Harvester Fountain Milton Keynes Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "This was a great place, very homey and Olde worlde with low beams."
• "The old building is bursting with character, waiting staff were always on hand."
• "The pub is a lovely thatched roof cottage style building, and has extensions built on over the years."
• "Really nice rustic English pub setting and the bar area and rear beer garden are nice."
• "A beautiful place to eat and the staff are friendly and helpful."
• "Inviting restaurant, nice rustic style."
• "Good atmosphere and a nice building."

Cons:

• "We haven't been here in years, the place is looking a bit tired."
• "Menus were old and very worn out."
• "The ceiling had cobwebs and there were flies around my food area at the back."
• "The outside seemed rather dog-earred & tatty with lots of cigarette butts everywhere."
• "The only downside for me, is that it's pretty dark inside and the furniture (some chairs) were a bit grubby."
• "The place looks so shabby."
• "The seating was really uncomfortable - one side had a bench and the other had chairs."

Service

Pros:

• "Amazing customer service during this pandemic, we witnessed everything being disinfected after every use all the way down to the menus."
• "Staff lovely and gave excellent service."
• "Service was great. Nice team of young people. Very attentive."
• "Greeted and dealt by wonderful staff throughout the evening."
• "Beth the waitress was great, very polite, patient and professional."
• "The staff were kind, friendly and very helpful."
• "The staff made this evening so wonderful for us and I would like to thank them and really recommend this particular harvester."

Cons:

• "The lad who took our order did not appear to listen to anything we said."
• "We will not return to the fountain after such poor service and spending mush a large amount of money."
• "The place also looked very understaffed."
• "We booked a table but it wasn't ready and we had to chase for it, we weren't called up when it was ready."
• "also waited at least 10 minutes at the reception before anyone came to seat us and it wasn't busy."
• "Staff were lovely, but service was a bit slow...possibly didn't help that there were 9 of us on a Saturday evening and there appeared to be only one staff member taking orders etc."
• "Service was EXTREMELY slow."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Cracking breakfast, served with a lovely smile for three hungry guys!"
• "Food was alright save for the half rack of ribs which hardly had any meat on the bone."
• "Nice food and cocktails for good price."
• "The fish was excellent, perfectly cooked and the batter wasn't heavy, nice and light."
• "Absolutely delicious breakfast. fast service."
• "The food was delicious, without a doubt it was among the best burgers I had recently, they even have a free salad bar."
• "The food was great and good value."

Cons:

• "Ladies toilets leave much to be desired."
• "The steak was tougher than an old boot and not cooked as requested."
• "The food wasn’t that great to be honest, sweet potato fries, I had were soggy and the peas were anaemic."
• "Food. Bland, just bland no amount of sauce could have saved my ribs."
• "Poor quality good rolls dry and stale no plates chicken and ribs very dry been left over from lunchtime and the apple crumble was just a bowl of mush."
• "Both fish dishes ordered were under cooked."
• "Food very poor not cooked properly."