The Hunters Lodge Inn Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The staff could not have been more helpful."
• "Staff were very friendly and helpful, will definitely visit again when down that way."
• "The staff were very pleasant and polite."
• "Staff helpful."
• "The staff were friendly and helpful."
• "Efficient friendly staff."
• "Really friendly attentive staff, We will go back again."

Cons:

• "No one asked us for another drink though our table was passed 19 times by staff."
• "Staff started out attentive but that went downhill as the evening went on, when they started to seem quite confused that there were customers present!"
• "We paid our bill, but were barely acknowledged by the staff."
• "Every time we wanted anything we had to search for a server rather than them take a few seconds and approach us."
• "Most notable was the very young server was left to deal with it alone. No manager came to speak to us, even when we said at the end it wasn't enjoyable to eat."
• "Took a little while for someone to take our order."
• "Was still looking at the menu to which she walked away muttering something under her breath I couldn’t understand."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "All the meals looked x tasted smashing."
• "All of our meals were absolutely delicious, freshly cooked and well worth the money."
• "Stopped off here as halfway home to Poole from Torquay for evening dinner... the food was tasty, hot and reasonable value for money."
• "The vegetarian burger which is one of the best I've ever had!"
• "The special steak and kidney pie was great and the desserts were stars!"
• "We had chilli and sin had chicken fillets. Absolutely gorgeous. Chilli was the best we've tasted in ages."
• "The food was a proper pleasure to eat. The main was full of flavour in every mouthful and the dessert was too moreish!"

Cons:

• "Coffee insipid, soggy scone, indescribable toilets."
• "The food I had was bland and tasteless."
• "Bland tasteless roast, overcooked machine sliced beef, anemic boiled veg, watery gravy... And expensive as well!!"
• "Chips were like from old oil and very greasy, gammon was tough and chewy, surf and turf for price not impressed with frozen and deep fried prawns."
• "Food was edible but not great, nor worth the cost compared to the many restaurants we have eaten in locally these past few days, food not on par for price at all."
• "The children's portion of bolognaise was in a small bowl (cereal sized) and was very overpriced for what smelled like dolmio (£6.95)."
• "The chips were soaked in grease and overdone... The chicken was sooooo dry."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Lovely calm contemporary vibe."
• "Good location on Charmouth Road, would be a good base for exploring the Jurassic coast nearby."
• "The actual pub is beautiful too. Clean and beautifully decorated."
• "Lovely atmosphere and staff, great garden with plenty of seating."
• "Nice bar area and a pleasant beer garden at the back."
• "Pub atmosphere was warm and friendly as were others people enjoying themselves too."
• "A large pub with plenty of parking... beer garden and a fish tank make it a perfect family pub."

Cons:

• "Absolutely disgusted booked a table for 6 with a high chair in advance turned up for our meal to be told that all high chairs were in use."
• "Not great tbh, beer garden very scruffy."
• "The outside area was pretty dirty! Tables and chairs dirty and not cleaned..."
• "The only thing that was quite upsetting was seeing the fish tank."
• "Very cold and draughty."
• "Fòod Great but in this day and age every pub/restaurant should have disabled facilities my mother in law came back to table shaking and in tears because of no ramp etc she had to access the toilet via steps not happy."
• "Instead we were dragged through small weaving corridors around the back of the kitchens and toilets to a quickly knocked together wooden seating area with flexing picnic benches."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Extremely kid friendly, big toys for them to pay with, a lovely garden and overall good."
• "Great food especially the portion sizes which were very generous and ensured good value for money."
• "Food was well cooked, arrived in good time and was well priced."
• "Prices were all very reasonable."
• "The food was amazing and such good value."
• "The overall price for our food and drinks were quite reasonable."
• "Excellent food at very reasonable prices and very good service."

Cons:

• "But expensive - I nearly fell off my chair when a round of drinks for four adults and three children was over £30!!!"
• "Food was ok but expensive for what you got."
• "We also found on our last visit that it was a little pricy."
• "A main course of 6 tiny scallops... for £16.95 was not a joke but a reality."
• "Still way overpriced for the quality we had."
• "Quite disappointed in the food, especially considering the price we paid."
• "It was really overpriced for very average food."