The Water Rat Ironbridge

Visited on 5th March having seen an advert in the local freebie magazine (WhatsOn). We are regular visitors to Ironbridge but this is the first time we've tried The Water Rat, probably on account of it being a short walk from the town centre (about 10 minutes) so not obvious to the casual visitor. Well worth the walk! Lovely staff who will engage in conversation whilst taking your order etc. Great value, good quality food and plenty of it. Will definately return.

Brilliant place. Delicious food too Stayed two nights in our camper an. Far end of car park is flatter. Walk from car park along river to town. Do breakfast too - dogs ok inside. They have a few rooms so open for toilets early and late. Very friendly staff too. Had issue with our water and they kindly let us fill up from their hose. Thank you Water Rat. 10/10

Service excellent, food outstanding great value for money. We went to the water rat for a Sunday dinner it was absolutely gorgeous the plate of food was huge definitely worth the money. I would definitely recommend booking a table for Sundays

Myself, husband, daughter and boyfriend stayed at the water rat on 3rd January for one night. We had the garden view room and my daughter had the standard room. Both lovely and clean. The garden view room has gorgeous views of the garden and river, really lovely. We ate at the pub which was delicious. We were all very happy with it. The breakfast was also delicious and the lady serving us was so nice and friendly. All staff were very helpful and hardworking. Couldn’t fault it, such a pleasant stay. Would recommend.

We went for Christmas Day lunch; No Christmas atmosphere. Poor quality food, Portion size was not like a Christmas day lunch you would expect. Vegetables obviously frozen, no potatoes apart from a few frozen roast ones. Complete rip off £75 per person.

We visited for a family meal on a Friday evening. As we visited only last year with no issues, we were expecting a nice evening meal again. However, there were a few things that put a dampener on the evening. First of all, the restaurant was almost empty despite being a Friday evening. For some reason, they had put three tables together that were all completely different sizes, some slightly different in height too, to fit 9 of us together. I find this odd considering the restaurant was virtually empty and other tables could have been fit together. The food was average. There were no issues as such, but the quality just wasn't as good as we could remember or for the price too. Additionally, the staff were not particularly friendly or attentive. When we first arrived, it didn't feel like a very welcoming atmosphere when the staff greeted us. I could understand this if the staff were rushed off their feet and busy, but the restaurant was almost empty. Throughout the evening, the staff spent a lot of their time on their phones behind the bar and we had to keep going up to them to ask for drinks. Towards the end of our meal, after spending approximately £200, we were told that if we want to stay for drinks we would have to move elsewhere so they could set up for breakfast... despite there being 1 hour before closing and breakfast not starting until 11am the next day. Nevertheless, we moved and hoped to get some drinks. Most of us wanted a coffee, however, we were told that the coffee machine had been completely switched off and they would not be putting it back on. Again, there was still an hour left before they were due to close! Also, we had not received any warnings they were going to stop serving coffee, otherwise we would have ordered beforehand. Common sense would surely make them think that a big group might want coffee at the end of their meals, like many do. It just seemed like they wanted to push us out early in hopes of getting an early finish. Unfortunately, we are unlikely to return as the quality and atmosphere has gone downhill.