Scarborough Arms Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Service friendly. Good choice on menu plus specials board."
• "Staff were brilliant and down to Earth."
• "Very helpful & friendly staff."
• "Service was great, served quickly and food was hot when arrived."
• "The young staff were very polite and attentive."
• "The staff were really helpful and so friendly."
• "Staff were very friendly and welcoming, the menu had a good selection of dishes and nice selection of drinks."

Cons:

• "The gaming was over cooked.the chips burnt on the out side put not cooked inside the mc and cheese was oily."
• "Parking is a nightmare if you have mororhome or van anything bigger then small car."
• "the staff are young and inexperienced, they got our booking mixed up."
• "Had to get our own menus, had we not asked about ordering nobody would have told us we had to order at the bar."
• "The staff seemed over stretched and Brough (i believe) the owners out to ask people to change tables and share so they could accommodate more customers."
• "The server did not get the order correctly, but corrected it quickly and with lots of apologies 😀."
• "A well run and tidy pub but I was put off eating there after seeing a girl wrapping cutlery in serviettes but pulling them from the tubs blade and prongs first."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is superb."
• "Fantastic food.... just had homemade steak & ale pie, best pie i've ever tasted."
• "The food is outstanding, homemade and always hot when it arrives."
• "Enjoyed the atmosphere, beer and food, home cooked makes the difference!"
• "The food was very fresh and delicious, with a great choice on the menu."
• "The food was nice the staff were very friendly and talkative and the atmosphere was enjoyable and pets are WELCOME."
• "Absolutely fantastic meal. All the food was cooked perfectly, it was tasty, hot and good portion size."

Cons:

• "Shocking!!. Over priced menu, poor quality steak, poorly cooked without seasoning."
• "It took 3 attempts to get a meal, as food service times changed each day, and over bank holiday too, which was disappointing."
• "Really unhappy with the food service. Two years in a row, checked the website for food times 4-8 and sat down to order after purchasing drinks at 5.30 only to be told they've stopped serving food."
• "I ate garlic mushrooms, asked for no sauce. There was no garlic and a hair in it, the bread on the side was also stale."
• "soup had milk in it, veggie curry had cream in it."
• "the food was very disappointing veggies under cooked chips over cooked steak pie pastry soggy."
• "Very disappointed we went for a family meal we waited a long time for a simple meal scampi and chips and the scampi was very soggy and the chips was very greasy."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Lovely decor and great vibe about the place."
• "The pub was lovely and clean with great atmosphere."
• "Pub is clean and fresh but still keeps that old pub look."
• "Probably the friendliest pub in Scarborough, u always feel at home from the minute u walk in."
• "Great atmosphere and the best burger I've had in a long time."
• "It does not look like much from the outside but inside it was lovely and it had a nice atmosphere."
• "The whole atmosphere is unique for the Boro."

Cons:

• "They need to stop the dogs or at last limit the number or have outside area for them so normal ppl can eat without them."
• "DEFINITELY NOT a pub for anyone who is not a local."
• "One criticism would be the lack of ventilation. It was extremely hot and no windows were open."
• "If there is a private event on and people dining there is extremely limited space for those going just for a drink."
• "Was very good value to start with, then they put the price of 2 steaks and a bottle of wine up by £9 overnight."
• "Quiet chill pub, but they do need to sort the music out as it was jumping none stop through my visit and completely the wrong vibe for people in there."
• "DEFINITELY NOT a pub for anyone who is not a local."

Value

Pros:

• "Would highly recommend."
• "Pricing was good quality of good was very good."
• "Had the cheeseburger and chips which was excellent value for money."
• "Excellent value for money."
• "Good food at reasonable prices."
• "Can't recommend this place enough, such a lovely atmosphere, and very reasonably priced."
• "Great value for money."

Cons:

• "Parking is a nightmare if you have mororhome or van anything bigger then small car."
• "Dont mind paying above the odds but food on the whole average at best."
• "The price of the steak is a little more than I would pay and the mixed grill was also quite pricey."
• "Food was brilliant, the meat is high quality and not fatty at all, big portions but also big prices."
• "Went in there yesterday 1 carling and 1 standard G&T £8.60. Bit expensive I thought so I went in search for the bar tariff! There isnt one."
• "We had a nice meal here however 3 pints, a burger and a rack of ribs and chips came to £46 which we thought was quite expensive for two people in a pub."
• "Shocking!!. Over priced menu, poor quality steak, poorly cooked without seasoning."