The Poachers Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "What turned up was like Moby Dick, it was huge, excellently cooked, chips to die for and mushy peas."
• "The food was lovely, portions were big and very reasonably priced."
• "Absolutely fantastic I got the special which was panaculty and it was nothing short of fantastic, portion was huge and came with bowl of veg."
• "Excellent value. Delicious home made sweets to follow if you have room."
• "food was excellent with quick service"
• "Freshly cooked, good portion size, we took the end home in a box."
• "The food was amazing, best meal out we've had in a long time."

Cons:

• "Sorry guys but the food was not great."
• "The food wasn’t very good either, it tasted like it was out of a packet, and nothing seemed fresh."
• "Had chicken and could tell it had been frozen as it had a weird skin, was grey and dry."
• "It just tasted like it came out of a can or packet."
• "The food was dry and had no taste."
• "we found that there was more batter than fish and the chips were undercooked and swimming in grease"
• "The food was absolutely awful her chicken meal was swimming in grease dads meal was chicken that had been kept under hot lamp and was hard and awful."

Service

Pros:

• "The, staff are very pleasant and welcoming."
• "Staff seem so much happier more welcoming and cared that you enjoyed it."
• "They said they could have us seated shortly as a group was about to finish."
• "The staff were very attentive and friendly."
• "The servers were very attentive to us, making sure everything was okay."
• "Staff were great, the food was delicious."
• "The staff were friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "When I got up to complain about the long wait we were told by a very rude server that they had a big table in that is why they were behind."
• "The girl who served our food was also quite abrupt and not friendly at all."
• "the older lady on the front is a disgrace, so rude with customers and other staff"
• "service behind the bar from person taking payment was disgusting, rude and inappropriate!"
• "Very poor service from the old grey haired lady behind bar"
• "Only gripe unfriendly female staff behind the bar."
• "The staff are not the friendliest either, rather standoffish actually."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Great atmosphere."
• "Spacious character pub with first class service."
• "Friendly staff and warm atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere is cozy, the service is impeccable, and the food is simply delectable."
• "The atmosphere was really good even the background music was nice to listen too 80'90's."
• "Lovely cosy pub with excellent service from very hard working attentive staff!"
• "The pub was warm and welcoming and full of Christmas spirit."

Cons:

• "If you don't eat you are told to sit on high stools out of the way."
• "Considering the poor choice of vegetarian options, you would expect them to at least have the ingredients to make the options they advertise."
• "Outside garden area needs some TLC as most benches very shaky."
• "Too many tables reserved in conservatory."
• "However, the atmosphere in this place is crazy dead."
• "We sat in a dark dismal corner."
• "Sat in beer Garden, was clean and well kept."

Value

Pros:

• "Also was less than a tenner so value, and taste."
• "Extremely good for money."
• "Absolutely amazing food and massive portions for the price."
• "The prices were just right too."
• "It's not overly expensive and I find it quite competitive in price."
• "Prices extremely reasonable for what you get."
• "Beautiful food and very large portions - prices are so cheap considering the quality & quantity they give you."