The Bull & Butcher Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Super food, especially the pies."
• "The food is renowned around the area, especially the different pies that they do."
• "Wonderful pies and traditional pub food."
• "Delicious, wholesome food- all my friends agree."
• "Great homemade pies."
• "Delicious food, lovely little pub in an idyllic village."
• "The pastry pies are fantastic!!"

Cons:

• "Sunday roast was OK. Vegetables were great and a good selection. Lamb was dry and a bit chewey."
• "Food was very poor."
• "Ice cream had no taste and coffee was poor."
• "The roast was well below par, with overcooked meat, undercooked potatoes and soggy Yorkshire pudding."
• "The pie's were disappointing - quality was fine but they were tiny."
• "Waited an hour for food to come and when it came the polenta based veg pies where clearly burnt black in places."
• "Unfortunately the pie was so salty I was struggling to finish it."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was very good; mainly young staff who were attentive, friendly and polite."
• "Staff were friendly, the beer was great."
• "We were served by a lovely young lady I believe her name was Daisy. She was very polite, extremely helpful when helping us with menu choices and was also very knowledgeable on the pubs history."
• "Excellent service from the friendly staff."
• "The staff are amazing and the landlord and his Mrs are superb!"
• "Everyone who served us was polite and friendly and what's more they didn't make any mistakes!"
• "The staff were incredibly friendly and the food was delicious."

Cons:

• "One star for the idyllic setting, one star for the good food. But service was awful."
• "Service was pretty poor overall."
• "It took 30 minutes for them to bring our first drinks order."
• "We waited 15 minutes just to receive our menus. Staff were rude and brought back of house issues to the front."
• "Slow service and made to sit outside when we'd hoped to sit inside."
• "Poor service. Slow and ineffectual. Forgotten items."
• "Service was poor,, nobody brought cutlery or told where to get it from."

Ambiance and Location

Pros:

• "Dog friendly too with a jar of treats on the shelf above the fire!"
• "Lots of parking and a relaxed atmosphere make this lovely pub a pleasure to lose an evening in."
• "Great location in the village and well worth the walk up to the windmill where about half way up you can look back on the picturesque village of Turville and the surrounding countryside."
• "Charming find with colourful characters both behind and in the bar area."
• "Lovely country pub garden."
• "A lovely spot with car parking."
• "The pub is in the lovely quiet little village of Turville."

Cons:

• "Several of the tatty, mismatched chairs were unstable."
• "Sat in the garden which was very scruffy. Grass needed cutting and flower beds needed weeding."
• "My husband also commented that he thought the premises very scruffy!"
• "As we waited in the bar, it was necessary to wave away countless large flies."
• "Lovely country pub garden ruined by loud thumping music blaring from the barn."
• "The only downside was the food. I had the beef which was very fatty."
• "The smell of stale cooking oil hit us immediately we opened the car door."