The Watermill Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food here is great we ate here a couple of times during our holiday."
• "The Sunday lunch was very tasty. I have never had such crispy, tasty roast potatoes the dinner was delicious!!"
• "Really good food at reasonable prices."
• "The food was delicious served hot, and absolutely delicious."
• "The food was exceptional. I had the steak and ale pie and it was full of decent size chunks of steak."
• "Food and atmosphere always beautiful, we always come here one night when we're in town."
• "The food is excellent!"

Cons:

• "Very disappointing and we will not be returning."
• "Pricey food considering it wasn't that great."
• "The pub itself was a bit of a dump trying to be old-fashioned."
• "A pretty location, but overpriced and the food was bad."
• "Had the slow cooked pork which was very dissappointing. Mash bland, pork definitely wasn't slow cooked, very chewy and had great lumps of fat that were in-edible."
• "Food was ok but wasn't worth £60. Lemon sole and the 4 prawns were quite bland."
• "Food was awful. Greasy fried fish with no discernible flavour."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were extremely pleasant and we had a good laugh with a few of the locals who made us very welcome."
• "Amazing service by the staff."
• "Quick service, lovely staff....very helpful and accommodating."
• "The service was so friendly and we would definitely return."
• "Very friendly staff."
• "Warm welcoming atmosphere thats dog friendly too."
• "We went twice during our stay in Cornwall. Very friendly staff, great food, lovely atmosphere- what more could you ask for?"

Cons:

• "Absolutely lousy. You have to queue at the bar - that the locals crowd around - just to get a menu!"
• "Called for a quick pint and asked to try a sample to make sure it was to my taste. Barmaid was polite but refused, based on landlord ruling."
• "Lovely looking pub but - seem to be short staffed who are full of apologies, over 30 mins wait for food."
• "Shocking service! I called in the afternoon to book a table and was left with a voice message to leave a clear message with phone number which I did stating I would like to book a table for that evening…. I did not receive a call back."
• "Staff didnt seem friendly and got an unwelcome vibe."
• "Had to wait a long time at the table to order drinks and food."
• "Sadly after reading the positive reviews, i was not expecting such rude and, felt like, racist members of staff."

Ambiance & Location

Pros:

• "Lovely restaurant, large indoor and outdoor seating. Outdoor seating is pretty and spacious."
• "Nice scenic location, old features and furniture sits well with location and the actual history of the building."
• "Really nice outdoors area as well which is perfect for little ones to enjoy and also great for dogs."
• "As usual the grounds were beautifully laid out, plenty of socially distanced seating areas with polite notices about how many people were allowed etc."
• "Working Watermill was ideal photo opportunity."
• "A great pub with excellent food and a fantastic beer garden."
• "The setting is absolutely stunning, and the food was very good."

Cons:

• "No white bread for the lunch menu was surprising."
• "Gone is the old hearty, extensive pub menu - it has now been replaced with an extremely small menu which doesn’t even feature starters."
• "Just called in to this pub as people had put some good feed back in but sorry to say the pub Is very tired and could do with a refurb."
• "Showed up for a booked table here, only to be told that the kitchen was closed due to lack of staff."
• "Run down dive! If your looking for a hostel looking canteen this is the place for you."
• "Place could do with new furniture, felt like I was sitting in church."
• "Atmosphere was dull."