The Oast House Bar & Restaurant Reviews Summary

Booking and Service

Pros:

• "Very quick service at the bar, even at its busiest."
• "The service was super fast and helpful."
• "Service is excellent and the atmosphere is always lovely."
• "The service from all the staff was very good."
• "Service really good but can get really busy."
• "The customer service is always 5star at the oast house!"
• "All staff seem hard working and really professional."

Cons:

• "We’ve asked them about Booking and they told us that we can’t make any booking so we went there today and it appears we had to make a booking and they made as wait for half an hour."
• "There was a bit of a mess towards the end of the evening with the bill and drinks being ordered and not turning up."
• "It seems they overbooked or dont give people enough time to sit and eat with their 1.5hr bookings."
• "Service wasn't great."
• "Seriously understaffed for the known weather and location vs their facility."
• "The contactless table service... can be rather slow at busy times."
• "Waited for 15 mins at the bar with staff completely ignoring us, very rude."

Atmosphere and Location

Pros:

• "Really good happy atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere is always great especially with the live music, makes everything so much livelier!"
• "Buzzing and vibrant energy in the crowd."
• "Super atmosphere with a class German beer Keller style interior."
• "Beautiful place - loved the outside area and the live music was lovely."
• "The atmosphere – it's cosy, welcoming, and buzzing with energy."
• "The atmosphere was perfect."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately the outdoor music was dire."
• "The crowd can be a bit rough sometimes."
• "Oast House sucks. Clientele aren't interesting, atmosphere is rubbish, average drinks, cost too high and always overcrowded."
• "To call it music would maybe stretching a little, I reckon I could have recreated sound in about 5 minutes on the PlayStation with Music 2000."
• "It's less cosy and lacking atmosphere (compared to previous years with two tippees)."
• "We were in the middle of someone else's Christmas party."
• "Only downside is that it gets extremely busy and you might have to wait a while for a drink."

Food and Drinks

Pros:

• "The food is amazing at lunch and very affordable."
• "The food was really good and they have vegan/plant based options also."
• "The drink prices are reasonable."
• "Good vegan choice and actually quite inexpensive."
• "The food was delicious and plentiful."
• "Food was great."
• "The food is excellent, I had the burger and and was probably the nicest i've had and they have excellent hanging kebabs too."

Cons:

• "Cost me £130 in the end because of that which I wasn't happy about."
• "A little expensive especially considering the Prawn Skewer only had 3 prawns on it."
• "My only issue was the super super small portions."
• "Pretty expensive for a mediocre chicken and chorizo kebab £17.50."
• "The Christmas dinner leaves a lot to be desired."
• "The food wasn't particularly good."
• "Portion of chips which wouldn’t even be sufficient for a small child (and wildly overpriced!)."