The Inn South Stainley Reviews Summary

Category: Gastropub Harrogate

Address: Ripon Rd, South Stainley, Harrogate HG3 3ND, United Kingdom

Phone: +441423779060

Rating: 4.4
based on 251 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was also excellent."
  • "Eating in the restaurant in the evening was a lovely experience with great food."
  • "Food was outstanding!"
  • "The food is lovely and the restaurant staff are all super friendly and will bend over backwards to make your experience a good one."
  • "Fantastic food (up there with the best Sunday lunch we've ever had!)"
  • "The food was superb and I love the decor."
  • "The food was beautiful."

Cons:

  • "Food mediocre."
  • "BUT, food rather average and very overpriced. Lemon sole with chips - £21 - really!!"
  • "The chips that were served should have been described as overcooked scraps."
  • "Food was ok but felt that it had been warmed up from the lunch menu and not cooked fresh from order."
  • "Tough sirloin, watery sauce, burnt chips, gristly burgers, etc."
  • "The majority of our food seemed cooked from frozen."
  • "The mussels gave me food poisoning."

Service

Pros:

  • "The service is fantastic, all staff are lovely and friendly."
  • "The staff were very welcoming and friendly."
  • "Every member of staff we spoke to was delightful, friendly and helpful."
  • "Staff were really warm, friendly and attentive."
  • "The staff were very polite and attentive."
  • "Very welcoming and informative staff both in the bar and restaurant and the food and service were first class all 4 of us were impressed and would definitely call again when in the area."
  • "All the staff were polite, smart & very professional."

Cons:

  • "The service in general was slow and when questioned about an item on the menu, the response we got was 'I’m new so I don’t really know', there was no offer to go ask someone who would know."
  • "It's a shame because the service let down the really good food."
  • "Our server was rude and not at all attentive, our drinks took forever to arrive after eventually being seated (it wasn’t even busy)."
  • "Service both for breakfast and evening meals was erratic, late, and punctuated by constant apologies."
  • "Service was very slow. We were not advised they were short staffed."
  • "However no one came to take the order or to check if the food was ok, or even to see if we wanted deserts."
  • "The staff didn't really know what was going on."

Accommodation

Pros:

  • "We stayed in a lodge separate from main building which was very quiet, spacious and very clean."
  • "Rooms are looked after spacious and good views."
  • "Our room was spacious, clean and very comfortable with a small outside seating area on a deck reached through patio doors."
  • "The room was surprisingly nice for an Inn, with a huge bathroom and a comfy double bed."
  • "The room we stayed in was a garden room which is a short walk through the garden which would be a lovely place to sit in the summer."
  • "Our room was superior with attention to detail in its cleanliness worth another star just for that."
  • "The room was big and comfortable with everything you could need."

Cons:

  • "Room was very small - was disappointed as at £203 for 1 night was expecting more."
  • "Our room was cramped with insufficient lighting above the desk and bathroom mirror, TV reception was very poor, and the sink was blocked."
  • "Our accommodation was expensive for what we had."
  • "The standard rooms in the Inn may be a little on the small side if you're tall and you're not staying on your own."
  • "Everything I read about this place was positive. What a big disappointment we were given a noisy room the bathroom was had no mirror was in a dark alcove with no light."
  • "The childrens burger was so full of gristle."
  • "We got fined £100 for parking because we forgot to take a ticket."

Value

Pros:

  • "Great Value, Excellent Service, Comfy Room."
  • "All the normal favourites are available along with an extensive drinks menu ensuring you will have a very enjoyable meal."
  • "Great tasty food at good prices and a wonderful selection of beers and wines."
  • "This proved to be a great value hotel, with high standards in all areas."

Cons:

  • "The second problem was the ridiculous bar and restaurant prices."
  • "Desserts are becoming more and more expensive."
  • "I don’t feel the meal regardless of the fact it was clap cold was worth £19.95."
  • "Extremely overpriced for the food you receive."
  • "The overall cost for our meal was outrageous, especially considering the service we were provided with and the quality of food we received!"
  • "The price for a small bowl of chips with a dusting of cheese and a pint of Guinness was astronomical @£11!"
  • "As lovely as it was the pricing was way to much."

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