Gelsmoor Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is very good and presented well."
• "Excellent roast beautiful food very reasonable midday meals."
• "Absolutely excellent food, professional service, very clean."
• "The food was really nice and good value for money considering."
• "Great food and friendly staff. I'm a meat eater and my partner is vegetarian. We both had a three course meal and each course was a good portion and was really tasty."
• "The food is superb, from pizza to pasta to top quality steak and seafood."
• "The food was delicious!"

Cons:

• "Over priced for just OK food."
• "The two beef dinners were not very good. The beef was quite stringy and chewy with quite a bit of fat on it as well."
• "The pizzas were very disappointing. Both came with toppings we'd asked to be left off."
• "Apart from the seafood linguine which was good, the rest of the food was very disappointing and poor value for money."
• "The batter on my cod wasn't the best either. A bit too thick and crispy."
• "The mashed potato tasted like Smash instant mash."
• "Very basic, slightly undercooked veg and pork wasn't anything to shout about."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff are very polite and helpful."
• "Staff very attentive, good choice of fayre including traditional Xmas Dinner."
• "Staff was fantastic. 3 course meal in 1 hour. Was very quick and sufficient."
• "Staff are friendly and attentive which I feel is very important."
• "Greeted by the lovely Abbey who looked after us all night."
• "The staff were very friendly with two members of staff being head and shoulders above the rest."
• "The staff really friendly and the room was perfect for our occasion."

Cons:

• "There was a bit of a delay with the halloumi, but the staff were really apologetic about it."
• "The waitress was attentive but the man behind the bar (manager/owner?) needs to learn how to speak to staff - he was very rude."
• "Firstly messed our booking up so we ended up in the back room with no windows and no atmosphere 👎"
• "The service which was well meaning but not upto restaurant standards."
• "Service was poor and slow, food was just OK nothing special."
• "However the prepared gluten free food like the fish batter and chips are cooked in a fryer where they cook gluten."
• "Expensive for the quality of food and service and disappointed at what should have been a nice meal out."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "A very pleasant atmosphere."
• "I think we all liked the 'new' decor and it made for pleasant surroundings in which to dine."
• "Great atmosphere.. will return soon."
• "Very nice place with pretty views across the fields."
• "Great restaurant. Nicely decorated inside and out."
• "A great atmosphere in lovely surroundings."
• "Lovely atmosphere, great food fabulous Steak even though I did have to cook it myself on the hot stone but what a lovely place."

Cons:

• "Wouldn't want to wait for it to be well done ok if you like it rare chunky chips not cooked in the middle."
• "To be honest it was a little formal for a Wednesday lunchtime, this is the level of service I expect from a Friday evening dinner and drinks but not a Wednesday lunch."
• "Very popular place, interior opened up giving more space but cannot describe the Gilmore Inn as a quieter establishment due to more tables and what appears to every table making themselves heard above other diners."
• "Place can get a little Smokey with all the stones off at once."
• "The massive tv screens don’t really help the atmosphere as the screen graphics have no correlation to the restaurant."
• "Place is clean with a tidy although can be a little soulless at times."
• "Only tiny let down, next to a very busy road."

Value

Pros:

• "Lovely food, great service and value for money."
• "Birthday lunch for my son today. Great value, menu and lovely staff."
• "Total come to £125 and well worth it."
• "Great value, menu and lovely staff. Excellent all round as always."
• "Excellent service, good food and fair prices."
• "Especially as the bill was also slightly cheaper than anticipated :)."
• "The food is delicious and well priced and the service is friendly and efficient."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately our £52 bill (for the food) was then £73 when the extortionate drinks bill was added."
• "Drinks were quite expensive as well."
• "My only gripe was a pint of blue moon being a fiver(£5)!..and a glass of lemonade £2."
• "Drinks are more expensive than other places locally."
• "Top place to eat.went last week and the fish are a lot smaller for the same money."
• "But also your clothes end up stinking of a bbq for the day."
• "This place is expensive, but totally worth it."