The Blue Boar Reviews Summary

Staff Service

Pros:

• "The staff are friendly and always very willing to help."
• "Staff are always friendly and helpful."
• "Staff attentive and knowledgeable about the menu."
• "The staff were lovely and quick and the restaurant was very covid safe."
• "Staff were great and very helpful, they were there to help us check in after arriving near midnight."
• "The staff extremely helpful and friendly."
• "The staff were very helpful, relaxed and a pleasure to work with."

Cons:

• "Celiacs avoid this place! Got starter bread wrong then I'm sure gravy not GF just left not feeling well."
• "I am very disappointed, the waiters and the chefs treated us very badly!"
• "The waiter told us the payment hadn’t worked and we must try again."
• "What used to be a good bar and restaurant has gone down hill massively."
• "No smiles and a gloomy atmosphere."
• "One barmaid was nice & friendly but other staff seemed tired and unhappy to be working there."
• "Shame on you dear Manager to teach your staff to be miserable in the Christmas Day."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Has an extensive menu of well-cooked meals."
• "The food was delicious."
• "Holidayed in the Cotswolds and sampled many stone baked pizzas, but the ones from here were the best!!"
• "The chicken was so tender and the veg was cooked to perfection."
• "The food was excellent and venue was clean and inviting."
• "The pizza was amazing - one of the best ones we've had in a long time."
• "Food was amazing- fish and chips. Fish was firm and tasty, batter was light."

Cons:

• "Most prices expensive compared to other parts of the Country."
• "Plain food at high prices."
• "2 mushroom starters were not as described on menu, very poor for £7 each."
• "However, my wife's burger at £15 was small, served with a small portion of chips."
• "The hot food was just okay."
• "The food arrived and looked awful, my pasta was burnt."
• "One of the most disappointing burgers I've had in a long time and definitely the worst sticky toffee pudding."

Accommodation

Pros:

• "We were upgraded to the four poster room which was kind of them and it had everything we needed for the evening."
• "Room was very clean and tidy."
• "Rooms were spacious, clean and well equipped."
• "Room was very clean and had all the things you could ask for; decent hairdryer for her, and a large comfy bed for me."
• "Fantastic place to stay, quiet, comfortable and clean rooms that are also dog friendly."
• "The rooms are okay - clean and decent sized, with all the amenities you could need."
• "Room was lovely. Right in the centre of town."

Cons:

• "Disappointed to find the room so dirty and every surface was covered with dust."
• "Beds were very uncomfortable."
• "Our family room smelt of damp, one of the beds was wet when we arrived from a leak the day before."
• "The general vibe was a defeated staff and a bloated menu."
• "My room 20 in the annexe was awful."
• "Ground floor with people having their beer literally outside our window, mold and smell of damp in the bathroom, basic amenities."
• "Absolutely dreadful place to stay, our room was awful, dirty, no headboard, bed was lumpy, pillows were worse."