Fishermans Rest Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Ambiance

Pros:

• "Staff were very pleasant, good ambiance in the place."
• "Inside it is much bigger than you imagine and very comfortable."
• "The atmosphere was winter warming."
• "The pub itself is in such a lovely location with a great garden and gentle stream right next to it."
• "This venue is in a lovely setting and always immaculately turned out."
• "Lovely old fashioned pub opposite Titchfield Abbey and right by a river."
• "A lovely family cosy pub."

Cons:

• "Unwelcome garden. No flowers. Seemingly no input to make the surroundings appealing."
• "Annoying point was door to garden kept slamming shut."
• "Horrendous to park the car - I was there at 1730 and nowhere to park, people were just abandoning their cars on the grassy area, blocking the pavement."
• "Food nothing special, decor drab and tables in need of refurb."
• "All the chairs are grubby."
• "Big garden, if a little shabby."
• "The overall decor of the place was a little dated inside... but it just created a warm and welcoming feel which was great!"

Service

Pros:

• "the bar staff served in good time and noticed when walked through the door with a smile"
• "The staff made us very welcome and couldn't have been more helpful."
• "Staff were so lovely and attentive."
• "Seriously Some of the nicest, intelligent, polite and fun young people work here."
• "The girls were rushed off their feet but such great staff."
• "Staff were all very polite and helpful."
• "Very friendly and helpful staff."

Cons:

• "Phone Reservation got an answer machine no called back until following day when hubby gave them my mobile which no one called so still no Reservation."
• "Would be nice if the staff new what desserts were not available."
• "We all complained, but no-one seemed to care what we were saying."
• "Service was diabolical with lack of communication!"
• "When we told staff two of us were still waiting after one had finished theirs they said they were still getting used to the app too, but it didn't make our meals come any faster."
• "All the staff seemed to vanish as we didn't see any for 30 mins."
• "We stood at the entrance, 3 members of staff ignored us."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Great visit, amazing roast dinner, friendly staff cool drinks."
• "The food was really good value and very tasty to boot."
• "Food was delicious, with good sized portions."
• "The food was delicious, portion sizes were generous and the ambience was perfect."
• "Food was presented well and very nice."
• "Food was excellent."
• "Food was fantastic, and fresh."

Cons:

• "The food was lacking flavour and the fish n chips had some fish that couldn't pronounce and was told its taste was not good."
• "One dish was overcooked on the outside and undercooked on the inside so was totally unedible."
• "somethings like the onion rings where burnt"
• "The roast beef, supposed to be served pink was dry and overcooked."
• "I asked for a medium steak, NOT a frozen then microwaved, inconsistently cooked, flaky mess with luminous blood."
• "The food is a disgrace, I had a Jacket Potato with bacon and cheese, the potato was extremely small."
• "The cauliflower cheese was rather watery and not at all cheesy."

Value

Pros:

• "Reasonable priced nothing to much bother."
• "Both food and bar all at reasonable prices."
• "Pints aren't too expensive food is also great for the price and the portion sizes are amazing for what you pay."
• "Varied menu with many tempting choices at reasonable cost."
• "Seemingly the last bastion of reasonably priced drinks in the local area."
• "Food has been great, very tasty and plenty of it."
• "Highly recommend this establishment for food and drink 10/10."

Cons:

• "£18 for 2 double vodka’s. Living crisis who??"
• "The prices have gone up to becoming over expensive."
• "Change menu to boring pub food."
• "The pie was labelled as Award Winning, but it didn't say what the Award was for....... Mmmmmmm.? Lots of pie, but not enough filling."
• "All food was very over cooked. Cauliflower cheese was like mush, tiny portion of limp over cooked veg, beef tough and roasties ruined."
• "The veg was almost non existent, the potatoes and Yorkshire pudding were over baked and the stuffing was very hard."
• "I was disappointed with the roast... the beef wasn't pink as described and all the meat had fatty bits."