"Famous for their steak pie and didn't disappoint! beautifully cooked steak filling with just the right amount of gravy and its a huge portion!"
"Food top class, can't beat the steak pie!"
"The steak pie was excellent, as was the sticky toffee pudding."
"Steak pie is delicious and the portions are generous."
"Known for its steak pie but I love the vegetarian lasagne here, piping hot and delicious with a drizzle of pesto and sides of garlic bread and chips."
Cons:
"Food unfortunately was bland and reheated, Not fresh, also chips were cooked in dirty oil."
"The steak pie pastry was dry and burnt and the chips on both plates were very dry and inedible."
"Steak pie... was dry with no gravy."
"Steak pie is £15, pastry was hard on the outside, obviously re heated from yesterday or whenever!."
"Steak pie huge portion plenty of meat but sadly so salty."
"The 'famous steak pie' - which most of the men in our party ordered - was not as good as a steak pie you'd buy from any decent butchers and cook yourself."
"Pastry was too thick and undercooked."
Service
Pros:
"The staff, as usual, were welcoming, friendly and willing to help."
"Our waitress had a good 20 odd of us to rally after, and she done it well."
"Service was very quick and efficient, with all the staff being very pleasant."
"Staff were attentive but not intrusive."
"The staff very helpfull."
"Once we were sat down they really looked after us."
"Great service."
Cons:
"Service was poor and felt very rushed."
"Had the person serving us showed some emotion, like she cared for customers then it would have been a better experience."
"Service is quick, food is delicious and drinks and prompt."
"Had dinner on Saturday, food was good but service was terrible, waiting staff rude and seems eager to not do their job."
"We also asked for a jug of water twice and it never came."
"The service wasn't particularly fast on this occasion."
"We were greeted with a very angry looking woman called hazel who was really snappy and not polite to my mum."
Atmosphere
Pros:
"Lovely restaurant and bar."
"Reasonable little place, friendly and casual feel."
"Over all a nice place to go for a quiet meal but can be a bit on the cold side even on sunny days. Windows seem to always be open and heating off."
"Comfortable bar/restaurant with pleasant outlook."
"Very cosy and child friendly establishment, great games area to keep kids happy, worth a visit."
"The conservatory was warm and there was plenty of space for the 2 infants we had and they were catered for too."
"Warm relaxed environment."
Cons:
"It was rather noisy when we were there so if it is a quiet restaurant you are looking for...this is not the place."
"The road is very busy, so can be quite loud."
"We decided to take our dinner in the bar unfortunately the locals were not very respectable to visitors or tourists."
"Only on this visit the children's games room was closed (understandable in the current pandemic) but when my children of 5 and 1 took their mother to show her, they ran into a member of staff that was very rude and disrespectful towards them."
"It's a strange place, one part pub and the other part restaurant."
"Location wasn't very well light so It was hard to navigate also entrance was confusing."
"The ambience of the inn is inviting, with warm lighting and a cozy atmosphere."
Value
Pros:
"Although a wee bit expensive the food made up for it 100%..."
"You will not be disappointed as you cannot beat the price for the value."
"Everything was reasonably priced."
"Nothing was too expensive."
"Based on the portion sizes and that the food was good, I was surpassed that the prices were very competitive!"
"Good price."
"Good size portions and average prices."
Cons:
"Over priced."
"Really looking at Rib Eye or Sirloin at almost 20 quid!"
"Came to £23! Waste of time and money for a tired old pub."
"Absolutely delicious and prices have not gone up as much as I was expecting."
"Personally feel food was over priced for the quality."