Stag & Hounds Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Winscombe

Address: Bristol Rd, Langford, Winscombe BS25 5NJ, United Kingdom

Phone: +441934852060

Rating: 4.2
based on 279 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Welcoming atmosphere by all the staff, friendly and timely service."
  • "The staff are lovely and really welcoming 🙂 and the place has a really nice feel to it, love the decor inside too, its just great 😍."
  • "So pleasing to walk in a pub with greeting from every member of staff."
  • "The young man who took our order was exceptional - he was polite and went out of his way to check our NHS discount and nothing was too much trouble."
  • "Service was incredible from the welcome to the ordering to receiving the bill."
  • "Travelled from Taunton to meet a friend who is a local. Service was fantastic, friendly and fast without being rushed at all."
  • "Staff were really accommodating and did an amazing job with just 2 of them out front with a busy Xmas crowd of punters."

Cons:

  • "One negative was that the kitchen didn't follow a request, resulting in one dish being sent back - twice."
  • "Slow service, took 45 mins to receive wrong food that was raw."
  • "Food review - appalled waiting nearly 2 hrs for steaks cooked incorrectly, over cooked buns for the children’s burgers, sauces missing on what I would call a simple food menu to prep and cook."
  • "Terrible. From the get-go, service was shocking. Table service, but you had to go and look for staff just to order food and drinks."
  • "A management change has resulted in having to wait from 12.30 to 13.45 for our first course to arrive."
  • "Booked a table for 9 people on a Sunday. The restaurant was quiet so we assumed the food would be quick. Waited an hour for our starters, then another hour for our mains."
  • "Service was slow. It wasn't busy but only one person taking orders resulted in a 3 - 4 minute wait for my order to be taken."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Food was really lovely and came quickly so thank you to the chefs!"
  • "It was well cooked and hot."
  • "Food arrived hot and cooked to a good standard."
  • "Fish was soft with a crispy batter and the chips had a light crunch to them. Very tasty."
  • "The food was all hot, tasty, and served quickly."
  • "The food was very tasty ie beef and turkey and just as important, hot."
  • "Really delicious, well cooked, beautifully presented, high quality food, served in generous portions and all piping hot."

Cons:

  • "The Lemon Cheesecake dessert was frozen."
  • "Each of the steaks were tough and hard to cut, contained a lot of fat through them."
  • "Very disappointed with the roast beef on this visit. It was very tough meat and the actual roast was cold."
  • "The standard beef burger had no lettuce or tomato or sauce despite the description on the menu."
  • "Steak and Ale pie contained very little steak and what meat there was had a high proportion of fat and gristle."
  • "There was a fried beetle in my food."
  • "The prawns in the prawn cocktail were really slimy."

Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Nice and clean and cutlery nice and clean."
  • "This place is amazing. Clean friendly and a great menu for every taste bud."
  • "The cleaning standards are very high, the pub looked and felt immaculately clean."
  • "Everywhere was clean and tidy."
  • "Very spacious and clean interior."
  • "Such friendly staff, immaculately clean pub and toilets."
  • "We really like the way there is so much space inbetween tables, how clean and airy the whole place is."

Cons:

  • "Toilets weren't very clean. No toilet paper in gents or ladies."
  • "The carpets and furniture is in need of updating."
  • "The table we were sat at hadn't been cleaned and it seemed a trend in the pub as we noticed at least 4 more tables that hadn't been cleaned from previous diners."
  • "We found the furniture and carpets to be disgusting (we sat at table 4), the table was sticky, the chairs and carpet were all stained."
  • "Haven't been here for a while won’t come here again meal mediocre observed staff cleaning table and wiping food onto floor."
  • "Toilets smelled horrendous (gents had a substantial amount of liquid all under the urinals and the odour of urine was disgusting)."
  • "Our reserved table had food (chips) on the floor directly in front of it & under the table were a number of used napkins."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "The staff really do enjoy their job, they want to help you have a great experience."
  • "Staff and manager are helpful and polite."
  • "Very pleasant and friendly staff."
  • "Staff were friendly and accommodating managed to squeeze us in a Saturday night."
  • "Lovely atmosphere as we arrived and were shown to our table."
  • "Ambience was amazing."
  • "A warm, cosy, traditional (but up to date) family pub with plenty of space inside and out."

Cons:

  • "No atmosphere in pub/restaurant, given a table that was opposite (not sure if children’s or dog’s play area) load of beans bags and defunct sweet machines and high chairs - very scruffy."
  • "I will never visit what used to be a popular destination again. Shocking!"
  • "Been going here for 20 years won’t be going back."
  • "We as a party will not be returning."
  • "The service was also incredibly slow with little enthusiasm."
  • "A pub without character or meaningful facilities and staff who lack basic communication skills."
  • "The waitresses would possibly been more suited working in a mortuary."

Value

Pros:

  • "Plenty of disabled parking. Easy access."
  • "The food was lovely, a glass of wine and a super well cooked steak for £10 - great value on a Thursday night."
  • "Great value and lots of choice on the menu."
  • "Their prices are very reasonable indeed, and the 'two for one' roast meals are really excellent value."
  • "Food was lovely and a great price with buy one get one free mains."
  • "Great environment, great value and lots of choice on the menu."
  • "Prices are adequate for what you get, and you always get more for what it's worth."

Cons:

  • "Also pricing could use looking at, £16 for hunters chicken with the salad but the chicken and bacon salad for £15, it's pretty much the same meal."
  • "Highly overpriced for what it was."
  • "£62 we spent including drinks - waited 40 mins for the food to come out."
  • "Some juices for the kids were out of stock too. And cost £5.30 for lemonade with orange squash ouch."
  • "The 2 for 1 is still a big part of this pub. I think they should knock it on the head now as prices are ridiculous for pub grub."
  • "Almost 20 quid for burger and a pint."
  • "For the cost if £19 for each roast it was a thoroughly disgusting meal for the money."

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