Old Station House Inn Reviews Summary

Location & Atmosphere

Pros:

• "This is a very nice property in a beautiful location."
• "Great eating & drinking establishment in a really convenient location if you are travelling near Ilfracombe."
• "Nice countryside location with good views from the garden."
• "Ideal for families, child play area and lovely views over the Devon countryside."
• "Lovely old building with a large beer garden, children's play area and animal enclosure."
• "The garden has amazing views of the surrounding hills and overlooks a cute selection of pygmy goats, geese and an alpaca."
• "Set conveniently close to Wistlandpound reservoir, this lovely little family pub is set on the edge of Exmoor."

Cons:

• "The sticky carpet and tables were the same."
• "The pub was a bit cold and not very cosy (log burning stove needed in the main eating area)."
• "Uncomfortable seating; wouldn’t bother going."
• "Large sprawling pub with good car park and outside play area based on the disused railway station platform."
• "The entire pub felt dirty. Toilets were filthy."
• "The place also need refurbishing the feeling of it beeing rundown is strong."
• "No sign of old train station left in the building apart from the building being long. Food on the menu typical from the 80th."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "A great menu selection, the food was nicely cooked and plentiful."
• "Food is always local produce, and tastes amazing."
• "Visited whilst staying near by. Went for a starter and a main. Both were delicious. Huge portions."
• "Children's chicken nuggets were made of 'real chicken chunks' as my daughter called it rather than the frozen stuff."
• "The food was beautiful i had the gammon which was lovely hubby had the burger which was just as good."
• "Food was good with generous portions."
• "Both food and service was excellent one of the best steaks I've ever had."

Cons:

• "Foodies avoid this place."
• "The food when it eventually arrived was straight from the freezer."
• "The obviously frozen and reheated (not fresh) ribs were not cooked in BBQ sauce."
• "Quite obviously frozen rubbish cooked by a 16 year old!!"
• "Cheese burger was probably the worst I've ever had."
• "Food was dreadful. Lacking seasoning, vegetables dried out and hard."
• "Ordered the BBQ pork ribs and in one word it was… disgusting."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were really nice and super helpful."
• "Had a lovely evening with friends for dinner. Host was very friendly and welcoming."
• "The staff were friendly and attentive."
• "Friendly & efficient staff."
• "The staff were very friendly and it was fairly COVID safe with Perspex screens between tables and sanitiser."
• "Service was efficient and friendly."
• "Staff are friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "Having been very regular visitors to 'the Station' since 1988, we were very disappointed with our recent experience."
• "Staff were not very helpful and did the bare minimum."
• "General demeanour of staff was fed up, uninterested."
• "Gone are the friendly faces - and the new staff were not as efficient as we have found all of the Station staff in the years we have loved going there."
• "The bar staff need some more training on friendly customer service."
• "Young female staff on food counter was sullen and disinterested, not the best choice to greet customers."
• "Staff disinterested, peas like bullets, beer gone off."