The Dog at Wingham Reviews Summary
Category: Gastropub Canterbury
Food Quality
Pros:
- "Faultless food and service. Exceptional food; especially the rhubarb soufflet."
- "Food was fantastic. Everything was cooked to perfection."
- "The three course set menu offers fantastic value with each dish packed with flavour and flair."
- "Dinner was exceptional, great options on menu, extremely well cooked, full of flavour, joy to eat."
- "The food was as good as any top end restaurant we’ve eaten in, and the non-meat based dishes were just fantastic and full of flavours."
- "Genuinely the best roast dinner I have ever tasted, cleanest and most hygienic pub/restaurant I have visited, ever!!!"
- "Our meal was delicious and beautifully presented."
Cons:
- "We had dinner which wasn't that great for the money and drinks very expensive."
- "The meal was excellent (still pub food and not fine dining) for the fish eater, and fairly average for the vegetarian."
- "The vegan dishes available were ok but not great."
- "The food wasn't that great after all."
- "Slightly disappointed with the roast dinners as was told lamb would be served pink, but was served overcooked."
- "The food was slightly disappointing given the price and reputation."
- "Very disappointing if you are a vegetarian, which is not really on in 2022."
Service
Pros:
- "The staff went above and beyond even making a meal again so it was hot when someone was away from the table with their child."
- "The staff could not do enough for you."
- "What we love is that the staff are all so calm and knowledgeable."
- "Service from everyone wonderful."
- "Service very attentive."
- "We were made to feel very welcome by every member of staff and we felt very well looked after."
- "Staff attentive throughout our stay."
Cons:
- "The only reason I'm not giving 5 stars is we had some issues with the service both at dinner and breakfast."
- "If a server doesn't know what something on the plate is they shouldn't just say they don't know but should offer to go and ask the kitchen."
- "Nice ambience but we had to wait over 45 minutes to be served."
- "The staff were poor. Any questions about the menu or drink they did not know the answer."
- "Terrible customer service from a clueless member of staff."
- "It did take ages for the food. We were there for over 3 hours as the food took so long."
- "Would I return? Due to the poor service, No!"
Value
Pros:
- "The lunch menu was great value!"
- "Good value for what you get which is supremely tasty, beautifully presented dishes."
- "Always good value, but the monthly celebration dinners are exceptional."
- "Well I was pleasantly surprised when the bill arrived and was just under £110."
Cons:
- "Thought it was a bit pricey for the food and wine."
- "A cocktail, a glass of wine, 3 courses each and a bottle on the cheaper end of the wine list and our meal for two came to £174."
- "The price of drinks was very high. Also olives and bread were an extra £5 each which again is pretty expensive."
- "Overall very expensive and wouldn't stay again or recommend."
- "I can't recommend this bed and breakfast at the extortionate price they are charging."
- "The room was too expensive for what it was at over £90 for one night!"
- "Watch for the service charge added to everything."
Accommodation
Pros:
- "Room was amazing and great to be able to walk upstairs and crash out."
- "We were in room 4 which was very elegant and had everything we needed."
- "The room was very comfortable and on such a hot day, cool."
- "Our room was decorated and furnished to a very high standard."
- "Bed was very comfortable and shower was lovely."
- "Pleasant rooms with good service."
Cons:
- "The room was on the small side though and since it was located directly above the bar and restaurant, it was a little noisy in the evening."
- "The reason for the three stars is our room 8 was very cramped and dark including the bathroom."
- "It was also exceptionally noisy as was overhead the kitchen, with lots of shouting coming from downstairs until after 11pm."
- "The bathroom didn't have a working lightbulb which we had to get them to replace."
- "Although the room was spotless and with a Hypnos mattress on the bed which was lovely the shower room was very compact."
- "Nothing was up to standard. Holes in the bedroom door, 2 poor single beds put together to make a up a double bed."
- "All in all not what we would expect from a 'luxury' break."
Ambience & Location
Pros:
- "We will most certainly be returning to discover more culinary delights."
- "We live fairly locally but would recommend the location of the Dog."
- "The beer garden is lovely with lots of seating and a Greek style to it."
- "Recommend booking as there were not many tables available when we left (2PM on a Sunday)."
- "Amazing Pub / Restaurant, love the ambience of the Dog."
- "Really nice traditional pub with a nice modern look."
- "The dining room is tastefully decorated and cosy, especially with the fire lit."
Cons:
- "The atmosphere is a little pretentious and I feel prices inflated without justification."
- "Very sparse lunchtime menu 2018 pub of the year sorry not sure why couldn't find anything on menu to our taste so just had a drink and left."
- "The car park is very small, 6/7 cars max and so you might have to park on the street."
- "Sadly, this meal was marred somewhat by a particularly loud family on the next table with a constantly crying toddler."
- "Very poor experience with the hotel."
- "All in all not what we would expect from a 'luxury' break."
- "Overall very expensive and wouldn't stay again or recommend."
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