The Old Rectory Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "Old style pub with beams."
• "Lovely big pub with loads of parking."
• "Beautiful, historical location which is dog friendly on non carpeted areas."
• "The garden makeover really adds to this place making it one of my favourite and most frequent places to eat and drink."
• "What a beautiful looking pub. It’s cavernous, well lit and comfy inside too."

Cons:

• "We ate our meal in darkness as the lights in the area we were sitting had tripped out for around 20 minutes."
• "But my biggest moan is there was no heating on and the place was freezing."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was 100% Food was great!! Thank you all for making our visit so special."
• "Fast and friendly service, with great menu choices at a reasonable price."
• "Great evening Hanna and her staff made sure that we enjoyed our meal."

Cons:

• "Food took an age to arrive."
• "When we explained this, the response was a very rude: 'I’m not getting into this with you'."
• "Service was slow but I think this was due to it being a Friday night and the popularity of the offers!"
• "My advice: If it looks busy just turn round and find somewhere else, if it looks quiet they give it a go."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was great!!"
• "We enjoyed our senior meal very much."
• "When the food arrived, it was tasty and the Choc Fudge Cake was epic!!!"
• "Twelve of us went for an early evening meal on mother's day... we were served quite quickly with delicious meals and desserts."

Cons:

• "The food was nice but the portion size had shrunk again."
• "The adults lasagne was disgusting aswell greasy and by the looks of it over microwaved."
• "Most of the food on my plate was cold the rest was Luke warm at best."

Accessibility & Accommodation

Pros:

• "We were allowed to sit in the quiet area down by the fish pond and with both of my children having extra needs this really helped."

Cons:

• "The first place was very busy, and not suitable. If it happens again we shall walk out."

Value

Pros:

• "Lovely food with competitive prices."
• "Very reasonable prices for amazing food."

Cons:

• "Bottom line, improve the quality of the food, up the prices to compensate."

Parking

Pros:

• "Enter your car registration number into the terminal inside and you get free parking."

Cons:

• "You now expect me to cough up an additional £200 for parking 2 cars for 6 legitimate customers."

Cleanliness and Facilities

Pros:

• "The social distancing measures they have in place are excellent."

Cons:

• "I just hope the manager can see what it is going on in the toilet and outside."

Wait Time

Pros:

Cons:

• "Waited nearly 15 mins for one of the meals to come to our table and everyone else had finished their meals."
• "Really long wait for starters (nearly 45mins) which was only nachos."
• "Waited 90 mins for food with two young children."