Blacksmiths Arms Coniston Reviews Summary

Food Quality and Variety

Pros:

• "The food here is very good. I have had some lovely meals here in the past."
• "Absolutely loads of it to be fair. Massive mega burger and SD and wife said fish & chips was better than the famous brand chipper here."
• "Food absolutely beautiful. I had a Greek salad with chicken. It was delicious."
• "Perfectly cooked veggies with the pie & lot's of delicious gravy & with the stogonoff asked if we'd like 1/2 and 1/2 rice / chips."
• "Excellent food and drink, burger, chicken kiev and 2 halumi salad meals, all first class."
• "Fantastic food, had the pulled pork fajitas which was done gorgeously! Dessert I had the Alabama Fudge Cake with ice-cream."
• "We eat at the blacksmit coniston at least twice a week. I always have the steak pie because in my opion its their best dish."
• "The most impressive thing here is the friendly and efficient staff, we have always been informed of any extended wait for food at busy times."

Cons:

• "Well im not quite sure where to start. I ordered a vegetarian Sunday lunch. What I got came nowhere near what it should be."
• "My friend and I went for lunch today... My food arrived and it wasn't cooked the way I had described."
• "Lovely pub great atmosphere food was OK... food was a little bland and lacking basic seasoning."
• "The meal was lukewarm at best, the roast potatoes were so hard that I couldn't get my knife in."
• "What is the point of this pub? and all the pubs like it that don't open during the day. We had a walk from hull thinking how nice it would be to have lunch in Coniston."
• "Had meal with friends last night, the second visit in a week, very busy and was slightly worried the food wouldn't be as good as previous but in fact it was just as good."
• "Very disappointed. The food was adequate but the service was lacking. My wife found a small piece of metal in her main course."
• "We were waiting ages for the menus then we were given 3 menus for 4 of us. Two of our meals had to be taken back because of wrong orders then the steak was well over cooked."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "Really friendly staff too. Lots of gluten free options and great for family events."
• "Amazing food, great ambience, however on this visit, we must add that the service we received from Carl was outstanding!"
• "The staff were friendly and attentive and the food was absolutely amazing."
• "Many thanks to Leon, Katrina and all the staff for making our 47th wedding anniversary meal memorable."
• "All of the staff were amazing and the food was delicious. We will definitely be going back!"
• "Staff couldn't do enough for you. Food was really good and there was plenty on offer."
• "Great welcoming staff, great menu, calamari starter tasty, some pieces a little overcooked but edible."
• "We have been in a number of occasions, the landlord his partner and all the staff are really nice and so helpful."

Cons:

• "Waited a hour for food, then a meal was missing, only four not five! Obviously been done in microwave when it turned up 10 minutes after others!"
• "A bit disappointed with this place ale not that good not much choice didn't think much to my meal but my son enjoyed his steak."
• "We were waiting ages for the menus then we were given 3 menus for 4 of us. Two of our meals had to be taken back because of wrong orders."
• "Shame it's always cold.not had a fire lit in our last 5 visits since christmas.staff very good pleasant hard working.food really nice."
• "We went for tea and we will be going back. I had the pot poached haddock in a tomato parmesan and mozzarella sauce and it was so scupmtuous."
• "This place is rubbish, got my fish food and it was tasteless. Chips were burnt and tasted horrible. And the service was ridiculous."
• "Service was slack.. Plates not being cleared for ages, it was understaffed so waiter was rushed off his feet, wrong meals came out for 2 people."
• "Called in here just for a drink we got served at the bar and went to sit down we were told that the table was reserved and would have to move which we did."