The Curlew Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was outstanding with ample choices on the menu."
• "Our food came out in a reasonable time & looked really good. Presentation and taste were superb."
• "The food is the real star of the show though, it's always top notch comfort food cooked perfectly, I love their pies!"
• "The starters came out quickly and were really hot."
• "Steaks and pork n mash very tasty and nicely presented."
• "The food was excellent, just the right amount so that we even managed a desert!"
• "The food was amazing - beautifully displayed and very tasty."

Cons:

• "Quite pricey for us to visit regularly. We spent £50 for 2 mains, 2 soft drinks and a shared a dessert."
• "The curried veg Wellington is really nice in its own right but curry flavour + roast is a weird combo."
• "very disappointed as although there were plenty of beautifully fresh vegetables, they were beyond aldante, the roast parsnips were soggy and not at all roasted."
• "The ‘extra crispy’ roast potatoes were just soggy new potatoes, as well as dry Yorkshire puddings."
• "Roast pork very dry, took it home for the cat and he wouldn't even eat it."
• "Disappointed that a greens and grains dish cost £15 but was basically a portion of lettuce with some peppers in oil on top."
• "The roast potatoes were awful, tasteless and rubbery."

Service

Pros:

• "Our server Emily was very attentive and helpful."
• "Great friendly and quick service from our waitress Sherri last evening."
• "The staff were very helpful and pleasant at all times."
• "Friendly, attentive without being overly familiar."
• "Service was exemplary and prompt, well recommended."
• "The waitress was so polite and was working her tables to perfection."
• "Very friendly and efficient staff."

Cons:

• "To then Watch the same staff host wait on each other table with delight and polite manners only bought more frustration and insult."
• "It is unacceptable for the person who took our order to completely ignore all the previous conversations and just hit the normal meal buttons which we were served."
• "Waited ages, totally screwed up the vegan dish and daughter left waiting while we ate."
• "However, the server was extremely loud and when it came to paying the bill initially refused to honour the discount."
• "As we’ve sat down to peruse the menu, we’ve been greeted with an uninterested and rude waitress who quite frankly couldn’t care less about our being there."
• "We were met by unfriendly and miserable staff."
• "However we were served our starters by what I believe is the owner/manager? He was extremely rude and grumpy."

Ambience & Atmosphere

Pros:

• "A very relaxing and friendly place to go."
• "Great food, fantastic atmosphere, good choice of drinks and lovely people."
• "We love the refurbishment, the ambience and the new menu."
• "The interior of the pub is lovely and cosy."
• "Certainly looked good inside with a nice atmosphere."
• "Such a lovely atmosphere and family friendly."
• "Very atmospheric with the log fires going."

Cons:

• "Felt it needed a little more cleaning as we had moss on the glass table tops."
• "The dissabled loo needs a deep clean."
• "The only thing wee noticed was the Euro bins by the doors on the way back to the car park, we think they could be hidden from view by having a larger bin area with fencing around it."
• "In what was a relatively half full restaurant you sat us next to the toilet and the kitchen...On a valentine night do you need to sit customers next to the toilets."
• "Only put off by occasionally yapping dog which was fed scraps from owners table."
• "Unfortunately found pets being stroked by waiting staff while handling cutlery as an example or patrons allowing their pets on seats."
• "However, as much as I like dogs, I don't like to be surrounded by them when I'm eating."

Value

Pros:

• "Spectacular food for decent prices."
• "Bonus having a 50% off mains voucher, so certainly recommend signing up for their newsletter."
• "Also made use of the 50% off main meals too."
• "Prices were also reasonable given the current general increases."
• "The food was good value for money, I paid under £25 for two courses and two drinks."
• "Good food and the £20 discount offer for downloading the app made for a perfect catch up night."
• "Food good and the service was absolutely faultless."

Cons:

• "Expensive and disappointing."
• "My only slight issue is pricing is now quite high in my opinion especially in an area with so much choice for good food."
• "It cost an extra couple of pounds to eat here but it was really worth it."
• "We had a discount voucher that could not be used on the pub app."
• "Although the taste was good, the prawn skewer portions are very small."
• "Food not cheap, but good quality."
• "The venue really deserved a better rating but I have to be truthful of my experience."