The Plough & Harrow Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Setting

Pros:

• "Very enjoyable place and a beautiful setting."
• "Brilliant pub in an isolated location."
• "Absolutely a gem of a place. Really enjoyed the atmosphere."
• "Beautiful pub with a beautiful view!"
• "A lovely place to visit, we stopped here for a drink whilst enjoying a walk."
• "This is now out new favourite pub."
• "Wonderful 17th century pub nestling at the foot of the South Downs."

Cons:

• "The service was abysmal. No apology for the delay (other than 'well we are busy')."
• "The service was snail paced and the staff seemed disinterested."
• "Superficially an attractive English pub but in reality just a money milking venture."
• "Very disappointing as regards to dietary requirements, extremely noisy other guests."
• "Another place gone down hill. 5 star reduced to 2."
• "All in all a very poor experience and we won't return."
• "We would not recommend going there, and we will not be going back 👎👎👎"

Service

Pros:

• "Attentive staff."
• "All the staff behind the bar were always ready to take our orders! And they all smiled."
• "Staff were really friendly and efficient especially George who looked after us."
• "Everyone was so friendly and attentive."
• "Staff are friendly and helpful."
• "Friendly staff, speedy service and an all round top notch experience."
• "Staff are caring and professional food is outstanding."

Cons:

• "I tried to catch the attention of several staff who ignored me and the ever growing queue."
• "Nice little pub, friendly staff but slow service."
• "The blackboard in the garden said 'take a seat and member of staff will come and take your order'. We did that and a passing waitress said sullenly 'once you know what you want, you need to go inside and order at the bar'."
• "The service inside was strained, the same woman wasn't happy that I didn't know my table number."
• "Unnecessarily defensive attitude from the lady behind the bar."
• "Staff regularly petting these animals when serving food and drinks with no evidence of hand-washing between."
• "Sign by the door said 'please wait to be seated'. So we waited and waited with staff actually looking at us!"

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food is divine, just what we needed after a good day's hike around Seven Sisters and the surrounding area."
• "Food is excellent and very reasonably priced."
• "Great chicken burgers with home pickled onions/gherkins and perfect sirracha majo. The chicken breast was like homemade and so crispy but not oily at all."
• "Really lovely late lunch, the chips were some of the best I've ever had and my vegan brownie was divine."
• "The food selection was brilliant and such lovely food with beautiful scenery to top it off."
• "Superb food with a broad and varied menu."
• "The traditional fare menu is lovely - plenty to choose from, beautifully presented and delicious."

Cons:

• "Peas were like bullets, fish and chips mediocre."
• "These were definitely the worst two meals we've been served at any pub in a considerable number of years."
• "Peas might well have been local but were bland."
• "Chips were also greasy/soggy and gluten free burger was like a hockey puck."
• "The Sunday roast just wasn't very good. Veg very undercooked for my taste."
• "Calamari was anemic and not that warm, soup was OK, fish pie well I've had better taste from Iceland."
• "The food is mostly mediocre pub grub served at extortionate prices."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Food is lovely and fairly priced."
• "Fair prices."
• "Food very good and reasonably priced."
• "Very nice place to eat and drink, one of my favourites, great food at a reasonable price with a brilliant choice of drinks."

Cons:

• "Parking can be an issue during times when busy."
• "Our meals & 2 alcoholic drinks came to £68 - quite pricey."
• "There is no way our burgers were priced correctly at best... at worst I feel ripped off and cheated of £23 for a pair of burgers I could have put together for £3."
• "Ultimately, with 50% deducted from the bill for the two Mains, we left feeling very disappointed."
• "We will never eat here again and could never seriously recommend this overpriced establishment to anyone."
• "Everything is overpriced."
• "The food is mostly mediocre pub grub served at extortionate prices."