The Canbury Arms Kingston Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Bubble and Squeak with poached eggs and salmon super tasty."
• "The food was creative and unexpected."
• "Absolutely delicious Sunday roast, the best I've had for a long time."
• "The crunchy crust and its tender beef...this is the pie you will die for, especially in the freezing winter time."
• "Lunch was delicious as were the puddings."
• "Food great. Lovely pea and mint falafel burger and the chicken and ham pie was excellent."
• "The food is of high quality and perfectly cooked."

Cons:

• "Food was excessively priced."
• "The food portions are tiny."
• "Grossly overpriced and very underwhelming food."
• "The Pea & Mint Falafel Burger, Carrot Hummus, Chervil Minted Yoghurt, Iceberg, Tomato and fries was like eating a dried piece of cardboard, tasteless, grainy and boring."
• "The food has been lacking in quality."
• "The portions were tiny, potatoes unedible and cost higher than normal for a Sunday roast."
• "The food - baked hake and Nicoise salad - was a heated up fillet of fish on an undressed salad. It wasn’t very good."

Service

Pros:

• "Its hard to fault the food and service would recommend."
• "Staff were brilliant, completely faultless and incredibly friendly and attentive."
• "Service was great."
• "Food envy from both sides of the table! Big thank you to Natalie and all the kitchen crew - great venue - great food - great service!"
• "Excellent service from the delightful Natalie and totally scrumptious meal!!"
• "Service was quick and professional."
• "Service was super from all of the staff."

Cons:

• "The manager Chris was quite rude and didn't even make any small apology."
• "However the service is slow and last time we went we waited nearly an hour for our main course."
• "Some of the staff were a bit rude and ignored us."
• "Bar staff more interested in chatting with their friends than serving."
• "Had to get our drinks from the bar as waitress too busy clearing tables to be bothered to ask."
• "Severe lack of experienced staff."
• "Asked for the manager but they never showed up (since they were busy in the kitchen as we were told)."

Ambience and Decor

Pros:

• "A lovely pub, with a great environment."
• "Really pleasant environment, beautiful decor."
• "Really nice ambience."
• "Beautiful pub and friendly service."
• "Vibe was great and staff were so friendly and professional."
• "Beautiful venue with loads of natural light."
• "What a lovely environment! Peaceful tunes, good vibes, attentive staff and I like the mixed decor."

Cons:

• "The place has dramatically changed after the refurbishment, it is very spacious and a bit more up market."
• "Message to the Management keep on top of those cobwebs and flakey paint and keep it nice for us."
• "Garden area strewn with dog ends and uncleared tables."
• "It can be a little noisy in the dining area at peak times."
• "Some children were running riot in the garden too which was annoying so I drank up and left after one pint."
• "The real issue is noise."
• "This pub used to be great, but sadly no longer."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "You get what you pay for and we felt we got value-for-money."
• "Food was reasonably priced."
• "A really warm atmosphere pub, that has a good menu, all at a value price."
• "The servings were ample, the meat was lean & delicious."
• "The ale was in great condition and the roast was one of the best I’ve had all year."
• "Portions are great, vegan range is pretty good and vegetarians accommodated too."
• "The pub is still lovely to visit, and the staff are friendly."

Cons:

• "I think paying £.10 something for one coquette is slightly over doing it."
• "Charging £26.40 for one plate with a spoonful of pate, four haddock bites, six anchovies and some bread - you'd have thought there might appear to be done care in presentation."
• "It was the smallest roast dinner I have ever had and was no way near worth the £21.50."
• "Burger — burnt, carbonised rubbish."
• "The portions used to be huge but this time we got a piece of meat, 3 potatoes, 1 carrot, 2 pieces of broccoli and a pudding."
• "Realistically for the price I'd expect a premium roast, I got the pork and it was really dry."
• "Not happy for what I paid ££££."