The Milk House Reviews Summary

Category: Pub

Address: The St, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook TN17 2JG, United Kingdom

Phone: +441580720200

Rating: 4.3
based on 169 reviews.

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

  • "Lovely pub."
  • "Wonderful lunch in the pretty pub garden."
  • "Lovely atmosphere and decor."
  • "Delightful place!!"
  • "Really relaxed atmosphere with friendly staff."

Cons:

  • "Overpriced and understaffed!!!"

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Food is great, had the burger which I’m pretty sure was handmade."
  • "Fresh made pizzas cooked in a wood-fired oven outside in the summer."
  • "We enjoyed all 4 entries! Especially recommend the fish & chips, lamb tagine & daily soup w/ bread."
  • "Great ingredients, so much topping and a vegan option to top it all."
  • "The food was a little fussy for our pallet but if that's your thing then you'll be very happy."
  • "Food was really lovely - not a great choice for lunchtime, only really tapas style, which we had but was really yummy!"
  • "Sunday lunch is delicious! Roast Beef was a delight."
  • "Food was high quality and good portions (local high quality sausages and mash - beautiful!)."
  • "The breakfast was ace, as is the food in general."
  • "The food was excellent, the tea hot, and the ale worth drinking."
  • "Food pretty good although my salad was quite small."
  • "We ate from the autumn menu, very nice homemade soup with warm bread to start with."
  • "Delicious food produced from locally sourced ingredients."
  • "An extremely enjoyable and high quality lunch in the less formal section."
  • "The mushroom dish for starters. The herb sausages were delicious."
  • "The food is amazing, my personal favourites are the chargrilled halloumi burger and the Big buffalo pizza."

Cons:

  • "The plaice... was terrible. Uncooked and still cold on the bone."
  • "Mussels... weren't opening so felt underwhelmed and the Lamb for myself was overcooked and tough."
  • "3 of us had the crab and crayfish mac and cheese, but honestly it was more just seafood pasta which was a bit dry and lacked the 'cheese' element."
  • "Burnt Focaccia, not cooked enough garlic pizza bread."
  • "The Turkey was hard and tasteless and the saute potatoes were undercooked and served on a cold plate."
  • "Worst meal I’ve ever had, I mean I’ve ever tasted Chef has no idea how to make fresh salad as it’s clearly not fresh."
  • "Over cooked, greasy food, very unorganised."
  • "The sausage and mash was good.fish and chips very good but small portion of fish ..wouldn't recommend chicken and chips."

Service

Pros:

  • "Friendly, attentive staff."
  • "The customer service was absolutely great even though they were very busy."
  • "The servers were very attentive."
  • "Tina was so helpful and accommodating with exceptional customer service."
  • "The team are super friendly and attentive."
  • "Quick and friendly service."
  • "The biggest shout is for the lovely staff - friendly, funny, they couldn’t do more for you."
  • "The staff were helpful, friendly, and efficient."
  • "The staff could not have been more helpful."
  • "We were welcomed by friendly staff."
  • "Good, friendly service."
  • "The staff were so helpful and enthusiastic."
  • "Always a pleasure to eat here, great service, friendly staff and a welcoming atmosphere."
  • "Very popular pub and restaurant. Food very tasty and good sized portions too."
  • "Great selection of food and excellent service."

Cons:

  • "Our server replaced it with another which was only fractionally better."
  • "Wait staff showed us to our table and then seemed to forget about us for about 10 minutes."
  • "The service was poor with very inexperienced staff."
  • "We were virtually ignored. If we wanted anything we had to call over the staff."
  • "Our meals and elements of them arrived at different times."
  • "It took 30 minutes to get our bill after asking for it twice."
  • "Staff was not friendly at all and made us feel very uncomfortable."
  • "The table service was a bit slow considering the number of staff milling about."
  • "We had to ask 3 different members of staff to take our order."

Value

Pros:

  • "Great food, reasonable prices."
  • "Overall, great value for the price."
  • "Decent prices for such high-quality food."
  • "The Sunday roast was excellent value."
  • "You get a lot for what you pay for, good sized portions."
  • "Good value and great food."
  • "The pricing is just right for the portions and quality of food."

Cons:

  • "It’s very pricey for the portions you get."
  • "The prices were a bit high for the quality of the food."
  • "Expensive for what it is."
  • "Overpriced for the portion size."
  • "The prices don’t match the quality."

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