The Caledonian - Pub & Grill Reviews Summary

Category: Pub

Address: 81 High St, Leven, KY8 4NG, United Kingdom

Phone: +441333424101

Rating: 4.0
based on 123 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Fairly cheap yet cheerful family orientated pub/restaurant; does the best fish & chips from any restaurant that I've been to."
  • "Food was great, staff always lovely and attentive and overall another amazing experience."
  • "I have just had the best rib eye steak in a long time would highly recommend this pub for food."
  • "Friendly staff, a really good selection on their menu and decent food."
  • "The food is excellent as I've been working my way through the menu..."
  • "5 stars because the food was excellent."
  • "Food tasty and well presented."

Cons:

  • "The steaks are never cooked right and are of a very poor quality."
  • "Food is normally hit or a miss, always understaffed! Avoid like the plague..... half the staff look like they on day release."
  • "Food was not very good and cans of juice were warm."
  • "The frozen chips were well over cooked. Quite brown."
  • "The food was basic."
  • "Food was poor staff were nice no amenities for disabled people stairs no lift room was not clean."
  • "Food was rank wrotten!"

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "The staff were really friendly and had done a great job of making customers feel safe - paper menus, ordering via the app, one way system in place."
  • "Really nice pub/hotel/food ....the staff pleasant and very helpful."
  • "Staff could not have been more helpful."
  • "Thank you to the lovely manageress and all the staff for making Amy feel special on her 18th, food is great and your service was amazing."
  • "Staff especially cleaning staff are exceptionaly friendly..."
  • "Staff excellent and friendly."
  • "Staff were friendly and service was quick."

Cons:

  • "It was mediocre. Staff all standing talking about what they were doing next weekend when we were eating our meal."
  • "Our service was really slow even for our drinks."
  • "The staff seemed very tired and took their time finding us."
  • "Jade's attitude was very poor."
  • "Shocking service, one staff member was very rude."
  • "Service wasn't exactly friendly. Had to ask for lemon for water four times."
  • "Was in one week ago table service took for ever as usual."

Accommodation

Pros:

  • "The Caledonian hotel is very cosy and fresh looking, staff are very friendly."
  • "Enjoyed our stay last weekend and found our room quite comfortable."
  • "Beds very comfortable."
  • "Hotel rooms are dated but clean. Great size rooms and large bathroom."
  • "Amazing hotel, beautiful spotless clean spacious rooms."
  • "This is a lovely Hotel good service and food. The decor is fresh and clean."
  • "Enjoyed our 3 day stay, very comfortable bed with high quality bed wear."

Cons:

  • "The bedrooms could do with an upgrade, a lick of paint wouldn't go amiss, but restaurant is lovely great meals fantastic staff dog friendly what more could you ask for."
  • "Room in need of a BIG upgrade. Cleanliness ok."
  • "The rooms are very tired. Habitable at best."
  • "Yes, the rooms are a bit 'tired' and would benefit from a lick of paint; the floorboards creak, and the furniture has taken a few knocks."
  • "Rooms are dated could do with an upgrade."
  • "The room needs updating especially for the price."
  • "Rooms very basic but clean."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Price for alcohol and food is very reasonable, all round good place to visit."
  • "Good basic fair at a reasonable price."
  • "Wide range of food at reasonable prices."
  • "Very reasonably priced and lovely staff."
  • "Meal was lovely and good for the money."

Cons:

  • "We felt the rooms were a bit expensive for what they were but unfortunately there isn't anywhere else in Leven."
  • "Expensive for the amount of food you get on the plate, was £10.29 for a small chicken burger with some chips."
  • "Pricing of rooms also increases by length of stay! Not accommodating at all."
  • "Main question is price of the beer, which seems to have doubled since Greene King took over."
  • "Breakfast for residents was not included in the price and cost £9.00 per person but open to the public for under a fiver."

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