The Anchor Inn Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The landlord and staff friendly and most helpful."
• "The service was brilliant, everyone was very attentive."
• "Attentive efficient and friendly waitress."
• "ALL staff were attentive, friendly & an absolute credit to the place."
• "The staff went above & beyond to adhere to the covid guidance, we were very impressed."
• "The staff were so lovely and super helpful."
• "Staff were polite and provided professional service."

Cons:

• "Really rude service today - arrived 5 minutes after our table booking, even though they say there’s a 10 minute grace period, they were so rude to us."
• "Haven't been back after the landlord berated the staff in front of customers."
• "Some of the staff were friendly and helpful, others less so."
• "I also find the main management staff to be quite rude, unfriendly and unaccommodating on arrival."
• "Barmans attitude was not welcoming at all."
• "The manager would not let us pay individual bills and demanded it was paid in one hit extremely peculiar behaviour from the manager."
• "A Rude lady would not let us in."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was delicious."
• "Everything was very tasty and arrived hot."
• "The roast beef was cooked spot on and the bill was reasonable."
• "You can taste its all fresh and homemade and very well priced for its quality."
• "Fantastic food and drinks."
• "The food arrived promptly and was delicious."
• "Food very good and more innovative than your usual country pub fare."

Cons:

• "For the quality of the food and general dining experience (albeit the staff were helpful at times) this was in no way worth the money we paid."
• "Some of the food was good, although a fish stew that hadn't been reheated properly and had cold bits wasn't great."
• "Awful Caesar salad !!! Paid £16 lettuce was pink, eat under half, complained to staff, still charged me."
• "Eventually once the main course came out, the food was cold and of poor quality."
• "The food was not great, we were serve food outside on a cloudy day, allowed to go in for desert, kick out in no time to let other people in."
• "The fries with my ribs were pale and limp, the coleslaw was tasteless and under seasoned."
• "The food wasn't the best, cold, soggy chips, dry burger meat."

Location and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Lovely pub in a great setting, just by the River Stour."
• "Lovely location with nice outside seating near the river."
• "Gorgeous location! We got to it from the river."
• "Log fire and decor was lovely."
• "The atmosphere in the igloos is wonderful."
• "The actual venue is beautiful."
• "A really lovely setting right by the river."

Cons:

• "However the menu now is very much reduced and the choices not what we wanted."
• "Use to frequent this place regularly in the summer to dine in the outside area but now you can not book outside and purely by chance you may get an outside space dependant on the day."
• "The sign posted parking is awful. It's a muddy field."
• "Went here a few weeks ago - the place is absolutely swarming with wasps which made the experience really stressful!!"
• "Decor is pleasant, but confused, no real identity, photos on Google Maps are out of date."
• "Was not happy we were thrown in the corner away from the river even though they had seats clearly free."
• "Parking is limited so finding a parking space can be a bit challenging."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The roast beef was cooked spot on and the bill was reasonable."
• "You can taste its all fresh and homemade and very well priced for its quality."
• "Very nice and friendly environment. Tasty food and great portion, good quality at reasonable prices."
• "Food was excellent (double burger and sea bass katsu curry) and seating outside lovely."
• "Tasty and well sized, no one left hungry, that's for sure."
• "Food was very tasty and the ingredients used where of a high quality."
• "The food was very nice, presented really nicely, and a good size serving too."

Cons:

• "For the quality of the food and general dining experience (albeit the staff were helpful at times) this was in no way worth the money we paid."
• "Food was nice but felt over priced for what we had."
• "Drinks were overpriced."
• "This meal cost us £233.00. Now we have always had great food here, but we will never order the roast again."
• "Unexciting standard pub fare, heavily over described on the menu and over priced for the standard."
• "The sharing roast dinner platters seem to be having less and less on them! £20 per person and there was 2 flakes of cabbage on there!"
• "Prices were way too much for a burger (£22) and a bowl of small chips (£5) that wasn't worth it."