The Fighting Cocks Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The meals were huge and at a very reasonable price."
• "The roast dinner was superb!"
• "Scotch eggs. Best I have ever had. Made fresh and the eggs were runny and cooked to perfection!"
• "Incredible resteraunt quality food, great chefs!"
• "Food was absolutely amazing and not ridiculously priced."
• "The food was brilliant, and a great price."
• "The food was marvellous."

Cons:

• "Food could be better, wouldn't go there for it again, portions and quality need some addressing."
• "Food was ok, but a bit overpriced."
• "Great service, poor food quality. Had the classic burgers and brownies. Both were extremely dry."
• "The chicken was tasteless and dry, the Yorkshire pudding was soft and looked like more of a pancake."
• "The batter was anaemic and thin and the fish was dry."
• "Sunday roast was cold/luke warm and they missed the chicken off the 3 meat sharing platter."
• "Food was terrible but we had a fairly large table."

Service

Pros:

• "Quick service, friendly staff and and great pub."
• "The staff were very attentive and tried to meet my needs plus the C19 regulations & SD properly covered."
• "The service was good and the staff very attentive."
• "Staff were very welcoming and friendly, told us about different offers."
• "The service was excellent. They kept us informed."
• "Had brilliant service from all the staff, particularly the lady who served us."
• "The staff are incredibly attentive and welcoming, and went above and beyond to ensure we felt comfortable and enjoyed our meal."

Cons:

• "It lost a lot of its charm and is half empty on a Friday night now."
• "The service was slow, after taking our order, 45mins of waiting later we were asked if we would like to order, we replied we ordered ages ago and waiting for the food."
• "On Saturday we booked a table for 6 for Sunday afternoon. When we arrived they had not transferred the booking from the diary to the seating plan for Sunday."
• "The desert took 45 minutes to arrive."
• "Terrible service. Waited over an hour in a more than half empty pub for food, with no explanation of the delay."
• "Waited over an hour for our food, was told they didn't have enough forks for the table for us to eat with."
• "Unfriendly and rude staff. Particularly the bald guy on the bar."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Love the food, the atmosphere and the music there."
• "Great atmosphere and 5 star service."
• "It's a lovely place to be."
• "Great dj on a Friday playing lots of fantastic tunes."
• "Loved the pub, great vibe, friendly and professional staff."
• "Always spend my sundays Here with my grandchildren soaking up the atmosphere and spending time with the family."
• "Music at the weekend is always brilliant- amazing bands and upbeat atmosphere!"

Cons:

• "Since the last refurb and getting rid of DJ Julie, it lost a lot of its charm."
• "However, they used to have a great DJ, playing vinyl from late 70's & 80's. For some reason, now stopped!"
• "There's no atmosphere now really."
• "Some scary clientèle, who were either drunk or drugged and singing/shouting loudly with staff not intervening."
• "Very very noisy, such that I frequently could not hear what my family who were sat on the other side of the table were saying."
• "Now 'just' another lovely pub, with no 'added' attraction, so will probably go to more convenient venue in future."
• "I found it depressing."

Facilities

Pros:

• "Good to see that many of the original victorian features have been retained."
• "Nice venue for small groups, with lots of different seating around the bar and outside."
• "Even looked after our dog too with a drink of water."
• "Was clean and tidy, nice spaces to relax."
• "Stunning building, lots of places to sit, cozy feeling inside and a decent outdoor area with heaters."
• "Outdoor space is good and heated."
• "Stunning pub, great facilities and outdoor seating."

Cons:

• "The tables and floors are caked in a sticky grime."
• "They could do with getting some lights out there."
• "Vastly overpriced. Ladies loo only had paper in one of the three."
• "The bench seats at the tables need sorting out."
• "The interior dark and somewhat dated and was not very inviting."
• "Unpleasant smell now and then after every hour or so by where we were seated not sure what that was."
• "The beer garden is nice but the sun doesn't reach it, so it's more effective for an evening beer in the Summer."

Drink Selection

Pros:

• "Wonderful choice of ales in comfy surrounds."
• "Proper pub with a decent choice of ales and beers."
• "Great range of beer on tap."
• "They have a wide range of beers behind the bar, on draft & in bottles and cans."
• "Great craft beers and ciders available on tap here in a very inviting old Victorian pub."
• "Great wine selection and drinks."
• "Good range of gins and beers."

Cons:

• "Drink selection looks comprehensive but don't think they specialise in anything."
• "Just expensive drinks. A bit overpriced."
• "One star deducted only because the last few visits they have only had one ale."
• "Ordered a decaffeinated flat white, desperately lacking in coffee taste, fed back to bar staff and asked for another shot to add flavour and was told due to company policy i need to pay an additional 2.99."
• "Wow I've just paid £5.98 for a coffee in a pub whilst spending an additional £30 on food."
• "The annoying fact was that they asked for a 10£ deposit to secure the booking, that was never returned!!!"
• "Waited over an hour for our food, was told they didn't have enough forks for the table for us to eat with."