It isnt very often i review places this low. I havent felt so unsafe eating food in my life!!
We sat down in the main restaurant area and every time someone walked around us we were literally bouncing up and down the floor was obviously unsafe and should not be used for patrons to eat on. Another horrible aspect of this restaurant is the staff and customer service. With a few exceptions the staff here are awful, with staff actively avoiding serving you and never checking up on your meal, unless you're a regular, you can forget good customer service. I need to specifically mention who i assume to be the manager, his attitude and behaviour was genuinely abhorrent, leaving the one other staff member to basically serve the entire restaurant himself, while he walked back and forth cleaning the same table for almost 40 minutes. He actively avoided serving a member of our party, and stomped everytime he walked behind us while obviously knowing the condition of the floors.
Overall i would never want to eat there again, with a mixture of all the issues we had it was a genuinely awful experience. would give...
Read moreThis large pub is a mixed bag. At one end there is a bar area complete with a huge TV screen showing sport and also noisy opinionated punters whose language would make a trooper blush. A safer place is around the corner in a wide and long room. The seating here is more plentiful and comfortable with an eclectic clientele. It can be noisy and boisterous and lively here with live music at the weekends. At the far end there is a games room having a popular Poole table. There is a good reasonably priced menu that majors on chips with everything. A decent range of beers, lagers, spirits, wines is always available. A lively pub at weekends but quieter in the week. The staff vary a bit but most can be polite. So, an interesting pub, not to everyone's taste but its local for me and served good...
Read moreGood beer, consistently good food at sensible prices. Music rarely stupidly loud but when it has been the staff have been happy to adjust it.
Visited again for the first time in ages and it's still great. AND DOGS ARE NOW ALLOWED INSIDE!!! I really appreciate that change, thanks Merry Hill!!
Add on: we went for Christmas dinner. Yum. Really generous portions such that we had to take a hound bag and get dessert to take away.
Best turkey EVER! Beef rib cooked perfectly. Alas, roast spuds and parsnips needed more, veg needed a lot less (and seasoning). But oh, stuffing balls! And the Yorkshire pud and blanketed pigs... I was stuffed as well.
The staff were all groovy, serving dudes and dudettes and kitchen staff. Well deserving the tip I left. Thank you! (Longer for the roast...
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