The Plough Reviews Summary

Accommodation

Pros:

• "Good, clean comfortable room with a beautiful enormous bathroom."
• "Room booked for trip back up to Aberdeenshire. Lovely suite, aspiring French style. Huge bathroom."
• "We were totally delighted with our very well furnished and spacious suite which was truly special."
• "The room was so inviting, classic luxury with huge bathroom with roll top bath."
• "Our booking was upgraded on arrival and the room, in fact suite, was splendid."
• "Lovely rooms, great breakfast and we returned for a Sunday lunch/ dinner that was very tasty."
• "A beautiful old pub with rooms. We will definitely be visiting again."

Cons:

• "Don't stay in the Musgrave room unless you want to have the sound of the kitchen fan all evening and then again at 8am to wake you up."
• "But music in restaurant was clearly audible in the room as speakers are embedded in the ceiling downstairs."
• "The overall reason for 3 stars is because the dining area was cold."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff couldn't do enough. Highly highly recommend."
• "Greeted at the bar by a young lad dark hair black glasses, incredible nice to receive the service he gave and how he dealt with our orders."
• "Sophia was our waitress and she was so accommodating and helpful."
• "Phoned and booked a table short notice, staff very accommodating."
• "The staff are excellent and a particular thank you to Josie, who as well as looking after us, provided a bowl of water for our dog before we even had to ask for it."
• "The staff were professional and did service with a smile."
• "Staff attentive and professional."

Cons:

• "Staff discounted the price of the meal from the bill which was fair enough but still it spoilt what we had hoped would be a lovely meal out with friends."
• "Unfortunately one waitress on this occasion spoilt the experience by her very noisy shoes and officious attitude."
• "Staff were unattentive and unprofessional even though the place was almost empty."
• "The food was nice enough and they cattered for gluten free. However the service was an absolute disaster."
• "The service however is terrible. On Saturday we was rush and it felt like we was being pushed out of the door."
• "The staff were unfriendly and condescending in their interactions with us and the service was slow."
• "Only 3 meals were actually put through by the staff so one person only got their meal after the others had finished eating."

Food

Pros:

• "The starter of red, orange, yellow and green tomatoes with buffalo mozzarella and balsamic pearls was amazing."
• "Just had a fabulous lunch with friends. Extensive menu and the food when delivered was absolutely superb."
• "Food beautifully prepared and presented."
• "Great choice of food, generous portions. Friendly and helpful staff. Good prices for the quality of the local food."
• "The Cumberland Sausage was so good!"
• "Hubby had the burger and it was fantastic."
• "WOW, the food was a good as I've ever had anywhere."