The Sherwood Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The current staff and landlady are always very welcoming and offer real home from home feeling."
• "Wow what can I say, 14 of us went for son's 21st, even though pub was very busy, we had our meals served within 15 minutes."
• "Always good food and drink, friendly staff."
• "The staff were friendly & efficient, so would definitely go again."
• "The service was excellent and drinks good value."
• "Great service from Ellie! Made us feel very welcome."
• "We were served by Mandy who was so friendly and accommodating."

Cons:

• "This has surely been the worst meal & the worst service I have ever experienced."
• "Staff standing round doing nothing."
• "Highly disappointing asked for starter to come with mains it didn't the pepperoni pizza was swimming in grease and base not cooked properly sent back and was left sat waiting no one came back."
• "The staff seemed very unorganised with no manager to be seen."
• "Waited over an hour for food. Bad service and no one cleaned table after finished eating."
• "Reported to staff total indifference."
• "We promptly left as the service received was so appalling and will not be returning."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was very good and all nice and hot."
• "We gave a pre order as we were a large party and all the food came out at the same time, piping hot."
• "Really nice hot and cold buffet food received many compliments from our guests and the amount was plentiful."
• "Booked for my daughters christening and the food, service and price were 1st class."
• "Been for a meal today, food was fantastic cooked perfectly, friendly well come and reasonable price good quality food too they also asked if any one had any alleges too, no faults."
• "The food is lovely with good sized portions."
• "The classic hot dog was delicious."

Cons:

• "The 'grilled vegetables' were luke warm and only green peppers."
• "Food was horrible steak was not cooked properly told the staff but was not interested food portions small but put prices up alcohol was expensive."
• "Although the one thing that was annoying was an owner with a dog at the bar was allowing the dog to continually bark which is just wrong."
• "Child meal with mash potato was very stodgy and baked beans very dry with no sauce."
• "First one of the orders came out as a totally different meal, then when the correct one came after ordering a medium rare steak it was well over done, grey and I couldn't eat it."
• "Both sides of corn cobs were inedible...i can only think they were microwaved from frozen as they were sloppy and impossible to cut from the stalk...turned to mush really..."
• "The sirloin steak was very tough and the chips were undercooked."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Nice family friendly atmosphere in the restaurant area."
• "The atmosphere was great very nice people."
• "Really great place, staff are fantastic and so friendly they make you feel so welcome."
• "The atmosphere is second to none."
• "Great atmosphere, team are always spectacular and really make the place feel welcome."

Cons:

• "It was a Monday & very quiet hence the low atmosphere score."
• "But the atmosphere was totally lacking."
• "The restaurant section was dull and uninviting...much like the bar man and looked tired and grubby."
• "There was a draught running through the pub."

Value

Pros:

• "£7.90 for a double gin and tonic and pint of boddies. Great value."
• "Prices were good."
• "The food was good and at a reasonable price."
• "Both the food and drink are reasonably priced and there was live music on and so we enjoyed a little boogie for my Niece's birthday."
• "The food was amazing, at a very good price."
• "Sherfest was brilliant. A great selection of beers and ales at very reasonable prices."
• "The food is lovely with good sized portions... Great prices for food, and drink- the coffees are less than £2!"

Cons:

• "Food portions small but put prices up alcohol was expensive."
• "Both my partner and myself are in agreement that it was a waste of £40."
• "The price of the bill was only 50% of the cost and if you ask me that was all I feel my experience was worth."