The Fox Reviews Summary

Staff Service

Pros:

• "The staff are friendly and helpful and very attentive."
• "Service was delivered with a smile at a fair price."
• "Lovely servers; attentive but not over-bearing."
• "As always the staff were polite, smartly turned out and efficient."
• "The staff were fabulous."
• "The staff were fantastic."
• "Very efficient and friendly staff."

Cons:

• "Just let down by poor service!!"
• "The service wasn't great."
• "our waitress on this visit exuded indifference and did nothing to encourage a return visit."
• "Service was a bit lacking - no real idea when we first arrived whether to wait to be sat or to just seat ourselves."
• "Found the staff to be judgemental and a bit impatient."
• "All the waiters and waitresses just tried to avoid customers as much as they could."
• "Service was very slow."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food is good quality."
• "Great food at good prices."
• "The food was excellent! The three of us all had different main courses and all agreed the food was lovely."
• "The food was amazing."
• "The food is very high quality, tasty and service is fast."
• "Food was excellent."
• "The food we had was excellent."

Cons:

• "Totally awful meal. Overcooked crispy, oily batter, the 'cod' what there was of it, was not filleted and very scarce."
• "crispy beef salad very average small portion of pretty bland food."
• "Fish and chips were greasy and the fish overcooked."
• "The nut roast option was below par - it wasn’t really a nut roast, it was more like mashed sweet potato topped with sprinkled nuts etc."
• "The Salmon was overdone, very dried up at the end of the fillet so a bit disappointing."
• "Pie was obviously microwaved."
• "The Special Sausages were grainy and over seasoned making them very unpleasant to eat."

Ambiance and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "A warm and friendly atmosphere with a real buzz about the place."
• "Service, ambiance and atmosphere all good."
• "Good country pub atmosphere."
• "A modern twist to traditional pub vibes."
• "The atmosphere is very welcoming, nicely decorated and clean."
• "It's a really great atmosphere and the garden is massive and well maintained, really great for the summer."
• "The vibe was positive and everything indicated that it would serve up a proper pub experience."

Cons:

• "The garden could do with some maintenance - patchy grass wilting shrubs and overgrown untidy grass and hedges."
• "Unfortunately they're not allowed indoors, which means you'd better steer clear if the weather is not perfect."
• "Maintenance men on view during and among lunchtime diners."
• "Unfortunately we were only able to give four stars as a group of females at the table next to us were so noisy it spoilt our evening."
• "Service in general was not with a smile."
• "Sadly a poor experience."
• "Service poor again, inexperienced staff."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "On the higher end of affordable but worth it."
• "Service, and the meal was 1st class and value for money."
• "The food isn't cheap but you 100% get what you pay for."
• "Not cheap, nor expensive, definitely value for money."
• "The food is always amazing - great choice and cooked beautifully."
• "This is a very upmarket pub. Here for birthday celebrations and the food was excellent."
• "Food was of good quality, with meals being delivered in a good timely manner."

Cons:

• "It was expensive too."
• "Very expensive for what is essentially very average pub grub."
• "£15.95 for a beef salad that's probably worth £4."
• "Meals were very expensive for what you get."
• "However, on this occasion, my steak burger and bun were smothered in a bland sauce with only a small salad leaf and end piece of a beef tomato to go with it - for nearly £16 it was poor value for money."
• "The Steak was tough and inedible."
• "Sadly, the belly pork was served in one large piece, and the fat was largely un-crisped, which for such a place is a bit of a cardinal sin."