Roebuck Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Excellent food and wine."
• "Venison was very nice and tender."
• "An excellent new menu awaited us."
• "It was worth the wait, our meals were above average portions and faultless."
• "The most delicious mushroom and ale pie ever!"
• "The food was amazing, cooked perfectly."
• "The food was delicious, well-presented, plentiful and cooked to perfection."

Cons:

• "The slow roast rib was a huge bone across my plate with the fattiest beef in the middle that I have ever eaten, this was subsequently left."
• "Terrible Sunday lunch. Food was cold not as shown on the menu."
• "When the food did eventually arrive it wasn't great, frozen chips steak not cooked as requested and rather small portions for the price."
• "Once ordered our food did arrive quickly but was bland, salad was past its best and the squid was very chewy."
• "The roast beef was as tough as Mr gandies flip flop."
• "Service very slow, beef woefully overcooked and yet cold!"
• "The food was very disappointing. Three slivers of meat, the beef was tough, the paltry veg was undercooked."

Service

Pros:

• "Anna our server was fabulous. So polite, friendly and courteous. Excellent at her job too."
• "Excellent service from Meg and Penny."
• "The Sunday staff were completely different... nothing was too much trouble."
• "The waitresses were attentive and friendly."
• "Really welcoming, well organised without restricting the whole experience."
• "Lewis the waiter was fantastic he was Friendly and bubbly and made some excellent recommendations."
• "Very impressed with how efficient and friendly the service was, especially having just one member of staff serving and taking orders."

Cons:

• "Visited Friday 7.40pm to be told the kitchen had closed!!!"
• "The place was half empty but it still took 1 hour for the food to arrive."
• "Service was slow especially with the drinks but the staff were very friendly."
• "The only downside of our visit was the limited menu available to us."
• "The lady who was tending to the tables came out 5 times and never once asked if we needed anything."
• "We had to continually ask for things that the staff should be asking us if we need or not."
• "The service was abysmal. It was very slow and they kept forgetting what we had ordered."

Ambiance and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Great vibe inside and out."
• "The roebuck is a beautiful location and a lovely place to eat."
• "Very nice and clean."
• "The pub was clean, welcoming and laid out well for breakfast."
• "The atmosphere was delightful near a fire surrounded by fairy lights."
• "What a gem of a place.. so clean warm and a great atmosphere."
• "Lovely warm, inviting atmosphere, low lights, cosy, comfortable seating."

Cons:

• "Quite spenny, for a relatively beige establishment."
• "Pub felt cold as we walked in. Was very cold in dining area, my son's girlfriend kept her coat on throughout meal."
• "The atmosphere is very dark and there is a candle on each table."
• "Walked in and it's Dark and un-inviting, and freezing cold!"
• "Oh cups finally arrived which were dirty and some glasses had lipstick on the rim!"
• "Fly cooked in my partners mushrooms and burnt the roof of my mouth on ridiculously hot lasagne had to wait 20 mins before I could even start eating it."
• "The chairs were unsteady and wobbled each time you moved."