Great Baddow Barn Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Fantastic service today by Cat who was working the bar, usual busy but worked with the customers like a charm."
• "Post Covid, I feel safe with social distancing, hand sanitation and the advice and posters given!"
• "Couldn't fault the food or the friendly service."
• "went to this pub last week for the football the staff was great and the manager leigh was very welcoming."
• "Food was really nice. Obviously this place has had some new management as the service and food have improved drastically."
• "The staff are friendly and attentive."
• "Staff were really polite, friendly and helpful!"

Cons:

• "Service was appalling when were not acknowledged until we placed our own order."
• "Was disappointing visit, normally go here a lot but last visit... portion size tiny considering amount paid on weekend."
• "Service is not excellent either, they take a while and seem to run all over the place. Looking understaffed."
• "Table service very poor, Drinks ok but no large coke available."
• "When waitress was told one desert order was wrong she rolled her eyes."
• "When I complained to our waitress she shrugged her shoulders and said 'oh well' 🤬"
• "We waited a long time for the main meal to arrive."

Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Toilets were clean."
• "rest of the booth was clean though."
• "The venue itself was warm, cosy and very inviting."

Cons:

• "menu's filthy had to use baby wet wipes to clean them."
• "It was filthy dirty with sticky tables and bar also tables that were not cleared for well over an hour."
• "The table was sticky, even after our server wiped it for us."
• "Not the cleanest in the kids area, we sat in a booth and there was juice stains on the table."
• "Wine glass was covered in lip marks and finger prints."
• "Sadly the tables were a little sticky."
• "OMG walked into this place after booking online, found our reserved table but had walk over the food on the floor to be able to sit down."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Friendly staff and delicious meals."
• "The food was fantastic !!! We had burgers for the kids and chicken wings with dips as starters ..the chicken was hot, succulent, and finger licking good !"
• "Couldn't fault the food or the friendly service."
• "The food was perfect and the price was really affordable."
• "Food was quick to arrive and delicious, excellent hearty portion sizes."
• "The food was great, the service was brilliant, in fact it was like a different pub WELL DONE I will be back for more😁"
• "The food was the usual Hungry Horse fare, but was fresh and tasty."

Cons:

• "the beef was like rubber and my cauliflower was really hard to eat."
• "The green burger, Mexican enchiladas were dried out."
• "Ordered roast beef vegetables were reheated and limp roast potatoes were soft no mash potatoes and was covered in brown water that should have been gravy."
• "The food wasn’t great, some was edible other plates weren’t at all which was very disappointing."
• "Food nothing like described, the chicken was cold and vegetables raw."
• "The Sunday roasts were dry and tasteless, the chips overdone and the pie soggy."
• "Had the mini mixed grill. Grease dripping off everything, sausages burnt, peas very dry, chips were awful."

Family & Child-Friendliness

Pros:

• "Great place for kids as got a small soft play area indoors and a nice outdoor area for children."
• "Its a family friendly resturant and theres not a long wait on the food."
• "Large play area for children, and I think dog friendly."
• "Great if you like screaming kids as it has a play area inside."
• "Great place yo take children. Soft play area they will love."
• "Great selection on the children's menu and a lovely sized indoor play area."
• "It's great for children who prefer their oven meals and are not too fussy how it's cooked."

Cons:

• "Place needs a refurb. The soft okay bit was tiny."
• "The indoor play area was not working on our visit, but that didn't matter much as the outdoor play area was just as nice (we didn't use it, though)."
• "Can be noisy but that happens when people have a good time."
• "Kids loved it. Might be annoying for people without kids because so many kids are around."
• "The general clientele here are family's with no respect or control over there children."
• "It's a crèche. The poor staff are driven to distraction by hordes of unsupervised children running unchecked through the pub."
• "Kids restaurant section quite run down and tatty looking compared to main restaurant."

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "Very welcoming atmosphere."
• "The decor. Atmosphere was gorgeous."
• "The barn itself is lovely, and very well kept architecturally."
• "It was nice and cosy despite the high ceilings."
• "The atmosphere is that of your local friendly pub."
• "Nice food really nice barn n great play for kids with a small soft play."
• "Lovely decor though."

Cons:

• "The interior definitely needs renewing updating."
• "Unbelievable turnaround, for what once was an absolute dive."
• "Thought the place was moving forward but to my surprise it certainly isn't!"
• "Congratulations Great Baddow Barn... You have single handedly destroyed the reputation of Hungry horse."
• "You can't see the indoor area very clearly from most seating so you just hear a lot of screaming and the occasional random child appears crying clutching their face."
• "We wanted to sit outside, but none of the tables had been cleaned (what had the bar staff been doing)."
• "The food was appalling. Nothing was fresh."