The Red Deer Reviews Summary

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Warm and cosy just like an inn."
• "The Red Deer was fantastic. Lovely atmosphere and very friendly staff on arrival."
• "It is cosy and comfortable, perfect place to take your favourite lady and also very suitable for any special occasion."
• "Cosy and nice traditional interior."
• "Really a lovely place to go out eating to it's like stepping into another world lovely log fire comfy seating lovely views."
• "Lovely dog-friendly pub. Popped in for a drink and chips at the end of a long drive but we'd actually stay nearby again just so we can come back to this pub, hopefully for a proper dinner next time! Friendly staff, tasty chips and good value."
• "Friendly welcoming staff, typical of old Inn style decor, has seating outside as well in nice surroundings."

Cons:

• "The only down point was that the restaurant was not very warm."
• "Unfortunately, yet again, the place was freezing."
• "Service was good, good offers, food mediocre but real downside for us was the place was quite draughty and cold."
• "Been in twice now recently as we only found the restaurant before christmas.. meal was lovely its a cosy little place, but a little drafty due to big extractor fans on the walls and the fire places pull in a lot of draft."
• "When making a comment to the waitress, they only light the fires at 12 noon and the thick fireguard does not let any heat through even though we were sitting next to it."
• "The toilets whilst clean and tidy, were a bit tired looking and could do with modernisation."

Service

Pros:

• "One simple mistake on the dessert order and we had it corrected almost immediately the manager was very obliging staff are wonderful and polite."
• "The three guys running the restaurant that night were just fantastic."
• "Service was first class and the food was excellent."
• "Service was really good as well."
• "The staff in the red deer make this place so please don't change."
• "The staff were very friendly and attentive, with quick service at hand all thanks to Cassie and Rachel."
• "Our server Rachel is super attentive and made sure we were well looked after, an asset to the team."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately there was a miscommunication and it was assumed we were being served and we therefore had a slightly longer wait than we would have."
• "Staff weren't happy when we went up to the bar for drinks having been seated 15mins before."
• "Service on the day we visited was painfully slow."
• "The service was extremely slow."
• "Service was painfully slow - we were going to leave as there would be no point eating there with no vegan mains."
• "Service was appaling waited ages for our order to be taken."
• "No one came to ask if we wanted another drink."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Their food is absolutely delicious and it's always presented beautifully."
• "The food was lovely and despite the group size everything was served in a timely manner."
• "Best food I have eaten in a very long time."
• "Food was superb, nothing was too much trouble."
• "The food was really very good, I had the belly pork with black pudding mash, one of the nicest meals I have had in a long time."
• "The food was simply outstanding."
• "The food was excellent."

Cons:

• "Not impressed no taste to the fish really didn't enjoy."
• "Food was average, dry and left standing before being served, not good value."
• "Gravy portions were pathetic and the gravy was incredibly bland."
• "Unfortunately the food was slightly disappointing to the last time we visited."
• "My hunters chicken was very dry and a bit leathery, very disappointing."
• "The desserts were laughable my rice pudding was freezing, literally and split."
• "Food disgusting. Manager nice but chef attitude stinks."