The Stables Reviews Summary

Staff Service

Pros:

• "Every staff member I’ve encountered is friendly and polite."
• "Service was quick and very friendly."
• "The waitress who has been there 30 years is fantastic."
• "The entire visit was topped by the service provided by Suzie who was just an absolute delight."
• "Jack behind the bar was extremely helpful and served us some cocktails outside while we waited."
• "All staff were very friendly and attentive."
• "The staff were incredible and very helpful."

Cons:

• "We waited a long time to be spoken to and the staff seemed very nervous."
• "Waitress hated Sundays as 'its crazy there'."
• "Service was so slow…tables around us complained due to waiting times for order to be taken…warm food served to us not hot food."
• "Service was a bit slow; waited for about 30+ min for food, and the price is a wee bit high."
• "Waited 45 min for food to arrive and when it did it was disgusting and cold."
• "Very poor slow service."
• "Service was really slow."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "All the food was lovely and tasty cooked to perfection."
• "The food is often very good."
• "Food was really nice."
• "Food was delicious."
• "Food was great."
• "The food we had was fantastic."
• "The food is divine and the service impeccable."

Cons:

• "Broccoli soup flavourless green water."
• "Potatoes were not even cooked enough as were hard and in general food was not even warm enough."
• "Everything tastes deep fried."
• "Main courses were cold and not of great quality."
• "After removing all the fat from the ham there was very little left."
• "Prawns were definitely not fresh. Frozen I think absolutely rotten."
• "The vegetarian nut roast was absolutely rock hard and dry."

Ambiance and Decor

Pros:

• "The place has a really nice atmosphere and decor."
• "Beautiful experience with my brother Robert and most definitely would go back staff super fast and friendly and food was very reasonable as well as absolutely delicious 😋 beautiful scenery outside so we sat at table outside it was perfect."
• "The location of this pub is brilliant next to the canal with options of sitting by the canal or in their beautifully decorated pub."
• "The whole pub/restaurant is lovely. The staff were friendly, the decor and setting is beautiful."
• "Lovely cosy, cottagey, family-friendly, country pub feel inside with open fireplaces."
• "Cozy, clean and tasteful decor."
• "Beautiful setting and rustic decor which compliments this lovely restaurant."

Cons:

• "However on this occasion the cleanliness of the toilets was not up to standard."
• "Outside needs more attention and cleaned regularly!!!!"
• "Unfortunately the disabled toilet where the baby change facilities are wasn’t as fresh as it could have been."
• "Needs to be cleaned!!! Carpark had dirty nappy left? Food left under tables outside ants crawling on kids high chair crisp packs under bushes."
• "Sitting next to a cold window area asked for fire to be lit as my 92 yrs old Mum sat throughout her meal wearing her coat."
• "The place was over booked for mother's Day. It was all very tense being told we had a fast turn around to get done by, but then the food taking over an hour to arrive because the poor staff were over run."
• "Despite the booking however there was still a queue at the door which included people who hadn't booked and which didn't comply with social distancing."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Total bill was £30 including the tip."
• "Value for money - very good, £55 for 2 starters and 2 mains with 2 pints."
• "Sunday lunch was well presented and decent for the price point if not piping hot."
• "What a gorgeous pub! We had an excellent lunch on the fixed price menu, which was great value."
• "Amazing lunch menu and great price!!"
• "It was very good value for both the food and drink."
• "The food was excellent and not too expensive, our group all thoroughly enjoyed it."

Cons:

• "The price of soft drinks and alcohol is rather more expensive."
• "Overpriced and portions lacking in size."
• "It was a very small portion for £15.50, no cherry tomatoes, no creamy sauce and very oily, very disappointing."
• "For £45 for two people, not one first choice for a roast."
• "I was very disappointed the soup was almost £6 & the Chips were £2.95 the soup was very watery and the portion of chips triple fried and only 15 chips in the portion absolutely disgraceful."
• "The steak pie looks huge but has hardly any meat in it and tastes bland."
• "My dish was 75% potatoes and although menu stated herb crusted they were not."