The Manifold Inn Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Cask ales are always spot on."
• "Traditional home cooked food(I had gammon, which came with all the trimmings, no real need for sides)."
• "The pub food was delicious with a great selection of excellent beers."
• "One of the best pub meals I've had in a long time and the steak was perfectly cooked."
• "The food was unexpectedly delicious and very good value."
• "Both meals were lovely. Food was on the table quickly after ordering and piping hot."
• "The food was amazing - we had the pan fried chicken from the specials menu and the chicken burger."

Cons:

• "Mushrooms and black pudding seemed like they were deep fried and soggy as did the fried bread."
• "The fish tasted old, mine was chewy (£17 for haddock and chips), the burgers (£17 as well) were gristly and the bun too heavy."
• "The vegetarian sausages were made from chopped carrots and peas instead of the nicer quorn style...yuk!"
• "Service was lovely, staff were helpful and friendly - but the food was miserable and horribly over-priced!"
• "Nice bar staff but payed £14 for a roast dinner with roasted potatoes, mashed potatoes, veg, Yorkshires and stuffing and over 50% of the dish didn't turn up."
• "The steak pie was akin to a burnt offering, it had been sat on the plate some time."
• "The soup was watery and tasteless."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was excellent with the meals coming out within a few minutes of the allotted time."
• "The staff were lovely and friendly."
• "Our server, Sophie, was extremely friendly and helpful, making our evening very enjoyable."
• "Service was excellent. Young gentleman that served us was very polite and very attentive to detail."
• "Staff was very pleasant and friendly and welcomed our dog."
• "Looked after by friendly, helpful staff."
• "Really friendly staff, the lady that served us this morning was attentive."

Cons:

• "Service in bar a bit slow due to card payments going through slow internet connection."
• "We were left staring at our food with no cutlery."
• "Eventually someone came around and asked if they could help us, but wasn't too polite."
• "Poor service."
• "Extremely long wait to even be acknowledged by staff members, let alone served."
• "We waited for 45 minutes to even get our first drink in hand and waited much longer for our food."
• "The service was so spectacularly and aggressively rude that it completely ruined what would otherwise have been a nice lunch."

Accommodation

Pros:

• "Very comfortable room, lovely en suite."
• "The room was bright with plenty of space, the bathroom was modern with a walk in shower."
• "The room (5) was lovely, the bed was so comfortable and the bathroom was spacious and modern."
• "Most of the rooms are in converted buildings away from the pub and restaurant and are spotlessly clean, comfy and have great facilities."
• "The bedrooms were decorated to a high standard with comfortable beds and equipped with the standard amenities."
• "The rooms are of very high standard, very homely & modern."
• "The room was modern and spacious with a huge king sized bed and beautiful stand alone bath."

Cons:

• "The bathroom was small but well decorated however the shower did have a tendency to flood out of the base."
• "The room was really cold and the heating wouldn't go up."
• "Sat outside for over an hour and table not cleared from previous occupants."
• "Very simply, the cost to stay is decidedly reflective on the British Tourist industry and pricing denotes an extremely high degree of greed."
• "We waited a long time to be seated at our booked table."
• "The plug in the rather lush looking bath didn't work and the floor looked like the edges and corners had been missed."
• "The bathroom wasn't too clean with cobwebs hanging from the lights and grime around the shower base."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Very friendly place."
• "Nice location and good atmosphere, we had dinner and ended up drinking all evening because it was just a nice place to be."
• "Beautiful setting."
• "A lovely location, good food and beer."
• "Lovely surroundings and pub/inn with very welcoming staff."
• "Such a good atmosphere and so cosy!"
• "The pub is set in a great location, very rural, rustic outside and tranquil."

Cons:

• "One main concern was the pungent odour emanating from the River Manifold."
• "But a shame most of the menu was unavailable."
• "You could smell the drains."
• "Inside a little dated, not as warm as a country pub would be!"
• "The only thing that was a bit of a shame is that there was a lot of messaging around measures for Covid-19 safety but it turned out to not be being followed by the staff."
• "Terrible behaviour here folks, me and my daughter were refused entry because I didn't have an exemption card for not wearing a mask."
• "The outdoor food menu wasn't the food I'd become accustomed to from the place."