Goffs Manor Pub & Restaurant, Crawley Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The service is absolutely ace. Very attentive and polite."
• "Friendly staff (they always are in any Hall & Woodhouse pub!)"
• "Imaginative food, great service."
• "The service we received was brilliant, both ladies we interacted with were fab, both were really kind and helpful."
• "Staff are friendly, food is great and there's a good selection of beverages."
• "The staff were fantastic and extremely friendly and helpful."
• "The young man who served us was extremely polite and helpful."

Cons:

• "Not great service by the man that took our drinks order."
• "After 90 minutes of waiting for our food we gave up and went to pay our bill."
• "We had to wait to be served at the dead quiet bar whilst 3 staff tried to look busy."
• "Service was slow and our server smelt strongly of body odour."
• "Service a bit slow."
• "Service was poor, food was decent but not amazing."
• "However, the queue for drinks at the bar means I'm unlikely to return to Goff's Manor."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Good homemade pub food. Nice garden area, perfect for summer."
• "Lovely pub lunch situated beside a pretty park."
• "Food excellent, my friend Lilian says the trifle needs Sherry! Try the pie."
• "Excellent food and beer."
• "I had the beer battered fish and chips, the chips were really good…but that fish…it was incredible!"
• "The food and drinks choice is good and reasonably priced."
• "The sandwiches were very good, staff were pleasant and helpful."

Cons:

• "I had fish and chips that tasted like it’d been left out of the fridge for a day before cooking."
• "The pub was freezing, the plates were cold, the Turkey roast was cooked hours ago."
• "The roast beef was so fatty & chewy it was inedible."
• "Houmous was so old it was solid, the pitta it was served with was old and stained with something pink."
• "Both meals were really poor. You could see and taste that it wasn’t fresh."
• "Food was a mixed bag from average (cheese and bacon burger) to really good (Sunday roast)."
• "Food is poor pub grub, Ours was cold and the nut roast dry and tasteless."

Ambiance and Setting

Pros:

• "It has a large well looked after outside area and is positioned at the start of some lovely open parkland."
• "The place is gorgeous in the sunny weather."
• "Nice pub, lovely gardens (including the pet ducks)."
• "A lovely pub with a great atmosphere."
• "Lovely ambience in this ancient pub beautifully decorated and well set out to accommodate diners."
• "A very nice traditional pub. Cosy and welcoming."
• "A Great Park with lots to do for all ages."

Cons:

• "This is a lovely pub, but unfortunately on busy days they can't seem to cope with demand."
• "Like this place but this evening the only heating that was on was the log fire in the bar area, was cold in the seating and restaurant areas."
• "The main bar is not sure what it is, and the restaurant thinks it's something it isn't."
• "Indifferent welcome because of intrusive music indoors."
• "So disappointing. Main meal, roast, was truly wonderful. But from then down hill."
• "The garden didn't seem as well kept as I remembered it in the past and the tables were not very clean outside."
• "The car park is of a very poor surface and often gets muddy."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The food and drinks choice is good and reasonably priced."
• "the food and drink is well priced and the fish and chips is fantastic."
• "A Nice Country pub with a reasonable selection of Ales and Grub."
• "Great atmosphere, consistently good quality, and seating for even large groups."
• "Fabulous meal, excellent service, fantastic value for money!"
• "Went for lunch and the menu and quality of the food was extremely good."
• "Very happy with the burger and the vegetarian gnocchi was knock out!"

Cons:

• "Finally!! Got it at 14.20!! Would have been quicker if I'd walked to Crawley and got it!!!"
• "Very over priced, for soft drinks."
• "Paid full price for overcooked food whilst waiting over an hour... Not happy."
• "BBQ Chicken found it too expensive for the amount of food."
• "Food was reasonable but overpriced."
• "Way way overpriced."
• "Not happy with the bar shutting at 1030pm when we had paid £25 @head."