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Reviewed 1 week ago

Very long wait for food. 1hr 30min at least. Mains arrived then veggies quite some time after. People had already eaten most of there mains by then. Cutlery was so poor you could probably get away with taking it on a plane, even cutting up...the roast potatoes was a struggle.very disappointing.More

Date of visit: March 2024
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Reviewed January 14, 2024 via mobile

Last time I’ve been was about 3,4 years ago. The service used to be ok , same as the food. Nothing special but good! This time the service was non existent - on more than 4 occasions we struggled to get someone to take food/...drinks orders - and the food was a massive disappointment ! My views obviously reflect others opinions too. Certainly not rushing back very soon !More

Date of visit: January 2024
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Reviewed December 28, 2023

This has been a long term favourite venue of ours over many years. We tend to visit a couple of times each year, but it has really gone downhill recently. Our visit this week, just after Christmas, was immediately spoiled by the welcome which was...indifferent to say the least and I had already noticed lots of litter on the floor as I walked through the lobby. I quickly told my wife that I sensed that something was wrong. The place was far from busy - almost unheard of - and the place looked tired and neglected. We were directed to our table after being told that some menu choices were unavailable. This didn’t trouble us too much because it didn’t affect our plans. But once we came to place our order we a whole load of other menu items had disappeared, including all the steak choices. This profoundly affected our meal and frankly if we hadn’t been so lazy we should have walked out at this point. When the food arrived it was dry and tasteless. I chose the fish and chips, as I often do, but it was definitely the poorest I had endured in a long time. I was also shocked to find that mushy peas were £4 extra.More

Date of visit: December 2023
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Reviewed December 27, 2023

Christmas day honest review Not the warmest of welcomes for the festive day. Starters small but OK. Mains Beef very tough chewy. not good roast Potatoes so rubbery couldnt cut them and not cooked. Vegetables luke warm some under cooked. Cheese board sent back as...it hair in it. Wow such a shame, if your taking bookings and people's hard earned money you should provide a better standard of food than that. Won't be back .More

Date of visit: December 2023
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Reviewed December 26, 2023 via mobile

Christmas Day - we are a large family of 19 and this is the first time we have ever been out for Christmas dinner! We are also a family of food snobs so we were a little dubious of what our dinner would be like...- we were put in the bakery by ourself which was amazing as we can be a bit loud at times!! We had a lovely waitress called Jess who was so professional and friendly and was so attentive. The food was pre ordered which made the day smoother and ever single plate of food that came out was incredible,hot and tasty! Not at any time did we feel rushed or pressured to leave. Thank you so much to all the staff for helping us enjoy our Christmas Day , with special thanks to Jess - hope you enjoyed your much needed glass of Prosecco xx would defiantly recommendMore

Date of visit: December 2023
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Reviewed December 25, 2023

Xmas day 2023 absolutely disgraceful. Top prices for substandard inedible food. Dreadful experience never again. Early 12midday booking.Roast potatoes and turkey cold and looked like it had been cooked the day before reheated. Turkey was hard couldnt cut it potstoes hard cold and dry, plastic...found in one of the meals manager had to be called. Vegetables boiled within an inch of their life swimming in water , looked like prison food. Do not eat here! Took meat home for dog and dog wouldnt eat it!!!More

Date of visit: December 2023
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Reviewed December 25, 2023 via mobile

I am really sorry to write this review but people need to be warned about the standard of Christmas dinner here recently. We had been going to this restaurant for Christmas dinner since 2017. The food used to be great and we loved eating here...as a family at Christmas. It used to be a real treat. Sadly this year was just so awful. We had to have our meal partially refunded because the food was so poor and contained a shard of hard plastic! For £120pp the meal was an absolute rip off. The starters were very small and one had to be sent back because the scallops were overcooked. Staff were apologetic and quickly replaced the starter with something else. The mains were terrible. Dry meat, cold boiled vegetables and the food seemed to have been reheated rather than freshly prepared. Roast potatoes and Yorkshire puddings were hard and cold like they’d been reheated from frozen. However the worst part was that there was a shard of hard plastic in my meal that cut into my gum and injured my tooth. Fortunately I didn’t swallow the plastic. It wasn’t soft like a bit of piping bag, it was literally a big shard of tough grey plastic, almost like it’d broken off and come out of the dishwasher or something, and no one had checked the plate. When we reported it to the waitress she was shocked and got the manager who came over and dealt with the issue. They decided to partially refund my meal after deducting our drinks from the total but didn’t offer anything for some of the other meals on our table, which hadn’t been finished. After getting a big shard of plastic in my meal it put other people in my family off of their meals, which were already pretty poor. Overall very disappointing and such a shame because the waiting staff were working very hard. The manager was apologetic and I do feel for the staff, but we honestly did not expect to have a meal like this after so many brilliant Christmas dinners here in the past. It’s almost like a totally different restaurant now, which is so sad. With it being Christmas and everything closed, we came home hungry and ended up having some party food which was meant for new year for our Christmas dinner. Very disappointing . I do hope they can turn things around, but at the moment it is not worth a visit let alone the £120 they are charging.More

Date of visit: December 2023
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Reviewed December 24, 2023 via mobile

Came here because of recommendations and we were so disappointed. Came in on a Sunday so ordered off the Sunday menu. I had fish and chips. And the others had steak and a veggie wellington. My fish was really bland. Not even the batter had...any good flavour and the triple cooked chips were so disappointing. Some were still hard. Which can't be hard to get right. Veggie wellington was okay according to the others and steak was good so it's not all bad. The parmesan and truffle fries were very average. I have had many over the years just because they are so delicious and I always order some for the table as it goes down a treat but the fries were very basic tasting and the truffle was just not very tasty. All in all a very very average experience and we will definitely not be coming back. Service was good though.More

Date of visit: December 2023
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Reviewed December 21, 2023 via mobile

Met a friend for lunch here as it was half way for both of us. We had a really lovely lunch of fish and chips, really tasty and plentiful. Cheesecake was delicious and really nice surroundings. Service was good. Waitress was very friendly and tentative....We will definitely return.More

Date of visit: December 2023
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Reviewed December 1, 2023

Busy pub with comfy and cosy dining rooms with a buzzing atmosphere and excellent menu. I reserved a table on the day and spoke with Stuart who took my booking and was the first person we met on arrival. His welcome was as good as...the atmosphere. Draco was our professional fun waiter who turned our catch-up lunch into a special couple of hours. Haddock was outstanding, chips melt in the mouth and the Tartar Sauce is one of the best to be tasted. Wine was perfect and the outstanding bit for my husband was Adnams Ghost Ship on tap as a guest ale. We passed on Starters and Puds and the lunch for three of us including drinks was £78 and excluding our gratuity and in my opinion a lunch of this quality in great surroundings with a fun atmosphere and staff who obviously enjoy their work. Thanks to everyone at the Fox and Goose…More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed November 26, 2023

Went for a family meal as was a central location, very pretty pub from the outside but lacking atmosphere inside and was very clinical. Staff seemed disinterested even though initially we were the only table seated in the restaurant. Very disappointed to see a pub...charging top dollar for food which was fairly non-descript, no garnish, no peas with the fish and chips and my beef rib was supposed to come with shallot mash but there was no shallots to be seen and for £19.99 was incredibly poor value especially as sides such as vegetables were an extra £5! Would definitely not return.More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed November 20, 2023

Lovely pretty restaurant. Food was ok but very over priced compared to other high quality food in other restaurants.

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed November 17, 2023

Warm venue, warm welcome. Lunch date with friends. Very busy but very efficient service. Menu choice excellent, food when served was equal to it. Would definitely go again when in the area.

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed October 25, 2023

Went for a nice family meal, my son is two and daughter one, and I have a seven year old, one of the kids accidentally smashed a glass! Happens most meals! I asked the waitress who seems to be in terrible mood every time I...go to this restaurant, that we may need to hoover the area as there are young kids at the table! Her response was “are you telling me to hoover?” I was so taken back by this response as it is, in my mind the pubs obligation for health and safety reason to clean the glass up! I then responded well if you don’t want to do it I will do it I just need the area cleaned as my son gets on and off his seat! Her next response had my blood racing! “Don’t you think he should be sitting in his seat” this is probably the worst thing you could say in this situation to a mother of young children! I then told her we would need to either move seats or have the area cleaned they refused to do both and I had to leave after calling her incredibly rude with an attitude like I’ve never experienced in my life in a restaurant! My husband walked in to collect my daughter who was still in the restaurant after leaving and was then also told to leave!!! What a disgrace and handled so terribly! I have a two year old child who fidgets like most people’s two year old children and feel extremely judged by this person subsequently I was bought to tears by this judgement young families should stay away at all costs!!!More

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed September 18, 2023

Looking to book somewhere for our family of 19 for Christmas Day lunch was put off by recent reviews so we decided to dine here to see for ourselves. Upon arrival we were immediately greeted and sat at our table. Within minutes our waiter Dragosh...took our drinks orders which were delivered with speed. He then took food orders and helped with suggestions etc. again food was delivered quickly and I must say was very tasty and hot- really nice vegetable selection. All the staff were attentive and friendly- a really nice experience so we have booked Christmas dinner for our family of 19. I must say I am really looking forward to it. Please don’t be put off by others experiences without trying it for yourself.More

Date of visit: September 2023
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