The Fox at Shipley Reviews Summary

Menu Variety and Quality

Pros:

• "The restaurant has a wide and varied menu."
• "Food was scrumptious!"
• "The food is proper home cooked food and not the microwave meals you get in many chain pubs."
• "The range of food and drinks on offer is really good and at very good price."
• "Been eating here on and off for 3 years now and am yet to have a bad meal."
• "The food was well worth the price before they give the discount!"
• "The food menu is good and all at a reasonable price."

Cons:

• "Food overpriced."
• "Food mediocre for the price, burger was poor."
• "It's not 2 for 1 when the prices for 1 meal are so expensive."
• "Food not great. Soggy roast potatoes and overcooked broccoli."
• "It's been took over by someone else recently and the food quality has gone drastically down hill whilst the prices have increased."
• "Food was not great."
• "Very disappointed as about a third was grissle and inedible."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "The food and service deserved 5 stars."
• "The staff are lovely and friendly."
• "Staff friendly, welcoming and accommodating."
• "Quick service lots of room inside."
• "The staff were welcoming and helpful."
• "Staff were all very friendly and helpful."
• "Fantastic, friendly staff with an excellent variety on the menu."

Cons:

• "Terrible service cold food!!"
• "Had the waitor come back 3 times because they didn't have what I ordered."
• "This place is terrible. And the staff are useless."
• "Food was good but the service could have been better."
• "Great service."
• "Bit of a rip off. Advertised as 2 for 1 or something like that when it’s not really."
• "Shocking... the food was dry, overcooked and disgusting."

Ambiance and Facilities

Pros:

• "Nice sunny day lots of out door seating. Large car park."
• "A nicely refurbished pub/restaurant on an extremely busy main road."
• "The play area was safe and fun for our daughter."
• "The bar area for those not dining is restricted but drinks can be taken outside to either a patio terrace or small courtyard."
• "Really lovely country pub with great atmosphere."
• "Lovely environment with friendly, hard working staff."
• "Lovely competitively priced meals. Staff a delight. Will be coming back."

Cons:

• "I found seating rather cramped."
• "Not as accessible as we'd like for people with limited mobility."
• "The atmosphere was small and cramped and tables a forearms length from each other."
• "Flies everywhere!! The food and evening was spoilt by the constant swatting of flies around our table."
• "Meals gone up a lot not a problem but they have taken stuff off meal like onion rings and mushrooms they made portions smaller and replaced with loads of onions."
• "The atmosphere is very relaxed and the place itself is very homely and cosy."
• "Shocking...was like a graveyard in there no music or atmosphere."

Price and Value

Pros:

• "The food was well worth the price before they give the discount!"
• "The food was reasonably priced, good portion sizes and well executed."
• "The prices are a bit steeper than other places BUT they more than make up for this by making almost every meal 2 for 1."
• "Two roast dinners for £9.98 can't complain at that!"
• "The food and service was amazing and the prices are so good."
• "A lovely pub. Sociable staff, real ales, 2 for 1 food's good value."
• "The set menu is brilliant value."

Cons:

• "Nice surroundings but be aware how expensive it is."
• "Food overpriced."
• "I thought that the desserts were expensive, as they were around £10 each."
• "It's not 2 for 1 when the prices for 1 meal are so expensive."
• "This was our go to pub until yesterday. A lot of things including the two for one deal has been taken off the menu so it ended up being a lot more expensive."
• "Prices of drinks are extortionate £6.30 for a large wine, £26 for a lamb shank meal and £9.95 for large knickerbocker glory."
• "Food mediocre for the price."