The Bull's Head Stonehouse Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Coalville

Address: Loughborough Rd, Thringstone, Coalville LE67 8LR, United Kingdom

Phone: +441530224327

Rating: 4.2
based on 235 reviews.

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "The two course deal for under six pound was worth every penny and the food was really good for the money."
  • "Great food, value for money, definitely be going again."
  • "Regular carvery and good price."
  • "Great staff and service, very cheap breakfast for under a tenner all you can eat with a drink too."
  • "It's buy 1 get1 free on pizza with unlimited chips and salad (on mondays) what a great deal."
  • "Food was great, vegetarian option was also good...they have made 2 new additions to the breakfast buffet black pudding and waffles!"
  • "Value for money! And on our doorstep! Winner!!!"

Cons:

  • "Would not recommend to anyone, feel very disappointed and let down as it wasn't even cheap."
  • "The carvery pigs in blankets and sausages were burnt, vegetables were rock hard and the gravy was overheated and lumpy."
  • "Unfortunately, since becoming a Stonehouse the prices seem to have risen a fair bit."
  • "A total waste of £63!!"
  • "Used to be my go-to place for a carvery at a good price. But it's now put its prices up."
  • "I wouldn't give it 4 stars, by today's performance they only deserve 2!!! Cauliflower hard as rocks, cold roast potatoes, quite meagre with the meat portions."
  • "Food quality not amazing kind of expensive with the price point."

Customer Service

Pros:

  • "Fantastic customer service."
  • "Visited early evening for a family birthday. We were warmly greeted by Beth and she was extremely helpful all evening especially with making perfect choices of food due to an allergy."
  • "Service was very good and inside appeared clean and in good order."
  • "They were very accommodating with my son who has social anxiety and they were very professional and friendly."
  • "Everyone very friendly and helpful."
  • "Ryan served us and we had a superb experience. He was helpful and friendly."
  • "Staff I must say were very helpful and attentive to our needs."

Cons:

  • "The staff was very rude just walking round not a care in the world."
  • "Staff rude and unhelpful. As we walked in, no greeting and ignored by staff."
  • "Really really really poor service."
  • "Staff were rude with a female staff member coming over shouting how long we were going to be at our table."
  • "very poor service i was left standing at bar as if i was invisible."
  • "The service was non-existant."
  • "Very poor service and they had no clue what was going on."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was lovely and the chef was a laugh."
  • "Both meals were hot, very tasty, the non-meat carvery lots of different vegetables available."
  • "The quality and quantity was absolutely fantastic."
  • "The food was great, vegetarian option was also good...they have made 2 new additions to the breakfast buffet black pudding and waffles!"
  • "Food was all hot and fresh and we really enjoyed the visit."
  • "Plenty of fresh vegetables from the carvery and tasted lovely."
  • "The breakfast pizza was the icing on the cake. Hot piping great tasting food."

Cons:

  • "Burnt everything, sauces in a bowl has always annoyed me."
  • "All 3 meats on offer appeared very dry, l had the beef, very dry, my partner had the turkey which was very dry & also had a odd taste."
  • "The batter on the fish and chips was soggy and didn't taste very nice."
  • "The beef was revolting, it had a thick yellow rind of jelly fat and chewing the actual meat was tough going, it was literally like a ball of rubber bands."
  • "The chicken breast was incredibly dry and hardly any of the nacho sauce we expected!"
  • "The carvery was disappointing and tasteless apparently."
  • "The food was very poor quality - obviously frozen food and the pizza was pale."

Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Service was very good and inside appeared clean and in good order."
  • "Staff were exceptionallly friendly and the overall cleanliness was good."
  • "The staff were friendly and welcoming and the pub was clean both inside and out."
  • "Absolutely wonderful place, amazing service and excellent food - value and taste wise."
  • "Good food but the serving area always seems greasy to me, although it is clean and tidy."
  • "Food was good, we had a good carvery for a good price."
  • "The staff are wonderful, really helpful and welcoming, especially Beth!"

Cons:

  • "The carpet was filthy full of confetti and rubbish."
  • "The whole area was dirty food everywhere and many dirty tables."
  • "The table had years worth of black grease and dirt in the folds and the extractor fan in the ladies bathroom has an inch of thick dust covering it."
  • "The actual baby change unit was absolutely vile not a chance I was changing my new born on there."
  • "I was extremely disappointed with the cleanliness. The menus were sticky and had drinks ring marks all over them, obviously not cleaned between customers."
  • "Other tables hadn't been cleared the whole time we were there."
  • "The vegetables were dried out to within inches of their life, the heat lamps giving off a similar heat to the sun!!"

Ambiance and Location

Pros:

  • "Nice space outside to sit. Close to grace Dieu woods for a walk before or after lunch :)"
  • "Good location, nice woodland walk right next to it."
  • "First time I have been in a pub since COVID and it was nice and safe and outside has a really nice chilled atmosphere."
  • "Loads of seating space for groups of friends to gather."
  • "Friendly staff, really nice vibe."
  • "It's located on a tight corner and is a nice quiet area."
  • "Lovely place to either go for a meal or a sit in the garden. The river is so peaceful and with the addition of the boats slowly meandering by and the ducks quacking all in all a lovely hour spent relaxing."

Cons:

  • "Shame they don't have a small safe area for little ones to play in."
  • "Grill part of the room gets quite smoky so if you're going out after the meal you will stink."
  • "Noisy and smelly. The floors and tables were sticky."
  • "Nice enough place but as it's a gastro pub now there is not much space to just drink and it smells of food."
  • "We felt a little uncomfortable as there's little social distancing."
  • "Not enough staff on the pass to cope so big slow queue formed."
  • "The carvery was an unexpected treat (and the large one was massive for a great price!)"

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