The Navigation Inn Lapworth Reviews Summary

Setting and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Lovely setting and interior and staff."
• "Really beautiful place to be in the sunshine, canal side with a beer just perfect."
• "Set by the canalside with a large garden and an extended area, there are lots of spaces to sit to enjoy a meal and a drink."
• "Lovely canal side pub..stopped for a drink after visiting packwood house just 5 mins away...but will be back to sample the food it looked scrummy and it's dog friendly...lovely beer garden."
• "Great canal-side pub! An excellent place to stop for refreshments if walking the canals."
• "A lovely pub - cosy inside and a delightful canalside setting outside."
• "Love it here. It's such a gorgeous setting here on a summers evening outside in the beer garden."

Cons:

• "The room was very dark, and needed light paint on the walls plus additional lighting."
• "Use to be a fab old fashioned country pub, but now someone has try to make it to a French girly bedroom style, just awful."
• "The place was soulless and such a shame that things always change for the worst…."
• "Noisy, cramped and a bit overpriced."
• "Pub could generally do with a bit of face lift."
• "Now it has been refurbished and prices have increased substantially."
• "When I visited none of the staff were wearing masks or protection. People were queuing to get in for a drink without masks."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff were very nice and welcoming."
• "Super friendly staff happy to help make your visit rememberable."
• "The service was good and cheerful staff."
• "Very friendly staff always make the experience that bit better."
• "Staff were pleasant friendly and helpful...we'll be back the mr grif!"
• "Staff very good efficient making sure your glass is full and you are looked after, very friendly especially Isabel for a young lady she made the oldies feel comfortable with her bubbly chat."
• "The service was efficient and friendly."

Cons:

• "Went there last Saturday and found a very limited menu so we had some drinks and when I asked for some lemon for my g&t the girl almost cracked up, then came back and almost dropped the drink on the table."
• "The service was shocking. We went for a Sunday roast and were left waiting for an hour in total, we had to go find someone to help us each time."
• "Staff, willing but inexperienced."
• "Good food, I am trying to be kind as I don't like to leave bad reviews but the service was bad to the point of incompetence."
• "Service was terrible, from being stood waiting to be acknowledged for a table to not being asked for a drinks order."
• "Ignored at the empty bar for 10 minutes, waited for 30 minutes for our orders to be taken, another 30 minutes to be delivered to the table."
• "The member of the bar staff I told seemed apologetic and said he'd get someone to sort things out. Then a woman came through chuntering and was very dismissive of us!"

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Yorkies were over cooked but meat and veg were good."
• "Hand pulled Guinness was tasty, Food was quality."
• "Good food at a good value."
• "Good food with efficient service."
• "Great chips/fries, coleslaw."
• "Food is fab."
• "The fish and chips was very nice. The batter was crispy and the fish was succulent - not greasy at all."

Cons:

• "Roast potatoes were undercooked, Yorkshire pudding not crispy. Beef was overcooked."
• "Nice place and lovely food although the steak & kidney pie was disappointing with only 3 small pieces of meat and 2 bits of kidney, Almost vegetarian 😀"
• "Food last night was really poor, we ordered the steak and the chicken burger. The steak was tough as an old man’s shoe and came out cold."
• "The halloumi fries had so much harissa you couldn't taste the halloumi."
• "Our risotto was stodgy and just lukewarm and the gammon ham would have made decent shoe leather."
• "Ordered pan fried chicken with a cheese/ bacon sauce. Disappointing. Very small portion of chicken, hardly any cheese sauce and a couple of minute dots of bacon!"
• "The meat on the burger very dry."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "A little expensive but not too far out there."
• "Friendly efficient staff, the food's of a good standard & priced fairly."
• "Really delicious food which was very good value for money."
• "Nothing pretentious about this place and although Price is not the criteria the Drinks are very reasonable."
• "Had fish and chips. Excellent. Well above average pub."
• "The food's great, staff are excellent and the garden is perfect on a sunny day."
• "The food is excellent."

Cons:

• "But on the expensive side for me."
• "More expensive than the average pub."
• "Attentive staff and good honest food albeit a little overpriced."
• "Good food, though not cheap. £100 for a family of four if your kids don't like the kiddies menu and it goes to three courses."
• "£2.50 for a pint of soda water with a slice of lemon!!!"
• "More expensive for food they never even have and when they do it’s terrible quality."
• "Bit expensive but it is worth the price."