East Ayrshire
Wheatsheaf Inn

Wheatsheaf Inn

3 Main Street, Symington, KA1 5QB, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Pubs • Steak • Seafood • British


"Went here with a family of 10 for our Christmas Dinner. Was the only place we could get booked for Christmas’s to accommodate out table size had been here a few years ago and could remember having a good meal there. However, upon arrival we were put through a room In the back. No Christmas decorations anywhere not even a Christmas napkin on the table. So straight away no Christmas atmosphere. Not even a merry Christmas for the staff. Our order was taken from a set menu as you would expect for Christmas and as we knew prior to booking. However we waiting over 45 minutes for our starter. Bearing in mind we had an infant with us. No one had come to to the table to apologise for the delay. From a set menu you’d expect a speedy service but no. The man who took our drinks order first time had forgotten one of the drinks and with no staff in sight we waited the 45 minutes for him to come back to the table just before we even had our starter to say if we wanted anymore drinks. After telling him we’re still waiting on the first one for someone. His reply was “well you will get this one”. Absolutely appalling attitude and extremely rude. No apology or anything. So after the 45 minute wait for the starter. We waiting a further 45 minutes for the main and and 30 minutes for desert. Not the kind of wait you’d expect for a set menu. And even worse whilst trying to entertain an infant. The food itself was ok. But as you can imagine after waiting long periods between courses your expectations become bigger. The meal was finished off with coffee. Which was literally dumped on the table from a young girl who was clearly raging that we said yes to coffee when asked. Again dumped on the table and spilled no apology or anything. Clearly none of the staff wanted to work there that day. Which in turn their appalling attitude feeds back to the customers themselves. Not one for leaving reviews. But I felt I have to as you can imagine it upset our overall Christmas. Appalling attitude from staff and appalling atmosphere. Not a Christmas Dinner you’d expect. Especially when paying an overall total bill of £650. It honestly felt like one of those restaurants you’d see on “Gordon Ramsay Kitchen Nightmares”. As the restaurant needs a severe shake up. I feel sorry for those poor chefs through the back cooking all those meals, as they will be getting let down from the staff at the front of the house. Unfortunately because of my experience I will Not be back. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are more reviews like this to come and the restaurant itself will go under due to the way it’s being run and loosing good paying customers."

The Thistle Inn

The Thistle Inn

22 Glaisnock Rd, KA18 3AB, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Pizza • Kebab • Sushi • Cafés


"On holiday in the area and found this place online for somewhere to eat. Menu looked great. Arrived and the impression we got with the mess around the building continued indoors. Lady who took us to our table was lovely but then it went downhill again quickly when we were given the menu definitely not what it was online). It was litterly falling apart and only a fraction of what was on the online menu. We ordered food and while waiting 2 women with 5 children came in. Noise from the children was heard as soon as they got to the front door. I don't believe any of the children were at fault as the women didn't try to get them to be just a little quieter they both just shouted louder to hear each other. Both my teenage daughter and I expected the waitress to ask them to maybe just turn the volume down just a little but it turned out she knew them and like the mums she just shouted louder to be heard! Food arrived hot. Steak pie was very tasty but pizza was the kind I can buy in supermarket for about 50p. Desserts of cheesecake and sticky toffe pudding both tasted odd. We didn't eat them and just left to get away from the noise. I totally understand the staff can't dictate who frequents their establishment but they could ask rowdy customers to lower the volume instead of shouting over them. Food was nothing to shout about and we left wishing we had just stopped at the local chip shop instead"

Struther Farm House Restaruant

Struther Farm House Restaruant

Newmill Road, KA3 4BA, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Cafés • British • Scottish • Breakfast


"I’ve now ordered cakes and scones from Struther Farmhouse twice during the lockdown period, although it would have been more often if I’d discovered they were doing this earlier! I saw their advert on a local Facebook page and they are only a ten to fifteen minute drive away from me. They release the menu for the weekend on a Tuesday and you can call or text to pre-order for pick up. They offer meals and other items as well as the cakes and scones. You can drop in for cakes but have to pre-order meals. So far we’ve had plain and fruit scones, strawberry tarts, mars bar crispy cake, caramel and Malteser tarts and I also bought two Father’s Day gift bags with jam and shortbread this weekend. The scones are HUGE, but they are not dry and crumbly like some can be, they are still very soft the next day. All the cakes have been delicious, so fresh and really good size, you definitely get value for money. The set up at the farmhouse is really organised, they serve from a window and have a table set up showing other items that can be purchased, e.g. toilet rolls, strawberries, nectarines, jam, eggs, juice, etc. Ruth and her Mum are really friendly and it’s lovely that they have set this up during lockdown. They are clearly popular as both times I’ve been there has been a number of other customers at the same time as me. They take both cash and card payments, just take your own bag along to take your purchases away. I’ve never been here for a meal but I’ll definitely try it once some state of normality returns and they are able to open again."