Hog & Hedge Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Strongly recommended Hog and Hedge as a great place to refuel the batteries. Wonderful homemade food."
• "Bring to table service works a dream and the quality of food is top notch."
• "The hot chocolates are made using real dark chocolate and the sandwiches are made using fresh ingredient’s and super thick bread!"
• "Freshly made food it is not processed."
• "Delicious lunch today, sweet potato, mushroom bowl..with the most tasty dressing."
• "The sausage rolls are very tasty, as are the cinnamon cronuts which were new to us this time round."
• "Food is local and nicely cooked. We had full English and have to say the sausage was tasty."

Cons:

• "Coffee was ok but a bit stewed. 2 coffee and 2 rolls just over £20."
• "Just stopped for something to eat and chose the veggie bowl and ham hock bowl, don’t bother they were mainly potato."
• "Floury bap does not make a luxury roll."
• "Worse hot chocolate ever. Seriously £3.50 for essentially hot water in this case."
• "Burnt coffee £3.70, stale croissants£2.95 and a lack luster granola £4.95."
• "A bowl of potato with small bits of bacon, lathered on BBQ sauce (which I hate) and an egg on top. I couldn't eat it."
• "Unbelievably awful porridge. Completely tasteless."

Cleanliness

Pros:

• "The restaurant and toilets facilities always clean."
• "Really friendly, really well presented, clean and tidy, excellent coffee."
• "It's a boutique-esq service station, open, clean and inviting."
• "Made an emergency break here (look , I'm old, ok?!) Toilets were spotless and very well maintained."
• "Spotlessly clean toilets."
• "All lovely and clean, nice atmosphere."
• "Toilets were clean and smelled fresh."

Cons:

• "Used to stop here on our way down to Cornwall and it was lovely. This time the place stank of sewage and the toilets were a mess."
• "It was very busy and was quite expensive when we parked car up in Car Park stagnant smell in air."
• "Rubbish bins overflowing, really unpleasant smell outside in sitting / table area."
• "Toilets are small and dirty. No hand soap or toilet roll."
• "Restaurant was dirty, tables not cleared or cleaned."
• "The toilets were in a terrible state."
• "The cleanliness has gone downhill too the toilets were grubby!"

Service

Pros:

• "The manager was friendly and helpful."
• "The staff were helpful, well-informed and quick to serve."
• "Friendly, fast service."
• "Remote ordering and fast friendly service."
• "Good, fast and friendly service."
• "Service was spot on, friendly helpful staff."
• "Fairly busy with friendly staff on hand to help."

Cons:

• "Seems strange for a place like this to make you 'self serve'."
• "I went to order coffee but had to do this on screen whilst 2 young lads were standing around talking and joking."
• "We were rushed to make an order."
• "Unfortunately the food and drink was not great the whole hog breakfast was stone cold on arrival to our table couldn't eat it all so waste of money there."
• "Absolutely disgusted. I watched a member of staff pick her nose using blue tissue paper Infront of the food."
• "Guy behind the counter left half way through serving us to go home stating it was 3pm and he was off shift."
• "There were no sandwiches or cakes to take away. The stands were empty."

Value

Pros:

• "The coffee was far better than anything you'll find at a regular service station though, and was reasonably priced."
• "Fantastic boutique service station, although lacking in parking. It more than makes up for it with reasonably priced ethical food."
• "It is more costly than others but we weren’t disappointed."
• "Quality of food and coffee is actually very good and good value."
• "Reasonable pricing for high quality food."
• "The food is great, standard price for a service station down south I would say."
• "Good, tasty, simple food at a fair price."

Cons:

• "Coffee was ok but a bit stewed. 2 coffee and 2 rolls just over £20."
• "Extremely expensive! £3.70 for very small coffees."
• "Very overpriced breakfast...but the decor is pleasant!"
• "I feel that being charged £6 odd for two pieces of gluten free, toasted bread was excessive."
• "Smallest coffee ive had for 3.90 only to be ignorantly told it's quality not quantity by the very ignorant staff."
• "We paid north if £7 for a bacon roll. It was a miserly thing, despite being freshly cooked to order, 2 rashers and a an artisan bap. Totally over priced."
• "Prices are now crazy. Toasted sandwich...about £8. Coffee nearly £4, can of coke £1.75."

Facilities

Pros:

• "There is also a reasonable sized accessible toilet."
• "There is a children’s play area."
• "Fantastic, fresh food, plenty of comfortable indoor and outdoor seating and wonderfully clean toilets and a special baby changing area."
• "There are several disabled parking spaces outside and level access."
• "Facilities are great for changing baby's nappy, and there is good floor space for easy movement."
• "Fantastic when you have young kids too. There's a nice little indoor play area and a very pleasant dedicated room for baby changing."
• "The baby changing facilities were incredible as well along with microwave and bottle warmer available!"

Cons:

• "No caravan or HGV parking. Cars only."
• "The car park is very small and can be tricky on a busy day."
• "On arrival there was a queue to enter the tiny car park and the spaces are tiny."
• "Parking is limited."
• "Car park too small for demand and spaces very narrow."
• "Parking is a right mare, and the spaces aren't big enough."
• "Very small cafe and toilets."