Elveden Inn Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Setting

Pros:

• "Fantastic local pub / hotel. In gorgeous setting."
• "The Elveden Inn has a lovely atmosphere."
• "A beautiful place I love the inside. A lovely homey feeling and great atmosphere."
• "Lovely building and good menu."
• "We noticed the beautiful surrounding of the Elveden."
• "A lovely, cosy but clean and tidy pub where they were more than happy to cater for a family of four and a dog!"
• "A beautiful Inn located in a beautiful area."

Cons:

• "Upon arrival the place was cold, the tables were laid up with no place mats, few decorations, there was absolutely no atmosphere whatsoever."
• "Shame that when we arrived had to walk through large crowd sat around entrance drinking and smoking, very off putting."
• "Smokers blocking the entrance and making me feel rude for trying to get through them into the pub."
• "The place exudes a sense that they are doing the customers an almighty favour and we should be grateful."
• "It was very disappointing. Basically, three ingredients - carrot, red cabbage and chickpeas. It was unappetising and completely dominated by the strong red cabbage which was coarsely chopped and raw."
• "No idea why it has become this awful, but we wont be going back."
• "Disgusting service. Do not give them your money they do not deserve it."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff friendly and attentive."
• "Staff were so friendly and helpful."
• "The staff are very friendly."
• "The staff were very friendly and helpful."
• "Staff very kind and helpful."
• "Staff was absolutely brilliant, polite courteous and quick to take our order."
• "The staff were all cheerful and helpful and efficient."

Cons:

• "Waiting a long, long time between courses."
• "The staff don’t seem to enjoy their jobs one bit."
• "Service at the bar was incredibly slow."
• "The service was painfully slow, we had to chase up the waitress several times."
• "We waited 1 hour 15 mins before anyone took our order."
• "The major failure of this place is always the service."
• "Service was slow and the waitresses were more interested in chatting to each other in the bar area."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Good simple menu. Great food."
• "Once the food arrived, it was worth the wait."
• "Food was excellent."
• "The food was REALLY good, too: high class twists on the pub classics and some really tasty additions."
• "One of the nicest burgers I've tasted."
• "The Elvedon Burger which is quite possibly the best burger I've ever had."
• "The food was fabulous!"

Cons:

• "The food certainly wasn't anything to rave about, but it wasn't bad."
• "The evening meal was very disappointing unfortunately."
• "The food wasn’t anything special, very basic compared to The Guinness Arms."
• "Really disappointing meal."
• "Salmon kievs very disappointing, barely any salmon inside, over priced and not great."
• "The starter was incredibly bland and tasteless."
• "The food was very bland to say the least (not sure they have heard of seasoning)."

Accommodation

Pros:

• "We stayed in the Singh Room which was incredibly clean and welcoming, with the added bonus of some great history."
• "A lovely warm family room (Roe Deer), with plenty of space, comfy beds and a superb bathroom/shower."
• "Such a comfy bed and very cosy!"
• "The room was spotless and spacious."
• "Rooms very comfortable and staff very obliging."
• "Room excellent."
• "The room was spacious, clean and very comfortable."

Cons:

• "Cheap seat on toilet."
• "Nice comfortable room- though at the front- so lots of road noise as windows had to be open on a hot night."
• "The portions were ridiculously small. half a carrot and 1 shallot just doesn’t cut it!"
• "We stayed in early July with high temperatures and were slowly boiled alive as we slept."
• "The dark blue handrails showed they had not been wiped in a long time."
• "Only one criticism, found the double bed a bit small, there is room on either side to replace with a larger bed in due course, but when you're used to a larger bed, it does disturb sleep."
• "Not disabled friendly at all!"

Value

Pros:

• "And was shocked at how little the bill was for 2 meals and few drinks!"
• "Price was what you would expect, £12.95 per person but it was fresh and cooked well."
• "The prices aren't too dear."
• "Love their chips! It was so tasty and great value."
• "Reasonably priced, nice garden area and Tesla Supercharger site."
• "We really enjoyed the meal which doesn't break the bank."
• "Pricey, but you get what you pay for."