The Angel Oak Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "The place felt welcoming and the garden at the rear was very enticing."
• "Great atmosphere, great food and decent sized portions for the price."
• "Inside the pub has a relaxed and welcoming decor."
• "It's now by far the best pub in the area."
• "The atmosphere is always calm and relaxing - not too noisy or rowdy."
• "The vibe is nice and very chill."
• "The lit fireplace gave a cosy atmosphere, really nice for an autumn evening."

Cons:

• "Booked a table for family, garden was like a 6th form lunch hall, packed and noisy with young spotty white yuppies unable to have a conversation due to noise level."
• "Bar was sticky which is never a good sign."
• "They've turned this into some sort of social club where the staff's mates appear more important than the paying customers."
• "As evening progressed music got louder making conversation difficult."
• "The restaurant can be super noisy."
• "Service slow and the person at the bar had a very bad attitude."
• "I was not given the option to leave my details, just simply told to leave by an extremely scratchy lady at the entrance."

Service

Pros:

• "Especially one member of staff called Meg who was incredibly helpful, funny and kind."
• "Had a wonderful time with Coco as our waitress — can she sit down with us for a drink next time please?! Give that woman a RAISE! 🙌🏻"
• "Staff were super friendly and working hard on a busy Sunday but still able to deliver amazing service."
• "Service was good and the girls were pleasant and helpful."
• "All the staff were very attentive despite it being really busy."
• "Staff helpful - I had booked the wrong day and they sorted a table for five of us."
• "The staff were super friendly and professional - with all the awkward new restrictions and laws they managed it really well and made it feel natural and comfortable which I’m sure can be quite exhausting to manage so very impressed will def come back!"

Cons:

• "Shocking service, didn't get offered dessert and no drinks orders were taken in the restaurant."
• "Went today for Sunday roast and was a disappointing experience! Service is bad, waitress left hair around my Sunday roast."
• "Waited ages for food, it was over priced and not worth the wait."
• "Service was okay by waitress, but food was sooooo slow."
• "Service was very very slow albeit good once we were eventually served, but then follow up service after we ordered was again really really slow..."
• "Ordering at the bar and got very cocky answers about how to order the correct way."
• "Service was quite inconsistent - some of them were more on it, others didn't seem to notice you were there!"

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food received was brilliant."
• "The food was amazing! I've been coming here for a while and it's just gotten so much better."
• "Really nice pub with excellent food."
• "Had a lovely roast dinner. Plenty of meat and gravy."
• "Food is great, fast, and generous."
• "Really impressed with the roast chicken - it came with a huge Yorkshire, carrots, parsnip purée, bread sauce(nice touch) sauasages and the chicken was pretty much half a chicken."
• "Sunday roast was pretty decent, the pork and chicken was good, lovely veg and loads of gravy."

Cons:

• "Not sure what's changed but very bad at the moment, some of the food was inedible and the rest was average at best."
• "Portions are shockingly small, two very thin slices of roast beef, one small Yorkshire pudding and smallest of spoonfuls of parsnip purée."
• "Roast is absolute garbage."
• "Food came out with mold, took over an hour 30 minutes to come out."
• "The Vegan burger was below average with bun being so dry it just cracked."
• "Food was terrible however - avoid! 3 halloumi fries for £7, can buy a block of cheese for less than the price of 1 fry!"
• "Terrible roast - cold and the potatoes were pretty awful. Instant gravy - nothing delicious about this meal."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Great atmosphere, great food and decent sized portions for the price."
• "Reasonable prices and a great atmosphere."
• "Good food, reasonably priced beer (London wise) and very good for sport on the large screen."
• "The roast was not phenomenal but still quite good and especially the size of the portion you get is better than in other restaurants!"
• "Hot sunny afternoon in July. Pub was empty because everyone was in the large garden at the back. Good selection of real ales."
• "The roast beef which was amazing. Top quality beef and service always on point."
• "Vegan burger was incredible, we had to check with the kitchen whether it was vegan or not because it tasted super realistic."

Cons:

• "Nice boozer but on the pricey side."
• "Waited ages for food, it was over priced and not worth the wait."
• "Food can be a bit pricey."
• "Spoilt by over priced soft drinks."
• "Way overpriced!! Especially for the area."
• "Portions were small and poorly presented for the price."
• "That costs £15.50 for not even a full meal with poor ingredients."