Parkers Arms Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The owner and staff are attentive and friendly."
• "Staff were friendly and helpful, like you were part of the family."
• "The staff were super nice about it all."
• "The wait staff were friendly and attentive."
• "Not only were the staff helpful, friendly, very professional and hospitable."
• "The staff were extremely welcoming and helpful, especially with our 7 month old son."
• "The staff were welcoming, friendly, and attentive to our needs."

Cons:

• "The service was slow and staff were not attentive in the circumstances."
• "I've seen a couple of reviews that says that service is very slow."
• "We then had to wait 25 minutes to order."
• "We were given 1 hour waiting time TO ORDER as we did not have a booking."
• "Tried to call ahead several times but the phone was never answered."
• "Sat outside hoping for a drink... No one came back so we left."
• "After being in an automated service for 5 mins, the call ended by telling us we needed to email as the phone number was not manned."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The cheese pie is probably the best pie I’ve ever had."
• "The menu had a great balance to it and the food was cooked to perfection."
• "The best pies we have ever had."
• "They offer great service and brilliant food."
• "Food was cooked to perfection."
• "All the food we had was to a very high standard."
• "Food was out of this world."

Cons:

• "The peppercorn sauce was just a buttery sauce with minimal cracked black pepper out of a grinder."
• "The food was very poor and very expensive for what we had would certainly not eat there again."
• "The pies though were a disappointment and both desserts lacked flavour or imagination."
• "Our starters came, prawns in a sauce which was black in colour which initially tasted nice but was so salty and fishy it was unpalatable."
• "Sadly though the rabbit was bone dry and tough, with a pastry far too fatty."
• "The mains caused us to leave, a piece of cod that was raw and a salmon burger with far too much salt."
• "Went for a Sunday lunch and will never visit again.. The food was disgusting."

Value

Pros:

• "For the money it represents great value."
• "They do a 3 course meal deal for only £25 and everything is locally sourced and made from scratch."
• "Still as good, food and wine superb."
• "The food was delicious and we thought very reasonably priced."
• "3 courses, all with good choices, at a price of £35 is more than great value."
• "Food is not cheap, but quality high."
• "The food is next level, you won’t get better, your taste buds will thank you!"

Cons:

• "However we booked a table for 19.30 on 6th August, drove all the way out there and discovered they'd closed for the day."
• "Came away feeling disappointed having paid £150 for what was a mediocre pub meal, over priced & over hyped."
• "3 course meal hugely overpriced at £50."
• "It was VERY expensive for what was offered."
• "Decent place, but incredibly overpriced for what it is (£26 for a Pie in a pub, with fries and seasonal veg is way too much)."
• "Unpleasantly granulated ice cream, that was so salty it left you gasping for water."
• "They even charged £1.50 for this. You could buy a whole sourdough loaf for this."

Ambience

Pros:

• "A gorgeous settling in Newton by Bowland."
• "Lovely cosy place to be too and it will be equally nice to sit outside in summer, beautiful surroundings!"
• "A wonderful all-around nice place with warm welcome and quirky nature."
• "Finally a peaceful time sitting outside in the garden which has a terrific view."
• "One of the finest restaurants I've ever experienced, the Parkers Arms is a special place."
• "Lovely traditional country pub with a limited but excellent menu."
• "Warm and relaxed atmosphere, well designed decor and fantastic food."

Cons:

• "The greeting we received was cold and abrupt and our apologies were not accepted."
• "I was also very disappointed and surprised by the run down appearance of the outside."
• "The place itself is rundown and needs attention to the exterior and interior."
• "It is tired and very cold, even with the fires on."
• "The service was friendly and attentive but the place itself lacks any sort of ambience."
• "Only negative was upstairs dining room a bit noisy. Needs damping."
• "The bar area can get very busy, firstly due to the fact that it is very small."

Booking & Reservation

Pros:

• "Online reservation was simple."
• "Important to book in advance though."
• "Visit if you are in the area but best to book I think."
• "The owners and staff were very welcoming."
• "Warm and friendly welcome staff."
• "The lovely people serving, one was the owner I think, were so friendly."
• "Front of House is warm and welcoming and that theme continues all through the meal."

Cons:

• "We were seated quite close to the kitchen and could not hear each other speak for a very loud woman screaming and shouting at someone in the kitchen!"
• "Booked well ahead for a Thursday lunch for a special occasion. On the Monday it was cancelled out of the blue citing the Bank Holiday as the reason."
• "I phoned twice to try and book dinner, bed & breakfast as a Christmas treat... they didn't have any information."
• "You'll end up with a phone call hours later to say it's all booked up after you've already organised people."
• "We responded in kind, wondering why we had not been contacted if there was a payment method rather than a faceless and very unfriendly auto cancellation."
• "Don't user the on-line booking system to book."
• "Your booking has been cancelled."