Van Dyk Village New Homes - Jones Homes (Yorkshire) Ltd - Chesterfield

Judith J.

Absolutely amazing place. Spotless, staff very friendly and welcoming. Foods beautiful and generous with amount. Rooms fully equipped with all you need. Only thing I could moan about is price of drinks but nothing major. Its an incredibly beautiful place

M D.

This posting is for the restaurant: It's alright, but a bit pricey for the dining experience. I suggest more foliage, artwork or soft furnishings to try to reduce the noise - it was like eating in a canteen. Service was a bit slow and we didn't get much attention but they seemed understaffed. Food was very nicely presented but some items were not pleasant to eat (venison burger dry and Stilton overpowering; green sauce on salmon plate had no flavour so don't know what it was) and there wasn't enough gravy provided for the beef, pork belly and the pie options. Condiments were in plastic sachets which was a bit café standard. Desserts were twice the price they should have been. Drinks were also overpriced. Mostly the meals were nice enough but nothing special.

SUZANNE B.

We booked this hotel to stay in for my daughters wedding yesterday 22/07/22 and because it’s advertised as a ‘spa’ which it turned out it was nothing more than a treatment room! The bride and bridesmaids had booked to stay the day before the wedding to enjoy a spa day as their hen do and they ended up just chilling in the over priced bridal suite instead as there was no spa facilities whatsoever! Also advertised with gym and the gym door was ‘locked’
Totally mis sold !
Also there were no fridges in the rooms and the staff were rude! Lunch was bland, rubbish basic and we were told to exit through the service entrance to our awaiting wedding cars as they had a wedding in the hotel and we were told to rush down 2 flights of stairs to not be seen!
There was no air con upstairs.. the bedroom was 29 degrees when it was only 20 degrees outside and the corridors was like a sauna ! They did put a portable air con in the room but wasn’t enough!

The T. C.

As you park in the carpark, there is absolutely no obvious signage as to what is where, reception, function rooms, spar, restaurant etc, we had to ask 2 people before we gave up and entered through an open fire exit.
We have often looked at the menu online, and thought we would take the in-laws for a Sunday lunch. Big mistake!
There were functions already under way, one of the function rooms is next to the restaurant with a bar between. A massive design issue, because the noise from the bar area meant we could not hold a conversation at the table, nor could the staff hear us complaining. There needs to be a partition floor to ceiling with doors to stop noise level spoiling all diners experience.
The food was average and expensive for what it is, someone needs to tell the kitchen that throwing some pea shoots at a plate, makes not a good meal..
We gave up after eating our main meal, paid and left and went home for dessert.
We won't be returning or recommending, if I were scoring the comment would be, "could do much better"
Very disappointed.

Caitlin P.

We booked Sunday lunch for close family at the restaurant several months ago, as my sister and her new husband were spending their wedding night at the hotel. We were a party of 13 adults and 3 children, and were spread across three tables, which wasn’t ideal, but we had been told this on booking.

On arrival, we were told that we had the tables for an hour and a half, and then they had another booking. This was fine, as we weren’t planning on staying any longer than that, but it was rather abrupt and made us feel a little unwelcome.

The food was all really lovely, and I cannot fault it at all.

We all had a main course and then were offered dessert menus, which everyone decided to have too. Although the main courses came quickly, the desserts took quite a while. I ordered the pineapple tarte tatin, and was told it would take a little longer as it was cooked fresh, which was fine with me.

As we were waiting for the desserts to arrive, our server came over to clear glasses away and told us that our time at the table was up, and the next guests had arrived. These guests had apparently specifically requested the tables we were sat at (which as I’ve already mentioned, we booked months ago), and refused the other empty tables offered to them.

Our desserts arrived 5 minutes later (and were all delicious), and we’d barely set our cutlery down before the server came over with the bill before we’d asked for it. One member of our party had ordered another drink with dessert and this had yet to arrive.

We complained about feeling rushed as we paid the bill, and the server brushed it off as being a busy bank holiday. The restaurant wasn’t full. I understand the need for time limits on tables when taking bookings, but the problem was with the speed of service, not the speed of our eating. Nobody had more than two drinks, and we ordered our meals within 5 minutes of sitting down. If a meal can’t be served within the time slot given, that time slot needs extending. If we’d have ordered starters too, we’d have easily been another half an hour, so I have no idea what would have happened then - we’d have probably been asked to eat dessert in the car park.

Overall, what should have been a lovely family meal to top off a weekend of marriage celebrations, ended on a sour note as we felt we were being chivvied out of the restaurant.

We absolutely will not be returning.

Jon H.

I'm afraid I have had to give a 1 star as I can't give a zero. Quality issues, no respect for the home owners, site a total disaster. Knock on everyone's doors to ask an opinion before you consider the mistake of your life. Do your homework look at verified reviews and don't make a mistake and buy here.

Tracey Z.

Avoid buying a house with Jones homes aka Jokes homes you will regret it we bought what we thought would be our dream home on this estate and unfortunately we were sold an unfinished disaster of a house that we regret buying every day. Jones do not come back to do snags and you will end up left with loads of issues all they care about is getting you in extremely overpriced for what they are worth and the location may appear perfect but the houses have been rushed up just to get you in avoid I would not recommend Jones to anyone 😡🤬

Carly M.

Absolutely awful place stay away! Staff VERY rude. Got spoken down to because of using a private functions toilet but there were no signs saying otherwise and was given direction to them. Ordered a chicken burger and it was very dry. Overly priced food and drinks!
Will most definitely not be returning!