The Fighting Cocks Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Fantastic!!.. food was lovely and the staff were great, friendly and welcoming."
• "Sunday roast was very nice."
• "Food is lovely and cater for food allergies too."
• "Best food on the isle of wight."
• "The food was excellent and well priced, my partner said that it was one of the best lasagnas he'd eaten."
• "Food is lovely with good choices on the menu. Reasonably priced and nice portions."
• "Food fantastic. Specials board to die for."

Cons:

• "Sadly for my family this pub is slipping, the lasagne on the first occasion had more melted cheese than Pasta and meat."
• "The food appeared microwaved, poor quality."
• "Friendly staff and nice atmosphere but the roast dinner we had was below standard."
• "The fish was overcooked and very greasy, the steak was tough, the burgers were charred and dry and the chips on all plates were undercooked and cold."
• "I had macaroni cheese which was dry and tasteless."
• "The two meals that failed to live up to expectation were the Gourmet Burger which was dry and tasteless."
• "Food very poor quality."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff and owners are welcoming, hospitable, polite and friendly."
• "Service was good and quick once we had managed to order."
• "The staff were outstanding!!!"
• "Service was prompt the team was polite and very helpful, place Was very clean."
• "Service was very quick and staff extremely helpful."
• "Excellent service, very friendly and very quick!"
• "Staff friendly service good and prices acceptable."

Cons:

• "We got in for 7:30, we pressed the buzzers repeatedly before getting the staff's attention the old fashioned way."
• "They didn't answer and weren't particularly interested in taking responsibility when I got to the restaurant to find that they were fully booked."
• "Service is slow to be polite, my roast appeared but no vegetables so pushed the button to call the staff and still took a while for them to deliver a dish to me."
• "Food was nice but bar service very slow with only two tills and two barmaids run ragged."
• "Although they say it’s table service... every time we pushed the button nobody would come."
• "The call button on the table is fairly useless though, as we waited ten minutes for service."
• "Last night the service was extremely slow."

Atmosphere & Facilities

Pros:

• "Really well setup pub, loads of activities for children, slick app ordering system via app, really friendly staff."
• "Lovely atmosphere, tables NOT packed like sardines."
• "Lovely place for families especially with younger children as a big play area with lots of inflatables."
• "Play area is great to keep the kids entertained; Bouncy castles, play park area and go karts, also a separate smaller park for the under 5's."
• "Fantastic family pub."
• "Great play area for families. Two bouncy castles, a playground and a go-cart track."
• "Excellent play areas for children of all ages including a bouncy castle and a go cart track."

Cons:

• "The child play area is good, but toddler swings are right Infront of the entrance to the garden meaning coming in and out of the garden children are nearly being hit by the swings."
• "Only downside it's a shame that parents can't control their children. The table next to ours changed 3 times in the space of 16 minutes due to the noise of the children running riot."
• "Only mild down side is no real shade in play area for children especially with the heat at present!"
• "Kids activities appear to be a free for all so if you have little ones take care."
• "Inside is getting tired and dated. It needs a complete revamp."
• "There was also black mould all over the wall across from us."
• "My husband an I Was totally put off by what I can only describe as a real bad overpowering smell like a real bad dirty mop."