Address: 98 Grinstead Ln, Lancing, BN15 9DP, United Kingdom
Phone: +441903750511
Rating: 4.1
based on 355 reviews.
Service
Pros:
"I have been to this place today for dinner, the service was fantastic, we were seated immediately and our server Paula was amazing great asset to the harvester team very friendly fast and efficient serving us with drinks and getting us to the salad bar within 5 mins of being seated."
"Apart from the food being absolutely lovely our waitress Morgan was exceptional the Young Lady had a cheerful attitude from beginning to end."
"Sophie our server was really good, knows the knowledge of beer/ lager and food knows her stuff, 5 stars all round!"
"The service was amazing, and the food was well worth the money."
"Visited Harvester recently with friends and had an amazing time. The food was good but the service was outstanding."
"Our waitress Tammy was lovely and welcoming this lady knows how to look after guests."
"Staff are always friendly and often know your name, a bit like Cheers, and the bar is a perfect place to relax or work on crosswords or sudokus."
Cons:
"The waitress was very stressed and because of this was particularly rude and unwelcoming."
"The food was good, the waitress on the other hand was a little abrupt."
"When asked to speak to the manager, he arrived with no name badge on saying 'that is how we do it and always have!'"
"Had to chase down the server for anything we wanted."
"Had a good meal last night at the harvester, Tara our waitress was great to start with however half way through our meal, she and what seemed to be the manager started talking about another member of their team in a very unpleasant way."
"Didn’t get anyone take away my starter or salad bowl. No communication from the staff on if everything was ok with my meal."
"We complained because we expected a higher level of service but the manager said that we should expect slow service."
Food Quality
Pros:
"Food was served hot and fresh."
"We really enjoyed our lunch at the Harvester! Good value and tasty food!"
"Had an amazing meal today. Everything was great. Could not fault the service at all. The food was cooked to perfection."
"The food was good value and good quality."
"When food arrived it was pipping hot and was delicious."
"Food was fresh including the well stocked salad bar."
"Had the chicken goujons as a starter followed by the pork belly and mash. Both dishes were delicious and could not be faulted."
Cons:
"Other than the ice-cream, and, a friendly server(Trish)... Nothing at all, stood out... Other than the sub-standard food."
"Didn't eat much of the food as cold! Tomatoes and lettuce straight out of the fridge on put on top of hot food! Bacon served cold twice, chicken lukewarm."
"A very poor experience, all food was cold after waiting a fair amount of time for it, 4 out of the 7 meals were not eaten."
"No rotisserie chicken @ 7pm. Overcooked chips on 2 dinners and overcooked salmon on the other 2 dinners."
"The food was not very hot and had dried out quite a bit so had obviously been sitting waiting in the kitchen."
"The corn on the cob was overcooked and too soft."
"The chicken burger came out raw, my son bit into it and noticed, when showing the waitress it was taken back and replaced, but no apology was given."
Cleanliness & Maintenance
Pros:
"Clean as a whistle, and great ambience, I will be returning very soon for more tucker."
"Everything else was was great, clean and tidy, food hot and tasty."
"Very helpful and chatty. Really good service and nice clean tables."
"Visited here 2 weeks ago. Lovely welcome and all friendly staff."
"Food always great and supported by the lovely Kate who more often than not looks after us. Welcoming and friendly, the perfect venue for our monthly catch ups."
"The full English breakfast was a good size and poached eggs perfectly cooked."
"Best Scampi and chips I've had for a long time. The other 3 guests also enjoyed their steaks and burger."
Cons:
"The toilets were not clean, no toilet roll, (bearing in mind it was 10 in the morning) and fixtures not working."
"On the way out I visited the gents and was met with a urinal that was overflowing and covering approx 25% of the floor space!"
"Also, the men's toilets were in a really bad state with doors too stiff for my child to open on their own."
"The dirty carpet, sticky table, rubbish on the floor however is really off putting."
"The glasses were filthy with bits of orange juice pulp and watermarks."
"The cutlery wasn't as clean as it should have been, the glasses had smears on them."
"The serving spoons are touching all the food in the salad bar so everyone that has touched the spoon has left germs and is now on the food."
Value for Money
Pros:
"Love this place for a breakfast unlimited breakfast for £9.99 come on, eat what you can and ask for seconds."
"The unlimited breakfast for £10 is a bargain especially if you like a lot of food like me."
"Good prices. Lovely food and very friendly, helpful staff."
"Food was good, think we paid like 519 for 19 of us! Recommend for sure."
"Always enjoyed the breakfast at this venue. There is a lot of choice and it comes at a good time too."
"Attended during a 50% off mains deal so cannot fault the value for money on that day."
"Food reasonably priced & tasty."
Cons:
"It was my first time going to Harvester and that would be my last."
"Not been to Harvester for a number of years, I booked in advance which was a good thing as it was full, food was good. Worth getting a voucher code from their app before you arrive to save on food bill as full price main menu felt expensive."
"Had the set menu and requested Nachos and was informed they had sold out."
"All in all a very disappointing experience on Boxing Day, wont be recommending this restaurant especially on special occasions like Boxing Day as the management clearly aren’t capable of running this restaurant to a good standard."
"Expensive for what you get."
"Nothing was great. Expensive pub grub at restaurant prices."
"The food was mediocre and probably one of the worst roasts we’ve ever had."