The Station Grill Restaurant
384 reviews
#1 of 6 Restaurants in Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain₹₹ - ₹₹₹, Bar, British, Vegetarian friendly+44 1691 828478+ Add websiteImprove this listing
Hours
Sun
12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Mon
12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Tue
12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Wed
12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Thu
12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Fri
12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Sat
12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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4.5
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CUISINES
Bar, British, Gastropub
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, After-hours, Drinks
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About
This restaurant has recently been purchased by new owners who have under gone a full refurbishment of the whole premises. We re-opened on the 14th of November 2015 giving customers a stylish dining experience with a Menu that only serves fresh and quality produce that suits everyone's needs. Reservations are recommended but please do not hesitate to walk in.
CUISINES
Bar, British, Gastropub
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, After-hours, Drinks
FEATURES
Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Parking Available, Validated Parking, Free off-street parking, Television, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, American Express, Mastercard, Visa, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service
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4.5
384 reviews
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60
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25
Poor
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Terrible
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Jack
1 contribution
Nov 2022 • friends
Good atmosphere with a full sitting. Service quick and friendly especially from the older waiter. We all had roast lunches, one mixed with both beef and turkey and the others beef, all generously portioned and well cooked. The cauliflower and brocolli's cheese sauce was a little watery but still delicious. We're glad we didn't have a starter since we were given so much food but the options looked good from what we saw. We will be returning, fingers crossed for a nice christmas dinner. If we had one little gripe, the music was a bit loud but didnt really affect how much we enjoyed things
Written 7 November 2022
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Susan L
3 contributions
Nov 2021 • couples
We have had two meals here over the last 2 months, both being of generous portions and very tasty food. The staff are friendly and approachable, plus there is a very comfortable and pleasant restaurant areas, to sit. They do a Menu for"Seniors" and a "Saver"Menu for 2 courses at the very reasonable price of just £10. Took a couple of photos of our main, both on the "Saver" Menu, well worth a visit.
Go try it, you won't regret it 😁👍💯
Written 17 December 2021
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Lauren B
1 contribution
Aug 2022 • couples
We found The Station Grill by chance while travelling home and wanting somewhere for dinner. We received a warm welcome on arrival and were shown to our table. The restaurant was bright and clean with amazing views of the countryside. Every staff member we spoke to was lovely including the waitress and owner who served us. Both of our meals were lovely (chicken burger and lamb burger) and although stuffed we found ourselves tempted by the pudding menu. The roulade and sundae didn’t disappoint! Two course and a drink each came to a really reasonable price. Will definitely visit again if we are ever in the area.
Written 16 August 2022
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Jessica
Llanymynech1 contribution
Dec 2022 • family
We don't usually leave reviews but feel this must be said, first things first: service, started incredibly well by an enthusiastic guy who sat us at our table and served us some drinks. This was followed by our food order essentially being thrown down in front of us with little interest. This is for feedback and not to be nasty, the food was awful. Beef that had the texture of someone's shoe, gammon that, for a salty steak, might as well have been bathed in salt with a bit more salt. The guy who sat us was summoned by the indifferent waitress and he managed to bring our spirits up again and arranged to compensate our bill. We all left smiling but sadly I have to meet in the middle, 5 star service from the guy, 1 star for the food. All in all 3 stars. Beautiful, clean restaurant and we will be visiting again, all deserve a second go
Written 19 December 2022
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Tycoch10
14 contributions
Jan 2022 • friends
Visited with friends for dinner having been recommended by a previous local resident, everything about this establishment has great potential given the correct management. Clearly due to obvious lack of leadership and interest this once thriving business has lost its reputation. Awful customer service, non fresh, reheated food charged at premium prices .
Written 5 February 2022
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Gilbert G
Buttington27 contributions
Aug 2021 • family
Booked a table for 7-00 pm but we were running late so we phoned ahead to let them know we would be 15 minutes late.
On arrival we were met by Lady we had not seen before as this was a regular place of eating out, she asked if we had a table booked and I said yes and we had phoned ahead to say we would be late and she could not find the booking. She eventually found the booking and proceeded to blame a member of staff.
I enquired as to where Julie was and she told me her name was D and that she was the new manager. She showed us to our table and gave us our menus and took a drinks order. She then dispersed. When the waitress came with the drinks came my wife’s was the last to be served and there was a wine glass left on the tray she then asked who the wine glass was for I said it was for my wife and she replied oh we don’t normally serve bottled fruit cider with that type of glass?
We were In a restaurant what did she expect my wife to do drink out of the bottle.
I was then spoken to by a young waitress that we have known for some time as we were regular customers before lock down for both meals Christmas Dinners and New Years Eve.
She asked how we were and if everything was Ok and I proceeded to tell her how we had been treated on our arrival and that I was not happy with the service from the knew manager, she went on to say that I was not the first person to say that and went away without asking if we were ready to order.
She must have gone straight to the manager and told her what I had said as the manager came to the table to she was sorry if she had offended me and asked if we were ready to order. We said yes and she took our order. When the food came to the table it was not to the usual standard that we have been accustomed to from the Station Grill.
When we finished our main meal a waitress came and cleared the table and went away, we then sat waiting for someone to come and ask us if we wanted a desert no one came so we asked for the bill. During this time the knew so called manager was sat outside smoking with a customer from in the bar,when she eventually came to the table she asked if everything was Ok so I told her that I was not happy as we had waited for half an hour to be be asked if wanted a desert and that no one had bothered to come to the table.
To this she replied would you like me to get you the desert menus and you can have them complimentary to which I replied that we just wanted to leave and pay the bill as the whole evening had been a very u pleasant experience to which she just put the bill down and walked away. We sat waiting for someone to come with the card machine o on came so we got up and went to the reception to pay were upon 4 members of the waiting staff were stood around talking and the new manager D was no were-to be seen.
We paid the bill and left.
Unfortunately the people on the next table to us had similar experiences.
So all I can say to Julie Gibson is get back to been front of house and in control like it used to be or she could see her bussiness going down the pan.
Written 7 August 2021
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dave b
1 contribution
Nov 2021 • none
Staff lovely,shame we couldn't say the same for the food.MIXED GRILL dearest meal on menu awful, pork steak fork bending when trying to cut, why these type of places persist with a token piece of steak, like rubber i left most of it. Small lamb chop was ok but tiny,then we came to the home made chips the first one i tried to eat it reminded me of a pork scratching the ones you can't eat cause they are to hard.They seemed like deep fried then placed in oven to keep warm.There was veg brought to the table looked like it been dipped in boiling water then served almost raw.We decided to try the desserts perhaps they'd save the day,no such luck we ordered salted caramel cheesecake, lemon arrived, next strawberry sundae which usually means icecream wafers cream sauce fruit nuts maybe, no three scoops icecream with a bit sauce so basically the dessert didn't save the day.To sum up seemed like chef had the night off lots of basic mistakes total waste of money, but front of house staff did a great job.
Written 23 November 2021
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Penelope B
Afionas3 contributions
Dec 2022 • family
Normally love the Station Grill…sorry not today. My sister wanted to treat my husband and I to a pre Christmas lunch. It was terrible! We all had to send our beef back because we couldn’t even cut it. It was tough and my sisters was just fat. They changed it to the turkey but by the time it came out the rest of the meal was cold. The cauliflower came and the sauce was so watery we were not sure if was a cheese sauce or a tasteless white sauce.
The saving grace was Johnny who apologised and gave us a drink on the house as compensation. The waitress was lovely and a little ray of sunshine.
The bill, with drinks was a £100 plus pounds would have expected better. ‘Cheese board was average’.
Written 18 December 2022
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Sarah G
9 contributions
Aug 2020 • none
As a family of 12 we were excited to get together after lock down for a belated 90th Birthday at the Station Grill that had to be postponed due to Covid 19 and coincided it with my sons Birthday in August.
We were asked to PRE-ORDER our meals due to the group number and booked for 6.30pm
We were warmly greeted by a lovely young gentleman who allowed us to have a drink outside to wait for the rest of the party to arrive, the evening was very warm!
Our starters arrived all adequate but all extremely small and overpriced.
Then disaster struck, all our meals arrived a different times, with side dishes, veg, sauces and garlic bread all staggered, which made our already 'Luke warm' meals rapidly become cold, we explained to the waitress our dissatisfaction that 4 risottos and braised steak were cold and sent back to the kitchen and promised they would be made again from fresh. I discretely asked for the manager away from our table as i could see how disappointed my son looked, who aggressively told me she had probed our meals on returning them to the kitchen and they were 65 degrees which is adequate! at no point was any apology offered on behalf of the kitchen staff.
The risottos (some with sea bass) were returned, yes HOT but even more bland and very little ingredients that were promised in the menu and my husbands braised steak was returned with a thick skin on the gravy that was clearly just blasted in the microwave totally unacceptable for £14.95, in total 5 meals were left uneaten.
The manager came again to see if our meals were satisfactory and was surprised to see so many uneaten meals and offered us all complimentary drinks, however complimentary deserts would have been a better option (as some members were still hungry!) When she returned with the drinks she asked what was wrong with our meals we explained the above and she became very agitated, aggressive and extremely defensive, the discussion became heated and her voice became raised, we asked why was there any need to shout as we wanted to resole our issues amicably , she replied she could shout as SHE OWNED the restaurant! this drama left a very bad atmosphere and our family feeling very uncomfortable and embarrassed.
Thankfully the inedible meals were removed from our bill.
If a pre-order was requested there is just no excuse for any timing issues in the kitchen.
But as an owner/manager if you cant take criticism or provide good customer service its sadly time to hang up the pots and pans !!!
Written 16 August 2020
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Walsall336 contributions
Jun 2021 • couples
Ordered Roasted Vegetable Paella with Sun Dried Tomatoes because although I'm a meat eater now I was vegetarian for 20 years. I fancied something meat free for a change. The rice was flavourless as were the aubergines, courgette and mushroom. I was expecting some big flavours. I hoped the tomatoes might boost it. It was difficult to find any tomato. What was there looked as if it was one chopped and added as an afterthought. I tried adding condiments to flavour it but eventually gave up. My husbands Crispy Shredded Duck was packed with flavour. I shouldn't have had to question my own taste buds though. I drew this to the attention of waiting staff but had to approach them as nobody had come to check if we were OK. The waitress did deal with me promptly and offered an alternative but as my husband had neay finished his I declined the offer and requested not to be billed the £12.50. Left rather underwhelmed.
Written 13 June 2021
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Rak Watersports
Dubai4 contributions
Aug 2022 • family
Just ordered a children’s cheeseburger priced at £4.95 The quality of the meal is appalling leave well alone this is my third visit and last disappointed every time it’s the quality of the food. My previous I ordered fish and chips, fish burnt. homemade chicken and leek pie burnt served with beef gravy.
Written 10 August 2022
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Steviesilva
11 contributions
Oct 2021 • family
We came here Saturday 23rd October for a family meal out, we was warmly welcomed and made to feel very relaxed. The service was excellent, very efficient and all the staff where extremely kind and caring. The food was five star! We all had empty plates at the end of each dish! We all complimented how excellent the food was. Julie and her staff all went above and beyond. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit and would highly recommend to everyone. We can’t wait to come back again! Thank you Julie and all your staff for a fantastic service and excellent food.
Written 24 October 2021
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Dee R
7 contributions
Jul 2021 • none
Based on reviews thought this would be a good place to eat after arriving on the first night of our holiday. Bit put off on arrival as a young girl asked for table for one and was prepared to sit outside and she was told they were fully booked, but there were plenty of tables even allowing for social distancing and plenty outside. Felt quite sorry for her. Anyway sat down and ordered and young waitress decided not to write down our order, we came to wine and asked for the Pinot noir, pinot grigio she said, no we said, the pinot noir, which we then had to show her on the menu, by this time she had forgotten our order. Some 5 minutes later another girl came over and said there was a problem with our wine order and asked us what we had asked for. This time it came and was very nice for the price. Our starters were OK, mains not so great, my crispy duck salad was drowned in hoisin sauce so much so it could have been any meat! The other main was presented and we waited for the chips and veg to come, in the end we asked and was told abruptly yes they are coming! The chips were more like mini roast potatoes and the veg OK. The homemade honeycomb cheesecake sounded different and interesting for dessert but was bland and gelatinous, it did look good though. So an indifferent evening for £80.
Written 1 August 2021
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Val W
Welshpool7 contributions
Sept 2021 • family
Last night we visited this restaurant. What a disastrous evening due to the food. The men had prawn cocktail which was ok except the seafood was shrimp. My daughter in law and I had sea bass, totally lacking flavour and the accompanying vegetables were cauliflower and broccoli, lacking imagination. My son had brisket, which was a lump of inedible meat sitting on mashed potatoes drowning in sauce. My partner had lamb chop which he was unable to cut. He has spent a large part of his life in the catering industry and was appalled by the poor standard. The desserts were awful. How much of these dishes were cooked from scratch on the premises or pre cooked elsewhere..?? There is an art in cooking good food which is lacking here. We shall not be returning again.!!!
Written 22 September 2021
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Tim Jenkins
1 contribution
Oct 2021 • none
Semi regular visitor, maybe 3-4 times a year but service lately has taken a noticeable dip.
We love Julie and your restaurant but the service has properly nosedived.
Food still very enjoyable, but it's a nightmare trying to get anyone's attention to get another drink, or some more sauce etc. I'm not a restaurateur, but in any business I don't expect to see 2 front of house staff stuck on their phones in the the restaurant and bar.
I understand COVID has affected hospitality so a poor review is damaging, but honestly, please give the staff a nudge and make sure they absolutely pay attention. We formerly had flawless service from previous visits from Sean, Johnny and Rhys, I hope you find staff of this calibre again.
Written 20 October 2021
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