Kings Head Chingford Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "I received very good service from one of the managerial team on duty that evening, Christiana, who went the extra mile to ensure my experience was pleasant."
• "Megan is absolutely brilliant and is very attentive to customers."
• "The atmosphere and the service were great."
• "A big shoutout to the attentive staff members, Sam and Kieran, who made the experience even more enjoyable."
• "We will be visiting again soon to try out the food at The Kings Head - and we hope Christianna is there with her friendly amazing service!"
• "The staff are very friendly and you can sit for as long as like and no one bothers you or makes you feel as though you have worn out your welcome."
• "The staff are excellent. The manager Lynsey was on the ball so friendly Nothing too much trouble it's a brilliant pub."

Cons:

• "Unbelievable rude staff, and extremely incompetent managers."
• "Also there was a very loud woman in there who was disrupting everyone (it wasn't even late) and no staff asked her to be quiet at all. Not a great atmosphere sorry."
• "Having to stand and wait patently to order at the bar while two bar maids talking and emptying glasses from the washer took no notice."
• "I really think it is lamentable that in our stay of 1h30m a manager never showed up."
• "On informing staff, the only answer we received was 'Sorry' & the staff member walked away!!"
• "Serving staff are so slow here."
• "Service near non existent, food took 1 hour to come from ordering."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was delicious and arrived at the table 15 mins after ordering hot and tasty."
• "Good tasty food with decent portions."
• "All of the food was fantastic! We got fish & chips, scampi & chips, sausages and mash, the lamb and the steak!"
• "The food was out of this world!"
• "I enjoyed the roast pork loin with yorkshire pudding and mixed vegetables."
• "We had a tasty fishcake and some very good veggie burgers."
• "The food is soo good."

Cons:

• "Things took that long we didn't even bother ordering dessert."
• "Wouldn’t bother with the food as it’s very average."
• "The Wellington was undercooked and stodgy."
• "Waited nearly 2 hours for food that was cold, undercooked and lacked any flavour."
• "Everyone's food was awful, nothing was fresh just reheated, bland and overcooked."
• "The food was warmed up pre-prepared food, except the garlic bread was burnt toast, the chicken was dry, and the sausages were missing!"
• "The roast dinner was awful, every roast potato so burnt they were completely black, burnt Yorkshire pudding."

Ambiance & Setting

Pros:

• "Historical pub and garden, steeped in local lore, settled on King’s Head Hill, the brow of a steep incline."
• "Traditional fire places to keep you warm through the winter."
• "Great place to go to if you want a quite & relaxing place to go too. Open log fires easy access to clean disabled toilet on the ground floor."
• "Lovely setting, we didn't eat but the menu looked really good, pet friendly."
• "A fabulous under cover seating."
• "The pub itself is quite nice."
• "Lovely to sit in beer garden/car park in summer."

Cons:

• "Totally unacceptable and would never go again or recommend to anyone."
• "Not a quality experience from any perspective."
• "When we went up to change it at the bar, we were basically told to get lost!"
• "We won't be returning."
• "Will definitely never go there again"
• "What an absolute joke of an establishment, never again will I go near this place!"
• "Do yourself a favour and don't go there."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Classic beers on tap such as Carling and Fosters, reasonable prices."
• "Eat here regularly I’ve tried virtually the whole menu and find the quality and value excellent all staff are very friendly work hard and welcome my dog Woody."
• "Good selection of beers and atmosphere."
• "The prices for drinks are standard for London with a big selection of gins to test."
• "Drinks are reasonably cheap with good food variety."
• "Food was good and very reasonably priced."
• "Prices also reasonable."

Cons:

• "Food is overpriced for what you get, portions are not particularly big."
• "Service near non existent, food took 1 hour to come from ordering."
• "Tables were dirty."
• "Won’t be back, really poor value for money."
• "For £13.49 it’s a rip off."
• "The food was spot on and a great price!"
• "Lovely place to go for real ales choice of 8 guest ales and 4 always available plus numerous ciders and lagers, food was good but as you can see portion sizes are more suitable for children rather than adults and £24 for this size meal will be thinking twice about going back for a meal."