Harvester Bulldog Ashford Reviews Summary

Staff Service

Pros:

• "Our server was Jeanette and she was amazing too. She was on the ball and gave us everything we needed and more with such patience."
• "Very friendly and helpful staff."
• "Our server Barry, was such a genuine and kind-hearted person, and he deserves a commendation."
• "Our servers were so lovely and welcoming."
• "Josh served us and he was professional, friendly and efficient."
• "MIA IS A STAR ***** we came to the harvester the other night and were served by the lovely Mia who was professional in every way possible."
• "Hands down one of the best local Harvester restaurants, especially for friendly, warm service."

Cons:

• "Miserable staff and at no point did they point out that if you'd driven, you needed to register your car in the 7 inch tablet on the desk or you'd get a £100 ticket sent a few days after you'd left."
• "We waited a long time at the door because there was no front of house to seat us."
• "We didn't get told or asked if we wanted drinks. The waiter was too busy just chatting to another table, for over 20 minutes."
• "The staff especially Jack the supervisor seemed stressed and flustered."
• "Staff not so friendly and found out dated."
• "Poor management the actual food we got wasn't much better."
• "Service levels have a lot of room for improvement."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Stock is replenished regularly. Bread rolls are to die for, better when warm but still gorgeous."
• "Food was great, we both had a Vegan breakfast."
• "Food was good as always, moderately priced and it was surprising quiet for the time of day."
• "A very nice branch of Harvester. The food was cooked well, and the manager and staff were very friendly and helpful."
• "The food was absolutely delicious, extremely well cooked and service was wonderful."
• "Food was sooo good, nicely cooked and good size portions!"
• "The food was lovely and really good value."

Cons:

• "Presentation is bad, ribs is dry."
• "However my Nan ended up losing her tooth while biting into the burger because it was as hard as a flip flop."
• "The food had no taste one of our meals was sent back at the steak was watery."
• "Now the food isn't great either not everybody wants gluten free sausage."
• "Burger was some cheap patty that I wouldn't feed my dog."
• "Food was dry and tasteless."
• "The food took a lifetime to be ready and when it turned up the order was wrong and the steaks over cooked."

Ambiance & Cleanliness

Pros:

• "It's clean and tidy. Parking is easy but you have to enter your car registration inside the pub."
• "This is our new favourite Harvester."
• "Great place for a relaxing pint, and a portion of well presented food."
• "The atmosphere was nice and calm and there was a lot of space for people to walk and get the salad stuff."
• "the restaurant clean and friendly."
• "Restaurant very, very clean."
• "The restaurant was nice and airy and the food was good."

Cons:

• "Came in around 12 and the place was empty and devoid of any atmosphere."
• "Salad bar is messy, Only 1 chef when I was there running around like mad."
• "Visited with my parents after years, so was really excited to have the salad! When we got there we was seated on a table which was very messy underneath our feet full of food."
• "There was a smell throughout the building, like someone had cleaned with a dirty cloth."
• "It did seem like a few sections might be a bit of a squeeze for a wheelchair."
• "The 'famous' unlimited salad bar turned out to be a real let down, scarce of any options."
• "The place smells like a male toilet at a festival, the salad kart is like poorly stocked food bank."

Value & Pricing

Pros:

• "The prices were very reasonable (just under £20 per person)."
• "Enjoy the breakfast delivery. Very good value, even with Ubereats' premium."
• "The cost was good value."
• "Good value for money."
• "Food very tasty and good value for money."
• "The food is always lovely."
• "Prices reasonable."

Cons:

• "We spent nearly £200 and weeks later were hit with several parking fines."
• "Food wasn’t great as half of it was not in stock."
• "I will never eat here again on the 24th Feb 23 I went there, parked in the car park went into the Bulldog bought a meal came out and drove home 9/03 I get a parking ticket for £85."
• "Prices have gone up recently and some of the dishes are quite expensive for the quality."
• "Great foods, but over charged price."
• "not really worth the price difference"
• "Anyways probably won't go back. There are other, better priced places."