Hawk Battlesbridge Wickford Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food for us was excellent."
• "The food was very impressive and not too expensive."
• "The food was fantastic everyone was very pleasant."
• "Food was great - would highly recommend the sea bass and lamb rack."
• "Both dishes tasted great, just as we remembered the food being before lockdown."
• "The food was delicious, I had the veggie roast, whilst my partner had the trio, then the apple crumble for dessert."
• "Food was delicious and everyone enjoyed the meal."

Cons:

• "However the food wasn’t as good as we had hoped. Presentation of food was appealing however it lacked taste and parts were over cooked."
• "Honestly meal was awful! We chose steak which was brought out and butter hadn’t even melted on the steak, it was cold!"
• "Some of the Vegetables with the main were too hard to eat."
• "The crackling was incredibly salty, it only needs half as much salt, so had to scrape a lot of it off."
• "The roast potatoes are cut too small and the outer is very hard (overcooked)."
• "Food was so dry pork was so over cooked my potatoes were so rubbery."
• "The belly pork was hard and chewy, very difficult to cut."

Service

Pros:

• "The waitress was great starters arrived hot and tasty."
• "The staff were very pleasant and attentive - but not overly so, which is good."
• "Our waiter Brandon is an absolute credit to your team."
• "Fantastic attentive staff, great with the kids."
• "The service and attentiveness was outstanding and made our whole evening enjoyable."
• "Our server Aimee was amazing, efficient and friendly, as she always is when we visit."
• "Anna our waitress was very attentive and friendly, offering great service."

Cons:

• "Was never asked by waitress if everything was satisfactory."
• "One main course was delayed or forgotten and one dessert was also delayed or forgotten."
• "We waited quite while for our drinks and at least 20 to 30 mins for the waitress to take our food order."
• "Quite a long wait for food though and when the starters did arrive it was luke warm at best."
• "Service was very slow."
• "Service ridiculously slow."
• "Unfortunately, the service was very slow, we waited 30 minutes for starters and over 75 minutes for mains."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The atmosphere is very good as well as the setting and the decor is very stylish."
• "A very popular, busy restaurant."
• "The atmosphere and general vibe of the place were also very lovely and I will definitely be returning."
• "The place is amazing too, a real country pub atmosphere complete with real fires."
• "The atmosphere is really good here, especially on weekends."
• "Great atmosphere and our table was excellent- I asked for a quiet table out the way and this was provided."
• "The hawk has a cosy romantic feel in the decor and a super friendly atmosphere."

Cons:

• "The whole decor looked tired."
• "There were a lot of flies everywhere and another table was busily batting them away too!"
• "When we moved there was still loads of flies."
• "The only reason this isn’t 5 stars is due to the staff member behind the bar discussing his private life at full volume, in earshot of myself and other paying customers, using inappropriate language and swearing."
• "The roast dinners were great quality and large in size."
• "Cocktails were amazing, the open fires were lovely and warm. Pub decor was lovely at Christmas time too."
• "Typically stylish gastro pub. Muted interiors."

Value

Pros:

• "Although a bit on the pricey side, it was value for money."
• "We loved the new mint crushed over soda water."
• "Also very reasonably priced: bread sharing starter with olives, two mains, 2 pints and 2 wines for £60 - certainly can't complain!"
• "Also great price. We just had soft drinks, five main meals and four dessert it come to £120."
• "Good Sunday roast. A bit pricey compared to some other pubs but the quality and size of our dinners were great."
• "The food is delicious, simple and well made with generous portions."
• "Well worth every penny..will definitely return soon."

Cons:

• "It was an overly expensive 1st experience & for those reasons I shan't b returning."
• "I left very disappointed."
• "Overall I have paid less elsewhere for same quality."
• "Very good service but food is quite expensive for a pub."
• "We felt the wine was quite expensive."
• "Wine a little expensive."
• "£10.50 for a white wine spritzer was definitely a bit on the steep side."