The Devonshire Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff are always so welcoming and friendly!"
• "Thoroughly enjoyed our visit here, the food was lovely and staff where very polite and helpful."
• "Staff very friendly and hospitable, would recommend anyone to go there as you're sure to have a good experience."
• "Very helpful staff."
• "All the staff were lovely, and great work on all the social distancing measures, they worked very well."
• "The staff looked after us very well."
• "The employees were so efficient, polite and attentive."

Cons:

• "Although we had pre ordered the food it still took an hour to arrive after we were seated."
• "Service not the best. I will assume that the waitress was new as she was fluttering around too much."
• "Staff moaning in the bar because they wanted us to leave early so they could go home."
• "All staff kept disappearing?? should have been around more."
• "Service was quite slow and it took forever to get the bill."
• "We waited 20 minutes for our order to be taken."
• "Was told dogs allowed went with my 95y aunt and my career as I have cancer got there to be told dog only allowed in bar we had booked a meal and table in restaurant bar had no room to eat a meal, so had to have table outside busy traffic couldn't hear are chat waitress seemed new and pretty poor food was cool and poor quality."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food is second to none."
• "The food is delicious!"
• "Love this place. The food is on another level and the atmosphere is refreshingly relaxing."
• "The food was excellent, and not excessively expensive."
• "With food you get what you pay for and this was exceptional... Rare roast beef, succulent pork loin, massive Yorkshire pudding and proper roasties."
• "Everything cooked to perfection."
• "The food & service were impeccable."

Cons:

• "Roast potatoes were dry and had no crunch."
• "Extra gravy was also charged a £1 extra which is disappointing."
• "Also charged £3 for a v small bowl of mash for our 2yr old!!"
• "The roast potatoes were really tough and could hardly be cut."
• "A burger without crispy bacon which it stated on the menu... No side order of burger relish until i asked for it."
• "The turkey dinner arrived with large blocks of turkey and a block of stuffing no doubt 'Master chef' style."
• "The main meal was luke warm and the bowl of veg that was brought out with the meal would not have fed one person never mind two."

Ambience and Decor

Pros:

• "The Devonshire feels refined yet warm and welcoming with fantastic decor and a great layout."
• "It was lovely and warm, and all staff were very friendly and efficient."
• "Lovely place with a great atmosphere."
• "The surroundings are amazing and the interior and decor is to a fantastic standard, really sets the atmosphere to accompany the food which is outstanding."
• "The dining room is beautifully decorated with chandeliers and large sky lanterns."
• "Very Clean and a beautiful setting!"
• "The decor is first class and has recently been refurbished."

Cons:

• "But they sat us in a dark and cold side room."
• "Internal seats can be a bit dark."
• "The lighting over our few tables was very bad..we (along with others) had to use the torch app on our mobile to view the menu (& bill)."
• "Although the Bar Area was really cosy with the log burner, after 1 hour in the Restaurant we found our feet & legs to be very cold."
• "Nothing festive decked our table nor any other in that area."
• "We were turned away Easter Sunday, we called for coffee and cake and sat in the beer garden as we had our dog."
• "We were told we could have coffee outside but no cake."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Portions are generous to say the least and well priced."
• "I was impressed by the value for money."
• "This restaurant is by far one of the only places I have been over the past few years that constantly has amazing tasting food for reasonable prices."
• "The food at the Devonshire is always delicious with generous portion sizes."
• "Good quality food at a reasonable cost."
• "Good Prices."
• "Very good value for portion size and taste."

Cons:

• "Come on over £8 for a pint and large coke!"
• "For the price of our meal I was expecting a lot better and I have to say I won't be back."
• "Almost £30 each for 2 courses which was only a basic Sunday lunch."
• "It's a lot of money to eat here."
• "Abit pricey for my liking if I'm honest, especially for french fries with chicken and chorizo!"
• "Food is way overpriced for what we had... party of 5 and none of us ate it all would rather have McDonald's and that's saying something...."
• "Drinks quite pricey too."