"The carvery itself was beautiful. The veg was cooked well, not soggy, gravy was nice and thick, meat was tender and roasties were crispy."
Cons:
"Food cold dry burnt no carvery and not able to have things that on menu coz they not got."
"Food was very poor quality on arrival would have had a better and cheaper experience if I would of just bought a ready meal from the shop."
"The bacon was burnt the eggs were overcooked."
"The roast potatoes were old and stale."
"Horrible food compared to other chains I’ve been to food left until it’s gone they do not replace fresh veg stuffing etc."
"Food was terrible over cooked then under hot lights so then dried out even salad bar food was turning brown."
"The carvery me and my husband had was disgusting food was dry and looked like it had been out for a while."
Service
Pros:
"The staff were friendly and over all good experience."
"Excellent quality of food and good customer service."
"The women Behind the bar Jacqueline she was very nice and Sophie who was work on the floor was friendly."
"Super friendly and attentive staff which is wonderful and thoroughly cleaned!"
"Katie looked after us really well."
"Had a lovely time here with my family, food was amazing, service and staff were so polite, helpful and friendly."
"The staff were very polite, friendly and helpful."
Cons:
"Poor service sat for 35 mins for a starter."
"long waiting times to be seated and receive first course."
"Management didn’t really seem to care about the service."
"waited 5 minutes for someone to bother to show us to our reserved table."
"However they were super short staffed and the carvery looked like a car had driven over it."
"Poor staff very rude food isn’t to good standard."
"Service was slow, the food had been out all day and they skimped on meat when a large had been paid for."
Cleanliness
Pros:
"Super friendly and attentive staff which is wonderful and thoroughly cleaned!"
"Used to love going regular here, since refurbishment it nice and very clean but the food has gone drastically down hill."
"Was relatively clean and tidy considering the outside is a little run down."
Cons:
"The pub itself could do with a good deep clean."
"The worst part though, was the state of the mens toilets, with a highly blocked used toilet and not clean toilet area."
"No child friendly toilet dirty and cold."
"Just one thing was wrong the toilet was a bit messy as wee on the floor in the man's room."
"The place could do with a good clean seats had dirty marks over them and tables was sticky."
"However, the toilets are in urgent need of attention, damp and black mold on some walls."
"I took my 3yo daughter to the toilet, and to my surprise there was NO toilet paper available in the stalls."
Atmosphere
Pros:
"The Blue Peter is a very nice place to go for a lovely meal with a drink of tea."
"Pleasant staff free parking."
"Very happy atmosphere."
"now it's comfortable, relaxed atmosphere."
"Its not posh or pretentious, it's real people in a real restaurant eating really good food."
"The atmosphere is very friendly and relaxed."
"The pub looks really nice since it's been done up as well."
Cons:
"The interior is outdated and too open."
"Looking a little tired and dated inside but did the job."
"Literally people shouting at the manager, not pleasant when you have children with you."
"The pub was more like an alcoholics local than a family friendly carvery."
"the atmosphere wasn't very welcoming."
"been a few times now that I've been in to enjoy a meal with my wife and kids during the day, and there has been a homeless man sat in the corner charging his phone watching us eat, and looked like he was taking pictures which made us feel very uncomfortable."
"Staff attitude disgusting saying its a pub not for kids."