The Widdrington Inn Reviews Summary

Atmosphere and Setting

Pros:

• "Absolutely fantastic atmosphere. Busy traditional pub setting."
• "Great pub, great food. It’s your archetypical English country pub with good friendly service."
• "Really friendly & welcoming staff - felt right at home with a great atmosphere!"
• "A great atmosphere is too be had here too."
• "Lovely pub, was busy when we visited, with a nice atmosphere."
• "Fantastic country pub/Restaurant - A worthwhile visit."
• "Very atmospheric public house / restaurant, wonderful traditional English menu, good ales and lagers all served by a smiling happy staff."

Cons:

• "The ambiance is terrible, no staff chatting with customers, you feel like you’ve got to whisper, no background music it was like being in a care home."
• "Arrived for Sunday lunch with elderly parents...doors opened and it was a cattle market, mad rush to find a table, get to the bar to order food and drinks."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff are friendly and coped really well with how busy it was."
• "The restaurant was very clean. Would be better to reserve a table, as the Inn was busy."
• "Rarely leave reviews, but honestly the food & service was SO good felt obligated to."
• "All the food was cooked to perfection and everyone enjoyed what they had. Ranging from sirloin steaks, belly pork, macaroni cheese, burgers and roast beef dinners."

Cons:

• "Worst service of my life. They made us wait well over an hour out of pettiness after ordering our food."
• "When the food did come it was incredibly mediocre, the staff were rude and the place is quite dirty."
• "We asked where our food was and the blank look on the waitress said it all."
• "Staff were decent enough and the service was ok. If you don’t mind having a very average meal then this is your place."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Absolutely brilliant meal. The dinner was delicious. I had fish and chips and they were cooked perfect."
• "The food was excellent. If it had been closer to where we were staying we would have gone back several times."
• "No booking but well worth the wait. Lovely food massive portions of meat."
• "The food was homemade, generous size and not full of chips which a lot of places do."

Cons:

• "When the food did come it was incredibly mediocre...I ordered a medium and it was still low quality, chips are also soggy."
• "The food was very mediocre and they only had one vegetarian dish!"
• "The food does not reflect the price it was absolutely terrible ..the fish and chips was disgusting was all batter."
• "Oh dear. What on earth has happened to the menu? Now there is hardly any choice, apart from sandwiches and various burgers in buns."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The food choice is also good and reasonably priced."
• "Food was reasonably priced & as you can see from my photo the amount of food provided was more than enough."
• "3 fabulous courses although recommend you book as was very busy... great value and under £90 for 3 courses for 3 people and 2 drinks each."
• "Beautiful food and generous portions at great prices, smaller portions an option for smaller appetites."

Cons:

• "Arrived for Sunday lunch...not acceptable at the prices charged. We came out for a relaxing Sunday lunch, but experienced a race for a table."
• "The food was OK, but expensive for what was on our plates."
• "Waited 1 hr for a table which was ok but then waited 1 hour for food very poor get a kids meal same size as a small .but £3 cheaper."