The Three Chimneys Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Really good food and real ales served right from the barrel!"
• "The food sublime the decor is atmospheric."
• "The food is really great and they have a beautiful space outside."
• "The food was excellent, the service personal and the venue is beautiful."
• "The amazing pate starter and pork loin main were more than enough."
• "As usual the food was good and the wine was also good and a fair price."
• "The food was of very good standard."

Cons:

• "The main I received was truly awful and a portion size smaller than a starter."
• "The Yorkshire puddings tasted like they were the left over ones from lunch, over reheated."
• "The ploughmans don't bother it was the worst I have ever had."
• "The slices were far too thick with a lot of fat and gristle."
• "Very disappointing food. We had a mixed ploughmans each... salad was the only thing fresh."
• "The pumpkin pie was so small you would think they were out of season."
• "The Yorkshire pudding wasn't fresh, I'm going to assume it was made frozen and reheated."

Service

Pros:

• "Under Sophie's direction, the service was run impeccably."
• "The service here is normally very quick and friendly."
• "Evie is a delight all smiles and the service was just right."
• "The staff very friendly, and they positively welcome dogs."
• "Staff were also very friendly and made us feel welcome."
• "The waiter was so attentive with us. (thank you!!!) he's vegan and understood our requirements."
• "The service at the restaurant was exceptional."

Cons:

• "The staff could not have been less interested to attend to our basic requests for dining."
• "The staff were very unfriendly and explained they were too busy to serve us due to upcoming reservations."
• "The short blond young man serving us didn't say thank you when giving change and was clearly more interested in his colleagues joke than paying customers."
• "Lots of staff but seemed to be doing other things rather than talk to us."
• "Service this weekend was slow and the waitress was grumpy."
• "The service was extremely poor verging on rude."
• "Unfortunately the staff were not attentive and really didn’t seem interested in the customers."

Ambience & Venue

Pros:

• "This delightful country pub has great ambience."
• "Lovely old pub with nicely done extension and lots of outdoor seating."
• "The garden is a beautiful, peaceful place to relax and have a drink."
• "The venue is everything you could wish from a country pub."
• "A beautiful country pub out of the way from anything, very quiet and a lovely setting in the country side."
• "Great atmosphere and feel to the pub great decor vintage style proper country pub."
• "A lovely historic 15th century pub. Clean, cosy and welcoming."

Cons:

• "The menu only being on 2 large boards is not a great idea as you need to wait for it...."
• "Garden needs a tidy up."
• "The ambience was just not uplifting."
• "The area in which we sat had dirty walls, windows, mirrors, light fittings etc."
• "It all looked like it could do with a proper clean."
• "When the sun shone through the room, I noticed the windows were extremely dirty so that needs addressing."
• "Very poor placing, poor light."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "I won't say it's cheap but you pay for you get quality."
• "Ridiculously good value for money."
• "The food was outstanding and well priced."
• "Received really good food which although slightly more expensive than expected was absolutely worth it for quality and flavour."
• "Value for money 4/5 - paid 75 pounds for one starter, two mains and two desert with teo glasses of wine (big)."
• "Although slightly more expensive than expected was absolutely worth it for quality and flavour."
• "The food is expensive but of top gastro pub quality."

Cons:

• "The price came in around £125 for four roast dinners and drinks which is a considerable bill but of all of the thousands of times I have dined out this is the only occasion I have felt ripped off."
• "£74 for food hardly worth having."
• "The food is expensive."
• "I would advise that you check the price of a bottle of prosecco before ordering as its bordering on extortion."
• "Very tasty food but very expensive and the customer service not great."
• "Unimaginative food and overpriced."
• "Not particularly impressed with our food which we felt was expensive, and somewhat bland."