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This pub if you can call it that is now called The Three Crowns. On entering you are greeted by an older chap who presumes you are eating,you are then sat in an area facing the bar and a young lady takes your order. A few minutes 'after you are guided to your seat. Well for me this place couldn't be my local as it doesn't have that feel of a pub more a restaurant, by the way we was going to try the good which was good but not mind blowing. The real ale on offer was from greenfield brewery which was on form.
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Booked a table and the pub booked us in on the wrong day!!! 'Squeezed' us in, then less than two hours later when we hadn't finished our meal told us they wanted the table back in 5 mins!!! Good service, I think not! When challenged the Landlord was very unsympathetic and said we could pay him �15 a head to keep the table all night?! I think we'd spent more than enough if this was his attitude! Apparently all bookings made before 8pm only have a table for 2hrs- and are you told this when you book a table? Well we certainly weren't. Spoiled the celebration of my sister's birthday and engagement, will not be recommending or returning. Although you do seem to get reasonable treatment if you're a regular, but as to new business- don't seem to give a stuff. Will be booking at the Roebuck next time.
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We stopped off here during our Lands End to John O' Groats cycle ride. On the outside it doesn't look great (the white double glazing), but given it was raining and we were tired and hungry we went it.
What a surprise. Inside it was warm, intimate, and friendly. The food was great, properly cooked (none of that Weatherspoons generic microwaved stuff). The service was good too. We didn't try and of the ales though (due to cycling) but throughout our tour of the country it was one of the best of the trip.
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We live close by and go there occassionally. I've always been a bit ambivalent. The welcome is patchy to say the least. Although the fillet steak is wonderful. But I won't be going there for it anymore. Being asked to leave the table after an hour (yes we had booked) without even an apology is too much. Fail.
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My partner and I with a couple of friends, visited between Xmas & New Year 2009. We found the pub ideally situated outside of the main trawling areas so you had to decide that you really wanted to go there. It was the epitome of the country rural pub/restaurant. In a village with all the interior trimmings of old beams, low ceilings, open fires, slightly rustic and pleasantly lit. A warm welcome and a warm room. Good beers and real ales on for the quaffers with lagers, wines and spirits aplenty. Commercial pushyness did not seem to be in evidence but then neither did sheer profesionalism. Sometimes one has to pay a slight penalty for youth and inexperience particularly the inability to hold a thought or idea for more than 30 seconds. However that was just an inconvenience not a tragedy. A table was found with a window view on a spectacular winter scene, spoiled only by the car park in front of it.
There was certainly no rush that night and I suspect the holiday period and wintery weather was playing havoc with staffing requirements. Undetered we ordered our food which, whilst slow in appearing, favoured the appetites of us dinners. The food was well cooked and presented but I suspect that freezers and microwaves perform too big a part in the pubs fare. Its a well known trap too big a menu cant support fresh food so freezers and microwaves plug the gap. To be fair the prices charged are perfectly reasonable for the standard of presentation and the drinks are similarly reasonable.
We would go again and we would enjoy what was put before us to be sure, there will be no expectation of Michelin standards but its honest to goodness British gastro pub standard. Knocks the likes of Brewers Fare and Carvery into the long grass, where it belongs.
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We live in the area, and have heard mixed reviews about the Old Original, mainly along the "if it's bad, it's terrible, but if it's good then it's fantastic" lines. Unfortunately we must have landed on a bad day.
Booked a table, got seated reasonably quickly but the prepubescent bar girl forgot our drinks order completely and we had to ask twice. The landlord was strolling around in what appeared to be a drunken stupor and causing mini-scenes with customers and staff.
I have to say the beer, when it arrived was of good quality, though the food was decidedly ropey and had the air of microwave cuisine about it. Shame cos I know friends who've had a great experience here, but I don't think we'll be going back.
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Having been told on the phone we didn't need to book, we arrived to be told that we could have a table but only for an hour because a party of 8 had booked! Spot the mismatch?
The meal was served with little grace and was disappointing - a salad with no dressing, over spiced chicken and a desert that had been in the microwave too long and so had rubber edges. Very disappointing; won't be going back.
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This pub is just down the road from me and I've had some mixed experiences with it. The food is OK, although the locally sourced fillet steaks were absolutely sublime last time we had them.
The only way I can describe this pub is patchy, the problem is they get extremely neurotic about tables, there are times when you go in on spec or even phone the same day and they're incredibly rude to you "you want a table? Who the hell do you think you are?", sort of attitude, but other times there's been no problem. I think it depends on who is on that day.
The pub is a little dark, although I like it well enough, it has a certain old world oak beam type charm. The beer has been pretty good every time.
For more consistency with the food and exemplary service try the Bell in Delph, this bunch could learn a lot from them.
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I have been to this pub on 4 different occasions and every time the staff have very helpful, Tommy the landlord cannot do enough for you and the meals are excellent. ( Try the Smoked Haddock and Poached Egg on a bed of Orange Leeks it is truly delicious) I cannot say enough about this place and I wil be going again very soon!!
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Dreadful food! Sirloin Steak full of gristle and like rubber. When I complained, the Landlord made a scene in front of other customers. Young, un-trained staff (apart from one young lad). Avoid like the plague!!!
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Tommy Harrop(norman wisdom) and family are excellent hosts,fine food and atmosphere and very well priced...
visiting this hostelry is a sheer delight wheather for a drink or to dine..cheers tom ..adam guadagno
anonymous - 19 Jun 2007 15:10 |
Terrible - ruined my dad's 70th birthday. Obviously wanted us out so that another booking could get in at 9pm. Random, slapdash service by the young staff who were obviously embarrassed by the landlord's attempts to hurry us out - not helped by wrong orders and tepid food. Seems to rate money over service - not recommended.
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Isolated location too dark to the point when you enter you cant see where your going, rather than add to the ambience it detracts from from it, ok if you like eating/drinking in the dark.
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Tom Harrop Licencee is a true Gem. Excellent food.Real Ale. What more could you want.
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Food is excellent. Might have to book to get a table. It's abit out the way yet very popular. Suprised it wasn't already on with loads of ratings.
andrea robertshaw - 26 Oct 2004 14:12 |
