The Three Daggers Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Greeting on entry and to seat was good."
• "The service was excellent."
• "They checked on me, offered me food and made sure I stayed hydrated."
• "Staff were very helpful."
• "Service always attentive, professional yet friendly."
• "Staff were attentive and clearly very experienced and well trained."
• "All the staff were most helpful and looked after us very well."

Cons:

• "Our only gripe was the staff need better supervision, as the young girl who served us had clearly never worked in a restaurant before."
• "The lady that served us needs to take a course in making people feel welcome."
• "Waitressing was efficient but less that professional."
• "The service was a little on the slow side and we did need to remind the waitress that we had ordered some bread and oil."
• "The service was terrible and often unfriendly."
• "Our order was only taken 45 minutes after we arrived."
• "Service was good but sadly disappointed with the Sunday roast. Overcooked, long soaked therefore vegetables were soft."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Great quality food on offer in this stylish restaurant and village pub."
• "Lovely food, especially the homemade pizzas from the hut outside."
• "The food was simply superb!"
• "Food is exceptionally good and also good value."
• "The food was fantastic and the beers brewed on site were very moreish!"
• "This is such a lovely pub with the best fish and chips I've had so far."
• "The food was amazing in presentation flavour and quality."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately, on this occasion we found the menu very limited and what was available, mediocre."
• "Disappointing Sunday Lunch. Vegetables were bland & luke warm."
• "The food was very small portions, steak and few chips plus half tomatoes £28.00."
• "Considering it cost nearly £20 each, we were expecting better."
• "Food was average on both occasions (used to be fantastic)."
• "The fish order for the person with me was cold, and my burger was very dry with only a piece of lettuce as vegetable."
• "The gravy was so thin and flavourless that it might have well have been water."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Beautiful countryside, garden right in front of a great play/park area."
• "This place is well organised, and well looked after, we felt welcomed and comfortable."
• "Great service, lovely atmosphere and fantastic traditional English food."
• "A lovely cozy layout inside (with a fire!) - WIN."
• "The atmosphere within the place is great."
• "Very welcoming and friendly, even for the furry four legged customers."
• "Lovely atmosphere and didn't feel unwelcome because we weren't 'local'."

Cons:

• "Too hot in restaurant area making it uncomfortable to enjoy food there."
• "Atmosphere felt tense, (chef and bar person *talking* outside kitchen door in bar about an issue.. felt this a bit unprofessional as I'd rather not have been privy to it)."
• "Some traffic noise as borders road."
• "It has the potential to be a fantastic pub but it’s unwelcoming, lacking in warmth and doesn’t seem to fit the local community."
• "However walked in and immediately felt let down."
• "Such a shame to find owners with no smiles or customer service!!"
• "Awful reception, awful attitude and a total lack of customer service from any of the staff."

Value

Pros:

• "Had the lunch set menu was very reasonably priced - especially for the quality of the food."
• "Prices weren't too bad given the quality of the food and how much prices have gone up."
• "Great food, not cheap but not expensive either."
• "Great value so again no excuse for not trying them all."
• "Cooked perfectly and great value."
• "Tremendous value and excellent quality!"
• "Portions are also very fair, not tiny like at other restaurants of this quality!"

Cons:

• "A £7-8 bottle of wine, sold at £38... 400-500% mark up, really?"
• "The food was very small portions, steak and few chips plus half tomatoes £28.00."
• "Considering it cost nearly £20 each, we were expecting better."
• "Food was tasty but overpriced."
• "Prices are ridiculously high for the portions."
• "I was stunned however to be charged £18.75 outside of London for 2 drinks."
• "Not at all value for money."

Additional Facilities

Pros:

• "Free parking."
• "And don't forget to check out their farm shop that is filled with locally sourced items."
• "Great, welcoming country pub, with it's own microbrewery and farm shop/cafe adjacent."
• "They even have their own microbrewery."
• "The farmshop was also really lovely and worth a visit."
• "A playground for the children which you can observe from the little terrace above."
• "The outside bar is a nice touch and the kids loved the play park."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately not choices for vegan/plant based diets."
• "Although no vegetarian/vegan option for Sunday lunch."
• "Knowledge on choice of beer limited."
• "Vege choices were limited as usual."
• "What we did find very disappointing was the fact there were no vegan options."
• "Sorry guys but your skatepark is so terrible. Rough ground, slippery obstacles and tiny."
• "Either produce a decent cheese board or tell people it is a 'taster board' which it was and charge accordingly, as a guide £4 is too much."