Travellers Joy Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was great, good size portions too!"
• "Food was good, hot and we all ate at the same time(16 of us)."
• "Loved the cheesecake Toblerone and ice cream."
• "The steak and ale pie was delicious plenty of meat and piping hot."
• "The curry I had was delicious, however, half a balti dish was not what I was expecting with 2 pieces of the most tender lamb I've had in a long time."
• "The food (we both had sizzler meals) was fresh, hot and very tasty."
• "The food was tasty with generous portions and excellent value for money."

Cons:

• "Another 15 minutes later we were served a dry burger and hunters chicken."
• "Once the waitress come out with it, all the chips were cold, the 20 onion rings we ordered tasted like fish and were uneatable."
• "The breakfast was very small with an overcooked egg, the scampi and chips were only slightly warm."
• "Food is shockingly nasty. Sent out starters and then sent out mains back after waiting almost 2 hours."
• "I ordered a roast dinner. The Yorkshire came out fully burnt and the portion size was incredibly small."
• "Everything looked and tasted like it came out of a frozen packet."
• "Ordered sizzling plate, to be given a Luke warm plate with no sizzle and vegetables still raw."

Service

Pros:

• "Been going here for years and never been disappointed."
• "Our server Chloe was excellent, ensuring our pre-orders were correct and meals were to our satisfaction."
• "Staff were friendly and advised me at the door."
• "Was pleasantly surprised by my recent visit."
• "This pub has been popular for a while now, it does most things well, the welcome is always warm, and it is clean and tidy."
• "Staff were friendly and the dining room was well laid out."
• "The staff wore masks all the time and all social distancing measure were used."

Cons:

• "Lack of staff, staff miserable."
• "Popped in for lunch with my wife and daughter but was refused a table."
• "The only table that was big enough for us to sit was not cleared, I waited 10 minutes and no floor staff came by."
• "Unfortunately the manager is rather rude."
• "Manger behind the bar very rude! He had a tantrum and shouted."
• "Shocking service from a publican that has zero manors and over an hour wait for food."
• "The waitress was very abrupt and the management never came to table to sort anything out."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Good very good for value if you are lucky enough to get a seat on a Thursday night at 4.15."
• "Guess you get what you pay for. Cheap and cheerful."
• "Food was delicious and prices are very reasonable."
• "Visited here for Sunday lunch, fast and friendly service, And the food was delicious."
• "Well worth a meal here, offering great deals and child friendly."
• "Menu is extensive and offers great value food for the family which is all freshly cooked to order."
• "Ample portions and good value, especially the super specials at £10 on Saturday."

Cons:

• "Came here for breakfast a couple of times - food was nice and good value. We decided to go last weekend, but they've changed the car park charges."
• "Cheap and cheerful food and drinks with good service. Gets very busy so can be relatively long waits (up to 30mins) food during peak times so not necessarily one for quick bite during work lunch break."
• "Yesterday's food was very disappointing, ordered fish and chips with beans, fish was soggy, chips were cold, beans was like left over, totally wasted money last night."
• "Food is good but the parking situation is a joke."
• "Little disappointing that I could not claim back parking money even though the machine stated if spent £5 at the bar £3 could be refunded however was told when I got in the pub if paid for parking over the phone this could not be refunded."
• "My mixed grille was crap, steak grisly, chicken and peas dried up."
• "hmmm, Boxing Day dinner was my last trip, they bodged it up big time... it's an OK venue, can be busy, also a busy boozer at times, food usually well priced & good but it's not all good at the Travellers Joy."