stifling inside, & I was seated on very uneven paving bricks. I'm afraid we will be going elsewhere in future.

My Friend and I went to By The Brook Restaurant for lunch last week, was pretty chilli outside ... the fire was going inside, beautiful atmosphere.. Lots of customers but didn't make you feel crowded out... Food and Service was fantastic. .extremely enjoyable... definitely recommend... So much so that...Sunday.. my better half took me to Breakfast there... Wow! Beautifully warm inside and the meals were substantial, enjoyable and yet again the Service was faultless. Nice walk outside over the bridge and the creek was flowing with ducks swimming...just lovely.. This is such a hidden treasure....and it pays to book ahead Complements to the Chef and Wait Staff

Had a great meal at the Brook Restaurant. Lovely wait staff and a wonderful chef. A interesting menu with some unusual dishes. One unusual dish was the New York meatballs with dates, sun dried tomato and onion. WOW, I ate quite a few bites of my husbands meatballs and were they fantastic!!! Suzanne

We were looking forward to By the Brook as it looked lovely from the website...fine dining etc Unfortunately we arrived...it was freezing! (Maybe put the fire on a little earlier?) we waited a while for our drinks (didn't seem very busy?) The people on the next table were already complaining about their's...our coffee was poor...the meals very standard and just warm...cracked cups with stains!...toilets quite grubby...it's a shame as the location is lovely...could be so much nicer...we go out for breakfast every Sunday and have enjoyed it for a long while but today was such a disappointment...the owners need to change or be changed...embarrassing...