The Old Post Office Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Amazing wood fired pizza for a very good price."
• "Most things on the menu can be made safe or adapted."
• "The beef itself was nice."
• "Everything was cooked fantastically."
• "Both meals were delicious."
• "Food is good and great selection of drinks."
• "Not to mention the stonebaked pizza, true Italian flavour!"

Cons:

• "Main meal arrived before the starters, starters were cold."
• "Good was nice, asked for steak to be medium, came well done."
• "The kids chicken burger was dry and to be honest didn’t even look appetising and our burgers were dry and burnt."
• "Ordered the £27 fillet steak medium which came up totally overdone."
• "I had a skate wing special that was paired with a ‘lemon jam’. The flavors didn’t work."
• "The potatoes were greasy no crispness."
• "Food massively overpriced starters not what they should be overcooked prawns and calamari like slices of rubber!"

Service

Pros:

• "Staff serving were polite and nice."
• "The staff were extremely friendly and attentive."
• "Our Spanish waiter was extremely helpful and friendly."
• "The waiting staff were attentive but not over the top."
• "The server was polite and helpful."
• "Our waiter Adam was ace, great service."
• "Waiting staff were very good - attentive at the right times, polite and friendly."

Cons:

• "The waitress who received us seemed bother by us."
• "Shocking service shocking atmosphere!"
• "We also had to chase staff to take our food order after we sat down as 25mins later no one had approached us."
• "Customer service was rushed but friendly, seating arrangements was extremely close and uncomfortable."
• "Hit and miss - and when it's a miss it really is down to the front of house staff's ability to not rectify mistakes."
• "Service was slow, we were not checked in on once throughout our meal."
• "Service in was good till we tried to get the bill. Waitress seemed trapped at another table."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The Old Post Office is an industrial styled restaurant."
• "Wonderfully airy restaurant with well implemented social distancing measures in place."
• "The atmosphere seems lovely with a kitchen in the middle of the eating area."
• "Atmosphere also good - slightly spaced out tables, but definitely a restaurant feel as opposed to a pub."
• "Great food with good portions good atmosphere, open kitchen."
• "Loved the decor, staff were brilliant and felt really happy to be working there."
• "The place has definitely picked up over the past few years."

Cons:

• "The ambiance is cold. On each occasion I have visited, I have left feeling a little bit of an inconvenience."
• "The tables weren't cleared or clean."
• "For a table of 8 we were given a tiny table with 8 chairs around it, could only just fit drinks on the table, never mind food."
• "Sat after watching the chefs eating chips while cooking, but watching them touching their mouths over and over and straight back touching food."
• "The ambiance is nice inside and perfect for drinks with friends and meals with family."
• "I love the atmosphere of the OPO but am afraid it's lost a few stars from me as I much preferred it when it had its cozy seating area with the sofas near the fireplace."
• "We stood by the door for 10 minutes waiting to be seated being ignored by the staff."

Value

Pros:

• "This isn't top end but a great brasserie serving food for the family at a very reasonable price."
• "Everything was top quality and packed with flavour!"
• "A fabulous Christmas meal, with attentive, friendly service. We will be back."

Cons:

• "I felt the prices were quite high for what we had, especially compared to other equivalent eateries."
• "Pricing was just insane."
• "Lovely place, but way over priced."
• "Super expensive £170 for 3 kids and two adults hence why only two stars."
• "The price was a bit of a surprise...more than London prices!!!"
• "Looks like a wetherspoons but about 10 times the price!"
• "Food massively overpriced."