The Plough Inn Reviews Summary

Location

Pros:

• "It is situated within easy walking distance of leith hill tower."
• "Situated right in the middle of the Surrey hills, in a quaint little village."
• "An excellent place to start or complete a day out walking on Leith Hill."
• "Fabulous walks up Leith Hill direct from the front door."
• "Magnificent view and the beautiful ride you get to experience when driving up there."
• "Great location with a nice stroll on Leith Hill."
• "Location is beautiful and they poured a nice pint."

Cons:

• "Not easy to get to, but it is very definitely worth the effort."
• "Parking is awful, car park used by a lot of cyclists and isn't big enough for the pub."
• "Location is hard to beat too, right across from Surrey AONB."

Service

Pros:

• "The lady behind the bar couldn't have been more accommodating even arranging for food to be in takeout style boxes so we didn't cover the place in mud."
• "Service was wonderful, staff all very friendly."
• "All the staff here are friendly, polite efficient."
• "Staff very helpful and friendly."
• "Friendly staff who went above and beyond."
• "Service was incredibly friendly and attentive too."
• "Was extremely busy, but the staff were very helpful."

Cons:

• "Staff never came to ask us for our orders for food."
• "Pub bit didn't have great atmosphere, even for a saturday."
• "The only let down was no kids menu, they offered to do a plain chicken sandwich but when it arrived the chicken was covered in Cajun spices and pepper."
• "In particular, the staff were very unwelcoming, bordering on rude."
• "Waited for food very long and service wasn't as great as last 20 times."
• "Food took an hour, when I went in to question the time the barman/landlord didn't seem bothered at all."
• "The service for ordering drinks felt very slow and indifferent."

Food

Pros:

• "Breakfast in the morning was much better than expected, a classic full fry up and included in the price."
• "The food was outstanding, we had a pork sharing platter to start that came with bread, and I was expecting to ignore the bread but it looked amazing and tasted even better."
• "Excellent food... had the pigeon breast special... beautifully prepared and presented."
• "Fish and chips was delicious, as was the Caesar salad."
• "The lunch menu was varied and based on what we had, very tasty."
• "Lovely fresh tasting fish and chips and everyone raved about the burgers."
• "The food was very extremely tasty and fresh."

Cons:

• "The place is tired and dirty."
• "It was very disappointing the yorkshire looked like it had been deep fried and the veg was either under cooked or very little of it."
• "Disappointing food. A good bit of fish served underseasoned and undercooked in an oily tempura batter."
• "The food was around £40 in total so not even good value."
• "The food, normal Surrey prices, i.e. not cheap, but really nothing special, not awful but certainly not worth the money and really disappointing, too much potato in the fish cakes and over cooked chips."
• "The chicken caesar salad was pretty poor too."
• "Paying up the best part of £50 for 5 drinks and 4 starters and 1 children’s meal is simply appalling."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Great pub. Amazing location. Highly recommended."
• "Clean bright and friendly atmosphere."
• "Great service and atmosphere and you can pick up a pint of milk from the shop."
• "Good food and atmosphere. Dog friendly and relaxed vibe."
• "The atmosphere was great, service was superb and food was top notch."
• "All the locals pop in, it's dog friendly and people friendly with a great upbeat atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere was great."

Cons:

• "Lovely looking and in a lovely place, however it was chaos when we visited."
• "The place is tired and dirty."
• "No atmosphere."
• "The pub had no atmosphere and was playing an odd mix of bad 80’s tunes and ed Sheeran!"
• "Such a serene place."
• "Sadly the food in the evening was not up to a decent standard."
• "Great location but this pub is so not worth it... The food, normal Surrey prices, i.e. not cheap, but really nothing special, not awful but certainly not worth the money and really disappointing."

Accommodation

Pros:

• "Even allowed me to store my bike securely inside."
• "The accomodation is top notch, very modern and well appointed, in warm and cosy rooms."
• "Rooms perfectly adequate, breakfast fantastic and our lovely lady was the perfect host."
• "The room was lovely, very comfortable and they had gone to the extra effort of leaving out a bottle of water for me which I appreciated."
• "Stayed here a few times with our dog, rooms are lovely and staff friendly."
• "The room was spotlessly clean, cosy, and the shower was particularly good."
• "I stayed at the inn and ate at the restaurant, both were excellent!"

Cons:

• "Wasn't great: basic, tired room, pretty noisy and airless, too small."
• "The room (the so-called best one at £165 a night): carpet noticeably not vacuum-cleaned, curtains that you couldn't open."
• "Only complaint is the water pressure would vary from blasting power at times to no water at all or maybe just enough dribble to brush your teeth."
• "The two tiny dumplings were like bullets."
• "Limited opening hours to just mornings."
• "About half the menu was unavailable."
• "The amount of food was definitely not worth the money."