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Title: Cheswold
Post by: Dagenham Rover on March 18, 2024, 10:14:53 pm
https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/sewage-leak-at-doncaster-pub-hit-by-rats-dirty-kitchens-and-mystery-closures-4559729
Title: Re: Cheswold
Post by: Sprotyrover on March 18, 2024, 11:05:14 pm
Rats are a problem all over, come out of the sewers and off the fields displaced by the heavy rains we have had!
Title: Re: Cheswold
Post by: Dagenham Rover on March 19, 2024, 09:50:06 am
and given a zero rating Food Hygiene rating inspected in February

https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/pub-at-centre-of-rats-dirty-kitchens-and-sewage-leak-claims-given-zero-food-hygiene-rating-4560220
Title: Re: Cheswold
Post by: Pancho Regan on March 19, 2024, 10:09:49 am
Wow, how this place has fallen.

It was our 'go-to' pub for years prior to Rovers' games when Debbie and Andy had it. It was part of our regular match-day routine to have lunch there and it was excellent in terms of food quality, superb service and good value. The staff were brilliant.

After the managers left and moved to The Lakeside, we had several bad experiences at The Cheswold and we changed our routine and haven't been since.
Title: Re: Cheswold
Post by: Iberian Red on March 19, 2024, 05:23:07 pm


It was our 'go-to' pub for years prior to Rovers' games when Debbie and Andy had it. It was part of our regular match-day routine to have lunch there and it was excellent in terms of food quality, superb service and good value. The staff were brilliant.
Are they the couple that used to have the Rock many years ago?
Title: Re: Cheswold
Post by: DRFC_AjA on March 19, 2024, 06:49:45 pm
Why anyone eats at these places that provide glorified microwave or oven food is beyond me. Its awful even with 5 star hygiene  :lol: may as well go McDs and get c*** food but way cheaper
Title: Re: Cheswold
Post by: Iberian Red on March 19, 2024, 08:17:07 pm
Do Mcdonalds sell Guinness,or do you like the little kiddies packs they give away?
Title: Re: Cheswold
Post by: Pancho Regan on March 21, 2024, 05:02:37 pm


It was our 'go-to' pub for years prior to Rovers' games when Debbie and Andy had it. It was part of our regular match-day routine to have lunch there and it was excellent in terms of food quality, superb service and good value. The staff were brilliant.
Are they the couple that used to have the Rock many years ago?

Actually IR I think I got the fella's name wrong, I think it was Alan not Andy.
Husband and wife team, and brilliant workers. They built a great team at The Cheswold.

Don't know if they previously had the Rock.
Title: Re: Cheswold
Post by: rich1471 on March 21, 2024, 05:48:53 pm


It was our 'go-to' pub for years prior to Rovers' games when Debbie and Andy had it. It was part of our regular match-day routine to have lunch there and it was excellent in terms of food quality, superb service and good value. The staff were brilliant.
Are they the couple that used to have the Rock many years ago?

Actually IR I think I got the fella's name wrong, I think it was Alan not Andy.
Husband and wife team, and brilliant workers. They built a great team at The Cheswold.

Don't know if they previously had the Rock.
If it's the same people I'm thinking of, did they not open it around 25 year ago and the had around 50 staff on the books back then ,don't think they have more than 20 now working their.
Title: Re: Cheswold
Post by: Herbert Anchovy on March 21, 2024, 08:03:47 pm
I used to nip into Cheswold occasionally before games years ago. It was always bloody packed but served really nice food. Shame it’s gone wrong there.
Title: Re: Cheswold
Post by: Iberian Red on March 21, 2024, 09:32:49 pm


It was our 'go-to' pub for years prior to Rovers' games when Debbie and Andy had it. It was part of our regular match-day routine to have lunch there and it was excellent in terms of food quality, superb service and good value. The staff were brilliant.
Are they the couple that used to have the Rock many years ago?

Actually IR I think I got the fella's name wrong, I think it was Alan not Andy.
Husband and wife team, and brilliant workers. They built a great team at The Cheswold.

Don't know if they previously had the Rock.

Thanks PR.
Thinking about it the couple that had the Rock in the 80/early 90s have probably retired now.
I think I got the names mixed up to.
The landlords of the Rock were always looked after regulars.
Title: Re: Cheswold
Post by: Pancho Regan on March 21, 2024, 09:45:50 pm
Why anyone eats at these places that provide glorified microwave or oven food is beyond me. Its awful even with 5 star hygiene  :lol: may as well go McDs and get c*** food but way cheaper

I disagree.

I don’t want to sound like a snobby t**t but I do know the difference between good food and crap food.

When I, my brother and my two daughters were regular visitors to The Cheswold between around 2013 and 2019, the food and the service were very good.
Simple ‘pub grub’ but good quality and great value.
And the service was exemplary.

It was a huge part of our match day experience and I miss it.

There are precious few pubs around our Stadium so it’s sad to hear of the issues The Cheswold is now experiencing.
Title: Re: Cheswold
Post by: idler on March 22, 2024, 07:43:16 am
I usually get to Donny and park up about 12:45ish so I can get a reasonably quick getaway for my hour drive home. I used to love the walk around the lake and a couple of pints of Doom Bar or Black Sheep. We occasionally ate there or the grandkids got snacks.
Recently it has been pre match in the Belle Vue bar. The club’s making a few extra quid but I do miss my walk to the Cheswold and back and especially the hand pulled beer.
Title: Re: Cheswold
Post by: Reg of the Rovers on March 22, 2024, 10:04:39 am
Pop to the Chessy early and late season on nice days and sit outside with a beverage.

I still miss the Park Hotel, always a bit of atmosphere, lunch time game on, grub seemed decent.
Title: Re: Cheswold
Post by: roversdude on March 23, 2024, 11:00:17 pm
Pete always spoke about putting a shuttle bus on from The Park Hotel gutted it’s gone too Reg