The Dysart Arms Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Setting

Pros:

• "Nice community pub in a quaint village."
• "Set in a very pretty village."
• "This is everything a country pub should be."
• "The Dysart Arms is in a picture-perfect village, the building is charming and quaint with fabulous period features and a pretty beer garden."
• "A lovely country village pub in a small beautiful country village, lovely surroundings and gardens."
• "Located in a charming village, the pub is incredibly welcoming, cosy and full of character."
• "A fantastic pub that we have visited many times. Picturesque setting with lots of history."

Cons:

• "Wish it was next to the canal so I could come back here in the evening but the road from the canal to the pub is difficult."
• "Hard luck if you haven't got a new smartphone. You're going to struggle to pay for their vastly overpriced beer."
• "Just like to say if you're disabled don't bother with this place. No disabled parking bays and management can't be bothered. Waste of time & effort marks out of 10 minus 5."

Service

Pros:

• "Lovely service from the team."
• "The staff are efficient, friendly and welcoming."
• "The service was also excellent, from friendly and efficient staff."
• "The staff we're brilliant 👏."
• "All the staff were friendly and helpful."
• "Service polite and efficient even though the two people were very busy."
• "Really friendly & welcoming staff too."

Cons:

• "We had a fair amount of attention from about 4 of the staff but they looked hot and tired for the most part."
• "Lovely pub good food and wine list. Just a bit understaffed."
• "Maybe dog friendly, but at times, (especially when eating,) I would prefer not to have some mutts tail in my lunch."
• "Mainly I was disappointed in food and presentation of it, given the price."
• "But the service is lacking.... we ordered a starter to share which came as it was... no extra plate offered."
• "We found the staff (very busy) very off hand and hard to catch to order either our arrival drinks, a menu, ordering our meals or wine."
• "We were forgotten once we had eaten and had to go searching for our drinks order and to pay."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Superb restaurant quality food. Absolutely gorgeous!"
• "The food is excellent and has been on all 3 occasions I have visited."
• "The food was great and we had a really good service too, hygiene was excellent."
• "A pub for all tastes. Excellent menu with very well prepared food."
• "The Roast Chicken was excellent."
• "The food is delicious, never had a bad meal yet and we visit often!!!"
• "Food was delicious, warm, fresh and really tasty."

Cons:

• "The Roast Beef was a little fatty."
• "I had the regular roast beef dinner... it was incredibly tough to saw through and chew and wasn't seasoned at all."
• "The food was dreadful. Fish finger sandwich was 'hunt the fish'."
• "The food is too mucked about with, why put a slice of orange in my soup??"
• "My grandsons fish fingers seemed to be the scrapings from the fryer."
• "I've never had a Greek salad without cucumber and olives and sea bass was small portion."
• "The food was very poor and overpriced."