The Selkirk SW17 Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The new menu is ridiculously good, we had the lamb and the beef short ribs, both seasoned perfectly and super tasty."
• "The food is delicious and menu is regularly refreshed, but not overly so."
• "All of the food was delicious."
• "Amazing Sunday roast and the puddings were a revelation."
• "Food is great and prices are very reasonable."
• "Food was delicious and quite abundant."
• "The chicken caesar salad was superb, a whole chicken supreme which was incredibly tender."

Cons:

• "Music so loud people were shouting to be heard."
• "Very poor piccalilli with the Scotch egg."
• "The risotto looked decidedly unappealing, my burger was decidedly overcooked."
• "Super-salty pizza and the vegetarian Sunday roast...wasn't cooked in the middle."
• "Food was bland and dry, giant veg with some undercooked some overcooked."
• "Unfortunately one of the children's roast meat was inedible and the vegetable portions on the adult roast was very small."
• "The vegetables were truly terrible. The roast potatoes were hard inside."

Service

Pros:

• "They clearly take a lot of pride in the food and service."
• "The team were so helpful and patient with us."
• "Service was fantastic, the manager Daniel was checking on us all evening."
• "Very accommodating staff."
• "Friendly staff are very accommodating and have good chat."
• "The staff were fantastic, friendly and couldn’t be more helpful."
• "Our waitress was lovely, knowledgeable and quick."

Cons:

• "Staff didn’t care like they used to, service was nonexistent."
• "Service behind the bar dreadful."
• "Sadly the person who greeted us and seated us was surly and grumpy."
• "The attendant was really confused, missed informed, she had no clue of what she was doing."
• "The new manager is constantly being rude to her staff in front of customers."
• "The service was shocking and I definitely will not be recommending this pub to others."
• "Eventually we went to the bar to pay and the bar staff member we were dealing with acted very inconvenienced."

Ambiance and Facilities

Pros:

• "This stunning Victorian pub was built late 19th century and has some beautiful architectural features."
• "It's a pretty decent boozer. Plenty room, nice beer garden."
• "Lovely pub. It's a bit darkly lit though.... Has a board game night meet up, which is very well attended."
• "Because it is a bit further back from the high street it seems to be quiet."
• "It has a lovely outside space which shines in summer."
• "The place is perfect on sunny days as there's a massive beer garden."
• "Great pub with a nice outdoor area."

Cons:

• "£22 for 2 slices of sirloin steak, half a carrot, half a parsnip, 2 roast potatoes and a small handful of cabbage."
• "Nice pub but unfortunately a victim of the staffing crisis."
• "Room full of screaming children running around throwing things on the floor."
• "The only other downside was that a lot of very persistent flies appeared at the same time as our mains."
• "Beer garden was closed on a Friday evening (!) and the only place you can smoke is outside of the pub (but cannot take your drink with you of course...)."
• "Also, extremely noisy inside..."
• "The music is nice, but sometimes it can be too loud."