The Little Angel Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Ambience

Pros:

• "Great environment for the family with friendly staff and a warm atmosphere."
• "We popped into The Little Angel for a drink and were greeted by friendly locals and the manager Matt."
• "Its rustic-chic style in muted tones is both welcoming and very charming."
• "Its light, airy, spacious interior has little nooks for drinkers, well placed tables for diners and a conservatory that is just 'wow'."
• "The atmosphere was amazing and everything was so clean."
• "Warm, welcoming, made the experience very personable and made you feel very special!"
• "Really nice surroundings and a great atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Special occasions need special places for me the sparkle has faded."
• "It became very busy and the combination of a screaming baby, dogs barking and the high volume of chatter made the visit very unpleasant."
• "Not sure we will return any time soon. :-("
• "Conservatory hot so we sat in the (much cooler) main area."
• "Not young child friendly."
• "A clear sign the new management are not making the effort to maintain a positive vibe of the pub."
• "With so many much nicer pubs around this one will not be on my list to revisit."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were very forthcoming very helpful friendly, reasonably priced too."
• "Excellent customer service."
• "Both food and service was absolutely perfect."
• "The highlight of our visit was the warm, welcoming and hilarious service."
• "Staff were professional and friendly overall and it made for a great afternoon/evening."
• "The bar staff are attentive and engaging, waiting staff are friendly and knowable."
• "Our friendly waiter was clearly very knowledgeable about the food on the menu and provided excellent recommendations."

Cons:

• "Service quite nonchalant."
• "The waiter who brought our food didn't know what he was serving us."
• "We had a rude, impatient waitress at the beginning, when we wanted to order drinks."
• "Service was friendly and helpful, although a little slow when the place was full."
• "The waitstaff, while friendly, struggled to effectively address our concerns, even a simple request for condiments."
• "The staff were so apologetic but managed to put together from remaining stock 6 very reasonable meals for us."
• "The waiting staff wasn’t much better, apart from the barman, they all seemed as miserable as sin."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was good, reasonably priced."
• "Food is well presented and quite tasty."
• "The roast beef which tasted incredible."
• "The food is delightful and full of interesting options including some charcuterie and cheese boards for those that just want to graze."
• "The food we did have was excellent."
• "Properly good, creative, scrumptious food made from fresh, simple ingredients and cooked to order."
• "The food is absolutely fantastic."

Cons:

• "The food was dry but reasonably well presented."
• "The plaice with brown shrimps and caviar was nice, but didn't live up to the description."
• "The only problem was that the menu was not to my taste except the soup and the steak, I wouldn't order anything else."
• "The pork was great and really well cooked but the overall dish was dry and could have done with more of a sauce."
• "The food was frankly revolting, the amount of SALT made our tongues hurt."
• "The potatoes had also been cooked in what must have been very salty water."
• "The mains were bland and tasteless even though all different."

Value & Pricing

Pros:

• "Wine list was good and not badly priced, our Shiraz was very nice."
• "All for £70-ish inc service. Result!"
• "The food - OUTSTANDING - I could recommend the whole menu."