The Buxton Crescent Hotel

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   Ruth

   Edinburgh

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Very good meal, excellent service, lovely dining room and not too noisy. Recommended.
   

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   David

   London

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on November 17, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Amazing night, good food amazing staff, could not ask for more.
   

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   Samantha

   Derbyshire

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 17, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Friendly efficient staff and good food. Quite expensive though. The beetroot and goats cheese parcels were delicious.
   

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   Tricia

   Derbyshire

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 17, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   The food was outstanding. However, sadly for a 5 star hotel the service could have been better. The staff should have been better presented, they were polishing tableware at the breakfast pass, we had to wait for drinks and desserts to be served. Having worked in hospitality for a number of years, as banqueting manager and hotel manager, the standard of service for a 5 star hotel should be a lot higher.
   

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   Paul

   Kent

   6 reviews

   3.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on October 16, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Did the pre theatre menu which was a little limited but well explained. Starter was lovely. Main was salmon and stir fry. Fish was beautiful. All of it tasted good. However the stir fry was over cooked and stodgy. Good wine list. Good service.
   

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   Christine

   Devon

   3 reviews

   3.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on October 15, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   Booked for afternoon tea, before going on to on the hotel spa. First it was not clear where we were eating, as we went in via the Spa. Once we were taken to the right area, it was another 20minutes until we had our Afternoon Tea. The area was a sort of corridor with no atmosphere at all. We had to wait ages for staff to reappear when we wanted anything else. Food was quite nice though we were too rushed to finish it, given the slow start. The tea was ridiculously strong - even with the supplied hot water as if they had never made tea before. All in all, not a relaxing experience.
   

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   Anni

   Bath

   2 reviews

   4.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on October 4, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   Was looking forward to seeing the changes to the hotel, and I have to say they have done a great job. We attended the pre-theatre dining option. Whilst two courses for £35.00 is not cheap, I was still looking forward to a great start to the evening. The food was ok, but having king prawn linguine, which only had 5 prawns i was not really impressed by this, even though it tasted fine. We were aware that there were 4 other tables being served, but despite being in second to be seated, we were the last to be served.
   

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   LORRAINE

   Norfolk/Suffolk

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined on September 12, 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   Seated in a characterless area next to a thoroughfare through the hotel on our own. Member of staff assigned to us pleasant but only available when passing by on her rounds. Had to request for our coats to be taken. Food nice but absolutely no atmosphere, no one else was seated in our area. Definitely not a five star experience. Would not recommend.
   

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   Judith

   Oxford

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on August 5, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Excellent choice of dishes. Relaxing ambience. Didn't feel hurried at all. Presentation of dishes was exceptional. We had the pre-theatre menu which was just perfect.
   

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    StephenW

    Manchester

    2 reviews

    2.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on July 24, 2024

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 4

    This was the first time my wife and I visited The Crescent Hotel in Buxton. We had booked a meal in the evening in the main restaurant. I ordered Sirloin Steak and my wife ordered Sea-bass. My meal which consisted of chips, a whole tomato and half a mushroom was cold and I returned my meal. The waiter said he would ask the chef to re cook a fresh steak. When he returned it was the same steak and it felt very much like it had been microwaved. My wife ordered Sea-bass and was expecting two halves of Sea-bass , one over the other. instead she had a whole Sea-bass including skin and bones, a portion of sand fire and a few new potatoes. She ask the waiter to ask the chef to remove the bone which he did but left the skin on the fish. The last thing you need is to be operating on a fish to remove skin and bone leaving your plate like a disaster zone. The presentation was nothing like a five star hotel standard and I would suggest the chef is retrained in how to present food as well as cooking it, it lacked total finesse.
    

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