The Marsh Harrier Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "This isn't your average 'pub grub' this is very high quality food without any of the gastro pub nonsense."
• "Food is fab - the beef dripping with my steak was a real treat."
• "Food was lovely, generous proportions and cooked well."
• "The food was excellent, beautifully served and cooked to perfection."
• "The food was really lovely, had Sea Bass main and cheesecake for dessert."
• "The food was delicious, their wine selection was great."
• "The food was amazing."

Cons:

• "The beef was quite strange. It was nice & tender but very very salty!"
• "Food hardly tasted of anything, the only decent thing I got there was the sweet potato fries and a bottle of J2o."
• "Food tasted OK but was cold as probably sat waiting to be served as it took an age to come out."
• "The Gamon was over cooked and the poached eggs were hard."
• "Fish cakes were dry and overcooked."
• "The turkey was dry as was the pork."
• "Food was greasy and not particularly tasty."

Service

Pros:

• "The service was spot on, and the atmosphere was beautiful."
• "He also helped us out when we were having trouble with a money off voucher, ensuring we were able to use the discount."
• "Staff were welcoming and very helpful and patient especially with my two year old granddaughter."
• "Service quick and professional."
• "Service was excellent on this visit and Jen made it a really fun experience for us all."
• "Service was prompt and friendly."
• "The staff went out of their way to accommodate us at last minute- which we were really grateful for!"

Cons:

• "Arrived to find a very hectic restaurant."
• "The table was not cleaned properly and the menus were dirty and creased."
• "The barman threatened the rest of us, that he would throw us all out if we smuggled her an alcoholic drink."
• "Service....slow and confusing as all other tables had service whereas we did not and was told they didn't do that."
• "The service was appalling, it took 10 minutes before we were offered a drink."
• "Service was so slow, waited over 15 minutes before our drinks order was taken."
• "Service was unbelievably incompetent."

Ambience

Pros:

• "The place is so lovely, warm and welcoming."
• "The atmosphere was lovely (with mulled wine and the fireplaces 😊😊)."
• "Lovely, warm and friendly ambience."
• "Really lovely big pub with lots of old quirky pictures and 'stuff'. Beautifully decorated."
• "The Marsh Harrier is a warm, clean and welcoming place."
• "The place inside is dreamy, we loved the way it’s the interior designed."
• "The building itself is gorgeous, really well decorated and full of character."

Cons:

• "It was extremely cold and we could hear other guests complaining about this too."
• "But the main thing the restaurant was freezing we had to put our coats over our laps."
• "The place was absolutely freezing."
• "When we visited it was freezing in there."
• "The place was absolutely freezing, we asked to move, which the lovely waitress did move us but it was still cold."
• "It is dark as well so you really can't even see to read the menu."
• "The food was fine and as we hadn't booked the main dining room was full. We ate in a smaller room to the side but we had a real 🔥 so were quite happy."

Value

Pros:

• "Reasonable value for money."
• "We will come back with friends."
• "Oh, and the value was unexpected too, a family of 4 had 4 mains 4 desserts, 2 pints of beer and a glass of wine for £100."
• "Fair price at this time 1 x starter 2 mains, two cocktails, 2 small white wine 2 sweet £94 on card & £10 cash tip."
• "Worth downloading the vintage inn app as we got 40% off our main meals."
• "They do a 2 course Monday to Friday lunch for £11.95."
• "Very good portions, very good produce and very good value for money definitely a 5* rating from me."

Cons:

• "The Sunday roast was nothing special and overpriced."
• "The food is well over priced!"
• "The food was tasteless and over priced."
• "Mains were average at best but massively over priced and I could have got a better quality meal and a wholly better experience at any local pub for half the price."
• "We feel the prices of food & drink are a little high, but the quality is good."
• "All in all it was OK but paying north of £40 per head not great."
• "It's a chain and for a chain it seems on the expensive side."