Old Inn & Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "More food than you could possibly eat, had a slice of all the meats every one good cooked to perfection."
• "The home-cooked food is extremely good, with a fantastic menu of 29 different specials when we were there!"
• "Stunning traditional Cornish Inn that serves great tasting food with Tribute and Proper Job on tap."
• "Excellent food and friendly service."
• "Forget the steak challenge, for a real Man vs Food experience have the 4 meat carvery."
• "Meat was tender and flavorful, gravy perfect, potatoes crisp on the outside and tender within, Yorkshires spongy and absorbent of gravy, veg seasoned with just a touch of nutmeg."
• "Succulent meats, and the best roasties Ive ever had in a restaurant. Massive portions and choice of veg."

Cons:

• "Only negatives, Chips not nice at all. All soft and cold. Yuk Wine was nasty."
• "Chips were a bit strange - very small cut mostly."
• "Fish and chips were nice but an unnecessarily large portion which was almost off putting it was so huge."
• "The beef was really chewy and the roast potatoes tasted like they had been chilled and rewarmed."
• "Food was ok.. veg was undercooked, yorkies were overcooked."
• "I had lasagne, unfortunately I didn't enjoy it, after sending the first one back due to there being no pasta in it, the manager was very helpful and offered to get me another one, unfortunately I still didn't like it, this is a personal opinion but I found it tasteless and to be honest it made me feel sick."
• "There was an ENORMOUS 'glob' of BBQ sauce on top of the chicken."

Service

Pros:

• "Friendly staff who were always happy to help and made us feel very welcome with our dog."
• "Highly recommend. We went on a busy night with a wedding in the restaurant yet the service was prompt and the food served quickly."
• "All socially distanced well and with Covid procedures in place."
• "The staff are very busy but friendly and approachable all the time, ready to help at a moments notice."
• "The staff themselves are friendly and lovely, we are privileged to call this our local pub."
• "The staff in there are brilliant very kind and helpful."
• "The staff were all friendly and welcoming and we were able to enjoy our lunch next to the windows (and the sunshine!)"

Cons:

• "The whole lunch time sitting was disorganised chaos with people queuing to get their carvery."
• "Waited over an hour for food, (even though we had booked)!"
• "Everyone was nice but the service was a let down, we got charged after ordering the mains."
• "No one came to check if we were okay."
• "The restaurant was so crowded with customers you couldn't even get to the bar to order your meal and drink, the meal was very over priced."
• "We had several staff standing over us and talking about how we should be out as our time had almost expired, made us feel really uncomfortable."
• "Unfortunately wasn't our best experience. Mix up with the carvery tickets which took 5-10 mins to sort out."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "The atmosphere was lovely and relaxed."
• "Beautiful location on the moors and the best carvery."
• "Perfect location as we were staying at Hallagena cottages just over a mile away."
• "Lovely location pubs is everything you look for in a Cornish pub."
• "This is what a pub should be. It’s got a really wonderful community feel."
• "The building is full of history, great atmosphere and food/drink."
• "Such a friendly, welcoming pub! All the team work so hard."

Cons:

• "The section they sit you in if you wish to take your dogs is appalling and whatever you do don’t accept table 8 at the back."
• "The resuarant is very load at peak times during the carvery."
• "Disappointing pint of Exmoor Gold and the table felt grubby."
• "The dog friendly dining area was tired and not great when engulf with dry ice from the disco."
• "Felt like I was dining in a motorway service station if I'm honest."
• "My only Criticism was that it was very busy and loud!"
• "Way too many people wedged in especially with covid on the rise again."