Chequers Inn Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was also incredible- rump of lamb tasted insanely good."
• "Food was absolutely delicious."
• "Everything was delicious and well plated."
• "All the food was great, the orders were perfect, and all came out like clockwork."
• "The food was delicious, cooked perfectly and nicely presented."
• "Food excellent."
• "The food is splendid."

Cons:

• "The fish was overdone for our evening meal."
• "Are pigeon was lacking in seasoning and quite raw in center."
• "The pork was a little dry and over cooked."
• "The belly pork was okay but small and we left £72 poorer and hungry."
• "The Cod wrapped in leek could of used more sauce."
• "Our main courses were all only luke warm."
• "The lobster was a bit 'chewy' and we felt it was not as fresh as they claimed (frozen)."

Service

Pros:

• "Attentive but not fussy service from the staff."
• "Service was excellent."
• "The team; all incredibly supportive, friendly and professional."
• "Staff extremely friendly."
• "Excellent staff."
• "The staff were attentive and set one large table up in the garden room which was lovely."
• "Our waiter was extremely personable."

Cons:

• "Bit of a faff ordering drinks."
• "Unfortunetly not a good experience. Layout of tables v poor. Unable to access the bar at all v cramped."
• "Service was alittle off as my meal arrived slightly later than the others and they forgot a drink we ordered."
• "Service could've been a little faster, maybe they are understaffed."
• "Service a little slow and mixed up the main course for my brother whose birthday it was."
• "They forgot our order so we waited over an hour."
• "It's really not that hard to take someone's order."

Ambience & Setting

Pros:

• "The setting is near Belvoir castle and makes it a great place to visit for lunch if visiting the castle or having a stroll in the countryside."
• "Think cosy fires & original features lovingly restored."
• "The ambience; a beautiful cosy country pub/house with a soothing intimate feel and lots of interesting nooks to explore."
• "The premises are in a beautiful setting in the vale of Belvoir."
• "This is a fabulous, country pub with great warmth, great food, drinks and atmosphere in a beautiful part of the countryside......never disappoints."
• "Beautiful village pub!"
• "This is an attractive quintessential English country pub."

Cons:

• "I can understand why they need an overflow as it's so popular but try to avoid being put their."
• "Won’t to be recommending this place to anyone and certainly not for a wedding."
• "We were unable to talk to each other due to the noise so we asked to be moved."
• "Only point to watch out for is if you get sat in the recent function room extension, it's a bit noisy and souless."
• "During the entire evening we were bombarded with noise from the bar and also from the disco in the function room."
• "Parking is limited, so be prepared to park on the street."
• "Was busy even at 2pm on a Monday."

Value

Pros:

• "Excellent choice of ales and fantastic food at a reasonable price."
• "Sunday lunch excellent, best roast beef I have had for a long time."
• "Excellent lunch at a very reasonable price."
• "The prices were very reasonable."
• "Lovely selection of food including some 'Early Bird Choices' which were a discounted price."
• "Good quality and quantity of beef."
• "Excellent quality food, Super choice on menu."

Cons:

• "We declined desserts as a protest in you wanting £6.50 for Eton Mess....the most simple of desserts!"
• "Stopped for a quick drink and ordered cheese board 8.50 for three jacobs crackers not half an apple 8 grapes and two small pieces of cheese rather steep."
• "Drinks are expensive though."
• "The drinks were overpriced."
• "I have given the inn 4 stars and not 5 because the cost of the food has gone up twice in the last few months which is making it less value for money and on par with high end prices."
• "The Lunchtime menu was quite limited, they were small portions, and expensive."
• "Don't quite understand the pricing on your menu..... £16.95 for 2 courses....but you are only allowed to have starter and main course not main course and dessert.....OR £16.95 for main course!? Very odd!"