The Three Stags Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "A very atmospheric, cosy pub with very friendly staff."
• "Service was very friendly and our pizza came out very quickly."
• "General staff are great."
• "The staff there was excellent and very pleasant to speak with."
• "Really lovely local pub. Every time we come here we’re impressed by the exceptional staff."
• "The staff were friendly and helpful."
• "Lovely service brought pint glasses of water ice and lemon unprompted just as we finished, anticipating out thirst."

Cons:

• "The waiters were rude and wanted to charge as soon as they took the plates as they want to kick you from the restaurant."
• "The manager clearly struggles particularly around service/warmness at the bar."
• "Racist or just unfriendly staff?"
• "However, we had booked our table and staff tried to get rid of us by presenting the bill just 1h30 after arriving without offering dessert."
• "Male staff member with glasses told us to 'make our order quick' because they had 4 tables to serve."
• "The waiters weren't very helpful either. They looked unhappy to work there."
• "No one came to take me in Pub, for 4 mins, so I went and said do you sell, Earl Grey Tea, he said yes, so this waitress came up and was Extremely Rude to me."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Good value for money."
• "Food was excellent thoroughly enjoyed this meal."
• "Prices are fair and food is great."
• "The pizzas are thin Italian style, great taste."
• "Our choice was the friarelli pizza with a rocket and parmesan salad, which we shared, followed by Eton mess. All of which was absolutely delish."
• "Exceptional food, the pizza and cod in brown butter in particular."
• "The food was great, good portions, great quality all served by friendly staff."

Cons:

• "Proper wood fired pizza is crunchy but this was chewy and not flavorful."
• "The dessert was cold, tasteless, and had sticks of cinnamon on it make it inedible."
• "The Sunday roast was cold and uncooked. The vegetables were not fresh, hard to chew and dry."
• "Glass in my food. Towards the end of my meal I found pieces of glass (cuboid chunks, like if a pirex jug shattered) mixed into my mushy peas."
• "Pizza took 45 minutes to come out not even hot."
• "The falafel burger was mediocre and chips were not good."
• "We had the 'fresh' English calamari and it tasted horrible, not even like calamari."

Atmosphere and Ambiance

Pros:

• "It was a nice change of pace from touristy Central London."
• "The lovely people here accommodated us and made us feel really welcome."
• "A lovely pub with a traditional decor."
• "Excellent traditional pub - no loud sports on tv, one could have a conversation."
• "The staff was friendly and the atmosphere was chill."
• "I thought the place was nice, warm atmosphere, good music."
• "Absolutely lovely atmosphere!"

Cons:

• "However, the speakers produce terrible sound which make the music a painful experience."
• "The obvious downside was the parade of loud pub goers, assorted weird pedestrians, horns and sirens which provided a poking background to distracting noise."
• "The place smelled unpleasant stale, possibly moldy."
• "When I finished my caipirinha, the lime bits that were left seemed to have been chewed, and I hadn't done that myself."
• "The pub was relatively empty with no atmosphere on a Friday night."
• "One queue for the whole bar. Rude staff."
• "Pretty terrible all round. Very unfriendly and poor service throughout. Cold."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Price was good too."
• "Was well worth the money & a visit."
• "A pint of Pravha which was nice and under six quid."
• "Great pizzas with 50% off Mon to Wed."
• "Reasonable prices."
• "Prices very reasonable."
• "Very reasonably priced for the area, size and quality."

Cons:

• "It was a little pricey, but willing to pay a bit extra for quality ingredients."
• "Isn't what I expected after paying £6 a pint."
• "A fish and chips lunch with a single pint of beer on a Thursday afternoon came to an outrageous £17.45."
• "And way too pricey."
• "It was very pricey for the amount of food that arrived."
• "The final bill was over £40 which was a lot for the small plates we got."
• "£14:60 for 2 glasses I felt was a little bit expensive."