The Cams Mill, Fareham Reviews Summary

Location & Setting

Pros:

• "This gorgeous pub is situated on an old estate (16th century) with an amazing view of a lake the pub sits upon."
• "Really beautiful setting close to the golf course."
• "Lovely place to go for a drink or a meal with great views."
• "You can walk by the big river too, which is lovely."
• "The bank side views are spectacular at sunset."
• "Great river basin location, with views of the famous railway viaduct and it's arches."
• "Lovely venue overlooking the water."

Cons:

• "Very noisy band & as we were only offered a table close to them, we left without eating."
• "No nice view just a car park."
• "Big stinky when the tide is out due to its location on the creek."
• "Car park dark and gloomy, some lights not working."
• "The noise: The kids running around, stomping and thumping through the floor, not to mention the screaming, was very... distracting for much of our stay."
• "Tables not clean and loads of flies and wasps."
• "Lacks authenticity of traditional 'pub'."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was good and quality ingredients were used."
• "Sunday lunch was plentiful, tasty & good value for money."
• "The food was superb, we had a variety of items from steak to sandwiches to chips, icecream, deserts, drinks etc."
• "We all had a crayfish and prawn sandwich which was lovely and crammed full of filling."
• "The food was excellent, really tasty, I had the calves liver which was delicious."
• "The food that we had pre-booked came out perfect and was delicious."
• "Lovely lovely food. Ordered t bone steak and the ham hock, cooked to perfection!!!"

Cons:

• "I had the liver which was tough."
• "The prawn cocktail starter was abysmal, very little sauce and the accompanying salad almost nonexistent."
• "The £15 burgers were dry and over cooked, I've had better burgers from a burger ban outside B&Q."
• "Bland tasteless, overpriced food."
• "Food was poor for the price came out looking overcooked some bits where chard on the edges."
• "The food didn't live up to expectations though."
• "The steak sandwich was disappointing."

Service

Pros:

• "They were, as we were well impressed with Cam Mill service and Staff and praised the food as being as good as they got in their area."
• "Would highly recommend!"
• "The staff are super friendly and it's always clean and tidy."
• "Service by our waitress was brilliant,could not ask for more."
• "The staff were fantastic and very helpful."
• "Service received during my last visit from Hannah was absolutely top class."
• "The staff were brilliant and couldn't have done more for us."

Cons:

• "The staff weren't very attentive."
• "Terrible service. 5 people in total served our table and it wasn't even busy."
• "Service was slow and the food overpriced."
• "Chairs and tables were a mess."
• "After starters the waitress removed the plate and dropped them on my partners lap..."
• "We got seated quickly but with a much bigger party upstairs the service was woeful."
• "The service was very slow. Only seemed to be one chap serving for both inside and out."