Farmyard Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was good, with great local ingredients and good flavours."
• "One of the best beef on the rib I ever had in my life. Ingredients quality are perfect."
• "The food was simply stunning. I particularly enjoyed the Binham blue cheese souffle."
• "The food is fantastic from the ideas to the plating to the flavours."
• "Consistently very good food and service; highly recommended."
• "Had the Cote de boeuf 1 kg steak to share was amazing one of best steaks had in a long while."
• "Superb bistro dining with local ingredients and stellar wine list."
• "Amazing food with focus on local and seasonal."

Cons:

• "I think perhaps I expected too much from my visit. I had the crab starter, tasty but small."
• "The sauces/flavours were fairly ordinary. I would expect something more special for this price."
• "Won’t recommend the tuna which is too-fancy rather close to Japanese tuna sashimi but too fishy to have."
• "Three poor courses - mussels in watery broth with no trace of the cider and chorizo promised."
• "Staff genuinely care about the customers. Food is quality over quantity and did not think it would fill me up, but it really did."
• "Honestly nothing special for the price of meal I paid and we had to be rushed to leave the table 1hr 15min later, left the place still hungry."
• "Disappointed as the prices are way over the top and the main meal was shockingly small. Over £25 for main which was worth maybe £5 to make."
• "Too expensive for what it is. Looks nice but no real substance. Very average food and inexperienced staff."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "A quiet lunchtime service on a Tuesday, but attentive enough to make the meal a pleasure."
• "Staff was very friendly. Ambiance of the restaurant would be a bit better."
• "The food was great and the service was absolutely superb. The lady who looked after us was delightful, highly professional."
• "Great food and service. Definitely a good find and would recommend this restaurant."
• "Service is friendly and unobtrusive."
• "The staff were friendly and attentive."
• "Staff were very nice, and the curry egg starter my Wife had was superb."
• "Service is amazing and the cocktails are fabulous so far so good :)"

Cons:

• "One further observation, the steak knives were possibly the worst I have ever used."
• "The atmosphere at the table was lovely, but music too loud and the style playing didn't really fit in."
• "Sadly the wait between taking our plates away and us eventually managing to flag them over was about 30 minutes, we'd also run out of drinks."
• "Open kitchen and industrial open plan seating lead to acrid smoke in the air and difficult to hear conversations."
• "The food was fantastic, unfortunately the service was extremely slow."
• "Although the food is to die for, albeit fairly expensive, we would not return. Very disappointed in the overall experience."
• "The quiet modern decor is the perfect foil for the delicious modern menu; which changes weekly to reflect the fresh offerings of the market."
• "Too noisy for us. Food was good though but we found it difficult to talk as it was full and the music was an unnecessary addition to all the background noise."

Atmosphere and Decor

Pros:

• "Amazing artwork on the wall by local and Scrawl Collective member, Will Barras too, which makes the establishment a visual delight too."
• "Ambiance of the restaurant would be a bit better."
• "Excellent friendly service, Superb dishes. I chose salmon and my friend chose the mushroom dish which was very tasty but maybe a little too spicy on harissa."
• "The atmosphere and decor are exceptional a very laid back attitude with some creative art choices."
• "The décor is clean and modern with a large mural on one wall, all the services (air conditioning, pipes, wiring etc) exposed across the ceiling and large industrial style lighting."
• "Lovely atmosphere (not ideal for a “loud type of party” though), staff very friendly and attentive, small but varied menu."
• "The atmosphere in the restaurant is unforgettable."
• "The open kitchen is a nice touch, so you can see the food being cooked and arriving at the pass."

Cons:

• "The chairs not too comfortable, and nowhere to put your coats (I had a long coat and the chairs are low)."
• "Open kitchen and industrial open plan seating lead to acrid smoke in the air and difficult to hear conversations."
• "Very noisy because of the 'industrial' style of the building. All the surfaces are hard and it was a real job to hear conversation on a table of 5."
• "Too noisy for us. Food was good though but we found it difficult to talk as it was full and the music was an unnecessary addition to all the background noise."