Jolly Thresher Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Staff are very polite & efficient 5*"
• "Friendly, welcoming knowledgeable staff."
• "The staff are lovely and the food is always cooked well and tasty."
• "staff were very friendly and professional"
• "The staff are always very nice and go out of their way to help."
• "Excellent table service from the friendly staff."
• "The staff were so engaging and attentive and worked flawlessly as a team."

Cons:

• "after ordering another drink had to wait 15mins for this to arrive, as for desert, after 25mins of waiting we asked for the bill, as this had still not arrived what a disappointment."
• "A party of 4 persons. Slow to take orders and poor service and unreasonable delays in drinks or food arriving at table."
• "Visit usually every two weeks probably will not go again due to poor service."
• "Really disappointed with quality of food. Also pestered by flies all the time we there."
• "Poor service, poorly warned up Sunday sharing platter."
• "Service was really slow."
• "We waited for the food for over an hour."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The shared roast platter is absolutely amazing and worth the extra, it could have fed 4!"
• "We had the steak and chips and scampi and chips with a side salad then coffee and mini desserts and everything was perfect."
• "The food selection was great even for me who is vegetarian."
• "The food was gorgeous and the service was amazing."
• "Food was lovely and the whole experience was perfect."
• "3 courses for £15. Absolute bargain, plenty of food and was absolutely delicious."
• "The food was on a hot plate and the beef and ale pie was very hot and it was excellent."

Cons:

• "The ploughman’s board was tiny, dry ham, stale bread and really Small portions."
• "Eaten here twice now and food somewhat underwhelming."
• "Really disappointed with quality of food. Also pestered by flies all the time we there."
• "Food was not great at all will not return and also heating was broken and we were all cold."
• "Food either cold, under cooked or dry."
• "gravy very thin, cauliflower was slightly hard and mash lumpy"
• "The thick cut chips were dire and really didn’t match the quality of the rest of the food."

Ambience and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The outside dining area is lovely."
• "Really like the decorations and atmosphere, outside got lots of seating area and looks very pretty with some hanging lights on."
• "The tipi was beautiful and spacious."
• "Lovely venue with nice staff and a great outdoor area for the kids when the weather is a little more appealing."
• "Great staff, very friendly and attentive with a very well presented clean and tidy pub."
• "This is such a lovely pub with great indoor and outdoor space."
• "The rear garden is a surprise, in a good way."

Cons:

• "Not super stunning, but very acceptable."
• "Despite us booking the table in advance for a birthday celebration of 6, when we arrived they had split us up onto 2 tables."
• "We were seated in a cold area."
• "Ash was blowing into our food & drinks & I'm asthmatic too, still suffering from it today!"
• "The chips were almost burnt and the scampi was just like a prawns drowned in batter."
• "Far too expensive food for the quality."
• "A little overpriced for what you get."