Fox & Hounds Reviews Summary

Value

Pros:

• "With the Tesco vouchers, it was all extremely good value."
• "About £25 each for 2 courses and a drink (May2023)."
• "Dinner was nice and reasonably priced."
• "I think it is very good value for money."
• "Lovely food, great presentation and 4 courses for £23 great value."
• "Good atmosphere and hearty food that isn't a rip off."
• "Kids portions were a decent size and around £5 each, very reasonable for such a beautiful venue."

Cons:

• "Extremely poor value for money. Won’t be coming back."
• "The cod was dry and tasteless not what you would expect from a 12.50 cod and chips - I left half of my dinner not good at all."
• "The Belly pork was mostly fat."
• "The teaspoon of gravy was both without taste or temperature."
• "Food generally good although today the prawns were undercooked and food not over hot."
• "The Yorkshire puddings were dry, crisp and cold, and suspiciously similar to pre-made aunt Bessies rubbish."
• "Pretty place but don't waste your money on food here! Lackluster, tasteless, low standard pub grub."

Service

Pros:

• "The food, staff and service was exceptional."
• "The staff were very polite respectful, and were very busy."
• "We were served by two delightful members of staff called Ben and Callum."
• "Pauline was a excellent waitress."
• "The lovely bartender with tattoos and black hair made me feel welcome and made my kids chuckle too."
• "From the moment we arrived the staff were extremely attentive and polite."
• "The staff were attentive and helpful."

Cons:

• "Not been here for a few years it always had good food and service but this time service was poor as was the food when it finally arrived."
• "Poor customer service! Has many pleasant visits in 2015....1st and last visit of 2016...very disappointing!"
• "New management have ruined this once friendly family pub."
• "Over all experience was adequate but staff were not present to help."
• "They seemed to be very short staffed that night and waited over 15 minutes before we were offered a drink."
• "The waitresses didn't want to give us any time of day."
• "The waitress was very rude to us and many of the people on tables around us."

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "On arriving in the dining area, I was impressed with how nice the decor was."
• "Has that country pub feel about it."
• "It's so good to find such an amazing, dog friendly pub."
• "All the Christmas decorations were up & it looked beautiful."
• "Really nice atmosphere as the tables had tablecloths, chair covers, colour coded (tartan) serviettes etc."
• "It felt cosy, nicely lit."
• "The Xmas decorations look fantastic it's like a Santa's grotto great for the kids as well."

Cons:

• "The atmosphere was like are you lost, are you sure you're in the right place."
• "The rear of the pub is a bit neglected and scruffy."
• "The venue itself is picturesque and quaint but strangely lacking in personality."
• "The area I was seated in was very dark with fairy lights providing insufficient light rather than ambiance which made reading the menu a little challenging."
• "Used to be one of a handful of pubs that still had a play area for children, making it a famous go-to pub for families for years. However, they appear to now be under new management and one of the decisions has been to totally remove the play area, making it just like any other pub in the area."
• "This used to be a great place, now it has no children's play area, you cant smoke or vape outside in the garden."
• "They used to have a great kids' play area and garden, but that has all gone now. The only nice seating area out back was 'adults only.'"

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Our food was simply OUTSTANDING!"
• "The food was fantastic."
• "The food was lovely."
• "Food was outstanding quality, with the seafood katsu getting a special mention!"
• "Really lovely meal, my partner and I both had the roast dinner which came with the extras from both the beef and pork options as well as the turkey."
• "Sunday roast, which was one of the best that I've had in my life; meat was tender and juicy."
• "The food was amazing as always."

Cons:

• "Poor customer service, food not great, staff had no direction."
• "The food was a real let down."
• "Both our starters were cold and the main courses were average at best."
• "The roast potatoes were the ‘oven’ frozen kind, dry and tasteless."
• "The food wasn't very pleasant either and we definitely won't be eating here again."
• "However the food was very average. Same quality as a Wetherspoon or Sizzler I'd say."
• "The cod was dry and tasteless not what you would expect from a 12.50 cod and chips - I left half of my dinner not good at all."

Parking & Accessibility

Pros:

• "Plenty of free parking, just need to give your car registration when arriving on the premises."
• "I parked in the pub car park right outside - parking was easy."
• "Plenty of parking."
• "Car park is large but remember you have to check the vehicle registration inside."
• "It’s also an incredibly beautiful pub, and has great wheelchair access too!"
• "Lots of outside seating both out the front and rear meaning that staying in the sun is possible."
• "Lovely new ridge on the thatched roof, looks gorgeous and all cosy."

Cons:

• "We arrived for a meal 1 hour before our table booking time... None of the staff told us we had to book car in. We got a £100 parking fine. Absolutely disgusting."
• "Seems like the manager who greeted us wiped our details.. that’s what you get for spending money in this establishment a greeting from a mini Hitler and £100 PCN."
• "Also if Google tells you to take the southern entrance don’t as you get your car scratched as they haven’t cut the foliage back."
• "Stupid car park number plate system."
• "Wasn’t made aware of parking and handing in number plate on arrival."
• "Went in just before Christmas at 10 o'clock at night for a quick drink after visiting family. Today just received a parking fine for using the car park."
• "BEWARE!! Visited on the 12th September and the parking numberplate recognition service was down."