Danson Stables in Bexley

The staff at the pub were lovely. We took our granddaughters 1yr and 3 yrs and Rowan was fantastic as the youngest is dairy intolerant. She asked all the appropriate questions and reassured us that the meal we had chosen was dairy free. Good choice for kids menu and very reasonable. Lots of space, food good. We will be back.

Sunday roast was amazing!! Jenny our waitress was also great and very helpful

Very nice staff & facilities. The Stables is in a great location, & also Dog Friendly. Brilliant function Rooms available. Ashleigh the Manager is so helpful & she is an asset to the smooth everyday running of the Restaurant/Pub. Thank you

Went for a Sunday roast for the first time here. Really generous portions and loved the unlimited potatoes, yorkshires and gravy. Great service especially by Jenny who patiently went back and forth with all the extra yorkies! Will certainly book to come back again soon.

Came for a Sunday roast, Jenny was really great, super helpful and friendly and thr food was really good :)

Very good although service was very slow today due to an event - great food and ambience plus our dog was made very welcome.....😊

The place cannot cope ordered 2 coffees waiting over half an hour. It’s not the staff fault there’s just not enough of them. Going to start using the cafe in the Manson.

Shouldn't have to wait 30mins for a cup of coffee! Sausage sandwich awful, seemed like the Sausage had been cooked about an hour before ! Staff seemed more intent on having loud private jokes with each other than attending to customers. Very disappointing 😞

A huge improvement on a visit a year ago.. so if you haven't been recently the go back. Superb servers and good food.

Not eaten in the Stables for some time as the food and service had fallen badly but tried it on sunday 21 its under new management and new staff and its a big improvement very good meals and great service from Carly who got everything we asked for right will be going back.

The excellent staff are let down by the awful food. It arrived cold and dry. It had clearly been left under the hot lamp for ages and it was just awful to eat. We were sitting in the bar and ordered food and the tall waiter was very attentive and thorough with our food order, caring about allergies and food standards for us due to my wife being pregnant. The food then arrived and was just terrible. It was a forty-five minute wait and somehow the food is cold? How? I do not recommend going here for the food, but absolutely do for the staff, all of them were lovely, especially the lady with the red hair and the tall gentleman who was running around.

We held our wedding reception at danson stables. The staff where so helpful always checking in to see if we needed anything. They stored our wedding cake and brought it out for us. They pushed the tables back when the evening dj had started. The food was amazing we chose the deluxe buffet for 60 people. They where so accommodating for our decorations putting them up and collecting. We couldn’t have asked for anything more

Friendly family pub. Sunday lunch is really nice and affordable

We went to this restaurant for a Sunday Roast, but what we witnessed was shocking. A family with young children waited over an hour and a half for their food—and never got served. Can you imagine? They politely asked for updates multiple times, and the waitstaff kept dismissing them with empty promises of “10 more minutes.” To make matters worse, they were told the reason for the delay was that a larger table of about 15 people had to be served first. The family finally stood up and left after such a ridiculous wait, clearly frustrated. And what did the restaurant do? Absolutely nothing. The manager saw them leave but didn't bother to apologise or even acknowledge the situation. It was as if their time—and their business—meant nothing. While we were fortunate to have arrived earlier, so our delay was just about tolerable, the level of indifference we witnessed was beyond unprofessional. How can a place treat its customers with such blatant disrespect? No apology, no attempt to fix the situation—just total disregard. I’ll definitely think twice before going back. This kind of rude, careless behaviour towards paying customers is unacceptable.

Food service finished at 8.00pm. Didn't realise that before we arrived at 7.45pm. What a rush and no pudding. Won't bother again for an evening meal.

Visited yesterday and was very disappointed. Ignored at the door for 5 minutes. Starters arrived then waited an hour for the main meal. Carrots and broccoli missing from the plate, condiments arrived midway through eating, cauliflower cheese was burnt, roast beef was chewy. Despite clear signage saying no dogs in restaurant this was ignored. Some tables were asked if this was ok, some not. Deposit not taken from bill. Just a bit rubbish really.

Made a reservation fairly short notice for Sunday lunch. After a quick walk around the park with the dog we headed to the restaurant for lunch. We were greeted by who we now know was Andy the manager and we were served by a lovely young lady called Maddie. Very friendly and a great character. We ordered a beef Sunday lunch and a fish and chips with a few sausages for the dog. The venue was very busy and there was a little wait for our orders but we were perfectly happy with that unfortunately the beef roast dinner arrived stone cold. Now normally I wouldn’t be overly happy but mistakes happen and the mark of a venue is the way these things are handled and I can only say that Andy was absolutely brilliant. No quibble a fresh order was made and he said keep the beef for the dog who was obviously absolutely delighted. A generous deduction on the bill was made off their own back which was in no way necessary but very much appreciated. The stables is a very nice venue. very friendly, nice surroundings but most importantly with great staff. Would definitely come back.

Amazing service, Thank you Maddie.

Myself and my partner had a fantastic Sunday roast at Danson Stables this afternoon. This was the first time that I had met Andrew the Manager. He is a really confident and very likeable guy who certainly knows his stuff. We arrived at Danson Stables for our Sunday lunch 2pm reservation today. Andrew was very busy but he still made time to talk with us and showed us to our table. The restaurant was absolutely buzzing and the atmosphere was very good. After a few minutes Jenny who I would describe as the Team Leader came over to our table to take our drinks order. Her manner and personality were spot on which made for excellent customer service. I noticed that Jenny was very attentive to all the guests in her section as were the other waitresses who again engaged with all the guests and made sure that they were enjoying there meals and making them feel special. The World Class Customer Service and the outstanding engagent shown by Jenny, Niah, Charlotte, Rosie and Carly should be acknowledged and definitely complemented. This level of attention to detail comes from good training and team work that I know from speaking to them all came from there own professionalism in wanting to learn and improve and to provide a good customer experience this coupled with having a great leader and trainer in Andrew which was clearly evident from the off. The girls were very polite and smiley which was welcomed by all the guests. People who know Danson Stables accept that it is a firm favourite for dogs and there owners. Due to the weather dogs and there owners were coming into the restaurant to eat. Andrew prior to them coming into the restaurant spoke to the guests individually and asked whether they had pet allergies or objected to them sitting near by. Of course noboby objected but it again shows the calibre and care that Andrew puts into his role as Manager in looking after all his guests. Now onto the food... Well WOW WOW WOW. The triple Sunday lunch that consisted of 3 meats was in my opinion outstanding. The meat was expertly cooked and was thickly sliced. This was supported by roast and mashed potatoes and vegetables together with stuffing and gravy. Again cooked to perfection. The food was presented equisitely and was piping hot and in my opinion was certainly value for money. Even the Chefs are spot on. I think I get it now and can understand why the restaurant was heaving with guests making it a great place to be. I think I can put it down to the freshly prepared and outstanding food together with the World Class . Danson Stables is back even better than I can remember it and I put this down to Andrew and his mega talented staff. I look forward to seeing you all again very very soon. Brilliant work Team Danson Stables.

We had a great time at Danson Stables today! Arriving at 12pm on a Sunday without a reservation, we still got a table available (although we were let known we'd have until 2pm, which was absolutely fine by us). The staff was super nice and seemed very happy to be working there, chatting with us and other customers (and engaging with the dogs!) and came to ask a couple times whether we were okay or needed anything else. We had the Sunday roast (turkey and beef) and it was lovely. We waited an appropriate amount of time to get our food, although we did notice the restaurant getting busy and the staff rushing around a bit more after 1pm. Maddie was an absolute star! We'll be back for sure!

Beautiful restaurant and responsive waitresses especially Jenny & Niah We will be back

**Edited Bulldoze this place and start again. If I could give minus stars I would. Staff were like rabbits in headlights and looked as though they were embarrassed to be there. I think I would have been if I worked there too. I really think they were doing the best they could in difficult circumstances, but, honestly guys, you had FOUR MONTHS to reconceptualise your business and try to make it work. Look, here’s the thing: Danson Park is one of the most beautiful parks in Greater London. The Stables is in a prime location, but they’ve managed to serve the most appalling food known to man for years and somehow get away with it. I don’t know why I expected it to be better after lockdown, but I did. I went for brunch with a group of friends on the first weekend after lockdown easing. I kid you not, they’d run out of basically every brunch food on the menu (including eggs and avocado). We ended up with sausage sandwiches on stale bread with no butter and orange juice from concentrate (honestly you couldn’t make it up). It was a horror show. The fries were like cardboard. If you’re not going to season your food to make it edible then at least give your diners the means with which to be able to do so! Hardly any condiments to make the cardboard fries taste less like cardboard. The coffee was like Maxwell House or something. It was abysmal. They have local beers on tap which is one of the only saving graces. A word of advice, folks: stop serving food until you can hire in a chef who understands what food should taste like. Or, you know, do some market research to understand how other businesses like the Serpentine cafe and the Victoria Park cafe make it work. Because they consistently turn out decent food in a prime location. This is not acceptable. For locals, the Stables should be a haven. It is just a huge disappointment. Your business model has failed. **Edit: okay, some years have passed since I wrote this review, so I thought it was only fair to update it as my experiences recently have been a little different. I stress “a little”. The food is heaps better and depending on what you order is actually pretty darn good for pub fare, so well done to the chefs for elevating the standards. However, the service is still pretty shocking due to chronic understaffing at peak times. It’s a huge venue and needs to find the wait staff and bar staff to really service its needs sufficiently.

Had a brilliant evening the food was amazing, could not fault the staff, it’s such a nice friendly place,

Great atmosphere, food was amazing, the staff was so friendly and welcoming, made sure everything was ok, could not fault anything,

Great venue if getting married at the Manor house perfect.

Went for Sunday Roast Lunch. Service very poor, not the young waitresses fault as they were very sweet & doing their best. Ordered the roast it came warm & that was after a long wait. Roast potatoes were hard, undercooked and barely roasted, same with the parsnips. We ordered the ' special' sausages while you wait but they never arrived! I asked for extra gravy & carrots which only arrived after asking 3 different waitresses! My meal was finished by the time they brought them to me. Eating here was a total disappointment, it's completely over priced for the service & not even mediocre food. Complained to the waitress who offered us a complimentary drink but we didn't have a spare 2 hours! Overpriced & understaffed!

We waited 30 minutes before someone took our order, another 20 minutes after that for a beer and soft drink to arrive. Staff didn’t seem like they knew what was going on. However the grounds and building are lovely.

Some Staff friendly but once they taken your order don’t see them again just stuck the card reader on table and walked off . The food was honestly the worst cold , Chicken taste like rubber to long in the microwave . The cauliflower cheese was just that Quarter of a cauliflower with horrible cheese on top melted in the microwave garlic bread was burnt toast with garlic on top the £17 roast I can’t explain how bad it taste . Iv been before and previously, it was amazing But this time is one of my worst experiences.

Service to get a drink at the bar was very slow ! Not the first time !

Good place for a coffee and a chat with friends

We hired a room for a 40th party birthday last Saturday and what a fantastic success it was!. The venue itself is beautiful and sets the scene well for a party. We had guests from afar and they were all impressed with this little gem set in such pretty parkland. The deluxe buffet was absolutely delicious. A plentiful spread which catered for all tastes and was good value for money. All the staff were very pleasant and helpful and the manager, Andrew made the whole event a pleasure.

Food was surprisingly good, waitress was really accommodating and polite. Manager came to check on allergies, didn't have to wait too long for food. Atmosphere was comfortable, would come back again to try other foods.

We had not been for AGES so they have had a revamp. We loved it! The food was on the pricier side but we got what we paid for. Delicious! The tables were NOT sticky!!!! The staff were friendly and cleared the tables promptly. Will def visit again Thank you Amy and the rest of the team.

Food was bad, we all got a roast the potatoes were not crispy at all but really hard, the carrots and parsnips needed another 20 minutes and a tiny bit of gravy. Just to make it worse we ordered 3 starter that came with our mains so we ended up eating chicken wings and olives with our roasts. They are called starters for a reason the exact same thing happened to the table next to us. This is all after getting served raw chicken a few years back. I won't be comming here again witch is a shame because I'm very local. 100 pounds not well spent

Such a bad experience we actually laugh about it now. We went on a Sunday and had a roast, it was very dry and not fresh but was ok. I had a sangria cocktail which was nice and good choice of beers. Service was slow and when it came to pying, the waitress asked if we would like to do a review and get 25% off our bill. So my friend did a review and showed it to the waitress. When ahead bought the check, we noticed it was actually more then what it was totalled rather than discounted. We queried this with the waitress and she tried to explain but we could tell she didn’t understand either. She said she would go get her manager. Her manager came over and was soooooo rude and patronising. She kept saying, its cause the kids meals havent got through correctly on the system. She was annoyed we had even questioned it. We literally were laughing in shock that they felt it was ok to bring the bill totalling more then the prices on the menu because apparently “there is an error with the system”. No apology, just annoyance that we are able to do maths and work out when being conned. How she got the job as a manager is beyone me, absolutely clueless, rude and not very intelligent. Anyway, check your bills people! Wont be returning.

Unpleasant,unsophisticated,tacky place,with no manners. Waiting time for the food 45 min plus. After all this waiting time,found a hair at the bottom of the plate.Manager Maria,came up with excuses about their supplier and said we should complain to them?!!! No apology,no refund,no respect to the customers and their needs. I have travel around the world,been in many different countries and have never experience such an unpleasant,rude manners to the customers. Will we come back? Don’t think so

My Sunday lunch was awful tough beef not crispy potatoes and cold Brocolli.Our kids meal was hard peas and inedible sausages ,did I complain ? No, the waitresses were run off their feet, we had to wait over 5 minuets for cutlery and another 5 for condiments and we had a 4 year old with us that was refusing to eat their so called meal Would I return? Absolutely not

Lovely meal, acoustics very trocy to hold any conversation, but nice place, and jenny the server was fabulous

An ideal venue for a large family meal, nice food, good friendly service (thanks Jenny!) and very reasonable prices.

Great food and service by Jenny

Went yesterday for my daughter’s Birthday at 5pm. Two young girls were only staff there. There was chips under table in reception area so not best look for cleanliness. Off putting before we started. Girl said you can sit here or there showing us couple of tables. Table was sticky. Food was Vile, I ordered 2 fish and chips which looked unappealing not golden or crisp batter but soggy full looking. Handful of chunky chips which looked pale and undercooked. No taste and unappetising. Burger and chips -Burger tasteless and thin fries where most were overdone and you couldnt even snap if you tried. Lamb shank in bowl, broccoli stem and mash just not worth money. There was funeral reception on in main dining area but otherwise just us. Cost £79.30 !!! For utter poor, disgusting food. Should have complained but didn’t want to make fuss and spoil my daughter’s day. Felt totally robbed and would NEVER eat here again. Do not waste your hard earned money!

We decided to walk in for lunch on Saturday. It looked quite busy, so wasn't hopeful. Luckily there was a table available and we were seated promptly. I went for the pasta ( hake , scallops in a lobster glaze ) it was delicious. There was a bit of a wait ,but it was well worth it . The food was served by a waitress who was full of smiles, and made sure to check if we needed anything else. So nice when getting great food and service. Alot of other places seem to have one, or the other. Her name was Izzy (I think) it was her first shift . Looking forward to returning with friends. Thank you .

I had hunters chicken,the chicken and Bacon was. Very dry, and my husband had fish and chips and he said the fish was very dry

We held our wedding reception in the function room on 31st August 2024 . The venue, the food and service was Exellent. There were 28 of us having 3 courses and the service ran like clockwork, the manager was very attentive and made sure we had everything we needed.My guests loved the food ( not one complaint ) we were really impressed, And we had an AMAZING day ! Thank you to all the staff who made our day wonderful,especially the chef who can cook a fabulous steak by the way .

First time in the stables, usually just spend time in the park. Lovely service from Jenny and other staff.

Fantastic food, we had a lovely Sunday roast and kids had the children's menu, particularly loved the biscoff brownies. Excellent friendly service from Maddie.

Lovely food and great service by Jenny..

Lovely food, lamb shank roast was delicious! Great service from Jenny! Thank you

Jenny was extremely friendly and helpful the vegetarian roast was lovely!

Amazing atmosphere and great food. Waitress was amazing. Her name was Jenny. Would come again

Jenny the waitress was friendly and helpful. Food was lovely!

Great pub but the portion size is for children, at least if you order the chicken pie where the whole meal fitted on half a plate. This was one of their more expensive offerings so basically overpriced for what you get.

Dog and vegan friendly but really good for everyone else too. A good experience every time.

Jenny was very pleasant when handing me my food very kind young lady

We had a lovely Sunday lunch . The food was tasty and good value and the promotion for a free bottle of wine was a nice extra! What prompted this review was that the service is great, all the staff are very friendly and helpful and everything is so efficient. It looked like there were some new bar staff being trained who were doing great and the more experienced staff were at hand to answer any questions they had straight away. The staff who bring out food were also very helpful and engaged really nicely with our toddler.

Jenny was amazing - friendly and so helpful with m'y questions and especially the vegan cheesecake!

Jenny was fantastic and really helpful would definitely come back

Had a lovely meal , the waitress Jenny was amazing !!

Jenny gave great service. Nice food and good menu

Excellent meal lovely building service by Jenny was great will return

Love the food at this place, we travel from Surrey just to eat here. Would highly recommend the food.

Simply beautiful, the staff's attention is exceptional.

I was received a warm welcome by the manager Andy and Jake who was very friendly. Will come back to visit

Pre booked today but when we asked about service were told it was now bar service only. Then when we went to order they had basically run out of food. Absolutely no communication from staff beforehand despite booking so a wasted journey. Have been a few times & one particular staff member has no basic customer skills, surly, disinterested & may as well throw drinks at customers. Manager was nice enough until I questioned why we had not been contacted in advance and told the surly staff member a few home truths. Was ordered to leave but told couldn’t take drinks I’d paid for. Then agreed a refund & whilst my wife was doing that, the staff member came outside and asked me ‘who are you looking at’ followed by a series of hand gestures to indicate his opinion of me. Pity, as the food is great and it’s a lovely venue but always too few staff.

Thank you Amy for being so helpful, so friendly, it's nice to have good customer service

Had a fantastic lunch here last week, food was great. Staff were efficient and friendly, service pretty quick considering how busy it was. Loved eating outside in the sunshine!

Come here for the first time today me my mum and my son for lunch was looking forward to nice bit of food after waited 45 mins for our food to arrive the burger and chips was all cold after complaining waiting another 30 mins then the burger then turned up with nothing in it at all just a dry old burger no source and lettuce or mozzarella that I asked for like it should have after eating the onion rings there was a few left at the bottom of the bowl realised there was 2 inches of oil in the bowl how disgusting we are disgusted in this really disappointed we complained to the manager she took the burger meal of the bill and apologised fair enough but before we left the restaurant my baby was vomiting all the food up and since then he ant stopped being sick and we are all feeling unwell since coming here really not happy and won’t be coming back here at all again.

The tasted very watery and I wouldn't be surprised if it was watered down. Real shame this place could be something really special but it's always milked to inch of life and before new management comes back in

The atmosphere is really nice... and that's all. Food was sub-par, badly. Service was horrendous. And that's it really. Although a really nice location with nice views, we certainly won't go back!

Has so much potential, but noone seems to care. Cleanliness is appalling

Terrible - they can’t even be bothered to make people aware of no food. Rubbish service

Monday evening meal of the house salad with grilled chicken with chunky chips and my wife had the gammon egg and chips . Lager shandy and a coke . All for the sum of £45. All very 😋 and filling. Played a game of connect 4 to remain focused for our walk in Danson Park. Danson Stables is a delight to visit and there are so many places to sit down and eat , inside and outside.

Food average. Queue long very long. Venue very nice

28/7/24 around 12.30 Hot day, decided to have a couple of beers Barman wandered off as if I was invisible. Ordered simple garlic bread, how can it possibly take more than an hour ? 🤬🤬 Oh… and people that allow their dogs to continually bark uncontrollably in the outside seating area! We will not be returning 🤬🤬

Pub is very nice but staff can barely pour a Guinness or a beer for that matter. Only one person serving behind the bar sort it out. Apart from that nice pub.

The Weddings seemed to be back to back! This was interesting for diners not a disruption. The service before, during and after the meal was extremely attentive. The quality of some of the food was not up to the standard required for the prices or diner's expectations. Bangers and mash had been sitting around for some time waiting for a customer. The mash had a thickish skin and the sausages were barely warm. The battered fish and chips looked delicious but my friend's comment was " this one had been waiting a long time to be caught!" It was an old tough haddock.

Great food. Nice place to eat and enjoy the weather.

Located within Danson Park, great atmosphere and nice outdoor seating area at the front and rear. Plenty of parking spaces in front, please note £4 parking charge (charge by the park) applies during the weekend and bank holiday Dog friendly too 🐶

Good bits - Lovely friendly man behind the bar Very dog friendly Great location Bad bits - Ordered garlic bread and I got some herby cheese on toast.. Food doesn't appear to be very good Glasses and plates were very dirty

Lovely Sunday lunch could have done with more vegetables, menu says unlimited Yorkshire puddings and gravy we ordered some more but they never arrived.

Mixed views about this place when visited around 10:30 on Saturday morning. Two people working and one of them at least was warm, friendly and polite. Bacon sandwiches were distinctly lack lustre. Bacon over cooked and the bread, far from being from a fresh bloomer; was thin and hard. Setting is lovely and the facilities well maintained. Coffee pretty good and the Full English looked good from afar.

Great pub in the middle of the park with varied menu. They're so dog friendly they even offer a dog menu. It's also a great place to take the kids. Staff polite and friendly.

Thank you so much for a fantastic event. I’ve had mixed experiences when visiting previously but the management team at Danson Stables were so accommodating and really made sure the surprise birthday party went off smoothly. The manager on the late shift was so helpful and went above and beyond to make sure the night went well. Thank you! The space is great for a party and that teamed with the outdoor area is perfect. It’s a beautiful venue and you can really tell the team are trying to improve it. Would highly recommended

You would think a party for someone's 50th booked 6 weeks earlier for 30 people on a Sunny Saturday afternoon they would have had all the beers on but no ..the place is poorly managed when comes to Stock had no real ale or decent lagers on.. was told the pub has reputation for this.. ..the staff were brilliant not their fault..

Food was lovely, staff friendly and helpful, nice pub. Unfortunately when we arrived the pub had some tables left full from previous diners, servettes on the floor and food items which was obviously from diners so not pubs fault but should have been cleared away when diners left. Felt sorry for the staff as looked like minimum staff were on shift who I assume were expected to do everything. While we were eating and once more staff arrived tables etc cleared. Would have given 5* apart from appearance of pub on arrival.

Poor service, staff are extremely slow. The ques are ridiculous in there, need a new team and better management.

The pub is like a jumble sale. Rubbish everywhere. Bar space stacked up with glasses and plates. A young seemingly inexperienced team of waiting and bar staff doing their best but woefully not up to the task. Smashed plates by waiting staff met by jokes by the bar staff in full ear shot of customers. Tables not cleared. Food took ages to turn up (45 mins) and it was adequate. £17 for burger and chips was fine, zero garnish. All in, the food and drink was OK. But the place was shocking. I won't go back.

Terrible service,tables were dirty and all uneven, whole place looked dirty,waited nearly 2 hours for food to come out in dribs and drabs, and still 3 meals missing then waitress came out to ask what meals we were waiting for even though they had all our orders and then still waited another 30 minutes for the remaining missing meals, no condiments on the table, had to wait for cutlery after the food came out, not an inviting place to dine at, don't know how the people that run it can look around and think its acceptable,should not accept a big party if you do not have the staff to accommodate this place needs closing down its appalling never had such bad service, will not be dining here again. If I could give no stars I would

Never been to an establishment with rubbish food, service and atmosphere but Danson Stables excels at all 3. Service takes far too long, the building is mostly empty and they still manage to forget orders. Sat waiting for 30+ minutes for a dish or even a drink. Had to remind the waiter about drink orders on more than one occasion. You only have to pour a nozzle into a bleedin' glass cup. No condiments on the table and lack of cutlery. I had to point out to the waiter that there was no salt or pepper available for the 11 guests at our table. Food was astonishingly and terrifically terrible. I don't know how bangers and mash can be overcomplicated and awful but you've managed it. Also the parsnips were impenetrable. Don't take my word for it, other tables where guests had left had plates full of food. This should speak volumes for your establishment. Atmosphere...the place was practically empty except the beer garden where guests were drinking. Still managed to forget partial and full orders for food.

Revisited this week (June 2024). It's no better. One person behind the bar, very busy and no proper queueing system. Two ale pumps in the bar but both not available. I asked why. Was told that no-one has cleaned the lines. It takes 10 minutes to do that!!! Fullers London Pride and one other, not. Decided on a pint of Inches cider. I was told that it's not as shown on the pump clip, it's a fruity one!! Asked for the manager to voice a complaint, I was told that he was about somewhere. This place could be so good but at the moment it seems to be being badly supervised. Is it a staffing problem? Food is mediocre and service a bit sparse. Beer was expensive. Overall, a not inviting experience.

Lacks customer service. Staff not helpful. Coffee always barely warm. Takes ages to deliver. Would not recommend

Genuinely one of the worst pubs out there. Has so much potential. Was dead in there and still took ages to be seated. Closed an entire area off for no reason. Feral kids screaming everywhere. One person working the entire bar and he seemed vacant beyond belief. We had a table of 5 booked and he had to clean our table, which he did a bad job…everything was sticky. Wasn’t even properly cleaned. How the hell can it not be ready when it was dead in there? Didn’t ask for our drink orders at all. We actually stood up and left. Danson Stables, I’ll forego any anonymity to tell you how a pub should be run; get more people to work. You’re in the middle of a PARK! In the summer! You should be having a good stream of people come in and wanting to spend time and money there. The fact you don’t screams how bad it’s gotten. This was my third time there and the previous two times were only marginally better. This time was so bad, we went for a Turkish instead. Honestly, shut it down, refurb and get new owners. Shocking.

Nice little spot, popped into here while I was working close by. Service and atmosphere was great! Good pub grub, steak was fantastic. Location is great, perfect for a walk after some food and a few pints!

We booked the table for our family Father's day celebration. £90 (no alcohol) spent. The staff were friendly and helpful. However the food was really bad. The baby potatoes tasted like they were cooked 3 days ago and just reheated in the microwave. I could feel a sour flavour on them. The same goes for the grilled chicken stake burgers. The stake chicken was not freshly grilled, just reheated and overdried. The juice tasted as if it had been mixed with water in a ratio of 1 to 10. I had a stomach ache after this meal. Fortunately, my children didn't finish their food. We didn't get our desserts (which were paid for) and therefore waited a very long time with empty plates on the table. There was also really dirty everywhere. Not the best impression.

Had to wait nearly 3 hours from the time the food was ordered. We had to ask 6 times repeating our order each time for desert which took over an hour alone to bring 5 kids ice creams. There were several people complaining about the long wait for food. The staff were all friendly but it was clearly under staff and they kept accepting food orders when they couldn't cope. Our starters and mains were all brought up at the same time. Edit we called the stables as requested below, what a surprise the manager wasn't there , took my number and promised to call back never got a call. Seems it's a standard reply they add to any bad review but don't have any intention of calling you back.

Mmmm not sure what to say really, Got charged £4 per car by the council to park, we had 2 cars. Spoke to the restaurant and they said its nothing to do with them even though the car park is in front of the restaurant?? Had the table booked for a good 3 weeks and we had to request to be moved as our table was by the front door. Tried getting us off the table at 1.45pm when the table was booked from 12pm to 2pm. Food was OK, service was poor - smile would be nice. Wouldn't rush back.

am updating this as last time I visited it got a pretty decent review. I feel like every time I go here there's either a massive wait or the food isn't great. This time around it was both. It's such a great location and is super dog friendly but the lack of bar staff let's it down and the food management is really poor. We waited almost an hour for a roast that has clearly been sitting on the side for ages with congealed gravy. Had to ask for my money back and go elsewhere and even the gesture of a free drink wouldn't have hurt but it wasn't forthcoming. If you just want a lazy pint with your dog, go for it. Anything more; at your own risk!

Met my friend for a drink. Lovely place it was a Monday night so quiet. But sat in the garden which was lovely. Shared a platter which was really tasty. Will be back.

Really enjoyed everything, we were visiting for a 24th birthday lunch/dinner, food was tasty, service was really friendly, atmosphere was nice & relaxed and our puppy was able to join us, top afternoon

Loved it great location, in the sun