"Staff were lovely, food was amazing and fairly priced and such a lovely atmosphere."
"Staff so friendly & helpful, will come again!"
"The service provided by every member of staff is always good."
"Staff were all friendly and helpful and nothing seemed too much trouble."
"Thank you to Cass, Tash and Zach for the excellent service."
Cons:
"Will not be going back..."
"They got two parts of our order wrong and there's no opportunity to order yourself using the app as they don't give a table number."
"Extremely rude manager who treated my family as worthless."
"Food was ok but sad to say the staff were quite rude."
"Manager does not have enough staff working busy shifts."
"Really hot inside (couldn't sit outside due to the sudden bombardment of flying ants) and completely under-staffed."
"Service at the bar was a bit slow but they have been suffering staff shortages lately so hopefully this will improve."
Atmosphere
Pros:
"The Sandpiper is a very casual atmosphere. Always some sort of Sport on the TV (football, darts, etc) which seems to attract a large amount of locals."
"Great sports pub. Fans for both teams of a football match watch the game and cheer and no one gets lairy. Kids. Families. Food. Great atmosphere. Safe."
"A lovely restaurant with a lovely atmosphere."
"It's a lovely pub and staff are friendly n food was lovely."
"Very family friendly pub with sports on Tv's."
"Good atmosphere in the pub."
"Great atmosphere. Staff were great too."
Cons:
"Unfortunately we didn’t like all the tvs showing football and background music was a bit loud, as we wanted a quiet lunch."
"Very busy and in need of a little tlc."
"The place was tatty and dirty, the food was disgusting and not particularly cheap."
"Pub very very run down ladies toilets too small to be able to use properly."
"However the fabric of the building is very shabby, the seats are tatty and torn and the whole place feels rather dirty."
"everything is tacky - even what you're sitting on is soiled. sticky & grubby."
"The pub does look a bit tired but don't let that put you off."
Food
Pros:
"I had the mixed grill which was excellent."
"Fantastic food hot and tasty excellent prices good all round."
"Absolutely excellent food can't fault anything."
"Amazing food and great drinks."
"All the food was hot and delicious and fantastic value."
"Food was excellent value and tasted delicious."
"Food was cooked to perfection."
Cons:
"4 of us came to the Sandpiper last night and what a disappointment! We and several others waited, I kid you not, 2 hours for our food!"
"6 pieces of chicken the size of a thumb nail, sauces smothered everything, very small portion no taste."
"Awful experience would not recommend ordered 3 meals got the first two in a reasonable time the third meal came half an our after the two meals and when it did arrive it was cold."
"The place was tatty and dirty, the food was disgusting and not particularly cheap."
"Really basic food my pie was rock hard."
"Couldn't chew the stake in my mixed grill and onions tasted like they were cooked in sump oil."
"Food poor :( gutted as its a nice little sawdust pub."
Value
Pros:
"At £20 it was very reasonable."
"Two mains of pie & chips £9.99, they were delicious."
"Food and drink just great. Very reasonable price for three of us."
"The prices extremely reasonable and very good value for money."
"We also couldn't believe how cheap the drink was."
"Good value for the money."
"Drinks well priced and desserts a great size for the price!"
Cons:
"portion of Mac and cheese quite poor for an adult portion."
"Service was terribly slow, half menu was missing when trying to order."
"far smaller portions ... less wine choice."
"Orderd two of the same starters only one came with piri piri sauce and £1.79 extra for what we should have had with our meal."
"More than half the menu not available."
"Food is not same quality ... far smaller portions ... less wine choice."
"Grey tissue paper found in my food."
Management
Pros:
"New management has made this a superbly run establishment."
"Otherwise it has improved under the new management team."