The Foundry Arms Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Cromer

Address: Church St, Northrepps, Cromer NR27 0AA, United Kingdom

Phone: +441263579256

Rating: 4.6
based on 159 reviews.

Atmosphere & Service

Pros:

  • "Very friendly, amazing staff, excellent atmosphere and good solid British pub grub."
  • "Really welcoming and good mixture of locals and holidaymakers."
  • "The servers were attentive and efficient."
  • "Can't fault this pub, it is without doubt one of the best I have ever visited. The staff are brilliant, and service was quick even though the pub was quite full."
  • "The staff are a delight; smiling faces, helpful and welcoming."
  • "Great pub with covered outside area and well spaced seating to enjoy the sunshine."
  • "A great pub with a warm and friendly atmosphere, highly recommended."

Cons:

  • "We waited 45 minutes while people around us seemed to get their food much quicker."
  • "Extremely rude and obnoxious I live in a house near the pub all there customers are now parking on the entrance to my estate to the point cars off the estate could not get past."
  • "The service was a bit slow but they was only two staff working."
  • "The staff when we did find them seemed very distracted."
  • "None of the servers came to check how we were doing or if there was anything they could help with."
  • "There was no one to greet us or show us to our (booked) table."
  • "I am sorry to say that the service was unacceptable, it was lunch time and hardly anybody in there and we still had to wait for over 30 minutes from the time our order was taken."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food is gorgeous, hot, nicely presented and plentiful."
  • "Yummy! Yummy! Yummy! There is a chef there who knows how to cook lamb rump and everything else as well."
  • "Delicious food - Seafood chowder followed by grilled swordfish."
  • "Food was excellent! Had the pork belly and then the ferrero rocher sandae!"
  • "The food was lovely and my daughter ate everything on her plate! (Never happened before!)"
  • "The food delicious and reasonably priced."
  • "Food was delicious and beautifully presented."

Cons:

  • "The vegetables weren’t hot."
  • "Portions were very small and we were only given 1 portion of veg between 4!"
  • "Overpriced and not great food I had the piri chicken skewers and although the chicken was cooked perfectly there was no flavour at all definitely no piri piri."
  • "The steak wasn’t a very nice cut, it was stringy with fat that made it chewy."
  • "Unfortunately the tagine lacked of flavour, was very dry and had different ingredients than in the menu."
  • "Children’s pizza was definitely from a freezer and the vegetables in the roast were overcooked."
  • "Both the beef and chicken were dry and the rest of the food a little lacklustre and not piping hot as you would expect."

Value & Pricing

Pros:

  • "Cracking proper pub with good food from local ingredients, well priced and with excellent service."
  • "They have a vast range of ales that are reasonably priced along with a substantial menu, also not overly priced."
  • "We felt welcomed, and enjoyed nice, good value food."
  • "Reasonably priced for the quality."
  • "It was good value for money."
  • "Good honest food. The pepper and tomato soup and pate starter was brilliant."
  • "Good wine and beer at very reasonable prices."

Cons:

  • "We asked for a chicken breast for our dogs and they tried charging £12.95 which we didn't pay."
  • "The starter of scallops, only 3 of them were tiny as were the black pudding, not worth £8.00!"
  • "Not worth £8.00!"
  • "Went today for Birthday meal.....came away hungry.. 2 courses anywhere else and I'm always 'stuffed'... starter was tasty and ok but 'main' course was 4 mushrooms with cheese and spoonfull of spinach- a few chips and maybe a lettuce leaf would have filled the plate."
  • "The only downside was that although we ordered vegetarian roasts with the waitress, perhaps the kitchen assumed we were vegan and didn't give us any yorkshire puddings."
  • "The pastry was ok but had hardly any meat in it at all."
  • "Food was disappointing the menu my group was handed was different from what was listed on the website."

Ambience & Environment

Pros:

  • "Lovely pub with a cosy warm ambience. Liked the touch of the candles on the tables."
  • "Fantastic public house with a warm welcome aided by the centre log burner."
  • "Great surroundings, simple, country pub vibe, spotlessly clean."
  • "A cosy dog-friendly pub in a lovely village with a great outdoor space."
  • "Beautiful outdoor eating area made cosy with heaters and twinkling lights."
  • "A super community pub in a quiet village. Lovely atmosphere and people."
  • "A very friendly pub."

Cons:

  • "Too many dogs though for our liking."
  • "Outside marquee lacks any atmosphere although there was live music on Sunday afternoon from a brilliant old rocker doing classic covers."
  • "The pub was very busy and noisy with no windows open, where we were sitting anyway."
  • "I know masks are no longer mandatory for staff but personally felt uncomfortable staff weren't wearing them to take orders or serve meals."
  • "No playground that I saw."
  • "The only disadvantage with it being so popular is the tiny car park."
  • "Staff told us our children couldn't eat their snacks as the kitchen was open, and neither could a member of our party who was breast feeding."

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