Address: 2 Market St, Ulverston, LA12 7BA, United Kingdom
Phone: +441229584469
Rating: 4.5
based on 190 reviews.
Food Quality
Pros:
"Food was excellent to say the least."
"The pizza was delicious with an excellent dough base."
"The food was beautiful and reasonably priced."
"Food is good value for the portion sizes."
"The food was delicious, portions were good and well priced too."
"Food was fantastic, Brisket cooked to perfection as was the vegetables."
"The food...I ordered Fish chips and peas with tartar sauce and I can honestly say it was one of the best I have had, the fish and chips were cooked perfectly."
Cons:
"The fished seemed to be very wet and certainly had no black pepper or garlic butter anywhere near it."
"Had scallops with black pudding as a main course, only 4 scallops, overcooked."
"The lobster we both had was overcooked and dry."
"when my friend tried to eat her med to well cooked sirloin steak it turned out be extremely grisly and tasteless!"
"I had the Farmers burger and it was the driest burger I'd ever had."
"Chewy prawns in a cloudy lemon soup, no seasoning, no flavor."
"It tasted utterly awful."
Service
Pros:
"servers kept checking to see if everything was okay."
"We were served by an amazing man called Daniel he was so friendly professional and great at his job."
"Staff were all friendly and very good."
"The staff were very polite & attentive too."
"staff were very friendly and very attentive and helpful."
"The service was exceptional and the quality of the food and drink was outstanding."
"Staff service was impeccable."
Cons:
"Arrived at the farmers to very stressed out staff which made it known through their body language."
"Not totally organised as the table wasn't set up for as many people as we'd booked for."
"long gaps having to wait, mixed up orders."
"Service was slow plates left on table for ages after main meal waited about 15 minutes for someone to take our order for a sweet."
"Unfortunately this visit wasn't as good as last time, staff are doing the best they can, but our meal arrived cold."
"We had to ask for the lobster crackers and then waited ages for the dessert menu."
"We had to call out to waiters to order drinks, because no one came to take an order."
Ambiance and Cleanliness
Pros:
"a lovely warm bar with lots of atmosphere."
"Bar and facilities very clean and in a very nice setting."
"The place itself, was modern, clean and family orientated."
"The place is immaculately clean, would go again next time I'm in the area."
"Nice bar and restaurant with a good atmosphere."
"A really nice modern pub with plenty of seating, a great place to sit for a drink/cocktail or for a meal."
"Beautiful little pub, that serves food and drinks, lovely outdoor seating area, and indoors is lovely too, really nice staff and the place is immaculately clean."
Cons:
"Eating area - not a restaurant - smells of fish, but the food is good sizable and tasty, well presented."
"Also it was plagued with flies which I found to be massively off putting."
"Bit oppressive going in main entrance where crowds of guys are outside smoking and drinking."
"From the outside uninspiring, even on a rainy day."
"The glass wasn't dry. You can tell this from the creeping mottled effect visible."
"Nice place if you don't want to talk with your friends during your meal the dining area is too close to the drinking are we could not hear ourselves think never mind hold a conversation with my 5 friends."
"food was not peng enough for me liking atmosphere is ded ting fries were measly."
Value
Pros:
"The food was beautiful and reasonably priced."
"Good choice of ales which change regularly, and the food is really good - the portions will not leave you hungry!"
"Super value for money."
"The portions were very generous and reasonably priced."
"Cost is really good for the quality. We fed a family of four with mains and drinks for approx £65.00."
"Food was great for lunchtime decent selection on the menu and a specials menu too, fairly priced."
"This bar serves the best Nachos with chicken I have ever had - it was so tasty and so big!!!"
Cons:
"Check the competition before booking. Farmers raised their 2016 rates by 50% without making improvements."
"nowhere near worth the £17 they charged me."
"The value for money seemed fair. Had all the facilities we needed. They recommend parking for a £1 which is only one location, all others are pricy."
"Very blingy now. And busy...so is it working? Has lost its small town charm, trying to attract customers."
"Minus the overcooked roast potatoes that were completely overruled by the mouthwatering beef!"
"spoke to manager, he couldn't care less his attitude disgusting."
"be warned they only give you so long at your table to vacate it for the next customers."
Accessibility
Pros:
"The location was amazing as it was right in the middle of the village."
"Easily accessible location."
"Public carpark very close, with pay and display parking."
"It is in an excellent location in the town."
"Outside sheltered seating area with a fire pit to keep warm on the coldest days."
"The front of the pub makes for a great spot for people watching as it's the centre of the town."
"Lovely surroundings in the centre of the old market town of Ulverston, Cumbria."
Cons:
"Not dog friendly which is unusual for the lakes."
"One negative regarding my booking, I booked 4 cottages for myself and my group of friends more than 3 months prior to my stay-using booking.com and with no explanation other than 'it is no longer available' given, 3 weeks before my arrival one of the cottages was cancelled by the Farmers."
"Lovely pub and very good food only thing letting it down is the non-existent disabled toilets."
"Think it was very rude as there was other tables vacant."
"Unfortunately on my way back to Eskdale I had a bad accident on my motorbike which saw it written off but at least I walked away from it."
"When we complained about the meal, the feedback was dismissive from the management."
"No attempt by staff to ask if we wanted any desserts after clearing mains."