The Bucket of Blood Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Great atmosphere with open fire and Rosie the dog."
• "The pub itself is lovely to look round all its old features."
• "Great place, beautiful views, and a lovely atmosphere."
• "Beautiful building with low beams, all lit with fairy lights gave a warm cosy atmosphere."
• "The place is always packed. Dog-friendly traditional pub with a low-beamed bar and garden."
• "Great, quiet location and a awesome gothic decor to the place, really loved the church pew booths."
• "The Bucket of Blood is very atmospheric."

Cons:

• "Beware if you're tall the ceiling is low, so be prepared to crouch at the bar."
• "The pub is dirty dingy little hole."
• "The atmosphere is oppressive and unwelcoming."
• "Very busy and very noisy, very popular, small car park, decking area with benches outside."

Staff & Service

Pros:

• "The staff are so welcoming and will do anything they can to make you feel welcome and at home."
• "People were very welcoming. And friendly couldn't do enough to help with what we asked."
• "All the staff are very friendly and helpful nothing is too much trouble."
• "Had a lovely Sunday dinner and drinks staff were very polite and welcoming definitely recommend."
• "The staff were so friendly and very funny."
• "Staff very attentive even when busy."
• "The staff and landlord are fantastic they are friendly and will get anything you want if possible."

Cons:

• "But one member of staff was rude to us, which is why I’m giving 3 stars."
• "Only one waiter was nice to us, the other waitresses were unpleasant and rude."
• "Disgusting attitude of staff. We did not feel welcome here."
• "The pub landlord couldn’t have been ruder."
• "The landlord was extremely unwelcoming ... miserable and rude..."
• "He was immediately told off by the man behind the bar."
• "The bartender snapped at us when our dog wandered away from the table briefly."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "The food was amazing, definitely worth a visit if you're in the area."
• "Try the bucket of blood ale it's the smoothest I've ever had."
• "The food was lovely and with all the restrictions in place felt very safe and at ease."
• "Amazing staff, huge portions of top quality food for a good price."
• "The food was brilliant. Just how my family and myself liked it would even say loved it."
• "Excellent food and reasonably priced."
• "The food was absolutely delicious!! Fabulous service and friendly staff!"

Cons:

• "The portion size of scampi was good but had an awful antiseptic taste."
• "The food itself was a bit lacking though in that the meat and potatoes were lovely but the veg sides were overcooked (cauli/broccoli cheese), bland (everything lacked seasoning) and watery swede and gravy."
• "We did have an issue with one of the burger patties being under cooked, which the staff sorted straight away."
• "Just a shame about the scallops. Seared on one side, arrived with tails, and quite tasteless."
• "I had fish pie which was full of bones."
• "The Steak & Ale pie pastry top was dry, the meat looked and tasted as if it had been cooking for days as not much flavour or body left in it and the gravy was not plentiful."
• "Food was hot and freshly cooked but for me far too much on a plate which put me off too much salad and far too many chips."

Accessibility & Family-Friendliness

Pros:

• "Perfect family pub and bonus that it is dog friendly."
• "A great place to go and very dog friendly too."
• "Ample car parking."
• "Plenty of free parking and a lovely outside space for warmer weather."
• "The pub itself is a quaint country style inn with a car park right outside so great being disabled."
• "Lovely country pub for those who want a nice quiet night out with family and friends."
• "No problem with bringing our little pomsky in."

Cons:

• "Lovely food for adults but not suitable really for kids."
• "Not many tables inside."
• "Lovely place but food last order is at 7.45 which is a shame."
• "Unfortunately we never got to try the food so cannot comment on that... got refused a menu and told very bluntly you'll have to come back Thursday if you want food."
• "Booked here tonight 4 nights in advance for a table for 6, only to be told on arrival that they don’t have a table for us."
• "We signed in as requested, took a seat in the beer garden as requested and awaited service... sat for 20 minutes before we gave up waiting to be served."
• "Very food biased quiet nice looking old pub with a unique name, not overly welcoming staff, St Austell ales & an untidy carpark."