Address: Boldon Leisure Park, Abingdon Way, East Boldon, Boldon Colliery, NE35 9PB, United Kingdom
Phone: +441915369408
Rating: 3.8
based on 206 reviews.
Food Quality
Pros:
"The food is varied and tasty."
"The beef and turkey were melt in your mouth, I've never tasted meat like it."
"Had Katsu curry and hunters chicken between us and both found it tasty."
"The meal was very nice and the price very reasonable."
"The food was tasty, hot, and plenty of it."
"We enjoyed the carvery as there was a good choice of meats and vegetables."
"The carvery was excellent, the veg fresh."
Cons:
"Standard bland carvery, the food looked like it had been standing there all day and was dry."
"The sausages were dried up and tough to chew, the steak was ordered as medium rare and I have seen less well done cremations."
"Food came cold just an awful day and an awful waste of money."
"Nephew ordered fish and chips and the fish was most batter."
"Cabbage was dried up, as were the sprouts."
"Both our chips were cold."
"The bacon was burned black and inedible."
Staff and Service
Pros:
"Ordered 3 meals and an extra meal to take away can't fault the service that we received the staff were excellent."
"Polite and helpful staff and really good range to choose from for the carvery."
"Lovely pub, well priced and really friendly staff."
"Staff nice and polite."
"The staff serving it has a smile and was really nice."
"Staff are spot on and pretty much do anything to help you."
"The friendly staff came over and asked if everything was to our liking."
Cons:
"Staff didn't even show they cared as we asked about a quite table that wasn't taken and they were very rude to us."
"Staff where not very helpful sat at a round table chatting away yet myself and others waiting half an hour for food."
"Lack of compassion from staff."
"Upon complaining about the quality of the meals, she merely said sorry about that and left."
"Was very disappointed however with a member of staff who I was informed was the team leader, attitude towards our children was disappointing considering this is a family pub."
"Staff weren't friendly, especially the bar staff."
"Bar staff always polite but floor staff leave a lot to be desired, grumpy and not very welcoming."
Value for Money
Pros:
"When I got to the till I was expecting to pay a lot more than I was charged so it's lovely and cheap with great food."
"One of the more reasonably priced carvery places around."
"Was really good food and great value for the money."
"Drinks are cheap."
"It's very good value at £2.25 a visit during term time."
"Thier coffee and cake offer £2.99 was really well priced and worth it."
"It's really cheap and for the prices you can't complain too much."
Cons:
"Extremely disappointed to say that we paid £30 for this."
"£2.30 for three quarters of a cup of tea is a bit steep by anyone's standards."
"Not impressed after the Yorkshire pudding and meat there wasn't any room for vegetables.... Wasn't worth the money."
"Way too expensive and food dry and undercooked."
"Overpriced food + had to pay first."
"Would not recommend food was burnt got starters to share the cheese was cheese slices and microwaved bacon was not cooked properly I'm dying with food poisining."
"Food was poor and expansive value for money poor and poor service."
Ambiance and Facilities
Pros:
"The play areas are child friendly and safe and parents can watch the children all the time while enjoying a nice cup of coffee."
"Nice friendly warm atmosphere."
"As soon as we walked in, it was a pleasant atmosphere."
"Atmosphere was lovely even if some of the music was a bit annoying."
"Lovely beer garden too."
"It was such a lovely atmosphere!"
"Nicely furnished, clean, family friendly bar/restaurant."
Cons:
"So got an ice cold Guinness which was tap warm absolutely shit."
"It was rather cold for me sitting watching."
"The car park absolutely stinks of wee, when we walked in the entrance there was also a very strong feisty smell."
"Place is more like a pre school than a pub with far too many toddlers screaming."
"Place is filthy. Full of annoying people."
"The whole place stank of urine and was really unpleasant."
"Took the kids to the soft play, which was absolutely filthy."