The Globe Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The quality of the food was great."
• "Food was appetising and hot."
• "The fish was very nice."
• "every bit of this dinner was cooked to perfection, tasted so fresh."
• "We could not fault the meals, the meat was cooked spot on and the salad was so fresh."
• "All the food was excellent, the service very pleasant."
• "The battered haddock was excellent."

Cons:

• "Food needs to be looked at it was not very good and absolutely underwhelming."
• "Rather go to McDonald's than put up with substandard food."
• "The main was overcooked, bland and tasteless with rubbery chicken and recycled chips."
• "The peas were the worse I've had for years. Processed out of a tin or old reheated."
• "The steak and ale pie whilst nice was mostly gravy."
• "The food is particularly good value if you eat before six o'clock."
• "The food was dry, overcooked and burnt."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were friendly and helpful."
• "staff really helpful."
• "Our server was Rebecca, who was charming funny and attentive."
• "The food and service was excellent, our 'waitress/bar maid' was very welcoming, chatty, smiling polite and very efficient."
• "Maddi provided great service of our food and drinks."
• "Jake our server was excellent and was just the right mix of friendly banter and professionalism."
• "Staff were very apologetic and compensated us for this let down."

Cons:

• "Staff were just standing around talking even though they could see that tables were finished and waiting for their bill."
• "Service was a lot to be desired."
• "The service was slow... in fact every time we wanted to order a drink or food and even pay no one was around."
• "The service was simply terrible. We waited over 15 minutes before even being acknowledged."
• "The big let down, considering half the tables are out of use for social distancing, was the poor table service."
• "All she kept saying is 'what do YOU want me to do' and I felt like she was picking on me, feeling very intimidated."
• "As we have had before, we were ignored by the waitress who walked past me 3 times."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Excellent value for money. Plenty of parking."
• "The bill for 4 adults 2 children £39 that included drinks so will definitely be returning there again."
• "Would totally recommend to anyone who likes to eat a big breakfast."
• "For under £10 for one adult and two kids eat free."
• "Great value for money food."
• "2 great meals for £10. yes that's £5 a meal!! unbeatable value."
• "Service very good and price also excellent."

Cons:

• "For me it was slightly overpriced and not the best vegetarian options to choose from."
• "The cheesy chips we ordered were in a standard small cereal bowl, not even loaded to the top and not worth the money."
• "In a nutshell it's overpriced and poor quality, even a simple burger was so disappointing."
• "Not worth the money."
• "Admittedly one of our meals was not hot and was sent back only to be microwaved and returned no warmer."
• "Upgraded without being asked, so bill came to over £22.... Forget 2 for £8.99......!!!"
• "Charged us full price for Pie & Pub deal instead of the reduced deal price."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Surroundings are nice, just what we'd expect from a decent Pub serving food."
• "Lovely local bar/restaurant, friendly atmosphere very popular with the locals and visitors."
• "The pub was very clean an had a cosy atmosphere even as it is a large establishment."
• "The decor is wonderful and so is the back garden. Really nicely laid out."
• "Very pleasant atmosphere with lots of different areas to sit in."
• "Cosy and not rushed."
• "The restaurant is clean, the staff friendly and the atmosphere inviting."

Cons:

• "Not a place to take a dog."
• "also the last few times I've been there hasn't been much atmosphere, there is very low background music playing, you can barely hear it."
• "Nice atmosphere and would return at least for a couple of pints but not necessarily for food."
• "The atmosphere is your usual gentrified MOR chain pub."
• "The toilets were overflowing and raw sewage was leaching into the dining area."
• "The place could do with a clean as there were stacked empty tables."
• "The whole pub and restaurant is grubby bordering on dirty, especially the bar furniture."