Dog & Doublet Inn Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Stafford

Address: Sandon Rd, Sandon, Stafford ST18 0DJ, United Kingdom

Phone: +441889508331

Rating: 4.4
based on 228 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Breakfast is an outstanding choice!"
  • "All the food was delicious and cooked to a high standard."
  • "The food is delicious and reasonably priced."
  • "The meal was very tasty and well presented."
  • "The food was absolutely delicious - definitely the highlight."
  • "The food here is excellent!"
  • "Food was excellent and well presented."

Cons:

  • "Members of the party who ordered the pheasant dish were not impressed."
  • "The menu promised a succulent steak and blue cheese pie. There was no blue cheese, and the steak was hard as bullets."
  • "Food went from one extreme to the other."
  • "The main event was not nice."
  • "Portion size of Chicken dish was really poor."
  • "The steak was cooked well but for a £25 sirloin I would expect more meat than gristle."
  • "The main courses, the steak and the steak pie were extremely salty, and inedible."

Service

Pros:

  • "The staff were all excellent, which meant a great meal was had."
  • "Every team member demonstrated an incredible commitment to providing top-notch service."
  • "The staff were very professional, polite, and attentive."
  • "Staff were amazing, very well managed and professional."
  • "The service was friendly and efficient."
  • "Staff were very polite."
  • "The staff were very helpful and attentive."

Cons:

  • "Some cutlery was brought to the table which was dirty."
  • "Not very good customer service, wrong chips wait for chips when already eat half of our food."
  • "Very disappointing last night, poor service and average food."
  • "kept waiting for service."
  • "The service was very quick, which is actually the worst thing about our visit."
  • "Service average. Too long to be acknowledged upon entry."
  • "Service was mediocre at best."

Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "The place was really clean and today and the staff member behind the bar was very friendly and quick."
  • "Our bedroom was massive and spotless. Great, powerful shower."
  • "Room was great clean smelled fresh no dust."
  • "Lovely place very friendly and clean."
  • "The room was clean, fresh and had all we needed."
  • "single room was a bit on the small side but clean and comfortable."
  • "Really pleasant décor and easy parking."

Cons:

  • "All of our wine glasses were dirty, 2 had lipstick on."
  • "Came today for breakfast as husband had been in the week and had a fab meal just OK breakfast was covered in black bits off the griddle which obviously needed cleaning."
  • "The tables are cleaned on a whim or request, which is odd."
  • "I sat outside and had to put a cushion back on the seat only to find old chips etc obviously not cleaned."
  • "The menus were filthy and very off putting."
  • "The walls near our table had dirty smudges on the corners and dirt trails running down them."
  • "They forgot the fried bread on my full English."

Ambience

Pros:

  • "The atmosphere was very nice."
  • "A very welcoming looking venue."
  • "The venue is well presented and decorated for Christmas."
  • "The venue and staff were warm and friendly."
  • "The venue has a very pleasant environment in both decor and ambience which makes for an enjoyable experience."
  • "Very nice atmosphere and lovely inside."
  • "Great atmosphere."

Cons:

  • "Its now almost 1.00am and there's music playing below, people talking loudly, shouting, even cheering at times and it doesn't sound like its going to end anytime soon."
  • "Like the others say, they don't serve food at specific time so before making your trip make sure you know that they are serving food."
  • "oh so noisy found it difficult to hold a proper conversation."
  • "The room we were put in was rather drafty and cold due to an outside door being used."
  • "We walked from the narrowboat on the canal along the road with no pedestrian footpath."
  • "If you are coming from the canal best to avoid this place. Unfortunately, the road has no pavement, it is a busy road with traffic flying along at 60mph."
  • "The service was a little haphazard."

Value

Pros:

  • "Brilliant value for money."
  • "The prices were quite high, but you get what you pay for."
  • "Food good and reasonably priced."
  • "The food is really tasty and great value for money."
  • "Quite reasonably priced as well if I'm honest we are pleasantly surprised."
  • "Certainly not expensive for the standard of fare on offer."
  • "It was also good value as the meals included bottomless coffee."

Cons:

  • "The prices were quite high, but you get what you pay for."
  • "These meals cost over £14 each which is completely outrageous."
  • "It’s on the higher end of the scale in terms of pricing. And this wouldn’t be a problem if the food quality and service lived up to it."
  • "some food is a bit pricey for what you get and I hate paying extra for vegetables that should be with your meal."
  • "Food poor at high price."
  • "We ordered ice cream for dessert and were a little disappointed in the portion size."
  • "The steak was cooked well but for a £25 sirloin I would expect more meat than gristle."

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