Ryhope Harvester Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Lovely service as always, food can never fault always piping hot and more than enough our server Ann definitely made the meal that much better with her lovely friendly manner."
• "Staff helpful and pleasant and also quick service."
• "The gentleman who served us was very good he was rushing everywhere doing everything while other younger staff stood around doing nothing."
• "The waitress Laura was very attentive and checked everything was ok."
• "Very polite and friendly from all the stuff thank you for great service and food."
• "Our server Beth was lovely and very helpful! All round great experience!"
• "The lady that served my daughter and myself was lovely pleasant polite and very helpful."

Cons:

• "Frosty welcome, we felt like more of a hindrance at 5:30 on a Friday evening in a practically empty pub."
• "The two employees I delt with showed no empathy, were very rude and embarrassed me in front of other customers."
• "came today with granddaughter to be confronted with attitude from soft play staff."
• "Poor service, got starters. Wrong. Starters very small portion (even for a starter)."
• "Rang when we had arrived sat outside to ask are they still open, 'we aren't serving food now'."
• "Staff not very attentive more interested in talking."
• "Visited the Harvester last night... stood for quite a while to get seated as the staff were too busy chatting."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The meals were very tasty and tasted fresh and well prepared."
• "We had a 3 course lunch for two and it was superb."
• "Fantastic breakfast this morning for me and Dad... Very tasty. Great service. Lovely friendly caring staff."
• "The food was beautiful, there isn't a thing I could fault with it."
• "Love this place for breakfast, so much choice and if what you want isn't on the menu just ask and they will make it the way you want it."
• "The food has always been fantastic and the salad bar is always a winner."
• "Both got fish and chips with mushy peas and tartare sauce. Very nice."

Cons:

• "The rotisserie chicken, described by harvester as 'famous', was dry and stringy."
• "The chips were the standard frozen type you get from supermarkets. Bland, pale, and undercooked."
• "HIt and miss. Steak very fatty and grisly."
• "Must have been the worst meal my husband and i have ever had in our lives."
• "2 of our party choosing the fish which in no way resembled the taste of fish."
• "The chargrilled chicken skewers... looked like it had been boiled as the chicken skin was pale and wet and the meat was very moist and had a funny taste to it."
• "Overcooked chicken on both plates greasy steaks and the loaded fries aren’t loaded theyre drizzled in sauce with stale bacon crispys that cracked a tooth!"

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The atmosphere was nice."
• "Lovely inside, friendly staff and lovely atmosphere."
• "Kids loved the breakfast."
• "Pub has really nice decore."
• "It was lovely and clean and tidy and the staff were very helpful, friendly and attentive."
• "Lovely family feel to it."
• "Clean, friendly, lovely staff, great atmosphere."

Cons:

• "The pub itself was a bit dirty and run down."
• "The atmosphere was nice until one member of staff began throwing cutlery into a container, which created enough noise that I could not hear the person next to me speak."
• "Could I just add the toilets in the soft play area could really do with a refurbishment, pungent smell of damp and flooring looks worn and dirty!"
• "The restaurant was empty and cold, I'm hardly surprised."
• "The kids soft play area was just dirty table went cleared when they were they weren't wiped down."
• "We had our meal in the play area which has a large soft play area but dark and again a bit dirty and run down."
• "Visited this pub on thursday 16th jan .will be the first and last time .noise of them was a disgrace .we came out for a quite evening which was far from it."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Great price will return."
• "Value for money."
• "First looking at the menu I thought the prices were pretty expensive, but when seeing the size of the meals, how well presented they were and that you can help yourself to a free salad and bread bun bar made up for my first thoughts."
• "Such a bargain too as was the refillable drinks will definitely be returning."
• "Food is reasonably priced and have offers available too."
• "Great place and reasonably priced depending what you have."
• "Just been to the Santa breakfast here... great value for money."

Cons:

• "If you dont mind paying for items you dont get, getting food you did not order not what you pay for."
• "Lacked special touches but price reflected this."
• "Very expensive for a pub Chain, I would have paid less for a more up market pub."
• "Salad bar was not good the lettuce was bad and the main meals were poor value for the money."
• "Far too expensive for the quantity and quality of the food."
• "Very over priced for pub food."
• "Very expensive for small portions, felt rushed main meal was brought to us while we were still eating starter."