The Weyside Reviews Summary

Location

Pros:

• "Fantastic riverside location, backed up by above average pub food fare, a nice welcoming atmosphere and excellent staff."
• "The expansive outdoor deck was brilliant on this lovely summer day!"
• "The riverside location on a sunny day is fabulous!"
• "The area is quite far from town but absolutely gorgeous river side views."
• "It's a great pub with a view over the river wey, lovely to sit outside and take in the view."
• "A really pleasant afternoon with a fantastic seat right next to the river."
• "Hope that you enjoy the River Wey location. You can not get much closer to that muddy River!!!"

Cons:

• "Parking in the adjacent paid public car park was very busy."
• "The area is quite far from town but absolutely gorgeous river side views."
• "Went on a beautiful Sunny day but were seated inside so could not enjoy the view of the river."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were brilliant, very friendly and accommodation."
• "Service was excellent, manager constantly doing his rounds, serving tables, and making the experience as relaxed as possible."
• "The service was good and all members of staff polite."
• "Service was great, will deffo go back and highly recommended."
• "The service was excellent! Met the new manager who was super lovely."
• "The service was brilliant, could not fault it. They were super attentive, on the ball with clearing the table."
• "The lady who served us was attentive, friendly and clearly juggling a big area of the reserved outside space."

Cons:

• "Quite slow service at the bar."
• "The service was so very very poor."
• "Food is late and often cold."
• "Service was near to non-existent, food was okay (took 2.5 hours for starters and mains to come through)."
• "The service was incredibly slow, our drinks finally arriving halfway through our meal."
• "Service was actually ridiculous, told us our table wasn't ready, despite there being a room filled with empty tables."
• "Drinks took 30mins to arrive, we waited for food for almost 1.5hours."

Food

Pros:

• "The food too is decent, the burger does the job."
• "Great choice of drinks and the food is great."
• "The food was amazing specially the burger and fries."
• "The food itself was of exceptional quality."
• "Stunning and clean pub, grub was outstanding and staff was the best part!"
• "We particularly like the battered whitebait which tasted so fresh."
• "The food is delicious and the service is excellent."

Cons:

• "The food itself was awful."
• "Poor Sunday roast and service."
• "Food, typical pub grub. Order - a very simple table of burgers - turns up, several things missing for almost every meal."
• "When our order came out it wasn’t what we had ordered."
• "Some of the Turkey dishes were slightly cold when they reached the table."
• "The mains were really disappointing - dry fish, pie filled mostly with peas and fatty meat."
• "The food was average, shame the burger shack had closed as that was always good prior."

Price

Pros:

• "Good prices - dirty burger around £17, Estrella pint £5~£6, big range of food and drinks."
• "Food was delicious and great price."
• "No qualms about value for money given the location and will certainly come again."

Cons:

• "Drinks were very expensive."
• "Returned to the Weyside in hopes of a good afternoon unfortunately, this pub is now part of the young’s chain, which, you’ve guessed it, means bang average food and drink for expensive pricing."
• "However, the cost was far too high!"
• "In terms of the price range it is not the cheapest place to be honest."
• "Downsides in my opinion is that prices are as expensive as London."
• "So a total of £33.00. It's not something I will do too often!"
• "I wouldn't come back here as £16 for a child's portion plant-based burger was not impressive."

Ambience

Pros:

• "The atmosphere was lively and welcoming."
• "Comfortable, rustic style pub, food amazing, staff attentive, outside area amazing."
• "Cozy and warm ambience just melts your heart!"
• "This restaurant is very clean, charming and is nestled next to the River Wey."
• "Perfect for a drink, dinner or a special occasion!"
• "The pub's ambience and cheerful and attentive staff, plus of course the excellent meals we consumed, would all encourage us to make this our licensed premises of choice when visiting Guildford."
• "Lovely, clean and well kept pub with beautiful views!"

Cons:

• "The toilets were a bit worse for wear, could use a bit of a clean."
• "The glasses arrived dirty, one had a visible lipstick mark and hair on it."
• "Dirt from previous party not cleared from floor and chairs, toilets very dirty."
• "We were allocated a table inside an area adjacent to the kitchen but was too smokey."
• "Nobody greeted us at the door, fooling and joking around amongst themselves and just not paying attention to the tables."
• "The veggie Sunday roast was like an afterthought compared to the meat choices."
• "A lot of 'mush' on the plate rather than quality food."