The Trout at Tadpole Bridge Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The steak is excellent and the fish & chips (called something far posher on the menu) is lovely with nice chunky chips."
• "The food was sensational, the drink options were slightly limited, yet nice, with some exceptional cocktails."
• "Every meal we had was excellent, the staff is super friendly, making you feel like visiting family."
• "The food was fantastic -canapes, a sit down wedding breakfast AND hog roast rolls in the evening."
• "Absolutely delicious and plenty of it."
• "The food: quite gourmet. I only had soup, salad, and the cheese board. All were excellent."
• "Very good generous food."

Cons:

• "One of the worst meals we've had in a long time, so disappointed."
• "The food, despite an interesting looking menu, is bland an un-loved."
• "Food i found tasteless and only warm."
• "The food was bland and wasn't worth the price we paid."
• "The pork belly with black pudding, was inedible - the vegetables were cold, & the 'black pudding' was an overcooked burnt black-pudding-croquette."
• "We both had cod and chips which neither of us enjoyed."
• "The food was just awful."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was efficient and very friendly."
• "Thank you to lovely Ellie for looking after us so well, nothing was too much trouble."
• "Excellent new menu, and new chef, with the usual friendly, efficient service."
• "The waitresses were all excellent, very attentive, without being obtrusive."
• "All staff members were friendly and outgoing."
• "The staff were very friendly, polite and cheerful."
• "Staff were friendly, attentive and quick about getting us drinks!"

Cons:

• "The atmosphere between staff was very strange too! Not pleasant."
• "We stood at the door initially while it took her 5 mins to greet us."
• "The service was slow and not attentive to orders and taking forever to be served."
• "The service was quite slow & to finish the evening off I ordered a lemonade which was served to me in a glass that had a large chip in & a crack."
• "The service at dinner was awful, boarding on rude."
• "We waited for someone for ages to come and offer us a dessert menu and take our plates etc."
• "Our server seemed a bit miffed and didn't check in on us."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "A clean and welcoming pub, Across the river (over the bridge) is a lovely walk along the river."
• "Relaxation perfected. Lovely inside and outside!"
• "A lovely country pub at Tadpole Bridge."
• "Idyllic location right by the river Thames with a big garden which is great for eating al fresco during the summer months."
• "Lovely setting next to the Thames - we arrived by river."
• "The Trout is beautifully located on the Thames and a wonderful place to stay overnight after a long walk along the Thames path."
• "A lovely Cotswold stone pub next to the Thames."

Cons:

• "The restaurant inside wasn't particularly plush - wooden tables / wooden chairs - and looked like the inside of any other pub."
• "The atmosphere needed music in the background."
• "The atmosphere was also flat and they spent the first 45 minutes playing the same 2 Christmas songs on rotation."
• "Eventually, we got to our table in the garden marquee - uncomfortable benches, dead plants in pots on lots of tables, ours even had some rubbish in it."
• "The floor under our table was dirty and covered in litter and neither of the ladies toilets flushed."
• "The pub was a little too much like a restaurant for my liking - all tables set with cutlery etc."
• "Did not feel welcome for what should have been a quintessentially English pub along the Thames."

Value

Pros:

• "Prices were a touch on the steep side but still, if we were in the area again, we would happily revisit."
• "Had a good meal, lamb rump, pollock, rump steak and fish & chips. Quite good value."
• "Not the cheapest offering around, but well worth the price for the quality, ambiance and experience."
• "Me and my wife had a lovely meal on Sunday."
• "Overall good value."
• "It was worth every penny."
• "Good food at a fair price."

Cons:

• "What I thought was really poor was 2 lots of childrens ice cream for £8. Really come on."
• "It's pricey for a sweet treat."
• "Prices inflated on Mothers day by 30% compared to their website price."
• "An astonishing cost for ordinary fish and chips and a standard bottle of wine."
• "The prices are definitely on the high side. £16 for a burger and £24 for a roast which didn’t have much spuds or veg."
• "Overpriced - average food - taken advantage of."
• "At £80 per head plus service and extras, an expensive mistake."