Holly Bush Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff were very friendly and helpful."
• "The waitress was very nervous, but it was only her third day. She was very lovely, polite, and very attentive to us."
• "Staff were very welcoming and the restaurant area was very warm and comforting."
• "THANK YOU TO THE VERY FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL STAFF."
• "Staff are helpful and polite."
• "Amazing service by ollie one of the kindest lads you will meet and will go out of his way to help."
• "Staff are very friendly & pleasant and nothing was too much trouble."

Cons:

• "Had our table booked we were ignored they didn't know which table was ours seated at last then we waited 1hour 15 minutes."
• "We were also seated next to a table of 'after work drinkers' who were obviously regulars but when you're sat with your child you don't appreciate the language."
• "Not only were they slow they (some) should try smiling."
• "then we waited over an hour and had to go check up where our food was as it wasn't busy there but just one lady serving behind the bar and serving the food."
• "Service is very slow and some staff didn't look particularly happy to be around."
• "Took a while for someone to actually acknowledge we were waiting to be seated then were left just sat there for 30 minutes and had to ask for someone to take our order, when they did it was like it was too much trouble."
• "We were left waiting for 45 minutes for our main course after we had our starters."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "We chose 9oz burger and WOW it was delicious and tasty, didn’t taste like normal pub grub it tasted like it was freshly made and tasted like real home cooked food."
• "Had their 3 courses for 15:95 offer every course was really nice and no skimping on quantity either absolutely brilliant value for money."
• "All of our mains were £9-£14, huge portions, great quality of food and delicious."
• "The batter on my fish was so light and crispy and the chips and peas as you would expect really."
• "Had the mixed grill the meat all beautifully tender and Juicy, but be warned only for the hungry very generous portions."
• "The food quality is much better and is well cooked and presented."
• "The food is brilliant, everything was hot and tasty and the portions are generous."

Cons:

• "Shame really as this used to be a very popular place and the food used to be amazing."
• "food was awful and have since found out that my brother was up sick all night after having the lasagne."
• "After an hours wait got main chicken tikka masala was described as creamy. No sign of cream more like chicken in tomato sauce and chips overcooked just crispy."
• "Food wasn't great at all, Veg lasagne was lacking veg and the Fish had no taste at all with soggy batter, chips were basic oven chips."
• "Food wasn't very good chips all dried up."
• "We had the roast beef dinner absolutely awful. No taste wots so ever and the gravy was like water would not reccomend."
• "The food was not very good, will not be going again."

Ambiance and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "AWESOME Food, Service, and Atmosphere I'm differently going to be a in there a bunch."
• "Nice open fire made it cosy."
• "The menu was a refreshing change from typical chain pub menus."
• "If you can eat before 7pm the price is a lot better they have what's called the market menu which has good prices on."
• "cracking food and service excellent value."
• "From start to finish the staff were excellent the Sunday lunch was top draw."
• "Nice relaxing atmosphere. Fantastic outside beer garden."

Cons:

• "The toilets are quite tired and need updating, but functioned absolutely fine."
• "Extremely unhygienic as I have recently found out that one of The chefs of this restaurant has poor hygiene and doesn't take personal hygiene into consideration."
• "The pub's interior design is incredibly bland and feels incredibly dark and depressing."
• "Last straw was the customer who stood next to our table and farted, just gross!"
• "The waiting staff were awful, bad attitude, all too much trouble for them."
• "However they do not cater for vegans. The fourth member of our group did not have a selection and ended up with a jacket potato and beans with a small side salad."
• "Place itself is tired."

Portion Size

Pros:

• "Had their 3 courses for 15:95 offer every course was really nice and no skimping on quantity either absolutely brilliant value for money."
• "All of our mains were £9-£14, huge portions, great quality of food and delicious."
• "Had the mixed grill the meat all beautifully tender and Juicy, but be warned only for the hungry very generous portions."
• "The food is brilliant, everything was hot and tasty and the portions are generous."
• "Plus point? The portions were large and made for people with a big appetite. Too much for us."
• "The portions were generous so we opted to take our desserts home for later."
• "Portions are ridiculous 😂....never manage to clean a plate."

Cons:

• "The portions were far too big."
• "The food was really bland and the portions were far too big."
• "Children's lasagne was a very very large portion spilling over the plate."
• "The only criticism I can give is that the portion sizes are far too big."
• "Half cooked beef burger was dripping blood when cut in the middle."
• "Lamb liver was too dry, portion was way too small."
• "Food took ages to come they got my wife's order wrong and it come out with a big green hair in it."