The Extraordinary Hare Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Very, very friendly and amazing service."
• "They used lovely china crockery and the service was first class."
• "Service still came with a smile the food was very good as was the last time we visited for a meal."
• "Great atmosphere - very relaxed. Gluten free and dairy free is well catered for here."
• "The young ladies who dealt with us are a credit to the management."
• "Excellent service..We visited with our young rescue dog and the staff were great with her."
• "The staff were friendly, the food was good and the portions had to be seen to be believed."
• "The staff were very friendly and helpful. Really would like the thank Seth for looking after us."

Cons:

• "The other waitressing staff were young and being honest all over the place...sometimes even non existent."
• "The food was distinctly average (although expensive)."
• "She blamed us for expecting too much from an industry already suffering, and said my 'bad mood ' (?) must have affected our meal."
• "Horrified when we got the bill that they charge £2.35 for tap water which was more than the half diet coke my partner had."
• "Waited around for ages to be served while they tended to everyone else around us."
• "The hair I found was a black eyelash in the salad and a short black curl in the tea."
• "Staff were very helpful and polite, food was lovely. Over all we had a great meal in a friendly and relaxed setting."
• "The meal itself was good quality but far too many chips with the spare ribs."

Food

Pros:

• "The food tasted great."
• "The afternoon tea was lovely."
• "The food arrived piping hot and fresh around 25/30 mins later (which shows it's homemade, none of this fast microwave food)."
• "The food is clearly cooked from scratch and has a wonderful traditional home-made feel about it."
• "The food was amazing, the atmosphere was lovely and we had the most amazing funny, friendly, chatty waitress."
• "The food was plentiful and tasty, the service was timely and efficient, and the evening was thoroughly enjoyable."
• "Had a fantastic meal tonight, the food was amazing."
• "I ordered the haloumi kebab for £14.95, and couldn't believe the (large) size of the portion and the variety of good on the platter."

Cons:

• "Portion was so small it would have fitted on a side plate. Very disappointing! We left hungry!"
• "The food was distinctly average (although expensive)."
• "The chef was shouting at the barman one minute singing at the top of his voice the next."
• "I have never seen so much food wasted and I've been to an all you can eat in vegas."
• "When the main meals came my gammon was as described but I was a little concerned that the cheese may be hiding a rough cut of meat."
• "Despite high reviews, we experienced less than ideal service, and we spent over 2 hours here, most of which were due to waiting times for meals and getting our orders wrong."
• "We had a thoroughly enjoyable time, the food was plentiful and tasty, the service was timely and efficient, and the evening was thoroughly enjoyable."
• "The atmosphere and service is overall good, very friendly staff, loved the added touches in the bathroom for the ladies, we went for a Sunday lunch, and in all honesty it wasn't that great."

Ambiance and Decor

Pros:

• "Beautiful place, great design."
• "Lovely pub with country surroundings and easy to get to."
• "The pub itself is clean and has lovely decor without being over fancy."
• "Even the decor and atmosphere were lovely."
• "The pub is lovely and cosy and the staff are attentive, friendly and welcoming."
• "Wonderful pub! Great food, fresh ingredients large helpings. Very relaxed atmosphere and super clean."
• "Great renovation which balanced giving a modern update while keeping with tradition."
• "Nice food, pleasant staff, good range of drinks and nice decor."

Cons:

• "Also it's looking pretty tired around the edges, and generally quite dirty too."
• "The atmosphere and service is overall good, very friendly staff, loved the added touches in the bathroom for the ladies, we went for a Sunday lunch, and in all honesty it wasn't that great."
• "The meat was over cooked, dry & cold and the vegetables were very under cooked."
• "Food was sporadic in coming, when it did arrive we had no cutlery."
• "We arrived at 7.00pm and by 9.40pm we hadn’t been asked for our dessert order?"
• "Why invest so much money in this project and not have the food and staff right?"
• "Food was good if a little slow but it was peak time and extremely busy so will forgive the service."
• "The extraordinary thing is although their website quite clearly states that on Saturdays food is served from 12:00-21:00 they were not serving food when we came at 16:00."