The Compass Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff were very friendly and were happy to have a laugh and a joke with/at the stag."
• "The staff were always smiling and chatty."
• "The staff were very welcoming and helpful."
• "The staff were all really polite & friendly."
• "The staff was very friendly, couldn't do enough for us."
• "The front of house staff were all friendly and very welcoming."
• "All the staff are lovely and so helpful."

Cons:

• "No apology or attempt to at least knock off the price of a glass of wine, just ‘oh I’ll let kitchen know’."
• "As we approached the door an older woman, presumably a staff member, wearing a mask, half opened the door and said in an unfriendly tone 'we're closing!' Then shut the door behind her!"
• "Food was good (little overpriced.!) but the service was DIABOLICAL :-("
• "Well Sunday lunch 24th April 2022, at the compass dreadful, waited over 1hr and 20 minutes for our meal to arrive."
• "Service was rubbish over an hour wait for luke warm food."
• "The service was very slow, it took 1.5 hours for the mains to arrive."
• "Whilst serving the meal the waitress had a coughing episode, so plonking down meal and knocking over my glass of wine she went off to the side to recover."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Dog friendly and a great selection of beer, wine and food."
• "Food promptly served, piping hot."
• "Had the most amazing meal here with family and friends."
• "Nice pub, friendly helpful staff, good selection of beers and great food."
• "Traditional pub food was great big portions too."
• "All of our meals were delicious."
• "The food was very.very good and hot."

Cons:

• "The family on next table had a moronic child playing the same computer game over and over who then proclaimed that he 'wanted a poo!'"
• "Mother in laws chicken bites were overcooked and hard, as were her new potatoes."
• "Roast potatoes frozen not even cooked properly a mixture of vegetables some burnt around there edges, lamb shank reheated so many times it was dry."
• "The portions were very small and cold when it finally arrived after a hour and a half wait the gravy burnt."
• "Probably the worst fish and chips I've had in a pub, The cod was so thin and the batter was so hard."
• "The ribeye steak was dry and was also served with oven chips."
• "The dead flies collecting in the lights on the walls is disgusting."

Ambiance and Decor

Pros:

• "It has some interesting decor, made up of new and old material."
• "The decor was very country pub and quaint."
• "A proper country pub feel inside."
• "Lovely traditional interior."
• "Interesting and cosy interior and better than expected from outside!"
• "The pub itself is a beautiful cosy building, lovely atmosphere."
• "Wonderful atmosphere in an authentic, 18th century pub!"

Cons:

• "The outside of the pub doesn't look inviting needs new landscaping."
• "Booked a table for 4, when we arrived we were shown to our table (4) which was very small and pushed into a tiny, draughty corner."
• "They stuck us in a dark corner of the restaurant when the restaurant was empty."
• "Just thought we would walk up and have a Christmas drink this evening and unfortunately they was closed."
• "We went here for a meal with friends, I am a vegan and 1 of my friends are dairy free there were 2 things on the menu we could have, then it turned out they only had 1 item we could have which was the burger."
• "A dying breed of country pub being sadly monopolised by development."
• "Service was rubbish over an hour wait for luke warm food, pate ordered, one slice burnt toast for big pot of pate, portable toilets, no locks on toilet doors."