The Blue Pig Reviews Summary

Ambiance and Decor

Pros:

• "Lovely old pub with historic features and low ceilings."
• "Gorgeous old little pub with a fire."
• "Quaint village pub with friendly staff and in a rural location excellent service and reasonably priced would recommend."
• "Lovely pub. Lovely atmosphere. Cosy country pub."
• "What a great little find of a gem of a pub. Beautiful ambiance in a 600 year old rustic building."
• "A very quaint pretty old pub, in the beautiful location of Wolvey village, between Shilton and Bulkington."
• "Beautiful pub in Wolvey full of history. Fabulous homemade food. Good atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Very small pub, not very clean and service staff are not good at communicating."
• "I know it’s a historic pub, but no need for being as run down and as dirty as it was."
• "Decor was a bit tired, still had all the stuff in place from the pandemic and doing out sales etc - just needs a tidy up and a bit more light."
• "Tables far too close together, very uncomfortable for all diners."
• "Tables were sticky place mats were stuck to table as was the cutlery."
• "We sat down at a slightly sticky table and commented on the fusty smell."
• "Decor could perhaps be better and less clutter for more table spaces."

Service

Pros:

• "Good attentive service and all the food is cooked to a high level."
• "The service was great, very prompt and friendly."
• "The staff were so friendly and made sure our visit was very welcoming."
• "Service was excellent."
• "The staff were incredibly helpful."
• "Great service, we will definitely be coming back."
• "Very polite and friendly service with a smile."

Cons:

• "No menus given and asked what would we like to drink."
• "Unfortunately worst service I have EVER encountered by far. Part of order didn’t arrive despite chasing, wrong pie served."
• "It was quite busy though and the restaurant was full so service was a little haphazard."
• "Service was incredibly slow, we had to ask for the bill twice before walking up to the bar to ask to pay for it, 45 minutes later."
• "Nobody came to the table although it was supposed to be table service."
• "The service wasn't great."
• "only thing that let's it down is that the young waiting staff are practically useless, with no sense of urgency."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food excellent. Cooked to perfection."
• "Hubby had steak and Stilton pie and it was scrumptious with gorgeous big chips."
• "One beef and one turkey roast. Meat was incredible!! Roasties were amazing!"
• "The food was excellent - only complaint was there was too much and was not helping me control my waist line."
• "All fresh and tasty."
• "The food was hot, tasty and huge portions."
• "Food was excellent, hot, plentiful and cooked just how we had asked."

Cons:

• "Hunter's Chicken was dry and tough."
• "The food was not its usual standards tonight, burgers over cooked and dry."
• "Awful food."
• "Pudding menu varied but lemon meringue was tasteless."
• "The Tikka was pieces of chicken in a watery orange liquid and the popperdoms were so salty as to be inedible and the rice was sticky."
• "Food mediocre. Steak and ale pie crust.. Puff pastry anaemic, lasagne was mince beef with pasta on top and bechamel sauce."
• "Chicken and leek pie undercooked."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Cost for 5 mains and 2 rounds was around £60 - great value."
• "Great Sunday dinner very tasty, very busy early afternoon so expect to wait a bit, all the dinner plates arrived together and the food was hot when it arrived."
• "Great local pub / Restaurant serving lovely food at very competitive prices."
• "Really reasonable prices too - photo of menu attached."
• "Maybe a little pricy but it is worth it for the fresh food and full plates."
• "Great value for money coming in at £13.90 after the discount with one drink."
• "It was really nice that most of the meals could be ordered as half size portions...brilliant idea!"

Cons:

• "Needless to say we will be having our family meal every couple of months somewhere else from now on.!!"
• "Very pricey for the amount of food you get."
• "And to top it all off the bill for 16 of us was £467 and then they told us there was a 10% service charge on any tables bigger than 6 and charged us another £40 for the service so in all around £500 for a sub standard meal."
• "Quite pricey for a roast you don't enjoy."
• "Choice not exciting at all."
• "The creamy mash tasted like you was eating a block of butter."
• "Also kitchen staff came out of kitchen went into disabled toilet and didn't even wash HIS hands, which is not hygienic."