Old Ferry Boat Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Has good food and vegan choices."
• "Excellant food, tasty and hot."
• "The food we ordered was piping hot, nicely presented, and delicious."
• "Our meals were delicious, fresh and piping hot."
• "The food was absolutely excellent, bursting with flavor and prepared to perfection."
• "The food here was delicious."
• "Food was fantastic and definitely worth the money."

Cons:

• "Worst roast dinner I've ever eaten, everything was from a frozen bag and microwaved."
• "Lasagne was burnt and dry, hunters chicken hard and over cooked and the muscles were like eating pebbles."
• "Definitely frozen veg from a bag the potatoes where like cardboard it wasn't great atall."
• "Food was terrible quality and swimming in grease."
• "The food however was only OK unfortunately, especially mains of mussels and steak sandwich that arrived luke warm at best."
• "Mashed potatoes and peas both dull and dried up, looked and tasted as though they had been left on the side and then microwaved."
• "The whole meal was small and feel that this was really over priced, and with expensive drinks."

Service

Pros:

• "The Staff are friendly and doing their very best in challenging times."
• "The team leader especially was checking everyone was ok and were happy with their meals."
• "The staff were not only attentive and friendly but went above and beyond to ensure a great experience."
• "The staff were very helpful, knowledgeable about the area and friendly."
• "Friendly staff and very helpful nothing too much trouble."
• "Staff were friendly, appreciated the 'thanks a latte' jokes when the coffees came out."
• "Staff were friendly, food was excellent couldn't ask for better."

Cons:

• "All the time we could see the manageress floating around but no apology was made."
• "No one came and checked on us."
• "Very dissappointed with the food. 45min wait once we had ordered even tho we had booked, run out of quite a few items."
• "It was then over 1hr30 mins wait for our food."
• "Staff made no attempt to explain or check in at any point and didn’t apologise when leaving."
• "Service extremely poor. There appeared only 2 staff on duty and restaurant was fully booked, including outside."
• "The service was terrible, polite but not enough staff at all."

Ambiance & Location

Pros:

• "Shame as it’s a lovely pub in a lovely location."
• "Really nice place very friendly staff really nice atmosphere and a hot Sunny day you can sit outside in the beer garden enjoying the view of the river."
• "Location is amazing, for having a drink outside it's the nicest place around."
• "It is a great location and for popping and getting a drink, overlooking the river when the sun out, it will not let you down."
• "The pub itself is really beautiful, it’s in a great location & just looks stunning!"
• "Lovely thatched pub, reputed to be the oldest in England. Views over the river Ouse."
• "A lovely old pub located next to the river Ouse. Lots of character and atmosphere."

Cons:

• "The place was looking worse for wear too."
• "First visit after major refurb which in my opinion has ruined the oldest pub in England with a modern look!"
• "This pub shames the entire Greene King brand. The outdoor area is litter strewn."
• "The garden is great in the summer and my kids love the fact that the place is haunted! The toilets are where it’s at though..... lots of leg room enabled me to have a comfortable yet highly satisfying poo poo from my bum bum."
• "This pub feels abandoned and forgotten."
• "It doesn't get much better inside. 95% of the beer taps were off."
• "Place looks empty and run down. Used to be a good pub."