Williams Arms Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food is cooked perfectly and there's a great choice of different items."
• "The quality of the food is excellent, providing good value for money."
• "Generous servings of meat and fantastic selection of vegetables, all cooked and presented superbly."
• "The food was lovely, had a sirloin steak and our granddaughter had a Gastro burger, bit pricey, but we had loads and it was cooked and presented very well."
• "Amazing carvery with brilliant choice of sides."
• "Food was fabulous, we had carvery roast dinner which was tasty, well cooked and plentiful."
• "The food was great and I do mean great, a good portion and not too expensive."

Cons:

• "Sub par food for the prices. Only turn up if you want a carvery!"
• "The food was awful and overpriced."
• "The meat was dry but still got a nice lunch overall for the price."
• "That mushroom stroganoff was barely edible, and made with microwave rice."
• "Food was very expensive for what it was. Steak was not cooked to our liking and was not very warm."
• "The meat was tasteless and sinewy and the roast potatoes well I’m not even sure they were fresh proper spuds."
• "The carvery was bland and made using cheap frozen produce."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff could not be more helpful or friendly."
• "I visited here with a group of 15 people. They were very accommodating."
• "The staff are friendly and helpful."
• "Food was amazing, staff were friendly and polite."
• "The staff are friendly and very accommodating, very hard to find anything wrong, keep up the good work guys!!"
• "Very pleasant staff."
• "Staff were very attentive and friendly - felt very welcomed and really enjoyed the food."

Cons:

• "There seemed to be very little in way of waiting on staff and we got our drinks from bar."
• "Bloke behind bar was a bit stroppy - apparently was the owner?"
• "Food was pretty good but the service was poor. Two orders were forgotten."
• "Not the cheapest restaurant/carvery and some of the staff waiting on tables are not as helpful or attentive as they should/could be."
• "Service was fairly non-existant, had to go up to the bar 3 times for drinks and bill."
• "The only problem was that the waitress rushed off before we had finished putting in more orders for more drinks."
• "Service was terrible, we had a 4 year old, a dog and there was 6 of us all whilst we felt completely ignored in the pouring rain! FIX THE SERVICE"

Atmosphere & Ambiance

Pros:

• "Nice atmosphere would visit again."
• "The Williams Arms pub/ restaurant is a lovely thatched white building situated in wrafton just outside brauton in North Devon."
• "With Covid precautions in place, the social distancing measures ensured that our first meal out felt really safe, comfortable and excellently provisioned for."
• "Looks stunning from the outside with the thatched roof and the inside compliments the outside."
• "Cosy, warm, very busy, great vibes, easy ordering, cheery, smiley staff."
• "The room was pretty full and had a lovely warm fire."
• "Lovely old picturesque pub/restaurant, beautiful inside too!!!"

Cons:

• "Tables and mats were sticky..could have been due to a busy night before!!"
• "There were drunken, loud individuals in the pub and the staff didn't speak to them about their bad language or ask them to leave even though there were children in the pub."
• "Atmosphere completely lacking, evidently just a grab your carvery and go place!"
• "Went there with my family and my dog... we felt uncomfortable in a busy atmosphere in the complete way."
• "Beautiful building but the staff looked miserable."
• "Expensive prices for cheap rubbish ingredients!! The vegan burger was a quorn fillet in a cheap bookers bun."
• "Booked months in advance and they messed up the booking completely when we clearly stated in the booking we had a DOG."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "It was very reasonably priced as well."
• "Great Sunday roast deal, good selection of side dishes with the roast."
• "Had the carvery as intended (£9.95) as seemed a very good price in these times."
• "Always really busy on Sundays but we always manage to get a seat for the carvery which in our opinion is the best in the area."
• "All of us agreed it was the best carvery we have ever been too and excellent value for money."
• "Great value for money and highly recommended."
• "My daughter and I tried the carvery meal. Initially you may think it's expensive but by the end we both thought the whole deal very good value."