Woodman Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was lovely and the portions ideal, we didn't have room for dessert we had the cowboy Burger, rump steak, and the Ultimate Burger."
• "Best carvery we've had for a very long time, 4 choices of meat, turkey, pork, beef & gammon."
• "The food was hot, fresh and tasty with great sized portions and was good value for money."
• "Food was great. All served hot and tasted delicious."
• "Great range of vegetables, the beef was melt in your mouth definitely the best beef we have had at any carvery."
• "The BBQ cauliflower wings were delicious!"
• "The food was piping hot and delicious, very generous portions."

Cons:

• "The roast potatoes could do with being roasted a little longer as quite pale and not crispy."
• "Poor very poor carvery running out of meat. Veggies luke warm."
• "Sadly the roast potatoes were dry and had possibly been under the heat lamps way too long and the roast beef was like old boots."
• "The hunters chicken that we received wasn’t hunters chicken, it was also overcooked, and the bacon on top was dry."
• "The mixed grill meat was inedible poor quality & undercooked."
• "The scampi was still wet from being straight out of the freezer."
• "Was the worst nachos that I’ve ever had!"

Service

Pros:

• "Really friendly and welcoming staff, thank you!"
• "Service was great, food decent for the price."
• "Service was pleasant and efficient."
• "Food was great, service excellent and a nice relaxed atmosphere."
• "Staff were really helpful and friendly and the choice of food for adults and kids was great."
• "The staff were very welcoming the moment we stepped through the door."
• "Excellent service, all the staff were brilliant, very helpful."

Cons:

• "Staff seemed to be pre occupied with everything other than the happiness and well being of the customer."
• "Staff were very rude and unhelpful."
• "Hardly any staff. Service very slow had wait 15 minutes no one at bar serving drinks."
• "Staff lacked the most basic customer service skills, no offers of condiments and no cutlery was provided until we asked."
• "Bar staff's welcome, well it didn't happen."
• "Nobody was interested whether our food was ok and cleared the table at the end without asking if it was ok despite quite a bit of food being left due to the poor quality."
• "Poor service, booked table online but no one seated us found table ourselves, app wouldn't work to order food or drinks, massive queue, not enough staff."

Atmosphere & Facilities

Pros:

• "Great for families. Nice outside garden area and patio area which is dog friendly."
• "Cute little park in the back too if you have any little ones."
• "Lovely garden for a few drinks before and after our meal."
• "The pub garden is SO well cared for too which is unusual nowadays!"
• "Well lit, huge car park with 2 EV charging points available."
• "Also has a small indoor children's play area, so seems to be a family friendly pub."
• "A really beautiful outside space to eat too (we sat in wooden gazebo type thing)."

Cons:

• "A bit noisy due to the road location."
• "It's a little tired in places."
• "Small gripe, the god awful smell outside from a nearby sewage works maybe?"
• "This is not the place to go for a quiet meal unless you enjoy listening to screaming kids while you're eating."
• "Pub needs updating and it's very dirty, grubby and staff are slow to serve food and collect empty dishes."
• "The table cleaner your using is making the tables sticky."
• "Furnishings a bit tired."

Value

Pros:

• "Very reasonably priced."
• "Out hiking when I noticed the pub sign advertising steak and chips with a pint for £12:50, all day Thursday, so I gave a go and was pleasantly surprised."
• "The two for one menu offered great value with a meal for two totalling £20."
• "Decent food and prices."
• "Prices on menu expensive but offer of 2 for 1 made the meal reasonable."
• "Great value at 2 for £12."
• "Food very reasonably priced and we all enjoyed everything we ordered, 8 empty plates!"

Cons:

• "Went for Sunday lunch, two for one but still very over priced."
• "Prices were perhaps a little on the high side."
• "Despite the offers it was very expensive for what it was and it was painful to have to pay full price."
• "Left feeling quite disappointed. There is the 2 for 1 offer which took the sting out of it, but incredibly over priced for what you get at single meal prices."
• "Food average but is quite expensive compared to other pubs serving average food."
• "Menu prices are high compared to most other pub food places."
• "Prices diabolical for what is served."