Gosling Bridge Inn Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "everything was delicious well cooked and it was great value for money"
• "the food was superb, steak 🥩 cooked to perfection gammon cooked to perfection"
• "Food was fantastic, even after a long wait but it was one of the best meals we've eaten there so the wait was worth it!"
• "Food was outstanding! Had steak and ale pie, full of meat and gravy to die for."
• "The food was great and hot. Not one fault to be found my partner was very pleased with his steak."
• "The food was excellent, the service was excellent, and the atmosphere was excellent."
• "The food was all tasty"

Cons:

• "the food was under cooked and soggy"
• "Bringing out raw meats and disgusting soggy chips."
• "The chicken tasted of fish and my husband's meal was still part frozen."
• "The steaks were burnt the sausages were that hard I couldn't get the fork in them mushrooms chips peas were cold."
• "the beef lag that had been overcooked, making it mush in the dish"
• "Then when to food came the burgers were burnt and the pulled pork was basically just clumps of fat!"
• "The burger meat was dry and tasteless."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were also very courteous and helpful."
• "The staff are always friendly, attentive and Helpful"
• "Such quick service from the friendly staff serving and on bar on a rather busy day."
• "The staff could not have done any more for us."
• "We were looked after by Sarah who was so pleasant and attentive as always"
• "The service was great, the team was more than welcoming, supportive and brilliant."
• "Staff were really friendly and also did check ups at our table, food wasn't a long wait either considering it was starting to get busy."

Cons:

• "Second time we’ve booked a table here, we went to order our food to be told they didn’t have anything we wanted as they’d ran out of nachos, steak, gamon, needless to say we left and won’t be returning."
• "Good food but had to wait an hour yes an hour on a burger and a chicken fillet was told it would be a 30 minutes wait but time ticked on and on when it eventually came all I got was 'I'm sorry for your wait' really not good enough never waited an hour on food EVER!!"
• "Shockingly long wait. Ordered food at 13.55pm and here I am still waiting 14.45 with no indication as to what is happening."
• "Staff was very unhelpful and didn't seem to care"
• "Plates from the previous customers left on our table for well over an hour, even after requesting them to be taken away."
• "Very poor. Booked table for 730 tonight. Arrived placed order at 7.27pm, was told 30 minutes wait and 50 minutes later still wasn't served!"
• "Service was absolutely shocking! Waited over an hour for the food to come out stone cold."

Value

Pros:

• "Decent place for families with decent food and prices."
• "The offers are terrific value"
• "Quite honestly the best pub food I've had for a long time and with 2 main meals for £10.99 it was well worth the money."
• "very well priced"
• "Great food and drink at very reasonable prices."
• "PRICES were good"
• "food is priced well, tasty and didn't take long to arrive"

Cons:

• "We spent £50 and left barely touched any off the food wouldn't recommend at all"
• "Not something you want to pay nearly £30 for in total."
• "Waste of £80+"
• "Drinks can be expensive £2.49 for a pint of Pepsi, food prices seem to rise."
• "What a complete waste of money that place was, £25 for 2 main meals."
• "that's really a joke for a price from 11.19 sorry but that's just not right"
• "Food was awful. Everything really overcooked."

Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Safe environment following COVID restrictions, lots of cleaning seen going on"

Cons:

• "The place needs a good deep clean and a bit of a refresh to make it feel more like a family pub."
• "On the way out I went the toilet and it clearly hadn't been cleaned for years, it was pure filth"
• "Toliets are quite grim too."
• "Table we sat at felt sticky to touch and the menu needed a wipe down"
• "the toilets are looking a little bit out dated could do with a freshen up"
• "With the amount of flies in there, I felt like I was in a 3rd World Country."
• "More pee on the floor than the local water works."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "It’s a pleasant place to relax and have a drink and something to eat."
• "Very pleasant evening, nice relaxed atmosphere."
• "Visited with all the family on Sunday and was absolutely amazed by the service and food."
• "Fantastic place to eat and the food is the best, if you are eating in this area don't go past the door, as you will find a friendly welcome here."
• "Great atmosphere all round"
• "Always a nice atmosphere"
• "The atmosphere was lovely, we both thought too."

Cons:

• "Very busy night, staff were overwhelmed and service was slow."
• "The service was weirdly aggressive"
• "Awful just awful...waited 25 minutes for drinks and over an hour for food."
• "Waited nearly 2 hours with 4 young children."
• "Long wait for lunch over one hour when it arrived batter was burnt."
• "The Sunday roast beef was sub standard, with extremely overcooked veg."
• "Took ages to get food !! Weren't severed at the same time !!"