The Black Bull Haworth Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The Bar Manager/ Landlord seemed to be on his own at the time, but kept a great level of service."
• "Excellent, friendly service."
• "The bar staff are amazing, helpful, friendly and super efficient."
• "Really helpful friendly staff who went out to of their way to help my aged parents (and me!), great food locally sourced, excellently cooked."
• "The staff were extremely welcoming couldn't be more helpful."
• "Friendly, helpful staff."
• "The Manager and his staff gave us the warmest welcome and we had a brilliant evening."

Cons:

• "Extremely unfriendly staff, avoid this pub there is a much nicer one opposite."
• "Maybe a few more staff members would make the landlord less stressed and more friendly, less miserable and maybe develop a sense of humour."
• "The service is very slow so no improvements from last year."
• "Not the friendliest staff even though the pub wasn't very busy."
• "Terrible Service, 30 min wait just for beer."
• "The service was terrible, they have employed young people that appear to lack in customer service skulls."
• "Arrived for a drink only. The bar lady appeared very harassed and I almost felt that I was an inconvenience."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "We just had a roast Dins and it was truly AMAZING, piping hot with aside of veg."
• "Chips so yummy."
• "Food was amazing. All 3 of us ordered the scampi. Well worth the price."
• "Had a lovely Sunday lunch. Roast pork with all the trimmings."
• "Today called for 3 course Sunday lunch. Each course was beautiful and we could not fault a single thing."
• "Food was nice for a convenient lunch - I tried the beef brisket sandwich and the chicken club sandwich and enjoyed both, but particularly recommend the beef."
• "The steak sandwich and chips were also beautifully presented. The steak itself was delicious."

Cons:

• "The decor is very dated and feels drab. Food is substandard."
• "Food was cold and under cooked .. both had beef lunch .. the yorkshire pub was fab the meat needed longer and the veg was cold."
• "Poor food mostly frozen mashed potatoes were full of lumps...sausages...had better from Aldi."
• "All the food was poor, the ‘creamy chicken’ was a bowl full of greasy pasta with some chicken pieces and mushrooms in."
• "I had the butter milk chicken burger, which came undercooked and soggy, stone cold chips and a 'side salad' was shredded lettuce."
• "The lasagna came cold, though it was taken to be replaced and came back hot. Even then, it was dry but at least had plenty meat."
• "We ordered four different meals. All were atrocious. Hot hard pies, under cooked veggies, under cooked sausages dried out old tasting Yorkshire puddings."

Ambience & Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Large pub right by the church in the middle of the village."
• "Lovely pub and staff, reasonably priced."
• "What a wonderful pub this is, friendly staff, nice drinks what more can I ask for."
• "The pub itself was very well presented and very clean."
• "Nice pub in a lovely location at the top of the main street in Haworth."
• "A very old building but good old clean style inside."
• "Nice atmosphere, able to sit outside in the beautiful surroundings oh Howarth, West Yorkshire."

Cons:

• "The decor is very dated and feels drab."
• "The toilets could be cleaner."
• "Has potential, but rooms are a let down. Not very clean and no breakfast."
• "Room was poorly furnished with extraordinarily uncomfortable bed and shabby linen."
• "Considering this pub should be typical of the ambience of the village, it is all wrong."
• "Been to the black bull on numerous occasions before lockdown. Always enjoy the food but was disappointed that it no longer has any of the original pictures."
• "Such a shame as it's a beautiful pub with lots of history, but I guess they rely on that to get people in and have a big enough tourist flow to not bother listening to feedback."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Lovely pub and staff, reasonably priced."
• "Excellently priced for the portion sizes you won't go hungry."
• "Really good portions and great value for money, so were the drinks."
• "The beer was reasonably priced."
• "Tasty food, large portions & reasonably priced."
• "Really, really enjoyable experience. Top notch food which we thought was amazing value for money."
• "The food was reasonably priced and delicious."

Cons:

• "All in all not worth the £27:00 odd we payed also free WiFi....only for 30 mins then you pay...So It's Not Free is it?"
• "Complete waste of money, and spoilt an otherwise great day in Howarth."
• "1940s weekend was on so price of ale was very expensive over £5 a pint."
• "Prices are outrageous! Just because bramwell bronte apparently used to come here they seem to think it's OK to charge through the roof."
• "The only enjoyable thing was the drinks which were massively overpriced."
• "At £15 each the meals were disappointing."
• "Oh dear be warned £2.50 for a pint of soda and cordial???"