Ye Olde George Christchurch Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food served was hot and very tasty. Will most certainly be returning."
• "Food is delicious, and hot."
• "Lovely food (I couldn't do the fish and chips justice, huge portion of fish! Well cooked and tasty."
• "Food was excellent, served piping hot and service was fast and friendly."
• "The food was superb. My burger was tasty and juicy as well as the perfect size."
• "The food came out hot and extremely fresh and tasty, chicken burger which was delicious followed by a fresh coffee in a huge cup."
• "The food was beautifully cooked and hot and a good portion."

Cons:

• "I can't believe i paid £32 for 2 tesco style take away pizzas."
• "Food cold. Fish cooked twice after cooling dry fish."
• "The pizza had a lovely base but again there wasn't a lot by way of toppings."
• "Good atmosphere and selection of ales and beers, food very disappointing - watched the chef ferry food from the freezer to the kitchen."
• "The sharing platter that we had was straight out of the freezer."
• "The most disgusting meal I’ve had in a long time."
• "The food was absolutely atrocious and a complete waste of money."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The majority of the staff are friendly and inviting."
• "Friendly helpful staff but not enough of them so we had to wait a while for food."
• "The staff are really polite and helpful."
• "A proper English pub. Got a warm welcome from the staff and the food was fantastic."
• "Staff are very friendly & seem honestly happy people."
• "The staff were friendly and welcoming."
• "All the staff were very friendly and nothing was too much trouble."

Cons:

• "Several staff were stroking dogs and not washing their hands before dealing with plates and food."
• "The staff were not very friendly either."
• "The bar service is slow & barely any glasses collected."
• "The atmosphere is just quite poor really, this is all down the recent change of management."
• "Staff not very polite and they forgot my food order."
• "Terrible service by the girl with purple ponytails and braces she couldn't care less about customer service."
• "Service was poor, waited 40 minutes for our drinks."

Atmosphere and Venue

Pros:

• "The pub has a good atmosphere so hopefully there will be improvements."
• "Was a great old pub we sat in the courtyard lots of tables for eating and drinking outside."
• "Lovely old pub with an enclosed courtyard at the back and a few outside seats at the front."
• "Ideal for regular social events like our local folk club..the barn is the music venue in the pub grounds...although its intimate..the barn also has cooking facilities and a bar."
• "Nice yard at the back with plenty of seating."
• "An ideal place in an olde worlde."
• "Lovely, olde pub. Really old. Plus a pizza shack at the end."

Cons:

• "Place looks tired."
• "Please take a look at your cleaning of the gents toilets."
• "Unfortunately the pub doesn't have the same vibe that it used to."
• "The interior has a good feel about it, good outside space front and rear although the front obviously gets traffic noise."
• "Drink selection was pretty dire, general atmosphere was dingy and lacking."
• "Unfortunately it was chilly. Not enough heating."
• "Toilets not suitable for disabled."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Not stingy on portion size. Those pies are huge (double beef philly) and the Nutella waffles were amazing."
• "Fair pricing."
• "Highly commend this place and they do lunch time specials Mon to Fri until 4pm or possibly 5pm which makes it great value."
• "The bill came to only £17 total for both of us, we were made to feel very welcome and we would recommend."
• "Very good value too."
• "A friendly welcome here at this dog friendly Inn early Monday evening, drinks prices reasonable."
• "Fantastic value for money, good portions and flavour."