Wildwood Restaurants Gerrards Cross

I visited on Christmas Eve and it was great! The food was top-notch—everything came out quickly and looked amazing. The staff were super friendly, making sure we were well looked after from start to finish. I particularly loved the minute steak and non gluten seafood linguine; they were absolute winners. Just a quick note: the Torta della Nonna could use a bit more lemon zing. Buzzy atmosphere for Christmas and lovely decor. Overall, it was a good experience that I’d definitely recommend!

A nicely located upmarket chain restaurant situated at the end of the high street in Gerrards Cross. Menu is not too large, and there are plenty of choices mainly centred around Italian cuisine. The meal itself was pretty good. A decent, if dry, chicken burger and a nice gluten-free pasta dish that pleased my brother at least. One of us had the carbanara, and I was pleased to see pancetta used but equally surprised to see they use cream. A very Italian no no, but maybe this is because we are in the UK and the English palette needs cream?! I asked for a single shot flat white, which seemed to be beyond the staff to prepare properly. Certainly part the problem was the machine as it was far too hot (definitely set at well above 100 degrees C), but the main issue was with the milk as to me, on both occasions as I asked for a 2nd one, it basically came as a white coffee with barely any milk cream (or microfoam). When I complained, I was told that a barista had prepared it, and she blamed the milk being semi skimmed, and the fact i had asked for a half shot was also mentioned. Any fully trained barista can prepare a flat white perfectly well with virtually any milk, and the fact I had asked for less coffee in it was of no importance whatsoever. I guess I wanted her to at least admit her mistake, but that was obviously too much to ask. I observed her preparing the 2nd one, and it was pretty obvious to me why the coffee came out like it did. There were so many basic errors that if indeed we were served by a fully trained barista, I would very much like to speak to the person who trained her. I had not touched the 1st coffee, and I had mentioned that the 2nd one was still not good enough and barely touched that also. To compound this issue, and one of the reasons I gave such a low service charge, I was still charged for one of the worst flat whites I have ever been served. It did leave a bitter taste in the mouth (excuse the pun). Cannot really recommend this one as there are far too many better restaurants in Gerrards Cross....both in quality and in value.