Myrtle Tavern Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Triple Choc Brownie with Vanilla ice cream – sooooo dreamy and so good."
• "Fish with triple cooked chips was fabulous!"
• "The food is fantastic! And the beer is even better!"
• "The paneer was marinated in Indian spices and the coulis went really well with it – I always love good chunks of paneer!"
• "Food was well prepared and seasoned, high quality, and served hot."
• "Quality meaty sausages and lots of creamy mash and thick onion gravy – beautiful."
• "Probably the best chicken pie, I’ve ever had! Everything about the food was perfect and worth the little bit of a wait."

Cons:

• "Terrible food (everything was burnt), slow service."
• "The 5 bean chilli and basmati rice was bland not spicy and the rice was dry and crispy."
• "The fish was extremely greasy (dripping/swimming)"
• "Just had Sunday dinner it was the worst iv ever eaten I couldn’t even cut the beef it was that fatty."
• "Calamari was dry and rubbery (frozen or microwaved is my guess)"
• "The food took some time to come out which we thought was good as would be fresh. The calamari was swimming in grease and soggy."
• "The child’s pasta in tomato and basil sauce for £5.50... pasta looked like Passata sauce or Aldi own brand smooth pasta sauce and no basil in sight."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "15 of us went for the afternoon to The Myrtle yesterday, the food was great and the staff couldn't be more helpful."
• "The staff really looked after us all evening."
• "Service was excellent staff were amazing attentive and quick."
• "The staff were really friendly and helpful as well as the food being perfect."
• "Very friendly staff, great choice of beer and food."
• "The staff were really attentive throughout our dining experience."
• "Really warm welcoming staff and an all round great atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Staff were pretty rude at every interaction."
• "Great location, but staff rude and snappy when it gets busy."
• "Absolutely ridiculous, unprofessional service been provided by Pub manager, he need to learn some manners and how to talk with customers, was hang phone twice on me like hysteric girl."
• "He said quite rudely I will add 'do you h e a problem'... 'clearly you do, you have her grief already, forget ya bill just leave.'"
• "The owner was very rude and abusive."
• "Bit of a mess about tbf, ended up leaving without ordering."
• "DISCRIMINATED due to being PREGNANT."

Ambiance and Location

Pros:

• "Beer garden is huge and next to Meanwood Park."
• "Atmosphere was great, dog friendly too."
• "Great spot through the woods overlooking Meanwood park this is a lovely place for a little refreshment before continuing on your walk."
• "Really lovely old pub set in very nice area."
• "Lovely, cosy pub. Kids love the play area outside."
• "Feels like a country pub but isn't. Nice big beer garden and play area."
• "Lovely hidden away refuge after a wonderful walk through the woods from meanwood park."

Cons:

• "Once was a nice quirky pub; now has less atmosphere than a weatherspoons."
• "Not very welcoming tbh, i could understand why the place was dead."
• "There is an ugly monstrosity of a covered outdoor area that I was told was erected during Covid restrictions."
• "Not a nice atmosphere for adults without children, lots of children running about on a Friday night."
• "Also quite dark inside."
• "There was a non smoking beer garden yet ppl were allowed to smoke under the covered seating area, which was not appreciated by my toddler or my elderly mother in-law."
• "The Myrtle is great in the winter as they turn it into a little Santa's grotto and great in the summer to sit outside and watch the cricket."

Technology and Efficiency

Pros:

• "App worked and I got beer and coke-cola seemed straight to the table in the beer garden."
• "Had to register and download the app before going in, but once completed, was like clockwork, enjoyed a few pints watching the local cricket from the outside seating area, loved it."
• "The app makes it a lot easier to order drinks rather than standing at the bar."

Cons:

• "You have to download the app which took 15 minutes to download."
• "Really great pub, but don't expect food unless you've booked."
• "On arrival we joined the queue which was at the bar as there is no separate area to tell them you have a reservation so we waited a while."
• "It took 25 mins from arriving to get a first drink as you HAVE to order everything through the app."
• "Would have been 5 stars except that you have no choice but to download an app and order food and drink via the app, no alternative whatsoever."
• "Hard to imagine how a pub like this could provide a poor experience... Tried that but wasn't available in the app store."
• "OVERALL DISGUSTED, would not recommend anyone to eat here."

Events and Activities

Pros:

• "Visited pre Christmas for lunch and mulled wine, lovely friendly pub, great decorations."
• "Halloween decorations were fun. (Maybe a bit over the top in the loo as the children were scared of the 'dead' teddy's.)"
• "Had an amazing time at the motown night. Amazing staff."
• "We went to the halloween night over the weekend and it was fantastic."
• "The Myrtle Fireworks Night... the displays are spectacular too."
• "The quiz nights are second to none and enjoyed by all, the live music acts are also very well presented and a real hit with a lot of people who drink and dine there."
• "Planning a Christmas drink? Go here for an indescribably fabulous Christmas experience."

Cons:

• "Beware this is not a pub or a tavern it is an unwelcoming eating house... ushered outside to the delightful surroundings of a cold tent held up with scaffold poles."
• "The weekly pub quiz seems to just be a three hour long music round."
• "Nothing like as described on website someone needs to check what's coming out of the kitchen main meal Sunday lunch very disappointing."