Exeter Arms Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food I ate was to die for."
• "Delicious food at fair prices."
• "The meals were really good. Huge portions!"
• "Food was delicious and piping hot and a cut above normal pub food in taste and presentation."
• "The food is superb, far far better than you would expect of a pub."
• "The food was such good value for money and they havnt skimped any anything."
• "The food here is locally sourced, freshly cooked and delicious."

Cons:

• "However, the food was a little lacklustre. I ordered “The Chippy”, which was £14 btw, and it lacked any real flavour."
• "Issue was with my burger, had a huge slab of uncooked chorizo in the middle."
• "After 50min waiting for our meal, we got pre-cooked nachos with Tesco chicken."
• "Sunday lunch; pork, roast potatoes hard, cauliflower cheese dry and burnt and the mash was cold and lumpy."
• "We ordered the Chicken nachos, Roman burguer and Derbyshire dip... The overall food quality made us left without finishing it."
• "Both burgers burnt black, complained and was told it was the spice on the chicken and it was not burnt so ate the chips and left."
• "However, the food could have been better. The hommity pie sounded wonderful but when served it was dry and stodgy."

Service

Pros:

• "Good service, great food you can pre-order your meal before your booked date."
• "Service was attentive & professional but not overbearing or patronising."
• "The staff member was very good though, beers are also very good and always have been."
• "Service was quick, friendly, polite."
• "The staff were fantastic and it felt like we were out for a proper meal."
• "Food service was absolutely spot on. Talkative, helpful and friendly."
• "The staff were very friendly and professional."

Cons:

• "I had to pay at the bar the barman kept me waiting for 10 minutes."
• "Ordered chicken burger, beef burger, fish chip plus drinks time expected to wait 30 to 45 minutes. In fact waited one hour fifteen minutes."
• "We also paid a deposit for this meal which wasn't deducted from our final bill which had we not noticed would have meant we were down £90."
• "After loud deliberation the burger was reluctantly removed from the bill."
• "Service was very slow, in fact but was an hours wait."
• "Pub not busy customer service nil."
• "Nobody came to check on quality of food."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Very relaxed and laid back atmosphere."
• "It's a very relaxed atmosphere no tv or very loud music you go in av a drink something to eat and chill out."
• "Today there were lots of people eating and the atmosphere inside was 'spot on'."
• "Great atmosphere, fire roaring and clean as always."
• "The atmosphere was brilliant."
• "Really friendly atmosphere and lots of different styles going on in each room."
• "It was quite crowded and welcoming in terms of atmosphere - just what was needed on a cold winter's night."

Cons:

• "Only Fownhope is piped through music can be a little noisy at times for people struggling to hear conversations."
• "We were again put in the back room, being told they had set the other room for 13, well we had booked first, so again we had to eat in the cold."
• "Beware of being asked to give up your table, as it has been reserved for diners. As a drinker supporting a pub this REALLY ANNOYS ME. I am not a second class customer!"
• "Was so disappointed having to eat in the back room where it was freezing."
• "Only thing that got me looking around every 10 mins was something that sounded like buckets of water falling from the floor above."
• "However, the food was 5/10. We opted for the royal kebab and after a 50 minute wait it was not what we were expecting."
• "Disappointing Sunday lunch, we had half & half which was 2 slices of beef & 1 slice of pork, beef was chewy & tough couldn't eat it."

Facilities

Pros:

• "The exterior doesn't do it justice."
• "Nice rustic features and very welcoming."
• "Lots of cosy corners to have a quiet discussion."
• "Also free parking on the road just outside after 8pm."
• "Clean bathroom facilities."
• "This is a proper pub! Great character with a roaring red hot fire near the bar, lots of quiet corners to sit in and enough staff to serve promptly."
• "A great quirky multi-roomed pub."

Cons:

• "The conservatory was very dirty had cobwebs through it, could do with a lick of paint also."
• "Even better if internet was available. Entered the password, connected, but no internet!"
• "Pudding was overcooked and I was given a soup spoon to eat it with."
• "Very over priced for what it was."
• "Will not recommend the Sunday roast dinner there. Extremely disappointed."
• "Booked a table for Sunday at 5pm. We arrived on time and were told the table was not available until 6pm."
• "All three meats were dry! A real disappointment I’m afraid."

Drinks

Pros:

• "They sell beer from dancing duck brewery nearby, which is always fantastic and the price is pretty decent."
• "Sells their superb cask beers."
• "Good selection of beers and drinks too."
• "Tasty beer. Good place to relax and enjoy a good pint."
• "Great food and drink."
• "Beer & wine was brilliant."
• "The beer is kept exceptionally well."