The Fox and Coney Inn — Restaurant in England

Me and the Family popped in to the Fox and Coney just by chance as we where in the area visiting a local attraction for the kids.

We where greeted at the door by a pleasant young lady who showed us to our table. It was a midweek afternoon so it wasn't so busy.

Now I'd of loved to of left a 5 star review but this is the reason I didn't. We where told about new measures in place due to covid, one way system to toilet, hand sanitising and the way their working there new ordering system and it was this ordering system I found completely pointless for someone popping in for lunch.

To view the menu we had to visit a particular link online by scanning a barcode, once we've chosen we then need to scan another barcode to choose drinks. We then have to type the order in Whattsapp and send it to a particular contact number. The person receiving this text was the one who showed us to our table and took a couple of min showing us how to make our order. The frustrating thing is that whilst choosing our food and drinks, she was stood about 4 or 5 metres away so we could hear her phone ping, she walked over to the screen to book in the food and then came over to ask what bread we wanted for the sandwich I ordered. I found this pointless and a hassle, she had already taken a few minutes to chat about the ordering etc, it wasn't busy at all so surely just taking your order verbally would be much easier and could of been done from a distance.

The food was very nice apart from my tuna sandwich, the tuna had a funny taste to it which wasn't bad enough to send back but I have eaten better previously.

The Mrs ordered Chicken Kiev from one of the mains section and she was over the moon with it, it looked very nice and would definitely recommend. My little girl ordered Chicken goujons and chips and again was very happy with it, an empty plate always gives a good indication.

Overall this is a lovely little place for a bite to eat or a meal out, it has lots of character inside with it's open fires and original features.

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FOOD ONLY - I have to be brutally honest as this was such a disappointment. We have been here a handful of times, first time around 2 years ago, it was brilliant and every time since it has seem to get worse and worse. Safe to say this was the last chance we gave it and won’t be going back.

To start with, we were given a seat by the bar and the booth seat was absolutely filthy in food and mucky marks My husband actually stopped from sitting down and waited for someone to clean it. We also went with our baby and we asked for a highchair that was absolutely filthy. We cleaned ourselves with baby wipes and the state of the baby wipes was shocking. Safe to say, I didn’t put her in it and had her on my knee, the whole meal.

The vegetarian selection was absolutely Horrendous. We asked for a vegetarian Sunday dinner and the substitute for the meat was cauliflower cheese. But we couldn’t have the roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings, or gravy. To say I was disappointed was an understatement.

My husband got the tuna steak, Maybe this is to our own preference but it came raw and my husband was quite shocked with that as it wasn’t written on the menu it would be served like that; In addition, he said it was absolutely flavourless.

We had a couple of sides with this such as cauliflower cheese and chips which both came out medium/cold.

I feel the menu is totally off, it is very expensive for what you get.

On a plus the Staff Were extremely kind and friendly. However, There were plenty of staff on and seemed to be standing around near our table with the restaurant not being very busy.

I never leave reviews and hate to leave these sort of ones if I ever do leave a review. However I hope this reaches the right person to be able to improve on these issues, as I will never forget the first time we went and had a lovely meal. Now I honestly wish I had gone to Mac Donald’s and had something from the drive thru at a fraction...

I booked a last minute, one night stay in the master suite at the fox and coney. Staff are very hands on, especially Emily and from what I could see she is a real asset to the place. I really appreciated her taking the time to settle me in for the night. Upon observation i noticed emily was just as friendly and helpful to all customers that walked through the door and great with her staff. It's refreshing to see.

My room was spotless. Well stocked with condements. White company toiletries supplied in the bathroom and big fluffy towels in the bedroom. I found the bed very comfortable. There's plenty of room for a yoga mat at the foot of the bed and the copper bath was very relaxing. There's no air con but there is a good fan provided in the bedroom.

If it hadn't of been for the extremely loud noise from the passing traffic out front and the staff playing music downstairs very early in the morning then I'd of rated a full 5 stars for this place. This is something to take into consideration if your planning on staying in this suite. I left absolutely shattered in the morning and for the price paid i think some earplugs should really be provided to people staying here as from reading other reviews the traffic does seem to be an ongoing issue in the master. The windows aren't good enough to block out the constant vibration of the traffic noise.

Our evening meals we're good and the desserts we're spot on. Chocolate brownie for the win! Plenty of choice when it comes to alcoholic drinks. The pub has a stylish and cosy but light interior capturing the evening sun. There's a great, well lit outdoor area with heaters above all under cover tables. Good parking if you arrive early but the car park can fill quickly if you arrive late on.

Non alcoholic beer is available for non drinkers who are driving which is a plus for us as we'll be visiting again. Lovely...