The Pear At Parley Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is cooked perfectly, attention to detail is on point and the ingredients are fresh."
• "The roast beef was perfect and great veg selection."
• "The lamb was so tender and really nicely cooked."
• "The food was excellent, the staff were attentive and nothing was too much trouble."
• "Really good food with great portion sizes."
• "The portion size was small to say the least and for £15 was definitely not value for money."
• "The trio of pork for £20 just isn't worth it."
• "Confit duck is so dry, fondant potato seemed just to be steamed."

Cons:

• "The tart tartan on a menu was a must to try for dessert."
• "The roast potatoes weren't crispy at all and the Yorkshire pudding was chewy."
• "The pork tenderloin was not even a half, but a few slices."
• "The food was of a poor standard. Not at all what we had come to expect from The Pear."
• "Pork Tenderloin was not even a half, but a few slices."
• "The cauliflower cheese had no taste either... but that may be due to the fact I was only given about a tea spoons worth."
• "The vegetarian curry was disappointing as there was more rice then anything else."
• "The vegan steak was like rubber, why do restaurants think because I'm a vegetarian I want to eat vegan food."

Service

Pros:

• "Great service from the waitresses."
• "The staff were really friendly and in particular Elisha was a great character."
• "The waitress was just amazing."
• "Our server (who I didn't catch her name) was brilliant, nothing was too much trouble."
• "The service is very good. It's great they do a separate vegan menu."
• "Brilliant. We were an hour late due to a serious road accident. The staff were sympathetic."
• "The wait staff did great under what must be challenging circumstances."
• "The staff were friendly, welcoming and pleasant."

Cons:

• "The service is so s...l...o..w! We waited 30 minutes for drinks to arrive."
• "First time visit and brilliant picky starter followed by roast, great service and lovely staff."
• "Service was a bit all over the place.. Waitress didn't seem to know what was available."
• "The waitress brought out some cutlery and put them straight down onto an unclean table."
• "Waited and hour and ten minutes for food only to go up and ask to be told 'your order doesn't exist'."
• "The whole dressed crab, which was ok, and came with chips and a salad, the thing is it wasn't any better than if you bought one from Tesco."
• "The service was awful didn’t get our starters till 8.45pm."
• "Service was good though a bit slow (very busy at lunch with only 2-3 ladies serving the whole restaurant?)"

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The atmosphere was totally ruined by a large group of diners."
• "Friendly and relaxed service in a very comfortable dining area."
• "Lovely pub in a picturesque setting, staff were helpful and friendly."
• "Beautiful location, we sat in the outdoor kitchen area."
• "The food was delicious. I myself had the sea bream and mussels in the best sauce ever!"
• "Lovely pub in a picturesque setting, staff were helpful and friendly."
• "Lovely sunny garden setting, we missed main menu but settled for delicious flatbreads."
• "Really improved from previous owners."

Cons:

• "Shame. This pub has so much potential but it's not for us. Dog tolerant at best. Not dog friendly."
• "The only thing wrong with this place is that we booked for Sunday Lunch and were taken to a table outside which is OK on a warm day but it wasn't."
• "The atmosphere is quite nice although they have a pile of scrap bottles outside trying to resemble a tree."
• "The food was lovely. We had Sunday roast and it was tasty!"
• "Have visited 3 times now. Love the venue & food but have been let down by the service each time."
• "Enjoyed our visit on a warm day when patio doors open and we were able to enjoy outside seating."
• "Lovely meal with the family, really attentive staff with good service, great atmosphere."
• "The restaurant looks out onto a beautiful field, with outdoor seating and a playground for the little ones."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The food was nice, especially the smoked duck salad, which I had."
• "This gastro pub is very local to us. We are frequent visitors and just returned again and was as excellent as always."
• "Food here was nice, i had lamb burger and rhubarb crumble off the lunch menu."
• "Had a birthday lunchtime meal with the Mum in Law (she's 95 you know...) and enjoyed it."
• "Really nice food, staff were polite and friendly."
• "We had a lovely family meal here this past weekend."
• "It was a very nice place & I should imagine in the summer a pleasant place to eat."
• "Booked for a family 30th Birthday meal. The food was delicious and to a very high standard."

Cons:

• "The pie and kids meals looked good but I felt pretty ripped off to be honest."
• "Got dumped in the modern purpose built wooden outhouse they called the ‘stables’. Service painfully slow."
• "Service was good but unfortunately found my main meal to be poor value for money."
• "Nice grounds and restaurant. Service was good but unfortunately found my main meal to be poor value for money."
• "Pre ordered food the day before but still waited 1.5 hours for it to come to the table."
• "The roast came with 2 roast potatoes and the lamb was too fatty really."
• "Really nice food, staff were polite and friendly. Although a popular venue we were not made to feel that we had to hurry our meal."
• "We had a lovely family meal here this past weekend."