The King's Head Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Just had the most amazing and delicious Sunday roast and choc pot pudding."
• "The food as usual was hot, tasty and delicious; well presented and generous portions."
• "The suet streak and kidney pie was delicious as was the Sticky toffee pudding."
• "Fantastic food and the prices were very reasonable."
• "The hunters chicken was delicious, as was the Brie and veg bake."
• "Food was excellent."
• "Brie bacon & cranberry sandwich meal was lush."

Cons:

• "Even though the food was brilliant, my first thought of seeing the chips on my plate was that they were burnt."
• "Main course Lincolnshire beef dry, chips hard not cooked."
• "Unfortunately food was very disappointing, I'm not sure if they have been taken over or perhaps the regular chef wasn't there?"
• "Unfortunately horribly let down by below average food."
• "The main i got roast chicken breast with mine and my god dry is a understatement tasted very flavourless."
• "The gammon was so salty it inedible."
• "The 'chef' appears to think that dousing gristle with copious amounts of salt will transform it into a sumptuous meal. It doesn't!"

Service

Pros:

• "Fabulous dog friendly local pub and great service by friendly staff."
• "The young chap who served us was extremely pleasant and helpful."
• "The staff were fab, very friendly and attentive."
• "Super staff and great service."
• "The service we received was very good too."
• "The service was excellent."
• "Service was excellent, the plates were clean when we finished which says more than words on the quality."

Cons:

• "The service however was slow."
• "People came and went, but those people all stood over us whilst we ate our meal."
• "All staff were really young with no experience."
• "It wasn't overly busy and they I believe had five people serving at times."
• "Service was dysfunctional with the waiters lacking enthusiasm or friendliness."
• "Staff not that attentive - had to remind twice to see pudding options, plus was not asked whether we wanted additional drinks."
• "Service wasn't good, we had to keep asking for someone to take order, then again for deserts."

Ambiance and Location

Pros:

• "Fantastic atmosphere and great country pub/restaurant."
• "Lovely pub, a chocolate box, picturesque place, with a lovely out door garden."
• "What a beautiful pub! Full of character, lovely garden, attentive service."
• "Such a lovely 14th century pub in one of Lincolnshire's most beautiful villages."
• "Beautiful country pub, large beer garden, dog friendly and great for walks."
• "Gorgeous thatched pub in the idyllic village of Tealby."
• "A beautiful thatched pub set in the heart of the Lincolnshire Wolds in the pretty village of Tealby."

Cons:

• "Inside was not as you would expect from the outside plain white walls grey wood work, looked neglected, really bad smell either drains or cabbage had been on for a week."
• "No atmosphere, definitely not child friendly."
• "Ambiance was poor (Barry Manilow album on loop - mentioned this to 3 different staff but no one thought to change."
• "Social distancing between tables not so good, I felt fine when we first got there then but then more people arrived and were sat down too close to us."
• "Not a very friendly pub we are From a little village in Yorkshire we like nice atmospheres and friendly staff I thought there was none of both."
• "Table was located next to busy 3 way walkway with staff constantly walking by."
• "Place was so packed with drinkers staff didn’t visit our table."