Baileys House, Central Walk, Wokingham RG40 1AZ, UK
Celiac friendly
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Lauren
We were really impressed with the options for Gluten Free it was bigger than most restaurants offer will defo bring my mum here (who is celiac). The tapas I ate was all really yummy and good value for money and good children's portions too.
We booked the Oakingham Belle for my mothers wake. The staff were very helpful and accommodating. We had booked the gold buffet option with some extras. The food was wonderful and our family and friends said how delicious it was. The choice of dishes was extensive and catered for everyone including gluten free. There was plenty of it too. I would like to thank especially Carly the assistant manager, who liaised with me supporting my booking and Dan the head chef for the wonderful food. Highly recommended venue for small functions.
Visited after the rebrand and had a mixed visit. The full English was lovely and as a coeliac I was well catered for with the server checking with the kitchen regarding my questions. Ingredients of high quality. Found the pricing quite steep - £1 extra for soya milk, making a flat white £4.90, £16 for a breakfast, which made me decide not to get a sweet treat as a takeaway. Service was slow, we had to visit the counter to ask if we could place our order.
Fantastic freshly cooked food. Locally sourced. Excellent service.
Loads of choices for celiacs. ( gluten free) including GF beer.
Fantastic lunch today. I recommend booking to avoid disappointment. You don't want to miss this place. Love it!!
We came here as a family of four for breakfast and unfortunately was very disappointed. The service was very slow and the lady serving us was quite vague. My coffee glass and the saucer it was served on was dirty and when I requested the gluten free muffin with my eggs Benedict it was served with a burger bun 😕. We also weren’t even asked how our meal was, she just came over and took payment, not great!
Ye Olde Leathern Bottel, 221 Barkham Rd, Wokingham RG41 4BY, UK
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Linda Thomson
What a disappointment firstly we booked a table when we were shown to it it was a tight squeeze that you could not pull your chair out to sit as it was in the room with a party. They moved us to a different table eventually. We ordered our food 2 hunters type chicken and a gluten free chicken burger. When it was put in front of us the gluten free chicken burger was a patched up stale bread roll with hardly any chicken on it and we had roasted baby potatoes that were not roasted if they were they had been put into the microwave to heat up, that was it no garnish no salad or anything else on the plate. My partner cut into it and it was cold and sent it back and said don’t bother with anything else. Our hunters type chicken was hot but instead of how we have had it there on many occasions it was a chicken thigh looking like it had broken up and the bbq sauce was so sickly sweet that I couldn’t eat it but the other person in the party ate hers even though it was awful because they were hungry. WHAT has happened to this pub we have recommended so many people because it was always lovely it looks like they are cutting corners and charging more. Unfortunately this has put us off and will no longer be visiting it again. What a shame to have gone downhill like that.
We were served by Ronnie
She was very attentive to us and especially our friend who has recently been diagnosed as celiac. Ronnie went through the menu with our friend and worked out with her, and the chef, what was possible.
The food that all three of us had was delicious and well presented......we WILL be back!! Also will pass on the information to others.
Thanks also to the chef.
There was a good lunchtime menu with plenty of choice. We three all had something different and were all suitably impressed.
Went to the stables for afternoon tea last weekend. We had three guests with food intolerances and they could not have done more to help cater for them. My daughter is dairy free and gluten-free and has other intolerances and they literally bent over backwards to tailor make an afternoon tea just for her. Two others were gluten-free and dairy free and it was the best afternoon tea they had ever had!! Cannot thank them enough for making the whole afternoon so special. We were not rushed, we felt really listened to and cared for. Our waitress was Ashli and she was amazing. We all had such a lovely afternoon.
Thank you Foundry Bell!
Today we hosted our baby shower and the service by all was amazing! The food was exceptional (including gluten free options) and they went above and beyond to accommodate all of our requests.
Landlady Lili has introduced a new line of pies - loads of different options, and gluten-free versions are coming soon, I'm told. I've tried the steak and mushroom in a peppercorn sauce pie, and can thoroughly recommend. The pastry-to-filling ratio was just right for me, the pastry was nicely cooked and just the right thickness, the steak was tender and fatless, and the peppercorn sauce was subtle but noticeably peppercorn. It came with a jug of gravy which the pie itself didn't need, but which was perfect on the included vegetables and mash (or chips). The only problem was choosing which pie to have in the first place! Thank you BST!
P.S. I've had to edit an earlier review (below) because it seems Google doesn't allow two separate reviews for the same place, even if written a year apart!
Wonderfully chilled Friday lunchtime garden experience... great goats cheese pizza washed down with lovely draught Blue Moon. Thank you :)
A lot to be said about Characters, good tasting coffee is what you need and they’ve got.
Note has some Gluten free and allergy options here at Characters cafe Wokingham. So added to my radar for the gluten free trail. Also jacket potato variations on the menu - favourite. Friendly staff willing to help and serve. Looks like a family run independent cafe with everyone working to make this a decent place to take a break, refuel and a respite from the cold, wet, rain or wind. I’ve always approve of supporting the independents.
I've now had several different hampers made up by Phil and each and everyone has been fantastic.
I've had a gluten free one, a valentines one and a birthday one.
Lovely local produce and lots of wonderful treats.
Phil is so helpful when making up.the hampers for you, really adding a personal touch to each one.
I will be be having many more hampers made up here. Thank you Phil.
Great service! The staff were so friendly and helpful. There wasn’t loads of options for gluten free but the staff were happy to help put a meal together for me from what I wanted.