Queens Head Longford Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food tasted great, not the best I’ve had but overall a great experience."
• "The food was beautiful and excellent value for money."
• "Food was absolutely amazing, we had the Longford Lamb (About the size of an actual lamb!) And the steak with peppercorn sauce for mains then the lemon meringue pie and sticky toffee pudding for dessert."
• "The food was amazing, staff were so so friendly and the whole place was relaxing and nicely decorated."
• "The food was a-m-a-z-i-n-g really good portions and freshly cooked to perfection."
• "Had a fantastic meal last night, the steak and ale pie and the lamb was amazing."
• "The food quality was excellent!"

Cons:

• "Weakest part of the meal here though is always the dessert."
• "Terrible dry over cooked beef for a Sunday roast, the rest was under seasoned and bland- we did say, we were told feedback would be sent back to the chef but no one came to ask us/ and no discount on the price (£61) even though we both sent back the plates."
• "Although it was very fatty. I didn't mind but others in my party found it difficult to separate the meat."
• "Sadly my main of cod was overcooked and consequently dry as were the roast potatoes."
• "The vegetarian food was very disappointing."
• "The leg of lamb was not a leg. The beef was raw."
• "Honestly disappointed with most of my meal."

Service

Pros:

• "Attentive, friendly but not intrusive."
• "All the staff were fantastic, friendly and professional."
• "The team looked after us incredibly well."
• "The staff were so friendly. Nothing was too much trouble."
• "The service was excellent and the staff were very welcoming and friendly."
• "Service was good, staff were cheerful and helpful, we felt genuinely valued as customers."
• "The staff were very efficient and friendly."

Cons:

• "Food took an awfully long time to come out of the kitchen."
• "The service staff didn't really seem to know what they were doing and there weren't enough of them."
• "The staff seemed rushed, chaotic & grumpy."
• "The staff was not in a good mood and was clearly annoyed with serving our party of 8."
• "It was difficult to get anyone's attention when needed."
• "Service was extremely slow."
• "The service was bad due to lack of staff I guess, place was packed, very busy."

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "What a lovely place to eat."
• "Lovely venue, friendly staff, clearly switched on chefs."
• "Such a lovely pub! We had a wonderful meal here, it was so delicious and excellent quality."
• "Place is spotlessly clean."
• "Nice place to stop just off the bypass of gloucester."
• "The pub itself has a lovely atmosphere & fab decor."
• "Lovely looking pub with a really nice atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Good food but a bit cramped. Gets hot when a few people are in as the place has low ceilings."
• "Mediocre decor but popular, so has a certain buzz to it."
• "They are trying to cram far too many people into what is quite a small space and are not managing tables effectively to keep things running smoothly."
• "The place is hot and very loud as too many people crammed into a small place."
• "The only negative was the area in which we were seated had no opening windows or fans + we were absolutely boiling!"
• "Some spaces just aren't suited to big parties of people and this pub certainly is one of them."
• "Unnecessarily enormous portions (please don't provide so much food!)"

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The roasts are large but not really a difference between the normal and cheaper small Sunday roasts, could have easily had the smaller one and save a few quid."
• "The lunchtime menu had plenty of choice and is excellent value."
• "Value for money considering the quality, locally sourced, food that is cooked on site, this place is a gem."
• "Most prices are fairly reasonable."
• "Very good value."
• "Friendly service & really good value."
• "Price wise the food is not cheap but it's worth it. Drinks are reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "The famous lamb was lovely even at £25."
• "The lamb is very over priced."
• "Everything was way overpriced for what we got."
• "For £11.95 I would have expected a better standard than that."
• "Went here about 5 years ago, was very nice with nice atmosphere, went there about 3 weeks ago with friends and was sorely disappointed. Everything was way overpriced for what we got."
• "This time the food was poor."
• "Came here the other day for a family meal, it was the worse experience I’ve ever had in a restaurant, they completely messed up all my meals and the managers attitude was disgusting."