"What a lovely quirky place! The decor is fabulous!"
"The location by the lake is lovely, the interior decor is awesome."
"The building and it's decor are wonderfully unique, a mixture of rustic and marine run through the whole building."
"Absolutely stunning decor, fabulous atmosphere."
"The maritime decor is fantastic. Fish sculptures, lobster pots, boats and other marine paraphernalia adorn the walls."
"Decor was so fun and unique, there was a lot of thought that went into this place."
"The setting is lovely, really well laid out and feels really cozy and such an interesting decoration."
Cons:
"After being told this was a restaurant not a bar I looked around my table to notice cobwebs and spiders surrounding us which was quite an eye sore."
"Due to the decor there was a fair bit of dust, and the empty wine bottles in the wire walls wasn't that great."
"Sitting inside is a bit dark."
"One thing I don’t agree with is service charge on bill. Tips should be voluntary and not put on bills."
Service
Pros:
"Our waitress was first class. Friendly, happy and put up with the difficulty of dealing with 10 people chatting and ignoring her with a smile on her face."
"Super friendly staff, couldn’t do enough for you."
"The staff are friendly and professional being attentive and helpful."
"Service tends to be excellent even though staff always seem very busy."
"Service was excellent, attentive but not overbearing."
"The staff couldn't do enough for us. The decor is quirky but really works."
"The service from the staff was very good."
Cons:
"Sadly, my review of a lovely meal is tainted by the very rude manager/front of house, Ollie."
"The service was very slow had to ask three times to get mustard ketchup etc...arrived 10mins after food."
"But getting their attention was not easy and drinks service was painfully slow."
"Service was dire though."
"Absolutely appalling service, took 20 minutes to get drink."
"Service is ALWAYS really slow. Not attentive staff."
"At the door, I was met by a very rude gentleman, who didn’t seem to want to let me finish and cut me off."
Food Quality
Pros:
"Food was lush."
"The food is great and super tasty."
"Food was delicious 😋 and well priced."
"The food was gorgeous and the cocktails were beautifully prepared."
"The food here is excellent, the mains that I got a bit of were good, especially the fish."
"Pretty good food, too."
"The food was truly delicious, every course was 5 star."
Cons:
"However... the food was very average, not up to normal standards."
"Ordered the chicken burger yesterday, chicken was pink."
"Daughter ordered Korean burger which was overcooked and missing relishes."
"The fish was some cheap stuff with wafer thin batter and utterly tasteless."
"Food wasn't fantastic, we arrived at 6pm and didn't get to order till 7:30pm."
"Unfortunately the food doesn't live up to what you would expect from such a fantastic looking pub."
"Food is over-priced with small portions."
Value and Pricing
Pros:
"Took advantage of the 50% discount and with drinks our total came to less than £10 each which was great."
"The food was excellent, nice big portions in my opinion and a big choice of delicious sounding pudds."
"Good value well done everyone."
"The food was very good and good value for money (really important these days!)"
"Prices were reasonable too."
Cons:
"The menu has been the same for the past 6 years at least, including the specials."
"The cheese board was ridiculously small with 3 tiny lumps of cheese and 5 small crackers and was priced at £8.50!"
"Sadly a cut back menu with increased prices."
"The only steak available was over £20."
"Food is over-priced with small portions."
Location and Accessibility
Pros:
"Great location with views over the lake plenty of parking I only stopped for a beer which they had plenty of choice."
"A lovely place to wine and dine in the middle of such beautiful countryside, it sits beside a lake and on a nice day it is idyllic."
"Despite being really close to a main road it's a really tranquil location."
"Very beautiful location and great ambience and innovative decor."
"Lovely restaurant very welcoming and relaxing environment, looking onto beautiful Lake and scenery."
Cons:
"I can't help but feel it's a missed opportunity not to market it harder, at least from the roadside."
"Really nice pub, bit tricky to find."
"They only have X2 dog friendly bench tables inside so get in ahead and book that."
"Last Sunday it took us and our friends over 20 minutes to order food cause none of us really fancied anything on the menu."