The Woolly Sheep Inn Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Skipton

Address: 38 Sheep St, Skipton, BD23 1HY, United Kingdom

Phone: +441756700966

Rating: 4.4
based on 293 reviews.

Accommodation

Pros:

  • "Room was so spotless, everything we needed, lots of tea and coffee! Nice biscuits!"
  • "Lovely and cosy... staff are very considerate and we had a gorgeous room."
  • "Our room in the old, original part of the building was small but everything worked well."
  • "Room was perfect, food was excellent."
  • "Our room was modern and well equipped, very clean with a beautiful bathroom."
  • "The room was spotless and very comfortable."
  • "Lovely hotel in the centre of Skipton, very comfortable bedroom."

Cons:

  • "If you intend stopping over access to rooms in the main building is not disable friendly which did cause me some discomfort."
  • "We only had one problem with this room it was the green exit light above the door. It was very bright during the night and shines directly onto the double bed."
  • "You can hear noise from other rooms so if a light sleeper may be disturbed."
  • "The room wasn't very clean."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was amazing, we had the burger and the prawn linguine, both of which were amazing and good sized portions too!"
  • "The prices were great, and the quality of the food was truly exceptional."
  • "Brilliant traditional pub, amazing menu and fantastic food."
  • "Nothing on the menu is as simple as it sounds - the chef is imaginative an his dishes are innovative, delicious and plentiful."
  • "The food is high class."
  • "The food was cooked to perfection, the Timothy Taylors was spot on."
  • "The food is amazing full of flavour."

Cons:

  • "The spicy bit is so overwhelming that I had no idea what the ingredients were."
  • "The toffee pudding was basically a muffin with sauce on with a scoop of icecream in a brandy snap basket served on a huge dish which made it look even smaller."
  • "I had a “minute steak” ciabatta, which was completely grey despite asking for it pink / red."
  • "The dumplings were very dry, beef overcooked & too chewy."
  • "Food is awful and expensive, don’t eat here!"
  • "The food is not that good, didn't seem homemade, more like what you expect at a Wetherspoons."
  • "The black bean burger is disgusting."

Service

Pros:

  • "Our server was Kaitlyn and was attentive polite and did not stop smiling all the time we were there."
  • "Staff very friendly and attentive."
  • "All the staff were friendly and helpful."
  • "The staff were really nice and friendly and took our orders quickly."
  • "The servers were very accommodating and asked us many times if we need a drinks top up."
  • "Service was excellent, especially from Patrick!"
  • "The staff were very welcoming and friendly."

Cons:

  • "Allergies were not take seriously when expressed."
  • "Management was dismissive."
  • "Indifferent staff."
  • "Was met at the door by the most ignorant girl I have ever met. Totally unhelpful."
  • "Staff very rude, called in for a drink sanitized our hands on arrival then took a pen and form to sign in, we did not stay."
  • "Very rude staff got told my children where out of control and possessed by the devil."
  • "Staff are patronising, condescending, unhelpful and rude."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Drinks extremely reasonable (good sized glass of lemonade for 70p!)."
  • "Excellent value for the money."
  • "Good value for money. Highly recommend and will definitely stay again."
  • "Good value as well we thought a normal fish and chip portion for less than a tenner."
  • "Off street parking was a great deal too."
  • "Portions and prices were very competitive."
  • "Food good and good value."

Cons:

  • "We also had a bottle of wine £21.99 very expensive."
  • "Just under £3 for HALF a pepsi and just under £2 for a small sparkling water."
  • "Quite expensive for a scrap of lunch but nicely presented and tasty."
  • "It's very expensive for the quality too, £15 for a pie and chips."
  • "£9.50 for a large glass of wine."
  • "Beers rather overpriced about £5 a pint and food not competitive compared to other local pubs that offer food."
  • "Not cheap for a pub."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "It’s a warm and cozy place."
  • "Cosy and a popular pub."
  • "Always an absolute pleasure to visit, a unique and quirky pub."
  • "The atmosphere very welcoming."
  • "A recently refurbished beer garden is outside."
  • "Such a great atmosphere and to carry on with amazing food and some great ALEs."
  • "Cosy, warm, thoroughly traditional pub with a welcome to match."

Cons:

  • "The entrance to the bar, when waiting to be seated, smells of stale urine."
  • "Mediocre vegetarian Sunday roast and actually a fairly depressing atmosphere."
  • "Watching her lie amongst the cigarette butts in the beer garden was depressing."
  • "A good atmosphere, with a decent beer / cigarette garden out the back."
  • "Felt about as welcoming as a bus station snack bar."
  • "Pretty much standing room only on this busy Friday night... too loud and way too full."
  • "Very busy, no inside seating as there just is not enough..told to sit in the beer garden, but heating is very poor."

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