Pig & Truffle Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was cooked perfectly and presented beautifully."
• "A great welcome, great food, the Sunday roasts where lovely."
• "Brilliant food, excellent combination of tastes, visually stunning presentation."
• "Very high-quality food, with friendly, attentive, informed staff."
• "Really great food."
• "Fantastic food, presented amazingly."
• "The food was simply outstanding with great service."

Cons:

• "Food was very average, with poorly balanced flavours, texture and confusing ingredients."
• "Over priced, OTT menu and sterile."
• "The dining experience was a disaster and rudely priced at £380 for two with room for an incredible culinary muddle and noisy room."
• "Food was good but there was no 'Gourmet Experience' for the £330 (plus £30 for 2 drinks each) we paid."
• "The portion sizes are minuscule (I had three pieces of pasta served with my veal main course)."
• "Food lacked seasoning, bland flavours with some strange combinations."
• "The food wasn’t great, knowing this place as well as we do we, there was definitely tastes of the old chefs remains which didn’t compliment the new chefs."

Service

Pros:

• "Outstanding service and attention to detail."
• "The staff being welcoming and friendly."
• "Service was excellent and there was a good ambience."
• "The service was outstanding!"
• "Staff were so on the ball the whole evening. Very friendly."
• "The service is so friendly and we wanted for nothing at all."
• "Service was attentive and friendly without being overly fussy."

Cons:

• "Experience was spoiled by waiting."
• "We had to ask twice for it, by time it came he'd drunk it as it would have been cold."
• "Service less so. Made them aware in advance it was a special occasion and it was not even acknowledged."
• "We paid an £18 surcharge for frankly poor service."
• "Service was lacking for a one star establishment."
• "Service was very friendly although a couple of mistakes crept in."
• "Very very slow service (we waited 40 minutes for our starter without a single reason given)."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Lovely settings."
• "The ambiance is nice and relaxing."
• "Great night out between friends."
• "The atmosphere was cold and flat."
• "Atmosphere hits that sweet spot, neither too noisy or reverentially quiet."
• "Tucked away in a picturesque spot this is a treasure worth finding for fine food, great atmosphere and charming surroundings."
• "Lovely staff and the perfect atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Ambiance and decor felt second rate."
• "The atmosphere was cold and flat."
• "Lighting was very bright, and the music was quite intrusive for this type of restaurant."
• "They look like a tatty pub from the even more tatty kerbside elevation."
• "When we arrived for lunch the restaurant was cold inside & my mother & wife didn't warm up."

Value

Pros:

• "The dinner, B&B rate was very reasonable for such good quality."
• "Cost of the evening felt like very good value for money given the quality and experience."
• "Incredible value too."
• "Excellent value for money."
• "Very good value for money and we will definitely be back for the summer tasting menu!"

Cons:

• "Nice but horrendously overpriced."
• "However, the drink prices were very steep, £6.50 a beer and £13 a single gin and tonic."
• "Far too expensive and 12.5 service charge not warranted."
• "Unfortunately it is overpriced expect to pay central London restaurant prices."
• "£28 for two beers and a glass of Prosecco and a glass of wine is rather expensive unless at a very fine dining establishment."

Accommodation

Pros:

• "The rooms are lovely; only criticism would be that there is very little sound proofing."
• "The rooms are spacious and comfortable."
• "The room was well appointed and the breakfast was superb, a fabulous start to our holiday."
• "Staff were absolutely wonderful, rooms were comfortable and well appointed but the highlight for me was the breakfast."
• "We enjoyed our stay in the lovely rooms."

Cons:

• "Parking is not exactly available in any quantity."
• "We could hear the TV in the next room until quite late, and it did disturb us slightly."
• "The room was bellow 4 star standard and priced at £88 per night on the internet with its ridiculously small TV and oversized Clock radio that looked like something out of the 70s."
• "WiFi doesn't really get picked up in the rooms."
• "We stayed for the night and had the 5 course tasting menu... Room was basic - Bathroom door didn't close and neighbours really noisy with TV - Walls paper thin."