Address: Combe Fields Rd, Ansty, Coventry CV7 9JP, United Kingdom
Phone: +442476611817
Rating: 4.1
based on 150 reviews.
Food Quality
Pros:
"The food is not bad at all! Would of liked a little more for £7 but I can't complain about the food one bit."
"All roast lunches were lovely."
"Food was delicious. We had garlic bread with cheese for starters, I had the cobb salad with chicken for mains and my husband had the mixed grill."
"The food was excellent and the service was brilliant."
"Really good value for food adults and kids."
"When the food arrived it was hot and tasty."
"We had the Sunday roast that was lovely."
Cons:
"Ordered loaded fries but got loaded nachos, didn't mention anything as we ate them anyway, main problem was the 'handcarved beef' was clearly frozen beef that goes in the microwave."
"I went to The Sparrow for the first time today with my partner and my kid, always wanted to try it, me and my partner had a roast dinner and I can tell you it was by far the worst food I have ever eaten."
"Awful 'skin on fries' with no apparent option for 'normal' chips or French fries, lukewarm burger (that also managed to be dry and overcooked)."
"The lamb and chicken were not cooked long enough to be tender."
"The kids burgers were dry and burnt."
"Was there for a birthday party recently, food was overcooked and in my opinion overpriced for the buffet that was provided."
"Visited today, ordered 2 giant fish & chips... They were over cooked and hard, when we cut into the fish it was grey in colour and only about a fork full of fish in the whole portion."
Service
Pros:
"The staff were professional and polite."
"The staff are excellent, very polite and helpful nothing is too much trouble, room service excellent very clean and tidy."
"Thankyou to all the staff at the sparrow.. Laura, Steph, Chloe & Mark and all the rest of the team... Served 34 of us without a hitch and made my daughters 16th very special."
"Fantastic welcome from the manager Tom who accommodated us even without a booking."
"The man who brought the food out was lovely. Great manners and customer service."
"Service with a smile and food arrived when requested."
"The staff prepared the whole of the upstairs for our party and dressed the tables with table cloths which I didn't expect... Food was lovely and service with a smile despite the stress they must of been under."
Cons:
"I went to the bar to order some drinks and was ignored by the bar staff for quite a while."
"Had to go to bar to ask for our drinks which were sat on the bar with waitresses walking past them and not bringing them over."
"The wait to get a member of staff to come and take our orders for drinks and puddings were ridiculous and when we wanted to pay we were unable to find any staff for a good twenty minutes."
"Service was terrible, firstly we had to wait 20mins for our reserved table then 9 of us had meals and by the time the 9th meal came out 2 had already finished theirs!"
"Waitress was rude and inattentive."
"Our main server was rude and careless, while ignoring us the entire time."
"Staff where frantic, disorganised and when they were asked for a drink they replied saying they didn't have time to get her a drink."
Atmosphere
Pros:
"This is a really lovely pub - much nicer than I thought it would be if I'm honest!"
"The pub is in a lovely quiet location .. beautifully decorated for Christmas."
"Atmosphere was very relaxed and the pub wasn't too busy either."
"Gorgeous food, great service and a nice location."
"Great family friendly pub in a quiet location. Nice little play area for the kids and plenty of seating next to it. Lovely and clean with very well mannered staff."
"The place is lovely and the atmosphere and the staff are great."
"Highly recommend the sparrow if you want a nice quiet family meal."
Cons:
"Was expecting to be visiting Taybarns but on arriving we found brewers had taken over, the girl who met us on arrival gave us a menu and on a quick look through we decided to give it a go,,, The place was warm and clean but so empty."
"We went at a quiet time so not a lot of atmosphere."
"Pretty average sometimes busy another time hardly anyone there. Depending on the before six offer they have on at the time it's ok for me but if you have a big appetite you could be still hungry and have to resort to expensive pudding."
"Poor food. No atmosphere at all."
"The atmosphere. Well that was spoilt because the place was cold. The heating was not on, and that was very disappointing on a cold Sunday afternoon."
"This place seriously needs a makeover. Carpet sticky and shredded in places. Curtains 40 years old. Fabric chairs stained."
"The veg sticks that were severed with a burger were hot as if they’d been under the hot light for a very long time."
Value
Pros:
"We went to the Sparrow with some friends and we all said what a lovely meal we had... What a great price and what a great meal."
"I attend car meets at this location, the food is good, service is very good and friendly, prices are ok slightly high, but you do get free coffee refills which excellent as I drink far too much coffee."
"Prices were reasonable and food was nice."
"The kids' menu was really good value for money."
"Good value."
"Me and the family had xmas dinner here, food and service excellent and very reasonably priced for the amount of food served with free proseco."
"Enjoyed our meal on a 2 for 1 deal. We had a pork mixed grill and a hamburger. Both meals arrived quickly and we're good sized portions and hot."
Cons:
"Pretty average sometimes busy another time hardly anyone there. Depending on the before six offer they have on at the time it's ok for me but if you have a big appetite you could be still hungry and have to resort to expensive pudding."
"Used to enjoy coming to this pub for food. Was a quiet place on the evenings... flies constantly around the food/drinks."
"Price was cheap then advert at 9.49, banner showed 9.99 and online menu 10.49."
"Had a meal with some family. I wasn't impressed with the roast turkey dinner, the roast potatoes tasted very strange and we're also rather burnt."
"Stayed for 4 days, no gammon, peas, fish, no chicken wings, no coffee for 2 mornings... We paid a small fortune to stay for 4 nights, a joke to be honest."
"Been here a couple of times over last year or so and there is nothing good about it, service slow, food way below average, long wait to take food order."
"Door was pretty grim, flavourless and not great value."