The Barn Owl Reviews Summary

Building & Decor

Pros:

• "The building itself is stunning with many period features."
• "The rooms (having been completely redecorated by the new manager during lockdown) were excellent."
• "Our room was spotless and tastefully decorated too."
• "We stayed in a twin room which was large, newly decorated and just beautiful."
• "Lovely little inn with ample character lovely wood wood beams. Room was very comfortable cosy with all the mod cons. Very clean can't fault it will be staying here again."
• "Absolutely charming old fashioned oak beamed restaurant full of caricature and warmth."
• "Decor throughout has been so tastefully done."

Cons:

• "However, there are very limited choices of meals for vegetarians. Also the restaurant needs attention so far as the state of the decor is concerned."
• "Didn't like the ornamental stuffed owls on display, not keen on seeing dead things when I'm eating."

Service

Pros:

• "Very friendly staff."
• "Staff were welcoming and friendly, the food was outstanding."
• "The staff went to great lengths including raising the table to allow for my husband's wheelchair."
• "Service from Gerald and his team excellent."
• "The staff are very friendly and offer a good service."
• "The staff were fantastic, the food was delicious, really great timing for food delivery."
• "The team were so friendly and happy, really engaged with us as customers."

Cons:

• "The young waiters...were terribly slow, they didn’t listen and were a bit bone-idle and inattentive."
• "Pleasant atmosphere, however service not great. Slow to initiate contact, did not seem busy, then long wait for coffee, had to chase in the end."
• "Service is really slow."
• "We weren't greeted at all when arriving."
• "Good food poor service takes forever to get your drinks and food."
• "Food took over an hour to arrive. Had to set the table ourselves. No service whatsoever."
• "The service could of been better but I'm putting that down to getting back into the swing of things."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food is delicious!"
• "Cracking pies full of meat with excellent attentive service too."
• "Food and drink fantastic, Room fantastic too."
• "Food exceeded my expectations, burgers were juicy and tasty."
• "The daily pie, steak and ale, was the best ever!! Absolutely packed with meat which was beautifully cooked."
• "Had a lovely meal here. Portions were generous and it was very tasty."
• "The food oh my the food it was absolutely amazing."

Cons:

• "The roast came out cold and the veg was incredibly tasteless and obviously frozen veg that they hadn't even seasoned."
• "Bacon egg sausage and chips... my sausages were burnt, chips like we could do at home."
• "Very sad to report that there is almost nothing available on the already very limited menu tonight."
• "Food was cold, steak was tough, fish was tasteless and greasy and the curry was like dish water."
• "Food was awful and very overpriced. Just no care taken in cooking the food which is thrown together, over salty, too much puree in the soup."
• "Had the Sunday roast and tasted reheated, burnt potatoes on the outside, chewy and yellow inside."
• "All of the food was slightly under cooked. The chips were slightly hard, the mozzarella wasn't melted and the garlic bread was warm, but not crispy."

Value

Pros:

• "A very nice dog friendly pub where you get space from the table next to you as opposed to being crammed in like sardines."
• "Excellent service for our party of 14, all of the food was hot and of good size, desserts were lovely and overall at a good price."
• "My three course meal was £42. Which included 2 gin and tonics. I was very impressed."
• "Two 3 course meals (12oz rump) with good ales and coffee just shy of £80 excellent pricing for the quality."
• "Food was lovely and at a very reasonable price."
• "The prices are acceptably set and portion sizes are what you would expect of the price."
• "Excellent food, excellent service, reasonably priced."