The Foxglove Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "It serves good food."
• "The food was well cooked and well presented."
• "I had chicken skewers, very tasty and not dried out."
• "The new burgers on the menu were absolutely ace."
• "The steak was actually extremely nice."
• "The food was delicious and enough to satisfy any appetite!"
• "The food is also always fantastic. The portions are generous and always come out piping hot and beautifully presented too."

Cons:

• "Would give this a zero if I could - awful... over an hour wait for the starter which was mediocre to say the least."
• "Ordered a steak well done it came back medium wasn't happy."
• "To top it off the chips tasted like cardboard."
• "Unfortunately it was the worst meal I have ever had. The bacon was slimy. Didn't even taste of bacon."
• "Food was cold, steak which was supposed to be medium rare, came totally rare and cold."
• "The gammon was burnt and tasted like charcoal, the fish and chips were lukewarm."
• "The fish and burgers were overcooked and the chips were clearly fried in old burnt oil."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were helpful attentive polite.. Service was excellent."
• "Very friendly staff, they seemed happy and enthusiastic."
• "The staff are all so keen to help and happy to see you; it really makes a welcoming atmosphere."
• "We were served and looked after by a charming young man called Mark. He was very efficient and happy in his work and his customer service was second to none."
• "The friendly welcome from Conor was refreshing, nothing was too much trouble."
• "Service is good, friendly staff."
• "Great service with friendly staff."

Cons:

• "Contacted head office and promised vouchers by the manager of foxglove but I'm still waiting! Not happy!"
• "The staff waitress was very rude and disrespectful and even eye rolled me and my family."
• "A very rude staff didn’t give us the drinks menu and was saying he would take order via app only."
• "Service from bar staff was polite and attentive. Food was well below standard, didnt eat it."
• "Service is good, friendly staff. But holy cow - don’t order the Nachos."
• "The service was slow, very under staffed for the amount of people coming in."
• "The service was shocking, we never eat together, 2 of us got our food straight away then got cold whilst waiting for everyone else's (20/25 mins later)."

Cleanliness

Pros:

• "The staff are friendly, the place was clean and tidy."
• "It has a 5* hygiene rating which is always a must for me."
• "Nice and clean both in the restaurant itself and the ladies toilets."
• "The place was nice and clean."

Cons:

• "Food good but tables and floors left dirty. We were there an hour and 4 tables were dirty with lots of food on the floor."
• "The seating area floor was absolutely filthy with dropped food."
• "Came in to a less than half full restaurant full of uncleared tables hunting for somewhere to sit."
• "The place stinks of toilets, the burger was raw."
• "Place was sticky. Couldn't open 1of the menus."
• "Tables were dirty and overall if you are wanting a calm, quiet evening out to enjoy a few drinks and a meal this isn't an ideal location."
• "food came... no sweet potato in sight."

Value

Pros:

• "This is a reasonably priced restaurant."
• "Different deals each day, which is decent value."
• "Prices are very reasonable."
• "Good for families on a budget as lot of special offers and daily deals.. you won't leave hungry."
• "Value for money is incredible."
• "food is very good with very competitive prices."
• "Very nice and decently priced food."

Cons:

• "Most of the food is frozen and deep fried!"
• "Cheap n cheerful but food mediocre."
• "The messy fries were not really my cup of tea."
• "The kids icecream let it down."
• "Wednesday offer of £6 beer n a curry is impossible to access."
• "Service ok. Again lack of meals which should be available ALL day."
• "Their beer selection was ok but I wish there was more selection."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "It was quiet when we visited.. so especially calm atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere was representative of the local armed Forces community with some fantastic picture of the local area."
• "Nice atmosphere accept when the football is on, but that's only because I'm not into it, but lots of big screens if you like that."

Cons:

• "Sorry won't be back again!"
• "It's looking tired already."
• "The atmosphere was terrible, the language from the lady next to us was awful."
• "We waited 45 minutes for our food to arrive with 2 small children!"
• "The curry was cold, the other burger with chicken was oily."
• "Luke warm food, bacon missing from one of the burgers and so called bbq sauce needed flavour."
• "The chicken tasted like a rubber and looked like tortilla."