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Called in here on an emotional high en route back home after witnessing the awesome sight and sound of the two Lancaster Bombers flying low over the Derwent Dams on Sunday afternoon. The main reason for calling was to have a pee, but I believe its only courtesy to stop for a swift drink. I wished I hadn't bothered. Being charged £3.90 for what was a VERY ordinary pint of Bradfield Brewery Farmer's Blonde (4% ABV) is a complete rip off.
There can be no justification for charging prices like that … it is nothing but GREED. There is not even an electric hand drier in the gents – just paper towels.
I have a very strong aversion being ripped off. 0/10.
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Used to be an asset to the area with its campsite and normal prices. Now it's just a pretentious restaurant. I don't mind fools being parted from their money easily but I do resent a local useful facility being turned into a mere parasitic money making business. This place desn't deserve the honourable title of "pub". Clip joint would be more appropriate. To update, beer is now £3.90 a pint.
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Popped in the other day enticed by the sign which read "Free House" expecting to find myself in a pub (remember those?) only to find a restaurant with a small uncomfortable pew for drinkers.
With beer at �3.50 a pint and a bag of nuts at �1 I felt I'd been had. Fortunately my missus wasn't with me as a glass of wine would have broken the bank.
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Revisited this place after a couple of years and I'm impressed. It is still expensive but the quality is better than previously. It still lacks some pub atmosphere in the actual building but there is nowhere better in the area to while away a sunny afternoon with a few friends and drinks. Food is ambitious (tries to be all things to all people, posh food but toasties too!) and pretty good, but not as good value as, say, the Samuel Fox in Bradwell. Welcoming service and food all day told me someone is serious about making this place a real success. Good luck to them
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Stayed here last week. Lovely room. Really excellent food and ale and good staff. Will certainly stay here again.
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Visited this pub recently ............. Nice welcome from landlord and his family ......
Premises clean, cosy and tables in restaurant looked inviting. Asked if beef was 'pink' and advised it was but could be served well-done if required. Ordered 2 x well-done beef Sunday lunches and asked if gravy could be served in a boat to be on 'the safe side' since neither of us like a plate of gravy.
Both meals arrived 'dripping in pink' ........ but were returned for extra grilling. About 15 minutes later they arrived back, beef cooked as initially requested, albeit both now with plates 'swimming' in gravy. Nevertheless, we accepted since we were in a hurry, only to find both the plates and vegetables stone-cold. The vegtables were solely a few 'cubed' root vegetables resembling something from a Birds Eye bag.
We both ate only a little and politely expressed our disappointment asking why so much could go wrong with two simple orders since they were not overly busy, in fact only a few were dining in the restaurant that day. We would have liked the landlord to have apologised since he was chatting to various customers and not 'rushed off his feet' and even perhaps offered a 'return incentive' such as an offer of two complimentary glasses of wine. To be fair we were only charged for one meal but it ruined our Sunday lunching and we both left still feeling hungry and disappointed. We were not seeking a cheap meal, just a simple Sunday roast with a reasonable selection of vegetables presented as ordered. This may have been a one-off experience but we do not have any plans to repeat it. My rating is for the overall experience.
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Country pub which seems to be trying to leave it's roots behind. A large building, it has a fair-sized carpark, lovely location and an excellent, secluded beer garden. For me, that is where the plus marks stop.
I usually enjoy visit's to 'Sawdays' recommended pubs, but not this time. For instance, in a pub, which this claims to be, I like to be greeted with something along the lines of 'What will it be then', not have two menus shoved in my hand with the comment that 'the restaurant is full, sir, you'll have to sit here'.
Three real ales were on hand, I tried the TT Landlord but is was rather tired. The food was fair, no more than that, and the sevice was smooth, too smooth, no real welcome in it.
My rating 6. This comes largely from it's location and the feeling that on another day it might be better.
A real disappointment..........
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The food is very variable here. Some of it quite extortionate - a run of the mill steak for instance at �17.95. Fish dishes seem better. This is a restaurant really. Decent ale though, and a nice glass of argentinian pinot noir. Slightly harassed and miserable staff. Could do with a bit more all round quality at these prices.
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Stayed for 2 nights in their 'Premium' rooms (converted buildings at the back). Lovely.
Beer choice is excellent - well kept (and I tried them all). Food was tops too.
Will be back for more.
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it is not often when four of you sit down for a meal that all four meals are top quality - not cheap but as good, if not better than restaraunts attempting to serve the same kind of fayre.Will be going back and would recommend to anyone.
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Our most recent visit to The Plough was early evening on a Monday ( so no wait for table or food as per comments below). The food was yet again excellent ( at a reasonable price for the top quality provided).
I think the basic message is "If you expect empty tables and quick service on Sunday prime times, then forget The Plough. It's too popular to provide th
Fagin - 14 Jun 2005 13:11 |
Made the mistake of visiting for lunch at 1pm on a Sunday of Bank holiday weekend Told we would have to wait 10 minutes for a table, which we did and then they tried to squeeze 4 adults on a table which could only sit 3. We were moved at our request to a larger table, but then had to wait 55 minutes from when they took our order (3 Roast diners & a Cod & Chips)
Chips over cooked and mushy peas were very dry and inedible. The roast dinners and cod were good as was the beer.
The meal arrived 5 minutes after I complained. No apology was given by the staff. When I payed my bill and the manager asked if everything was okay, I told him about the 55 minute wait. No apology from him but a comment that he had not expected 500 people for meals today!
(I don't think 500 people had been in his pub today? Who is he kidding?)
Very disapointed particularly as it is 'Johansens' recommended.
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Friendly, clean and welcoming isolated pub, just outside Hathersage on road to Bakewell next to the river bridge. Cosy, beamed, with real fire. Excellent fresh-cooked food (not just pub grub). 3 well-kept real ales; 2 guests plus Old Peculier. Worth a drive to visit.
Simon Scott - 13 Mar 2005 14:30 |
