The Coachman Reviews Summary

Category: Restaurant

Address: 4 Parkfoot St, Kilsyth, Glasgow G65 0SP, United Kingdom

Phone: +441236821649

Rating: 4.4
based on 200 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Food here has improved ten fold ... it’s now outstanding.. definitely worth a visit."
  • "Fantastic food, great service, the staff couldn't do enough to help."
  • "The food was well cooked and was served in good portions."
  • "Food and service was fab, only thing I really didnt like which was all the staff apart from 2 of them all had there hair down and was long hair past there shoulders, which dealing with food is not hygienic hair should always be put up."
  • "Beautiful food, especially enjoyed the Korean lamb chops."
  • "The food was to the usual high standard."
  • "Food is really good value, tasty and massive portions."

Cons:

  • "Overcooked black pudding and haggis, undercooked sausages."
  • "Chateaubriand was pretty tasteless, the sides were poor and even the salad on the plate was fairly wilted."
  • "Disappointing experience. Food arrived with a hair in it."
  • "Most recent visit was really different... the replacement was dry, and the tempura batter was so thick."
  • "Also not enough sauce and too much rice."
  • "I can't believe they have changed the Poppadom nachos. A tiny portion now, and with pomegranates in them!?!? Horrendous!"
  • "Ì visited this restaurant with my family tonight for a Christmas treat and was very disappointed with the quality of the food two of the six meals where uneadable the platter for 4 was full of dry chicken and ribs smothered in sause."

Service

Pros:

  • "Staff are very friendly and attentive."
  • "A good bar offers everything with lovely staff."
  • "The staff worked their socks off being very attentive and got every order right first time."
  • "The staff were very friendly and very helpful and also the service was good."
  • "Staff & service were excellent."
  • "Staff were really nice and couldn't do enough to help you."
  • "Great staff and service. Really looked after my 85 Yr old mother, she was well impressed."

Cons:

  • "The serving staff were never too sure who got what for which table."
  • "Service a little slow but understandable due to busyness."
  • "Service is a bit slow and hard to get staff's attention due to layout and staff have to serve a large area, so you can get left waiting."
  • "Service dreadful on recent visit."
  • "Staff took meal and replaced it but I was left eating on my own for 15 mins."
  • "Service really slow and not really attentive."
  • "Had to ask for napkins, had to ask for cutlery, the young girl serving was not that interested."

Ambiance & Decor

Pros:

  • "Beautifully redecorated."
  • "Very relaxed place."
  • "The place itself is decorated lovely."
  • "Once you venture inside (away from the gloom of the outside building & especially the car park at the rear), you will be pleasantly surprised by the opulent dining and bar areas."
  • "Nice decor and feeling to the place."
  • "The restaurant is lovely, as is the decor throughout the entire hotel."
  • "Very pleasant staff and decor."

Cons:

  • "Tables are way too close together and staff were so young and inexperienced."
  • "Sometimes tables at windows are a bit grubby."
  • "The newly refurbished restaurant not to my liking, not as comfortable, I was with a party of 6 and the couples table next to us was much too close."
  • "Lack of sound proofing to allow patrons to enjoy a good night's rest severally knocks down a positive rating."
  • "The only thing was, I felt the music was too loud and I couldn't be heard even shouting to the person next to me."
  • "We were with a wedding party which had booked the function hall for the reception. However, the hall had been double booked and our party was relegated to a corner of the public bar."
  • "It’s Sunday morning... 12.10am... music pumping downstairs from 2 different discos in the hotel. My 7 yr old is wide awake and struggling to go to sleep for the noise."

Value

Pros:

  • "Reasonably priced, fast service."
  • "Great prices and a very big selection of drinks."
  • "We went for the 2 course lunch meal for Β£11.50. Very reasonable and really tasty."
  • "Good prices and good portion sizes."
  • "The food is the best value in town - tastes great, always big portions and the service is lovely."
  • "The fish and chips 🍟 πŸ˜‹ were lovely. Well worth the money."
  • "Food was very tasty and portion size is very generous."

Cons:

  • "Disappointed the menu only had three main course vegetarian options."
  • "Not the same standard of food as before. Used to go regular but after last visit haven't been back. Menu has been changed and prices have increased quite a bit. Not worth the money now."
  • "Can be a bit pricey."
  • "Just don't be misled by the advertised Β£12.50 price, it's actually Β£19.50 and I've had better afternoon tea for cheaper."
  • "Pricey for the quality."
  • "Definitely not good value for money for anyone looking for a treat and have a tight budget."
  • "Very disdapointed, waited 45 min for the main course when it arrived the pastry was like the rock of Gibraltar."

Accommodation

Pros:

  • "The room we got in the coachman was exactly what we were needing. It slept the whole family with plenty of room."
  • "Nice place to stay as it's central to most places to visit either in the Edinburgh or Glasgow area."
  • "Our room was nice. Perfectly adequate for our one night stay."
  • "The room was spotless and comfortable."
  • "The rooms were so clean, very spacious and in general very nice rooms."
  • "Rooms are clean and have comfortable beds."
  • "The bed was comfy, the room was spotless, shower was class, the room was top class."

Cons:

  • "this hotel is rated as a 3 star aa approved, I have spoken to the AA AND THIS HOTEL WAS NOT REGISTERED WITH THEM, SINCE 2009."
  • "Stayed here for 2 nights, fri and sat night. Rooms are ok, a bit tired, could do with a freshen up and modernised."
  • "The systems for the water delivery to showers and bathrooms are old and dated and need to be separated from the kitchens."
  • "The hotel room was cold and the water was only slightly warm."
  • "Terrible attitude from management."
  • "Unfortunately my wife can't use a shower over the bath so it would have been nice to have a walk in shower."
  • "Please remember to wear flippers when you go to the toilets. Never seen such bad toilets."

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