Guide To Spread Eagle

Lovely meal. Great carvery. Comfortable seating. Dog friendly. Good value. Friendly helpful staff

The Spread Eagle in Romiley is a really nice, inviting pub, consistently serving great food and drinks—especially the carvery—we’re often in there on a Sunday afternoon. Staff are always lovely too making it a comfortable and enjoyable visit. It’s a clean, spacious, and welcoming spot, perfect for a meal or a relaxed drink. I’d also recommend going on a Saturday too as it’s generally much quieter in there than on a Sunday. Try it!

So disappointed with our carvery experience on Sunday. The beef was dripping in blood, chef refused to carve from the other end or carve a couple of slices to flash in the kitchen for a few moments extra cooking and had every excuse under the sun ‘we always cook them rare’ ‘it’s really hard to know when they’re cooked’ which left me gobsmacked as it showed a real lack of expertise. She then went on to carve the turkey which was also pink with blood streaks throughout. We were all left with stomach cramps for days and I’m sure the turkey was the cause. There was a shortage of pretty much everything. Parsnips were rock solid. Gravy was good but again the pot was nearly empty. There were so many groups of waitresses stood around on the floor, it’s a shame there wasn’t a system whereby they could help top up the carvery. Also timings on the carvery could be better as we were told to wait until they told us to go but then forgot us for half an hour and the carvery was left empty for a while until I asked the waitress if we could go. Then there was a huge queue after us as tables were just going up when they ordered. Supervisor was great and waitresses are friendly enough but on this occasion the food really let the place down. Gutted I couldn’t have the roast beef dinner that I went for.

While B&Bing in the area to drop a friend off the following day (Sunday) at Manchester Airport we called in here after a local recommendation from someone at the nearby Dobbies garden centre. Had not booked but Trisha on the desk was really friendly and helpful and found us a table coming free after about a half hour wait. Had drinks in the bar area ( poor really as small and only high stools at a few tables). We were shown to a table in the ‘veranda extension’ area and very pleasant it was too ( only 2 tables there and a bit quieter than the main areas). Atmosphere in the pub is lovely, as was the service . Decided to have the Carvery and very nice (£13). Note that a 10% service charge is made on your bill but the waitresses look to work really hard, remaining pleasant etc….so please accept it ( you can have it removed if you want but that would be a shame on you). We even gave the two girls who served us an extra tip.

Everything is good. Lovely atmosphere. Friendly (and pretty) staff. Foods are presented very nice. I ordered battered fish for my son and the battered layer is thin and crispy. It’s really amazing. We definitely will come again.