The Half Moon Inn Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Had a delicious three course meal, expertly cooked."
• "Newhaven fried fish was exceptional."
• "Both dishes were very nicely presented and tasted really good."
• "Food was delicious!"
• "The food was really good."
• "Really delicious food served by friendly chatty staff."
• "thoroughly enjoyed the food especially the rib of beef which was cooked to perfection."

Cons:

• "Food wasn't amazing, standard pub grub but under seasoned and soggy batter on fish etc."
• "Roast potatoes were tough, soggy Yorkshire pudding."
• "The burger could have been from Iceland - that or it was put in a microwave for it had no taste of beef."
• "The fish and chips was greasy, the burger buns were nearly burned."
• "The veggie burger was a bit of a disappointment - the burger itself really mushy and just sort of fell apart as I tried to eat it, and wasn't a particularly great flavour either."
• "Ordered lamb pie. It was unpleasant! Veggies hard and tasteless. Pie was flavourless and drowned in unpleasant-tasting gravy."
• "Honestly, I'm really surprised by the food rating of this pub. We ordered £15 burgers which are pricey by any standards, however what we received was shocking: undercooked patties that tasted worse than cheapest mince from Sainsbury's."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were excellent and held a table for us even though they were fully booked before our walk."
• "Beers were very good and staff friendly despite being busy and quite stretched."
• "The staff were very friendly and helpful."
• "Friendly attentive staff."
• "Staff were friendly and welcoming and nothing was too much trouble !"
• "Service very good prompt courteous despite it being very busy."
• "All the staff we met were super friendly and professional."

Cons:

• "The whole team were evidently having a meltdown."
• "Nobody cleared out plates, offered more drinks, offered desert."
• "It took a long time to be greeted."
• "Had to wait about 10 minutes after ordering drinks to walk in and find the staff sitting down and drinks order incomplete."
• "Food took a while for order to be taken then delivered."
• "The waitress was doing her best but was clearly very new and had no idea about any menu choices or available drinks."
• "our order got mixed up so had to wait for two of the mains to be cooked and nothing offered as an apology at all."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Quaint, country pub with good, well-prepared food good portion sizes good quality and parking available at the rear."
• "Lovely cozy warm pub on what was a very cold day."
• "Friendly staff, nice atmosphere."
• "Lovely location, nice pub."
• "Perfect place for a drink. We sat outside at the back of the building; weather was good and there was a very buzzy atmosphere with all sorts of people taking advantage of the great weather."
• "Very pleasant lunch sat in the patio garden in the early spring sunshine. Staff were all very affable and service was prompt and the food very good."
• "Lovely pub, great garden for the kids and great location."

Cons:

• "Had a pretty disappointing experience here after a long walk."
• "Also, there were at least 8 - 10 dogs in the pub which wasn’t very nice in a dining setting."
• "Inside it smelled strange, a bit musty and of cleaning products."
• "The whole pub needs a deep clean and the outside areas are not maintained."
• "There were slug trails of the carpet, didn't feel clean."
• "It's rather run down."
• "But the inside space is tired, old and quite unpleasant."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Overall prices are pretty good so can’t grumble too much."
• "Great value for money huge portions."
• "Fair pricing, well worth it."
• "The pub for after a good hike -- lovely outdoor seating and cozy inside, food is good but not pricey."
• "Great food at a great price."
• "The set lunch menu was great value and very tasty."
• "it also turned out to be ten quid steak night. Great place. Great people."

Cons:

• "They are struggling and the bill of £283 for 8 adults and six children not value for money."
• "Certainly doesn't justify the £18."
• "Overpriced food and mean portions."
• "the portions are very small/inconsistent with the pricing."
• "Some of the prices were unreasonable, such as a very simple plate of a few slices of bread and some olives for £8."
• "If I were to pay what the meal was worth then it would be 50% of the charge."
• "To offer no options for vegans is not satisfactory."