Riverside Farm - Farmhouse Inns Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Nottingham

Address: Loxley House, Tottle Rd, Nottingham NG2 1RT, United Kingdom

Phone: +441159851000

Rating: 3.9
based on 500 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Carvery excellent.food hot.taste delicious."
  • "Food was beautiful gammon beef turkey. Piginblankets and giant Yorkshires. Veg selection is excellent."
  • "The carvery was excellent, the meat was so tender, an excellent selection of vegetables all cooked to perfection."
  • "Delicious carvery served by Elon. Beef was perfectly carved and very tender."
  • "Had an amazing meal, I had lamb shank, my husband and dad had the carvery and our son had coated chicken, all meals was exceptional."
  • "The food was hot, fresh and portions of the carvery were huge!! Excellent quality and price."
  • "The meats available here were delicious. They were cooked really well and carved perfectly so they were really tender, but still really tasty."

Cons:

  • "The turkey was dry and tasteless, the mash potato was like wallpaper paste and everything was either cold or undercooked."
  • "The peas had a bitter taste and we were unable to eat them, the steak and ale pie was like concrete with some sort of mushy gristle."
  • "The food was rank... Meat was gristly, mash was solid, easily used to put up tiles."
  • "However, the stuffing tasted like what my asian mum makes and she buys them straight out of tesco pre-made so that wasn't great."
  • "The food was disappointing as the beans on my daughter's dinner had been blatantly sat in a hot hold for hours and the carvery was sad looking also with roasties that had only been shown an oven and not cooked very well."
  • "Once I went to the carvery the sight of the food seemed unappealing, I opted for the chicken carvery the chicken seemed raw the vegetables were undercooked and the gravy was like wall paper paste."
  • "We had carvery and apart from the meat it was disgusting, things were either burnt or uncooked."

Service

Pros:

  • "Many stars for Jo, who was super helpful, and friendly, even though I interrupted what she was doing several times to get assistance."
  • "Absolutely brilliant night, great food and was made even better with the amazing service we received from Edward."
  • "The staff member serving the meat was a very friendly and efficient team member."
  • "Extremely nice, friendly, polite, hospitable staff."
  • "Excellent service and friendly staff."
  • "The waiters are well trained in making you feel welcome and looked after."
  • "Service was friendly, attentive, cheery and genuine from all staff members that we came across."

Cons:

  • "The waitress was rude and defensive when we politely told her there was a meal missing."
  • "The 'service' staff seemed to be in la la land, clearly inexperienced and apathetic to the needs of customers."
  • "Absolutely horrendous service today!! No bacon, no lasagne, no warning that these were unavailable!! Incorrect order for my son!"
  • "After 20 min had to go ask for the drinks. Just to be met with staff who have no idea how to do anything."
  • "Even then the waitress seemed to be very annoyed when we asked about ingredients."
  • "Majority of the time we are left stood waiting to be served with no counter staff and when they do appear your greeted by ignorant and rude members of staff."
  • "Service appalling 20 minute wait to be served."

Atmosphere & Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Decent value for money, though, and nice atmosphere."
  • "The seating was very nice and spacious and there is a very nice outdoor seating area that is quite large and covered by umbrellas."
  • "Lots of seating. All tables clean and ready for the next customer."
  • "Very nice place, it is massive and thus VERY spacious. Nice decor and atmosphere too."
  • "Staff were friendly. Clean tables and cutlery."
  • "Great family experience my son loved the kids tomato pasta he gobbled it up very quickly."
  • "There is also an indoor area for children to play. Suitable for all kinds of groups of people."

Cons:

  • "The play area is shocking. Broken worn out wall fixtures that children can't do anything with."
  • "Carpets were gross and the food was OK but really off-putting when I saw the dirty highchair."
  • "Kid area is shocking and needs major refurb. The highchair the tray was filthy."
  • "It took away our imagination as we don’t eat out often."
  • "The whole area needs a revamp. The carpet is dirty."
  • "Table next to us had chucked food and cutlery on the floor. No one cleaned it up while we were there."
  • "Children get a place mat to colour in however no felt tips or crayons."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Cheap and cheerful carvery! Huge slices of cakes."
  • "Definitely recommend for a quick great priced lunch."
  • "I recommend anyone to try for themselves as the price is also lovely πŸ‘Œ."
  • "The food was hot, the meats well cooked & all at a very competitive price."
  • "Always save room for a pudding. They are very reasonably priced and biblical in portion sizes."
  • "Very good carvery for the price, Β£6.99."
  • "Β£6.99 for an all you can eat buffet. Β£1.99 more if want unlimited tea or coffee."

Cons:

  • "Overall: for the price, there's better."
  • "My lemonade was mostly soda water, not worth Β£3.30."
  • "Two large carvery meals, one pint of lager and and a pint of coke cost Β£33. Was it value for money….definitely NOT."
  • "The price of beer is very high, but that maybe the norm these days, I don't go out very often, but over 4 quid for a pint of lager seems a little excessive."
  • "Drinks were expensive (as they are in green kings) but still nice."
  • "Hate to say it but another place hiking up prices, offering worse service and dreadful food."
  • "The roast potatoes tasted like they had been cooked the day before and reheated. They were dry and tasted old and stale."

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