The Tommyfield Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was incredible."
• "Fantastic meal, great service, friendly, attentive, efficient and good value."
• "The food tasty and plenty."
• "The food has also been great."
• "The food was pretty great too - basically English classics miniaturised."
• "Good food here, I had duck leg very moister and my boyfriend have fish cake was very nice."
• "Delicious food. Pies best thing on menu."

Cons:

• "The quality of the food was just not good, hash browns cold and greasy, very mean portion of bacon and 'tomatoes' was just a slice."
• "It was the food that was a letdown."
• "Cauliflower cheese was disappointing and overpriced for the portion."
• "On a roast dinner there was just two roast potatoes and one carrot, three Brussels which was a bit stingy."
• "Food was very underwhelming. Went for an early traditional Christmas dinner - big mistake."
• "Pasta was a bit too thick and the filling was not as soft as it should be."
• "The beetroot salad was pale and covered in dressing, calamari was hard and overcooked, my partners steak was weird, undercooked and an odd flavour."

Service

Pros:

• "Management/staff are responsive, accommodating and friendly."
• "The service was impeccable staff friendly and efficient."
• "Staff was absolutely fantastic and couldn't find anything wrong with any meal we had there."
• "The service was amazing, staff were polite and friendly, especially Teresa."
• "The staff were also so genuinely helpful and friendly which we all found so refreshing."
• "The staff that showed us around were really friendly and helpful."
• "The staff are friendly and we didn’t have to wait long for food."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately the girl with short hair behind the bar was extremely slow with drinks and rude in a kind of...vacant way."
• "Takes ages for the staff to clean the tables even when it’s not too busy."
• "Servers are nice, but a little slow so might have to wait."
• "The service was poor and slow."
• "Service was willing but inept and unpolished."
• "Service is extra slow and that really let us down."
• "Service extremely slow."

Ambiance and Facilities

Pros:

• "Best pies around! Lovely open space with lots of window seats."
• "Huge bathroom with bath and separate shower cubicle."
• "Very comfortable, and quiet - which I was not expecting right above a sports bar."
• "The room was well appointed and very comfortable."
• "Absolutely lovely staff, great atmosphere in the bar."
• "The Tommyfield is situated in a beautiful part of town (lovely leafy Kennington)."
• "The room is cosy and has everything you need, and is cleaned and tidied daily."

Cons:

• "It isn't a very child friendly place, make sure you mention you have a child in your booking otherwise you will struggle."
• "I don't understand how there can be such a blatant disregard for social distancing in the current time."
• "Don't sit at the back though as the smell from the toilet will ruin your appetite."
• "Shame this place is aiming for the special occassion visitors rather than keeping it a classy local."
• "Noise from the street (beyond their control)."
• "Only issue is when you arrive inside the place, there is such a weird toilet smell going around the floor area."
• "It also didn’t help there’s a mouldy / damp smell in the place."

Value

Pros:

• "Being a hotel guest means that you also get 50% off breakfast served in the pub."
• "The beer and food are reasonably priced."
• "We got half off food in the pub!!"
• "Manager even gave us some complimentary wine."
• "Reasonable prices."
• "Half price food when you stay at the hotel, and only a short walk from a tube station, bus lines, and the imperial war museum which is worth a visit!"
• "Thought it was really good value for money - for central London."

Cons:

• "Bill came and I'd been charged 2.99 for service!!!"
• "Unfortunately at those prices it's too much to go back unless prices go back to normal."
• "Ridiculous waste of food because no one could eat it, how could a chef serve such a thing?"
• "Private function, dusty and dirty room."
• "Fish and chips is quite good but a little expensive."
• "Too expensive for what it offers."
• "12.5% service charge automatically added to bill, not my personal preference."