Black Dog Inn Reviews Summary

Food Quality and Taste

Pros:

• "Clams Mussels and Cod with Asparagus and the best sauce ever."
• "The chips are not a small portion, but a regular sized portion of excellent, hand cut chips."
• "The food was plentiful and cooked to perfection and tasted lovely."
• "Absolutely amazing food! We went on Sunday and the staff were uper accommodating."
• "Food was fantastic as always, portion sizes are generous."
• "Absolutely fantastic, food was amazing and to top it off staff are friendly, warm and welcoming."
• "Food was absolutely amazing, the sause that came with the duck was just beautiful."
• "Best food in Selby without a doubt!"

Cons:

• "Food was absolutely amazing, the sauce that came with the duck was just beautiful."
• "Meat was dry, food was under seasoned and tasteless."
• "Didn't like the decor in the extension where we ate too plain and boring, waitresses dancing and landlord in shorts not what you would expect for fine dining all meals same £13.95 per meal."
• "The food was eatable but nothing special and defiantly not worth the money."
• "The food was plentiful and cooked to perfection and tasted lovely."
• "Starter the bacon wasn't cooked poached egg rock hard and black pudding potato cake was gross, fish and chips were not nice either."
• "Food OK, service a little slow and owner decided rather than accept the "polite complaint" it was a good idea to argue whether it was over an hour between placing order and receiving food or not."
• "The veg was way too hard to eat and could not cut the sprout s or any of the rest."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff are so helpful and pleasant."
• "Staff were fantastic and couldn't do enough for you."
• "Absolutely fantastic, food was amazing and to top it off staff are friendly, warm and welcoming."
• "The owners and staff were really accommodating."
• "Booked on recommendation absolutely lived up to its reputation great food, great customer service."
• "Great welcome and service."
• "First time we have been, but there for a bit of a family celebration."
• "Fantastic service. We had sunday lunch beef was slightly overcooked."

Cons:

• "Food and staff excellent however when you come to pay you are stood in a queue would much prefer the bill to be brought to the table."
• "Waitress was a little OVER enthusiastic."
• "I have eaten here numerous times and it has never disappointed."
• "The service was appalling, the food was eatable but nothing special and defiantly not worth the money."
• "Even though we prebooked, when we arrived no one seemed to know which table we had."
• "The service was very slow we waited one hour and a quarter for our meal."
• "45 minute waiting for food Staff came to our table 3 times."
• "Went to black dog in camblesforth tonight, never again, starter the bacon wasn't cooked poached egg rock hard."

Ambiance and Environment

Pros:

• "Massive outdoor area, with an outdoor stage."
• "They even had live music."
• "Very warm in the glass conservatory area in summer."
• "Thank you for a lovely meal and eve, we will be back."
• "Looks to have a good sized outdoor area and plenty of parking."
• "All socially distanced and with extra dividers, very clear were you need to go."
• "Plenty of parking."
• "The pub is very comfortable and food very good fresh and nicely cooked."

Cons:

• "The only reason for no 5 star was because the decor wasn't nice to me."
• "Didn't like the decor in the extension where we ate too plain and boring."
• "This isn't a pub, it's sort of a restaurant. Nowhere to sit comfortably with a pint."
• "Very busy, noisy, we were sat in the doorway neat the bar, people waiting to pay."
• "Went for Sunday lunch a few weeks ago, very busy, noisy."
• "A funeral buffet I wasn't able to give much feed back would have been better if there was some designated disabled places for parking."
• "It can be busy so would advise to call first."
• "The restaurant was very busy."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "We paid £72 for four adult meals and one child's meal but don't be put off by the price!"
• "Just had a lovely birthday lunch for 14 this afternoon. It was really reasonably priced."
• "Food was fantastic as always, portion sizes are generous."
• "Food is not the cheapest but despite that was still great value."
• "All at very reasonable prices. Highly recommend."
• "The steak n ale pie was the biggest and best I have ever had in a pub."
• "Had our works Christmas meal here yesterday and was brilliant, really fresh and tasty."
• "Food was excellent, the portions were very generous."

Cons:

• "Service excellent, quite pricey, but you pay for what you get."
• "The main disappointment however on both occasions was the meat."
• "Nice food, a bit overpriced for what it was."
• "Very disappointed tonight, 4 of us went there for a business meal."
• "Good food and healthy sized portions. Be back for sure."
• "In my opinion it's overrated overpriced, and certainly no gastro pub!"
• "The waiting staff just put down your meal and walk off."
• "As usual though with pubs that serve food the beer prices are through the roof."