Honey Bee Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Love the food, always great value for money and a large selection available."
• "The mix grill was well cooked and presented partner was happy with it."
• "Amazing food and massive range. Loads of vegetarian and vegan options."
• "The food is great and there is always deals on to help save the penny's, although you shouldn't worry about the cost as it's very affordable."
• "The burger meals we ordered were faultless, portion sizes are great also."
• "The ultimate southern fried chicken burger put a huge smile on my sons face and the dish combination was a true twist to the norm."
• "The food was exceptional."

Cons:

• "Food was good but service poor. No notification of short staff until just before the food came out, and 3 basic meals took an hour."
• "But I means we had to wait over 40 minutes for it and it's the worst roast dinner I've ever had."
• "Absolutely disgusting food !! We had a roast dinner, carrots were like chewing a piece of wood, stuffing balls needed a kango hammer to break up, Yorkshire puddings were like chewing on a brick."
• "Both of us had a burger and matching upset tum as a result."
• "The food arrived and it was cold and the chips were not cooked enough at all most of my daughters were hard to eat."
• "It was a boil in the bag meat and the trimmings that came with it has seen better days."
• "The bacon bites tasted like deep fried fat, and our dough balls were so undercooked that the dough was practically as if they made it and heated it in the microwave for just a few seconds."

Service

Pros:

• "Visited for dinner and the quiz... the new manager has made the pub a real part of the local community."
• "The serving waitress was lovely friendly and very considerate."
• "Emma serving on the bar but Kayleigh running around doing everything but always puts us first!"
• "Been twice in the last month & both times the staff have been very friendly, polite & chit chatty."
• "The staff at the honey bee are amazing. Food is great. Staff is friendly and helpful."
• "The Bar maid Rebecca was brilliant, very polite and very friendly and smiled a lot which is great."
• "Our server had great energy and was never too far away."

Cons:

• "Service was slow, tables were dirty, no cutlery or napkins on the tables, very disappointing."
• "Tonight before I even got halfway through the front door I was barked at by the new landlord about being in my work clothes."
• "Social distancing wasn't really observed and restaurant was boiling hot which wasn't great with slow service."
• "We arrived at 1 pm but did not get our food until gone 2 pm."
• "No ability from the staff to apologise or even keep update on why it’s was soooooo slow."
• "They were understaffed there was one guy serving at the bar taking food out and clearing tables which I think is terrible for a Saturday lunch time."
• "Slow, rude and incompetent service. In their defense they are clearly very understaffed."

Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Parking is free and plentiful and toilets were held to a high standard."
• "Toilets and tables are always clean."

Cons:

• "The toilets look like they haven’t been attended to in at least a week, marks on the wall, tissue everywhere and the smell could put you off your food for days."
• "The table was filthy and the ladies toilets were out of use to had to use the disabled- where there was no toilet paper and the sanitary bin was overflowing."
• "Wine wasn't chilled. Tables were sticky."
• "As I approached he dropped the cigarette on the floor at the front of his on pub and then walked straight passed me."
• "People walking in and out of the kitchen in outdoor clothing with hair everywhere."
• "Place was near empty - says a lot, and for all the time it's spent closed, it was pretty grubby still."
• "The tables were sticky as well as the menus."

Management

Pros:

• "The new management was not interested !!!"
• "Having gone through a number of changes in management I can safely say the new general manager woody is a breath of fresh air, friendly and inviting and engages with every customer that comes in."
• "Woody the wonderful Landlord was the perfect host."
• "Lovely pub with a great new management team, staff are very friendly and service is quick even at busy times."
• "Yet the new management are so friendly and caring towards all there customers."
• "The best manager by far was the ginger haired gentleman but he seems to have gone now."
• "The manager has done such a good job setting all of this up!"

Cons:

• "Manager (I presume that’s who she was) was unbelievably rude to my partner and young son."
• "Mary the manager here who I think is new is just unbelievably rude and up her own backside."
• "We had overheard the female owner having some sort of minor altercation with a gent in the pub."
• "The concerning part is we then saw the owner walk over to a GROUP of men double to triple the age of this young lad, and they then proceeded to group up on this lad while the owner stood there giggling!"
• "Also watching and listening to him walking and barking around the restaurant making himself clearly heard he was unbelievably rude, big headed."
• "Avoid like the plague. Mary the manager here who I think is new is just unbelievably rude and up her own backside."
• "Very disappointing, only booked today, wasn't told at time of booking there was no Grill meals available, which is odd as Thursday is Grill night!"

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "It has a comfortable 'classic pub' feel, and the folks here are friendly."
• "Such a lovely place to visit. Lively, bubbly and happy."
• "The Honey Bee is a lovely friendly pub. Great atmosphere, truly wonderful service."
• "This is a true family pub and well worth a visit for good atmosphere, great food and drink that won’t break the bank."
• "Lovely atmosphere, looking forward to my next visit very soon."
• "Everyone was welcoming and the atmosphere was great."
• "We love the atmosphere here such a friendly place."

Cons:

• "There was a very loud event going on and no evidence on the booking page that this was the case."
• "Full of under age drinkers, food and service dreadful, very small children running around the pub at 10.30 at night."
• "Atmosphere spoilt by screaming kids out of control."
• "Nice place, nice relaxed atmosphere - terrible food!"
• "However, we visited last night for some drinks and the staff were extremely rude."
• "Poor bar service the whole evening… had to wait constantly to be served and bar staff were not aware who was next."
• "Staff are very slow. Also staff unwilling to have a chat with other dinners about there kids running around and screaming even though 3 other customers complained."