The Shoal Hill Tavern Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food tasted better than it looked on the lunchtime deal of breakfast and piri piri chicken."
• "Visited here last night. We tried the pies from the Tuesday special menu. Wow the pies were delicious."
• "The food was fantastic, good portions, steaming hot, and excellent service."
• "Every mouthful is beautiful, fresh, home cooked and super tasty!"
• "Food cooked to perfection. Absolutely enjoyed every bite."
• "The food was good and plentiful."
• "The beef roast dinner was fantastic, best beef I have ever had so tender."

Cons:

• "The mash tasted like smash, reformed meat and frozen veg."
• "The seasonal vegetables are bland boiled ready mix."
• "We were served uncooked food and no meat just fat!"
• "The mushrooms tasted like tinned mushrooms and the gravy was too watery for me."
• "Food is inedible.... had the daily roast. Meat chewy, Yorkshire pudding look like something ran over it."
• "The food was disgusting we left most of our meals & complained."
• "Food was tasteless, luke warm and did not look homemade."

Service

Pros:

• "Really lovely pub, friendly staff and amazing views."
• "The staff were friendly and efficient."
• "Staff were lovely and you weren't rushed."
• "The staff were lovely and attentive."
• "Service was good, really friendly staff."
• "Fabulously attentive, pleasant and polite staff."
• "Although the food was excellent, the thing that made my lunch special were the waitresses. They were excellent, polite, but friendly and very efficient."

Cons:

• "Waitress was off hand when she served us drinks later just plonked them on table."
• "Very disappointed with the Sunday lunch today."
• "Could not eat there today and the car park and street had been taken over by travellers and their horses and carts."
• "Food was nice but the service was atrocious."
• "Service poor, took 4 waitress to be greeted."
• "Terrible service bar staff only interested in serving regulars waitresses hadn't got a clue what they were doing."
• "The service was slow, the food was awful."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Passed this pub many times and on speck popped in for a meal, not disappointed."
• "Lovely setting for a beer after a walk on Shoal Hill."
• "Highlight of the visit was the scenery."
• "Views from the outside garden are amazing."
• "Popped in for lunch on Sunday and sat outside in very pleasant surroundings."
• "Beautiful food and drinks in the most stunning place."
• "Quaint British pub feel with a high class restaurant menu, located in the beautiful settings of cannock chase."

Cons:

• "The place was heaving and was so hot inside."
• "Was just a little too crowded to be completely comfortable."
• "We were all freezing due to the draught coming through every time the door was opened."
• "The inside needs freshening up as its not as attractive as it used to be."
• "Lovely location but went recently and taken to sit at a table by a window with a draft and heater not working on a very cold day."
• "The eatery area run down in need of renovation; charge a pretty penny for a cafe-style environment compared to others in town."
• "The Turkey was, well, I am very doubtful that it was freshly cooked on the day."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Ordered off the two for £12 menu. Pretty good for the price."
• "Brilliant value for money, staff were superb only fault was too much food we only had main meal thank goodness we couldn't eat all that."
• "Great choice on menu and it was a Monday night so two meals for £20, excellent value."
• "We had a brilliant meal here and great value too; 2 for £15."
• "Can't complain at the quality of food or the price."
• "Good value for money."
• "The Sunday Lunches are exceptional lovely hot fresh food."

Cons:

• "Despite the expense of kids meals, there was nothing else for them, no colouring pencils or fun things."
• "But kids meals are £7/8, which is a lot for a little one (no vegan kids options either)."
• "Sunday dinner is way too expensive for what you get."
• "Prices have gone up which is understandable but quality and quantity as gone down big time."
• "This was the worst and frankly smells of RIP off to me."
• "Would give a 0 if I could. Awful experience, avoid at all costs you’re paying for tinned food/garbage."
• "Meals and drinks were quite expensive."