The Cricketers Arms Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Setting

Pros:

• "Rustic charm."
• "Lovely old English country pub with outside seating."
• "lovely garden, tables inside and out."
• "The Cricketers Arms also boasts a lovely outdoor seating area, perfect for enjoying a drink or meal on sunny days."
• "Lovely atmosphere in old pub with walls covered with cricketing prints."
• "Beyond beautiful garden."
• "The pretty beer garden is lovely in the summer."

Cons:

• "Had no atmosphere as hardly any customers there at 6.00pm."
• "Staff were too busy chatting to notice customers were waiting."
• "No lighting along the path there so a little difficult when you come out late at night."
• "Landlord was personally rude to me."
• "the service was bad because i was sitting outside and the time of arrival for the food was so far apart."
• "Astonishing long wait (1hr plus FOR EACH COURSE) for indifferent, overcooked food."
• "The atmosphere was awkward and unwelcoming."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Delicious food, best pub food I've had in a long time!"
• "food is really good. I would recommend the falafel burger."
• "Excellent food and service."
• "Food was delicious, catering for all 12 of us effortlessly."
• "Serving good food with an adequate selection of real ale, all at a reasonable enough price."
• "The food and service was excellent."
• "Food is good and fairly priced."

Cons:

• "The food was okay."
• "Had a roast dinner..very nice but far too much salt on roast potatoes?"
• "But I was very disappointed that the chips looked and tasted like they had come out of a frozen bag of chips straight into the fryer."
• "Chosed beefburger which was tasteless, frozen chips, no trimmings & overpriced at £14."
• "The chocolate torte for dessert... tasted horrible."
• "The carrots were horrific because they were well over cooked."
• "The Scampi I had instead was piping hot. The leek and potato soup needed to taste more of leeks."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were very friendly and the selection of beers were excellent."
• "Excellent service from the off welcomed in with a smile, food choices are varied including vegetarian and vegan menu does change as have been here three times in the last eight weeks and will definitely be back."
• "The service was excellent. The landlord was very attentive."
• "A very popular pub, super busy with friendly staff."
• "Friendly and efficient service make this an ideal stop for lunch or dinner."
• "The young table staff are keen and attentive; all of them articulate and very polite all overseen by a lovely landlady."
• "A long time since I've experienced bar staff invested enough in what they are doing to hold glasses to the light to ensure sparkling before pouring wine, plus friendly obliging service."

Cons:

• "Management had changed since last visit and pub has very limited choices in drinks and food."
• "Grumpy Peter who took our order needs to cheer up."
• "There was some delay before our food order was taken but once ordered the food arrived promptly."
• "I reserved a table for lunch, but had to wait in a queue... Not very welcoming."
• "Service is fantastic, our waiter named Cat was brilliant."
• "Staff were excellent, friendly and great service."
• "Under new management. Total transformation."