The Fishpond Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Fantastic food, great prices!"
• "The food is exquisite, offering a delightful blend of flavors that caters to diverse palates."
• "Large fish with nicely crispy batter and good chips."
• "The food is truly amazing!! So fresh and tasty and portion size is fab too."
• "Decent beer and truly excellent food - huge portions of first class quality."
• "The pizzas were a good size and tasted fresh."
• "All the food was amazing had the chicken dinner and it was beautiful."

Cons:

• "Dinner was mediocre, starter of haddock and prawn fishcakes was nice but far to salty."
• "Really terrible food, pizza not cooked properly, chips that tasted like they had been reheated many times."
• "Went here on 15/04/22 for meal with family on day out. Fish battered literally as over cooked and chips half cooked half hard half soft."
• "Then I ordered the fish pond hot dog which described as bratwurst with crisps onions and sauerkraut there was no mention of chilli much to surprise when I took a bit it was basically a chilli bratwurst was far too spicy."
• "The side salad looked like floor sweepings."
• "We ordered 3 steak fritters. All cold."
• "Food for me was disappointing. The pork was very dry and I had to cut the outside off to find edible meat."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff are friendly."
• "Service is good. Can easily accommodate large groups and pets."
• "Quick service, and well served for a table of 14."
• "The service from Liley, Sharon and the team was superb from start to finish."
• "Staff nice, polite and quick service."
• "The service was top notch, they couldn’t do enough for the kids."
• "Lovely attentive service."

Cons:

• "When told that the food was cold the staffs remedy was to take it away and pour another spoonful of the chilli mix on top."
• "Non of the staff seemed to care."
• "After being sat for over half an hour on my own, with zero service, I was forced to leave."
• "No drinks service at the table guests had to go down a flight of cramped narrow stairs to purchase drinks."
• "Service was poor. Lip service!"
• "Had to send 2 pizzas back from group under cooked."
• "Service was incredibly slow at the bar and I found myself overlooked several times."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Such a remarkable and unassuming pub with plenty of surprises."
• "Very cosy, old school, laid back place."
• "The atmosphere is really great and relaxed."
• "Interesting split level beer garden at the back and tables out front to watch the world go by."
• "There is a beautiful 3 story terraced outside where you can eat and drink."
• "Nice atmosphere with log fire."
• "The atmosphere was very cosy and relaxed."

Cons:

• "Definitely not going back."
• "The only thing that let it down was the seating. A bit grubby, they need some new stuff urgent."
• "Unfortunately, terrible food. Pasta was full of grease, as was the burger."
• "It smelt a bit like stale beer which wasn’t great."
• "Place was dull. Won't be going back."
• "Bit clicky, with locals and a few groups 18 yr olds with an awful smell of weed in the air when they walked past."
• "Atmosphere was OK for a New year's eve but probably wouldn't do it again as service was quite slow and more aimed at regulars."

Value

Pros:

• "Food was pretty bloody good, which didn’t cost the Earth."
• "Good value and well worth a visit."
• "Food is provided as BIG portions."
• "Booking recommended to avoid disappointment."
• "The prices are reasonable, providing excellent value for the high-quality dishes served."
• "We called in and had a couple of inexpensive pints each (nice not to get ripped off)."
• "Its definitely value for money."

Cons:

• "Far too expensive."
• "Its actually £15.50, and after questioning the staff we were told the website needs updating, but they seemed to just not care."
• "The only negative,was lots of tiny dead flies on each of the windowsill's around us!"
• "Although the pie was tasty it was tiny and not even a side garnish served with it. Was very poor value."
• "Over all we spend around £90 for the four meals just to be wasted."
• "My wife ordered chilli con carne which was stone cold and lacked any flavour."
• "It has a cheap weatherspoons vibe but the prices are not cheap. It's actually slightly overpriced in my opinion."