The Tavern Restaurant Reviews Summary

Category: Gastropub

Address: 72 High St, Fort William, PH33 6AD, United Kingdom

Phone: +441397703600

Rating: 4.2
based on 152 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Excellent food and excellent attentive but respectful service."
  • "The food gets 5 stars it really is fantastic and the price is good too."
  • "One of the best meals of my life. I had the fajitas for the main and my friend had haggis, neeps and tatties."
  • "We ordered the Steak Pie, Haggis, neeps & tatties, and the pasta carbonara. Everything was delicious!"
  • "The food was beautifully cooked (I had the Pan Fried Salmon with sweet chilli noodles)."
  • "Really good tasting, fresh local food."
  • "Lovely freshly cooked food."

Cons:

  • "Food allright, Not much Steak/Gravy with the Steak and Ale Pie, certainly not Β£15 worth."
  • "Food is mediocre and expensive."
  • "They had few little things of traditional kitchen. And what we had, was nothing special."
  • "Awful food, salmon and mash disgusting."
  • "Food was horrendous 😫, tasted like everything had been prepared 2 days ago if not more and reheated."
  • "Overcooked frozen meat, dry fries and greasy onion rings."
  • "The main dish was terrible. The red wine jus was simple fat gravy, I asked for a medium lamb but it was overdone."

Service

Pros:

  • "Staff were very lovely and welcoming and the food was decent."
  • "The service was very good, nice welcoming staff."
  • "Great service from all the staff."
  • "Service was fantastic. The lady serving us was so polite."
  • "The service is as friendly as fast."
  • "Staff were friendly and efficient, we didn't have to wait long for our food."
  • "The staff were incredible, from the warm welcome and service to their great recommendations."

Cons:

  • "She spoke in a very aggressive, and rude tone."
  • "Staff weren't bothered about being open."
  • "Service poor and non attentive."
  • "The staff seemed rushed and stressed out, like they didn't want to be there."
  • "The biggest disappointment was the service from the staff. We were seated and then they didn’t take our drinks order."
  • "Service... not so high rated by me and my companions."
  • "Waitress was rude as soon as we walked in, could tell she wasn’t happy to see us walk in."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Was also a 2-4-1 off season deal which was amazing value."
  • "Great value for money too."
  • "The portions were absolutely brilliant and reasonably priced."
  • "Really friendly staff, food was well priced and good quality."
  • "Very reasonably priced."
  • "Good selection of starters/mains & desserts on offer, all reasonably priced & tasted good."
  • "Though, it is cheap."

Cons:

  • "Β£4.60 for a pint and Β£8.00 for a cheese and bacon panini, so it was expensive."
  • "Extremely low value for the money."
  • "Visited this place recently with friends... Extortionate prices for what you're getting."
  • "Food was only just OK, prices are simply daft (18 quid for a burger!)."
  • "They make you think it’s a deal but it’s overpriced."
  • "Fairly dodgy food for the price you’re paying."
  • "Probably the worst burger I ever had in my life... You pay Β£13.95+ Β£1 extra for every topping and you get a horrible meat, hardly any cheese and that's it."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "The atmosphere was quite a noisy/busy one, hard to have a normal conversation but otherwise ok."
  • "Lovely warm pub with cosy atmosphere, hearty tasty food, great choice of drinks and excellent service."
  • "Independent bar/restaurant... cosy...busy....welcoming friendly staff.... appetising menu."
  • "Decor warmly."
  • "The atmosphere was warm and friendly."
  • "A great feel good environment with a nice layout."
  • "The atmosphere inside was very good."

Cons:

  • "Plenty better places to eat and have a drink with a nicer atmosphere."
  • "The atmosphere was not cosy, as the front indicated."
  • "It was really loud."
  • "Great food but not covid safe, felt very uncomfortable seated next to tables that weren't the required social distance."
  • "Not the quickest or best service. Took a while to be seated at a table when there were two available."
  • "They decided the restaurant was closed instead of closing the door or a polite sign they just kept shouting 'sorry we're closed for the evening'!!"
  • "Sadly I’ve had to put it at 4 stars because of the environment it is too dark and miserable in there and the tables are jam packed next to each other."

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