The Beckford Arms Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food is also very good."
• "Great food, fun atmosphere.. nearly always busy!"
• "All our food was delicious and well priced."
• "The food was really delicious and they had plenty of highchairs for the wee ones."
• "Here comes the real treat though, the food. It really is of the highest calibre."
• "The food was cooked perfectly and was wonderfully tasty."
• "The food we ate here was off the scale."

Cons:

• "We had the gammon and the burguer both of them extremely salted."
• "Their Sunday roast whilst good, it was served cool on luke warm plates."
• "Just a shame about the chicken snitzel that was a bit undercooked for our liking."
• "We both had steaks in the evening but unfortunately that was the let down of our break as they were full of grizzle."
• "The rice pudding was disappointingly chewy with only the ground pistachio topping to redeem it in any way."
• "2 of us that had haunch of venison suffered Diahorrohea and vomiting that night."
• "The food is overpriced and quality very poor £30 for a tiny slither of cod on a bed of peas what a let down."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff at The Beckford Arms really are exceptional."
• "Our servers were wonderfully friendly and accommodating."
• "The staff were really attentive, not just with us, everyone was being treated like a valued friend."
• "Staff were lovely, attentive, looked after us throughout the few hours we were there."
• "The greeting from the young staff was spot on, the attention from the servers was first class all evening."
• "All the staff were so lovely and helpful."
• "The staff were very friendly and hospitable with reasonably good service."

Cons:

• "Terribly disappointing experience. Had a table booked, which was not available when we arrived."
• "Waited nearly 5 min to be acknowledge in the bar, food was OK nothing especial and service was OK, not much interaction with customers."
• "Sadly the waiting staff let the food down quite a bit."
• "Tried to pop in for lunch, the staff were rude and told us they had no availability."
• "Staff were rude and unhelpful."
• "Unfortunately my father's girlfriend got food poisoning from the halibut. The vegetarian cauliflower was burnt too."
• "Sadly didn't get to experience the venue as on enquiring about stay next year, I was told that only dining one one night of my two night stay was not good enough so my booking wouldn't be accepted."

Ambience and Location

Pros:

• "Beautiful old pub with great food and good service."
• "The atmosphere is cosy and informal, and not to mention the aesthetic and homely aspects of its interior design are really well-balanced."
• "Outstanding place. The garden out back was lovely, with an undercover / umbrella terraced area and various tables dotted amongst the trees."
• "Ridiculously cosy pub in a beautiful location. Roaring log fires. Comfortable seating."
• "A beautiful country pub, off the beaten track but well worth the effort of finding."
• "Beautiful countryside place..such a special place for escaping the city."
• "The pub itself is beautiful - warm and cosy by the fire in the winter, and gorgeous outside in the summer."

Cons:

• "However with 2 tables of 4+ at either corner of the room one with 2 dogs it was noisy."
• "One point though, the 'outside' area which allows smoking with ashtrays on the tables, is pretty much enclosed. So there is little ventilation which results in it being as bad as inside."
• "Told by pompous young man 'no other tables.... all fully booked'."
• "The walk should have been 15’ but the weather was atrocious so I had to drive."
• "It's like dining in the library of a country house, roomy yet intimate but not cheap."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "All our food was delicious and well priced."
• "At £22 for 2 freshly cooked breakfasts and loose-leaf teas it was very reasonably priced."
• "When the bill came we were pleasantly surprised that it wasn't as expensive as we first thought it would be."
• "Beautiful food and so reasonably priced."
• "Great food and good value."
• "For £95 including breakfast it was fabulous!"
• "Last but by no means least, value for money is unrivalled by anywhere else we've stayed at before."

Cons:

• "Little bit expensive but we did had a 3 course meal."
• "The drinks were more like London prices, too high for a gastro pub in South Wiltshire."
• "Food is good but on the higher price side."
• "It is fairly expensive."
• "Whilst the service was generally friendly, the drinks were more like London prices, too high for a gastro pub in South Wiltshire."
• "The food is overpriced and quality very poor £30 for a tiny slither of cod on a bed of peas what a let down."