The Lord Nelson Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was excellent."
• "Homemade wood fired pizza and good burgers with all the trimmings."
• "We had lunch here as a family. Great quality food with attention to all the details."
• "Food at the Lord Nelson was brilliant."
• "Absolutely delicious food! We had halloumi rainbow salad and baked cod with chilli and garlic risotto and they were amazing."
• "The food was very good. I had the fillet of cod with wilted spinach and risotto."
• "Everyones food was exceptionally good, piping hot and great portions."

Cons:

• "The fried egg on the gammon egg and chips was burn to a crisp."
• "The food (the stuff they still actually had in stock) was terrible."
• "The food was literally one of the worst Sunday roasts we’ve ever had. Burnt Yorkshire puddings. Gravy like water. Most of the vegetables were hard."
• "The mash potato was flavourless worth the bangers and mash."
• "Unfortunately the roast dinner we had was awful any chef/cook that can't produce a half decent roast dinner is in the wrong line of work."
• "Served me a Sunday dinner with raw vegetables."
• "The Christmas pudding was stodgy, tough and barely edible."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Staff very friendly."
• "Amazing staff a credit to the owner."
• "Thank you to Matthew for lovely food and good service today."
• "The staff were all super friendly."
• "The staff were friendly and couldn't do enough."
• "The staff were very accommodating and friendly throughout."
• "The staff are very friendly and service is professional and swift."

Cons:

• "Chaotic and amateur. Staff make it up as they go."
• "Service was painfully slow."
• "very disappointing experience. manager was snooty and rude."
• "New manager is atrocious and awful to customers and staff alike!"
• "Staff constantly walk past tables full of empty glasses."
• "The service was really slow. It took 40 minutes for the food to come out."
• "Terrible service and not a manager in sight."

Atmosphere and Decor

Pros:

• "Place was pretty in the corner of market Square."
• "It's got such an old vibe to it that it was like being in history itself."
• "A super quirky old pub with loads of character."
• "The pub itself is fabulously characterful, loved the decor throughout."
• "Beautiful pub... Historic. Spacious. Lovely atmosphere."
• "Absolutely lovely pub in the heart of Oakham consisting of lots of smaller rooms giving it a cosy more intimate feel."
• "Wonderful atmosphere and decor, very cosy upstairs rooms and downstairs bar."

Cons:

• "The place has lost its atmosphere."
• "But not good enough for us to want to return here unfortunately."
• "Very dim and grey atmosphere upstairs, the lighting needs to be brighter but still cosy."
• "Absolutely awful place it looked dirty in the toilets paintwork was in need of attention."
• "Social distancing was a bit flaky."
• "Pub full of people which is always a good sign, however it was also full of flies that attacked you when you were eating which spoilt our enjoyment somewhat."
• "some kind of melodious noise that i think their trying to pass off as music!"

Value for Money

Pros:

• "2 pizzas & bottle of wine has got to be a good deal at £30."
• "Great location in the market Square and offers a number of deals for food and drink."
• "Menu really lovely and varied, something for everyone. Price really reasonable too."
• "The food was excellent, and very reasonably priced."
• "Thoroughly enjoyed two delicious pizzas and sweet potato fries. Excellent value with their 50% off offer."
• "For over 50 years I've been an advocate of the local... The food was particularly good, the beer, reasonably priced and very good."
• "Visited again twice in August 2022, pizza deal still on (at £29 with huge pizzas and decent wine)."

Cons:

• "Very overpriced."
• "Prices expensive."
• "Food good a tad pricey though."
• "Food was very expensive for what was, essentially, standard pub food."
• "Ended up paying £50 for 2 people (shared starter, 2 mains, 2 desserts, soft drink each)."
• "Definitely not worth the £13 for each main."
• "Food on the expensive side."