Bunch of Carrots Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was absolutely fantastic we all thoroughly enjoyed it!"
• "The food is excellent with an extremely good value for money carvery, I also cannot praise the pork belly highly enough."
• "The food is marvellous."
• "The food is amazing."
• "The food was spectacular!"
• "Food, particularly carvery is hearty and good."
• "The food was delicious, very reasonably priced, the carvery was superb."

Cons:

• "Will never return to the Bunch of Carrots."
• "Food was not the best, very small portions of meat and the service was not good."
• "Was very let down and paid over 30pounds waist of money I think I will not go back again."
• "The whole meal was most enjoyable and my only criticism was that the dessert apple pie pastry was slightly soggy and not quite as good as it should have been albeit that the custard was very good."
• "The carvery was below average, below any standard of taste. Nothing good about it at all."
• "Felt the carvery at £14 was overpriced and not the best quality. Very little cheese on the cauliflower, carrots almost raw and the gravy was quite bland."
• "Disappointed with carvery. Tasteless, cauliflower cheese and roast potatoes were hard."

Service

Pros:

• "The service is great."
• "All the time the staff we're very attentive and helped us with allergy information."
• "Service was cheerful and even though they were busy."
• "Staff very helpful and efficient, highly recommend a visit to this pub."
• "The staff were brilliant too."
• "Service from every staff member was notably sweet and attentive, nothing too much trouble at all."
• "The staff were friendly and welcoming."

Cons:

• "We were told that the table was to be vacated by 13.45... we waiting in line for the carvery for half an hour."
• "Stood at the bar for 10 minutes... completely ignored."
• "Service was a little slow."
• "Approached another member of staff who said someone would be over soon. Again, we watched others seated and attended to before us."
• "The only limiting comment is the shortage of service staff on duty to cope with demand at bar restaurant and answering telephone."
• "The service was a little chaotic, but I think that was because it was so busy."
• "We arrived at no one bothering to come and see if we gave a table for at least 5 minutes."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Lovely location with beautiful walks around the lakes to the right."
• "Very nice traditional country feel pub."
• "Quintessential British pub...One of our favourites in Hereford."
• "Lovely location, nice riverside dog walks from the door."
• "A charming countryside pub, with a great selection of food, and ales."
• "The building itself is lovely too! It feels homey and the atmosphere warm and welcoming."
• "The pub has a warm welcoming comfy atmosphere."

Cons:

• "The pub was very loud as we did go at peak dinner time, a little music would have been nice to break up the chatter."
• "Menu less exciting than a few years back."
• "The rear garden was nice enough eventhough near the road."
• "Only downside is if you're hard of hearing, when it's busy, it can be noisy, to carry on a conversation."
• "Plenty of outdoor seating but a bit overlooked by either the building or the car park."
• "The front carpark also needs rethinking as manoeuvring is tricky when it's busy."
• "But the meal was slightly spoilt by the people in the 'bar' drinking who seemed to want the whole place to hear them."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Great value for money and very good quality."
• "Recently five of us dined there for only a little over £100 including drinks and desserts. No hesitation in recommending."
• "Prices were reasonable."
• "Very well priced too."
• "Good quality food at reasonable prices."
• "Very reasonably priced."
• "Eat as much as you can get on your plate, excellent value."

Cons:

• "I did feel it was overpriced, especially got eating on a family budget."
• "Prices were pitched slightly too high for the type of bog standard but very nice pub grub it was!"
• "We only had two drinks which would normally cost approx £12,80 we charged £19,60 I can only say that it was a disgusting rip off."
• "I can only say that people who use this place must be very wealthy or stupid."
• "The Sunday carvery is more expensive than others in the area at £17 for an adult and £6.50 for a small ice cream afterwards."
• "Only downside is the price a bit steep. The desserts could be a little larger for the price."
• "A little different from the menu and well overpriced for what it was."