The Chesil Rectory Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Delicious and interesting food."
• "Absolutely delicious food and excellent service."
• "All of our meals were tasty, well prepared and also visually appealing."
• "The food is well served and just the right amount as well as being extremely delicious."
• "Melt-in-your-mouth strips bursting with flavour, can’t ask for anything better!"
• "The food was superb, wines excellent, and service outstanding."
• "The food was fantastic and probably the best pork i've ever eaten."

Cons:

• "The waiting in general needs some extra training as the food was coming out warm rather than hot."
• "Over priced."
• "The food was average at this level and vastly overpriced."
• "The food wasn’t bad, it was just bland and over priced."
• "The food did taste very nice although their menu is very limited and therefore quite disappointing."
• "Food that was under seasoned and lacked flavour."
• "While well cooked, the rump cap was decidedly flat to taste with a stringy texture that was not indicative of either a dry aged cut per the menu, or high quality produce."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was impeccable, relaxed and friendly."
• "Service was really good and the food sublime."
• "The staff were really friendly and engaging."
• "Staff were helpful and attentive and available for any menu questions/queries."
• "The service was spot on."
• "Staff outstanding. Our waitress's knowledge of food on the menu was very impressive."
• "The service was attentive and friendly."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately very very very racists waiter and wItres and soooo rude."
• "Service very slow taking orders and the slowness continued all through the sitting."
• "Service is poor! We waited an hour between starters and main course."
• "That said, the service was extremely slow, wait staff had to be reminded on a couple of occasions regarding orders for drinks and bread."
• "Not attentive at all and we had to ask for our wine glasses to be refilled rather than being topped up regularly."
• "Sloppy service had to keep asking for our wine and water."
• "Dreadfully rude staff, the manager claimed they couldn’t find us on their system multiple times even after I showed them proof of the booking on my phone!"

Ambience

Pros:

• "The Chesil Rectory dates back to around 1450, and is one of Winchester’s best preserved Medieval buildings."
• "Set in a historic building full of character."
• "The restaurant is absolutely gorgeous, the oldest building in Winchester and is lovely."
• "Fabulous quality food in the most impressive ancient building."
• "The building itself is a living antique and worth the dining experience."
• "An extremely beautiful and quaint setting."
• "The setting is fantastic, quirky and full of character."

Cons:

• "However, I had a voucher for £140 and when presented for a bill of £127 I was told that no change is given, not even another voucher!!"
• "Be aware you are highly likely to have a very restricted time of 1 hour 15 mins to force food down despite the average time it says people spend at this place."
• "the garden was lovely but also empty, which we found most unusual on such a warm day."
• "Great food and service. A really quaint little place, but due to the age of the building there isn't any air con and can be roasting inside in the heat."
• "An old house, converted to a restaurant, that being said, although it’s a nice atmosphere the floor is tilting and as a result some of the chairs move while you are sitting."
• "Date night ruined by four obnoxious loudmouth drunks."
• "Mind your head if you're tall - there are some low beams in this beautiful, historic building."