Inn on the Pond Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "3 cheese Plowmans and Double Burger were both excellent (v.gd Stilton)."
• "Food came in an acceptable ten minutes and was plentiful and presented well."
• "The highlight was the excellent dirty fries and well-paired beers."
• "Our meal was very good indeed, and a nice beer."
• "The food was amazing."
• "The food is AMAZING and have lots of fabulous drinks to choose from."
• "The food was so tasty."

Cons:

• "Food was disappointing, I had the roast beef roast, the beef was overcooked, grissly and tough."
• "The impressive looking Yorkshire pud was very dry on the outside, the roast potatoes were very salty and the parsnips were so woody my knife wouldn’t cut them."
• "The steak was overcooked and I had venison pie and meat was so dry, my jaws were hurting."
• "Not worth the money so so food, my fish pie seasonal veg was horrendous non edible."
• "Once the food arrived my girlfriend saw that the chicken burger was not cooked properly."
• "The fries were terrible, and overall the whole thing felt a lot like a school dinner."
• "Food was same as you would find in a cheap burger joint."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were attentive and friendly as we have come to expect."
• "Fabulous staff, great food, good value in a lovely location."
• "The serving staff were all efficient and friendly."
• "Friendly servers, great food and good covid protocols."
• "Wonderfully attentive and very polite staff who can’t do enough to please their customers."
• "Great atmosphere, lovely food and super service very friendly staff nothing was too much trouble."
• "Service was friendly and quick."

Cons:

• "We never received any service once the food arrived so had to go constantly to the bar to get our own drinks."
• "Service was extremely slow and staff didn't seem happy, resulting in a bad atmosphere behind the bar."
• "Service was extremely poor and was shocked that there was no apology or offer to remove certain items from the menu."
• "Service is extremely poor, they do not have enough staff on for the amount of customers."
• "We did have to wait ages for our drinks though as they were very understaffed."
• "Awful service... Then we were left there for ages without anyone taking our order."
• "Service was ok, a bit slow considering the pub wasn't busy, but friendly."

Ambience and Location

Pros:

• "Really pleasant, family run pub experience, great pub food, good drinks selection and a nice location."
• "Lovely pub overlooking a pond and cricket pitch where a game was actually being played."
• "A stunning location, especially in the beautiful summer sunshine!"
• "It's a traditional wood beamed pub with lots of outdoor tables, an inside restaurant, and in a rather beautiful location."
• "Amazing pub, really nice open beer garden looking over the field and the pond."
• "It's a lovely setting, garden overlooking the village cricket ground."
• "It's really nice there with nice staff and a beautiful view of the countryside and sunset in the evening."

Cons:

• "Sadly the selfish and entitled person next door has dumped an old car outside to try and spoil it."
• "No ambience or atmosphere on a Saturday evening at 8pm."
• "The third time this premises has changed hands in the time we've lived in the area and it's still not as good as it used to be."
• "The location and food is really great, but everyone in our party couldn't help but notice the waiters were quite unfriendly."
• "The main dining area, although clean and bright, had a rather strange and very dated decoration and atmosphere."
• "Despite there being a lovely log burner on display, it wasn’t in use and the restaurant area was freezing cold."
• "Scenery is lovely and very peaceful English beer garden vibes."