The Compasses Inn in Guildford

Excellent food and service. And thank You to Linda for remembering us. Very highly recommended and we will be back again.

Large family meal had here. The roast was amazing..best gravy ever! Really friendly staff who were very busy but were more than happy to accomodate our large family. I would highly recommend the food, service and garden!

very good breakfast Wonderful staff. They can't do enough for you. We had two days whilst staying here at cottage in Gomshall, eating a full breakfast each day which was fresh and delicious. Bala and Harris were exceptional in their help and assistance while we were there both were really friendly. We can't wait to come back.

Visited the compasses in the week, I was on my way back from a holiday, I have to say it was fantastic. It’s good to see a real pub with a traditional atmosphere. I was greeted by 3 very professional girls who were glad to accommodate me. The food was exactly what I needed, hearty, wholesome and how it should be! I will definitely be visiting again and bringing my family. 10/10 all I can say! Thank you

Whilst this was a great decade, it wasn’t for decor, the carpet is appalling and follows the vegas psychology of wanting you to look up so you miss the messy crumb ridden floor. The wide array of Niknaks, pictures and books throughout the restaurant area is also strange, 3D flowers in picture frames, gnome like garden monks and 20 empty bottles of vinegar alongside a Tupac Shakur Biography, as I said strange. The service however was faultless, two younger ladies however both brimming with confidence and knowledge and able to help with any questions or requests. Only downside is that I didn’t receive a check back whilst eating, may be a missed opportunity to amend a fault for customers, or maybe they didn’t do a check back because they’re used to complaint after complaint. This leads onto the Food, if you can call it that. As I was the only person under 60 in the pub I decided to try things that would pop out for my generation, instead of Doris choosing her Pate and Pork Chop. I went for the buffalo wings with blue cheese sauce and salad, and then followed up with the Beef Burger the the Apple Pie with Ice cream. The Wings, were sad, just sad, flats and drums, however the drums were the size of two marbles ontop of each other, coated in a sauce that must have been 90% vinegar, an off brand franks red hot, served with a fresh crisp salad covered in yoghurt…. Is this a curry house just use oil or dressing. The saving grace was the blue cheese sauce, however it was not homemade. The burger sounded delicious in the menu and I am a fiend for a brioche bun, so I was hoping it would redeem the sad starter. The patty was bought in, the bread wasn’t brioche, but a stale roll, the coleslaw was off and sour, the bacon was soft, the cheese was perfectly melted, the burger relish was acidic and bought in(bookers?), the patty itself was nicely cooked, yet bought in and under seasoned, make your own burgers it makes such a difference the lettuce was crisp, the chips served with the burger were similar to school chips however I can’t complain about them, great crisp fluffy inside and hot, great! However again a bookers special, so far nothing homemade. The chefs also appear to live upstairs or have a staff room upstairs, as they are constantly coming in and out, this lead to the feeling of the food being rushed so they could run back upstairs and continue what they were doing. However they were friendly, smiling and also happy to answer questions. The pub next door has recently been refurbished, but you can tell that by eating here, myself dining alone and two other tables of 2 OAP’s at 1 o’clock on a Saturday. The pub next door is rammed. For the compasses to be successful it needs to take a long hard look at itself and figure out what it needs to be. My apple pie arrived and I was praying that it would redeem the meal, as pudding is the last thing a customer eats it should be tasty, and memorable. This however was memorable for the wrong reason, it had been chucked into the microwave for two minutes and then had a wafer fan stuffed in it, I mean come on. The pastry was soggy and the apples had no flavour again something else bought in. I have no quarrels with restaurants buying things in at all, I understand it saves money and time, however when a restaurant strongly promotes that everything is made in house on the menu and the website they need to be called up on the lies. Without the waitresses The compasses would receive a 0.3/10 however the owners are lucky to have such great staff, give them something to be proud to serve. Big Chaz reviews The Compasses Gomshall 1.8/10

What a beautiful pub . Amazing staff and the food is delicious . Small wait for food but you could tell it had been done fresh and was a good portion! I had the pie which was 100 % homemade and delicious my wife lamb burger looked great to and definitely enjoyed Thanks to the chef

On our way home to Worthing we stopped for lunch and we were not disappointed, what a beautiful garden set by the stream. The food was lovely, fish n chips and my friend had Chicken Schnitzel.

Pop in regularly to have a spot of lunch catch up on some work. Staff are very friendly and always welcoming.....Happy to find me a corner to use laptop in the dining room. Lager kept well. Pub classic food options hearty portions. Had the ploughman's recommend. Lovely garden to enjoy a pint in the sun by the Brook.

Food was amazing. Staff were great made you feel very welcome. The garden is beautiful and we couldn’t resist not stopping through. Will definitely be back again!

First time visit it what a beautiful place, nice setting with good flower display! Sunday roasts are very popular with mix roast, lamb beef and pork, crispy potatoes and yummy gravy. must visit place.

It's a really great little local. I pop in every now again.....seeking a quiet spot midweek to catch on emails over lunch. Good quality pub grub....recommend the Liver and Bacon. Generous portions and hearty food. Decently kept beer. Reliable WIFI. Sala who served me was very polite. Nothing is too much trouble. It's a very good down to earth local pub....with a nice garden. Mixture of locals in the bar and those seeking unprentious value lunch in the dining room.

It’s a lovely spot on the river and the garden is nice in the sunshine. Unfortunately the inside is incredibly shabby. All the chairs at our table had collapsed seats. My friend had a mug of hot water and the mug was dirty. The pork roast was dry. My kids said the burger was ok, but my salad was terrible. It was a tasteless iceberg lettuce cut up with what looked like salad cream slopped all over it. Not sure how you can get a salad so wrong!

Excellent roast. I had the trio of roasts and the flavour of all 3 meats was amazing and well cooked. My partner had the half a roast chicken which was HUGE and cooked perfectly - very tender and moist. Congratulations to the chef. Will definitely be going back.

A bit of a disappointment. We had fish and chips.. mediocre fish cakes and mozzarella.. tricky to taste fish or mozzarella and pasta..this was ok! Ordered coffee and espresso not good 2out of 3 cappuccinos.. coffee ok but waiter admitted he couldn't work the frothed and a flat white that was ok. Not really good value for £25 a head.

The Compass in has great outdoor seating , pretty stream running thru the garden . Food was , dry and nothing special . Stafff seemed nonchalant. Needs fresh daily cooked dishes, not cooked from frozen produce

The best spot to be in Gomshall. Food is great, staff are brilliant. Drink is amazing and the locals are so welcoming.

Went here for Sunday lunch after exploring gomshall.Excellent welcoming service, delicious nut roasts and possibly the best sticky toffee pudding I’ve ever had! Only feedback for team would be to add something vegetarian to children’s menu, but this is quite common and staff were accommodating. Don’t let previous negative reviews put you off, a very enjoyable Sunday lunch in a warm, relaxed and characterful location! Will visit again! Great flowers and nice stream next to garden with small play area keep kids happy.

Came for Sunday lunch as a large family, food came out on time and hot. Starters were generous and staff were lovely. Lovely play park and stream for the little ones and a beautiful garden to spend the afternoon in.

Don't bother wasting your time! The new owners stopped the great live music The staff do not understand how to run a good English pub or even how to smile and packed in so many tables that its a joke.

Im sure this may have been a one off but I am gutted to say we had a terrible time at this pub for lunch. We arrived here and our umbrella took off our table (not their fault I know but the way it was handled was) we asked if our beers could be replaced as the umbrella taking off knocked all our drinks over, nearly cutting our baby across the face and spilling beer all over our 1 year old. A man who I believe was the manager also charged us for the replacement beers which I think is ridiculous customer service, of course it wasn’t his fault but it certainly wasn’t ours. My partner also had rust all over his hands afterwards and had to get a tetanus shot to prevent anything. We also ordered two starters which were clearly forgotten about because people arriving after us got their full on roast dinners before us. It was clear we’d been forgotten about but not one staff member actually fessed up and admitted, instead they lied and said the food was on the way. The young girl who brought the food over was actually giggling when she brought it out and said sorry for the wait which she clearly didn’t mean. Lovely pub but you need to majorly work on your customer service.

Called into this pub out of the blue. How lucky we were. Had a few pints only & met the worlds best bar lady. Her name is Maria.she is Genuinely the nicest loveliest person you could wish to meet. Nothing is to much trouble she never stops smiling.she is not only very pretty & tremendous Fun she is a font of local knowledge. For someone so young it’s Amazing. Go & enjoy her she won’t be there long. She is bound for greater things.

I’m sure that when the Sun is shining, there won’t be a more beautiful garden to sit in and enjoy a drink. The dining experience however doesn’t quite match it. The food was ok, nothing remarkable but the service was embarrassing with the 3 waitresses almost completely clueless having clearly had no training at all. I could have lived with the lack of decent service were it not for the dated 70’s interior which although surprisingly clean, really needs dragging into this century. This place has huge potential but desperately needs a refresh.

Best roast dinners in England - and that’s saying a lot because England pubs do Sunday roast well. We tried the chicken, beef, pork and trio of beef , pork and lamb. The chicken was massive, the pork had excellent crackling, and I recommend the beef which came with perfect gravy and horseradish - Yumm!

Firstly…I don’t normally write reviews but after reading the one I just read titled JACKET POTATOES I just had to write one. The lady that wrote this ridicules review (of which i witnessed her first hand) ordered like she was ordering steak tartare from a Michelin star restaurant!!! She wanted the jackets sliced down the middle (not cut in quarters) the cheese in no uncertain terms should not be melted but still put on top of a hot jacket potato…no butter on two of the three!!!! And then complained about the staff and the floury and dry texture!!!! SERIOUSLY!!!! I have been here a few times and have always found the staff and atmosphere amazing!!! Friendly staff and customers and the food is exactly what it says on the tin…pub food!!!! Garden is great and on the hot days the kids can play in the river that runs beside!!!! 100% worth a visit!!!!

Arrived unbooked for lunch and was greeted kindly. Told that if we wanted to sit outside you have to order at the bar. A young woman with black hair served us and she was very attentive and helpful. Food came quickly and was very delicious. A really lovely lunch destination!

Three in our party, each having jacket potatoes. One with beans, one plain and one ham and cheese. Each came with salad garnish, tortilla crisps and homemade coleslaw. Two of the jackets were dry and floury/powdery in texture. The third which was more creamy in...

Arriving at the pub i was amazed with the beautiful garden scenery and the riverside which was eye catching, the pub inside was lovely and all the staff were engaging with a lovely bartender named Ronnie who helped us to our seats and let us...

We popped in for a quick lunch and we were happily surprised to see a band on! We all had roasts and they were very tasty (especially the beef). Overall a lovely scenic pub with friendly staff.

I can honestly say this is one of the worst meals I’ve ever eaten. Younger staff were friendly. Landlord seemed rude. I had fish and chips and the bottom half of it was rock hard and the top half basically raw. They couldn’t even cook...

I don’t think I’ve ever been to a pub/restaurant with such indifferent service. Told to choose a table, only one other was occupied. There we sat and eventually had to go and ask for a menu. Staff moved back and forth but still no acknowledgement....

This is a lovely pub is an attractive setting by the river. We thoroughly enjoyed our lunch especially the steak burgers and chips which were very generous portions! Ticked every box for us - great food, service and reasonable prices. We will be back!

Excellent lunch at the compasses,had a Sunday roast with my family.my wife tried roast beef ,it was perfectly cooked and we tried pudding as well it was fabulous, worth for money ,we will visit again.

My daughters treated me to a Mothers Day lunch last Sunday. I can honestly say it was the worst meal out I’ve ever had. I ordered the Roast Lamb. You could barely tell it was lamb. It was so overcooked and tasted as if it...

Mothers day lunch, for 4 of us. Excellent menu, good prices, superb service and every dish was well presented, extremely hot, and delicious Definitely will return soon

Was intending to eat at the Gomshall Mill as looked fab & liked , after waiting five minutes or so to be seated & totally ignored by the barman. Beautiful renovations on the building, looked at the menu not the same as online,nothing that appealed...

This is good home cooked food, with fresh vegetables and a good choice of dishes. Have eaten here 3 times in 2 weeks and plan to try their Sunday roast. No garden peas or a tomato as choice of vegetables here, pork belly and the...

Such a lovely little pub , it was very busy today and the pub didn’t seem to have much staff, so service was a little slower but a young brunette waitress was very helpful, attentive and made sure we knew what was going on, food...

I love my experience here and had excellent service from maria :))) She made a really nice hot chocolate that was perfect!!

A no frills sort of pub with a small bar area, restaurant and large outdoor seating area. There was only 1 other person there when we arrived in the late afternoon, but food is served all day and there are a number of specials. The...

Fantastic gastropub with lovely local ales and an incredibly warm and welcoming atmosphere. Would definitely recommend.

Beat pint Guiness ever poured by mankind Best service fantastic atmosphere Would recommend to everyone

Visited the Compasses with family and a friend visiting from NZ. The Portobello mushroom burgers were outstanding, chips really crispy. Our friend ordered the Scampi, and could barely manage to finish as the portion was huge. My wife had the Chicken Caesar salad and again...

Good pub and good pub grub nice location and dog friendly easy parking large portions food reasonable prices

Third visit here, good food, very friendly staff, traditional country pub inside and lovely gardens with stream and beautiful displays of flowers outside.

Spotted The Compasses Inn while travelling, and stopped for an evening bite to eat. A Monday night at about 8pm, we were the only people there. We got a warm welcome and good food at a sensible price and served quickly. Based on our visit,...

A perfect place to stop at after a walk on the North Downs Way. Delightfully situated next to the Tilling Bourne, with indoor and outdoor seating on the river bank. A good range of beers including Shere Drop. Food menu includes a range of light...

We visited the Compasses on a Friday evening arriving around 7.30pm. There were two people drinking in the bar and we were the only two in the restaurant area. For such a classic old pub, on what should have been one of its busiest times...

Lovely attentive staff. Nice burgers. Couple of lovely local ales. No lunch menu at the weekend. Had booked a table but didn’t need to as it was really not very busy. Would visit again if back in the area.

My son-in-law was collecting a caravan from the nearby Marquis caravan centre. When it was all sorted at 4:00pm, the grandkids were hungry so we dropped into the Compasses Inn at 4:00pm to ask whether by any chance the kitchen was still open. We were...

I had the beef roast, was perfectly cooked with really nice dressing, I highly recommend going for all outings, food drinks & just for a fun day out

My boyfriend and I come here often as it’s our local pub. The staff are very lovely and friendly. The food is good value for money and good quality. Drinks are lovely too. The garden is so beautiful with so many flowers, a play park...

Really impressed with the food and guys were really friendly. Would go again for the roasts; especially the pork. Veggies catered for too

We came for a Sunday roast - the food was great, nice large portions! We had a meat roast, a veggie bit roast, and a vegetarian burger for the veggie with a nut allergy (halloumi, peppers, and mushroom). I cannot say enough about how good...

This is a very beautiful building and a really sweet location. The drinks are fine! The food...was the worst experience I can remember! I wanted something with vegetables so I went with the chilli con carne (it was a special)- it was black in colour...

Although this is a nice rural pub, with good outdoor space, I am sure they can't go too wrong wth the drinks, but the food in this place is abysmal. 3 of us ordered the 'Steak' burgers, which were generic frozen slabs of meat you...

Ordered two kids roast dinners and Cumberland sausage and mash which can only be described as one of the most disgusting things we’ve ever ordered. Vegetables were similar of that of a stir fry. The lamb and the beef was as tough and chewy and had no flavour. Surprise, surprise the sausages were no better…deep fried, crunchy and dry. We should have seen the red flags when we noticed the disregarded children’s play area which a health and safety officer would have had a field day inspecting. Poorly maintained garden area, umbrellas laying all around the pub garden was not a nice end to what was a very nice day out in the Surrey hills. Don’t be fooled by the reviews (they were probably paid anyway), this place is terrible. Avoid!

Everything was wonderful! My mum and I stopped here after many hours on the road looking for fuel and somewhere to stop (this town had both!) and this place was just what we needed! Highly recommend the halloumi starter and mum recommends the vegie burger!! The staff are so lovely and accommodating and the coffee is excellent! "Amazing flat white" - mum, an Australian (must be good then!)Will definitely visit if we ever find ourselves near here again!!! (Don't have any photos because we demolished everything!!)

After nearly 2 years absence, reassured to find the Compasses little changed. Lovely setting astride a shallow stream. Other half resisted the urge to take a paddle, but another cusomer's children were having a good time. I love this sort of old pub with decor stuck in a timewarp, although it does seem to have been gently spruced up since last visited.We arrived around 3 on a sunny Thursday. The welcome, the service and the beer were all excellent. The menu was full of variety and with just a few tweaks from 2 years ago. Lovely proper pub food with no pretensions. The lighter meals menu suited us well and were generous and more than enough for a lunch. Nicely cooked and well presented.Now we are out and about more this will be a regular lunch spot.

We stopped here for lunch, and, mindful that we were going to a birthday party in the evening, asked if we could have child portions for our lunches. This was easy to do, but all I can say is that children of Gomshall must have big appetites! The portions were very generous, which made the meals even better value!We sat in the garden near a stream where children can wade. It was very pleasant, with speedy service and very nice traditional pub grub.

Visited with friends for lunch. Lovely location, good food and good service. Only issue was trying to park, as limited space at front (and some had parked badly, limiting space). Will be back, thank you.

This is a copy of an email I sent to the Compasses last Tuesday, I have received no reply!I am feeling very sad as I write this, but I feel compelled to bring to your attention the awful visit for lunch I had yesterday, which was a special last day of my daughters visit, the first time she has visited since I moved to the area 4 years ago. My partner, Tony and I along with our dog have been regular visitors to your establishment for the past 4 years and have always enjoyed excellent service from Linda, who created a warm and friendly atmosphere. So I was disappointed to discover that she has left when I went to the bar to order drinks for Tony, my daughter and 3 granddaughters.I was the only person at the bar, and one of your staff was moving bottles in your fridge. She did not even acknowledge I was waiting to be served. Eventually another young girl, possibly called Bonnie, came to take my drinks order, which consisted of 1 pint of Guinness, 1 pint of lemonade and lime and 4 j2os. The first drink she attended to was the Guinness, correctly so, she half filled the pint and left it to settle while got the rest of the drinks. She took my table number for the tab and I had to remind her that there was an unfinished Guinness to continue to pour, which she did clumsily, presented me with an overflowing pint of froth, instructing me to take it back if it wasn’t a full pint when settled.Our food order was 1 burger, 2 cod, 2 fish cakes and a gammon. The order was delivered to the table over 3 visits and with no cutlery, which I needed to ask for, when it came the first 2 meals were starting to go cold. The fish cakes and the burger were good. Sadly, the same cannot be said for the cod. The batter was thick and soggy, very disappointing and not to your usual standard. The gammon consisted of a half centimetre thick piece, that is a million miles away from what decent gammon should be. The fried egg on top of the gammon was snotty on top but the yolks were hard, again very disappointing.Following our meal, I had to clear the table as there was no attention being paid to the garden customers. I returned the glasses to the bar, asked for the same order of drinks and 4 sticky toffee puddings and a waffle. Once again there was a delay with the Guinness and ? Bonnie said she would bring it out, which she duly did, once again overflowing and slopped it over the table so that it could run through the slats and onto legs of our party sat down.The deserts were slow to arrive, the first being 2 of the sticky toffee puddings. After waiting a few minutes for the remaking 3 deserts to arrive, I asked the 2 members of the party who had desert in front of them to eat before it went cold. They had both finished their deserts before the remaining e were brought to the table. This is unacceptable and very unprofessional.I am so disappointed, I have always recommended The Compasses to my acquaintances, something I will not be doing in the future. When you have a regular customer who eats and brings friends along, rarely spending less than £50, surely in today’s climate, you should value that customer, along with the people who are holidaying in the area. Incidentally, yesterday’s bill was £153, not an insubstantial amount. For the service and quality of the food it was a far way from value for money. I will certainly think twice now before I return.If you are open to suggestions, I would firstly do everything possible to get Linda back to work for you, she was an incredible asset to your business. Secondly, make sure your staff are trained properly, the first girl I mentioned couldn’t even pour a lemonade, and apparently she has already had a few shifts…absolutely shocking.I would like to hear your thoughts on what I have to say.

We stopped off here for lunch on a long journey and we were very impressed with the food. There is plenty of outdoor seating but we ate inside. Friendly and prompt service. Plentiful food of good quality. Would recommend.

Beautiful setting. Shame it was raining heavily. Pub was empty and felt a bit unloved. Think it has so much potential. Garden is stunning food was very nice, the pie was gorgeous and appeared tasted home made. The burger was very good too. Unfortunately the guy serving us was so miserable and couldn't be bothered we felt uncomfortable. Also the buy a meal get free dessert isn't available any more ( remove it from the website) All in all, a nice family meal very tasty food, good value. Could do with some staff training in hospitality attitude to guests etc. That said. We will visit again for drinks on a nice day

After looking on their website and deciding tonight was curry night we booked a table, only to find out once we had been seated and handed the menus the penny dropped. No mention of the advertised offer of curry night plus free drink. We enquired with the waiter, who told us the website was out of date due to covid, and did we want to order a drink. Erm how long has covid been going on? Would we have gone to the Compasses Inn had it not been curry night, possibly not.

Visited this pub for a something light to eat whilst on a visit to Guildford.Staff friendly.We ordered Ham hock and cheddar croquettes and soup.Service was fairly quick as we explained we needed to be somewhere in the next hour and 40 minutes.Food was lovely and hot.Would recommend.

Shocking service, but good chips, we had to ask to be served 3 times and had to ask for the bill twice - go to the pub across the road if you can

I have driven past this place many times and on each occasion admired the lovely flower filled beer garden and though how nice it would be to call in for lunch on a gorgeous sunny day and as I had the time I decided to stop for lunch and give it a try.Upon entering the pub the welcome was warm and friendly and the lady behind the bar most pleasant and helpful and after going out into the garden and choosing a table number return to the bar to place my order for the BBQ spareribs.Sitting in the lovely beer garden was great unlike my lunch when I was served the smallest portion of baby back ribs I have ever had in my life These ribs were the type you can buy in many supermarkets in a box and plastic sleeve for £2..99 but these were an even smaller size and they had merely put them in the microwave in the plastic sleeve to heat them up and then put them on a plate to serve up, so much for BBQ ribs, if they had described them as microwaved ribs I would not have bothered ordering them.The pathetic portion of ribs were served with a small pot of skinny fries for an outrageous price of £15.95 and in my opinion was daylight robbery and certainly would not return keep on driving past in future.

Staff friendly setting wonderful ate outside.Pub grub very good.Goodservice.Lovely sitting amongst the flower's

We visited the compasses on the 12th of September, could not recommend the food and service highly enough, very generous portions, my wife had the leek and potato soup, which she said was one of the best she had ever tasted !! Thoroughly recommend

Visited tonight for a birthday celebration, our second visit on two weeks. Both occasions, staff were very attentive, food was quick and very tasty. Well worth a visit. Thank you everyone at The Compasses Inn!

Beautiful garden with lovely stream running through a great place to sit with the dog. Good food at reasonable prices and large portion sizes. Have been before and would visit again.

I know it was BH Monday. I know it was the last day of the Eat Out campaign, but having got our table in the garden and our drinks (1 member of staff serving only), we were not informed until having queued again for food that the kitchen was overwhelmed and had stopped taking orders for the next 15 mins. This happened 3 times and seemed completely random with some customers getting served and others not. Very poor management and no communication. At least put customers in a numbered queue or inform us. We left and won't return.

Came here for lunch with my family, beautiful beer garden and tasty food along with happy and welcoming staff led to a thoroughly enjoyable visit., will be returning soon.

Walked out before even ordering anything.Sign outside said to order at bar using a table number.Bloke in bar with a fierce looking dog (on a lead) looked us up and down once inside.Found a table easily enough, but it didn’t have a number.Had to ask at bar for a menu which was on very grubby pieces of paper.I asked if we should order food at the bar and the totally disinterested barman said he’d be over in a minute. Waited 10 which was too long so went for a take away instead. A big effort had been made with their flower garden and it looks lovely from the outside. It’s a shame this is not matched on the inside.

The pub garden is beautifully decorated with bright colored flowers and picnic tables. There is a small stream as well that adds to the setting. Perfect place to start of end a visit with a cold drink!

What a lovely pub ! Friendly staff Clean n tidy In and out entrance Track n trace Beautiful garden Felt safe Only had a drink or 2

Came here for a drink with some friends. Lovely bar staff, quality food and very decent prices, will be returning again.

We visited here yesterday afternoon after driving by. We were greeted by very friendly bar staff and sat in the beautiful garden. Very busy but great there was lots of tables. We ordered food Halloumi burger and steak burger which were both excellent you couldn’t not fault the delicious food. Great size portions and home made tasing. Even tho we sat in the garden friends staff walking by still checked everything was ok. Lovely well kept garden with beautiful flowers and a great atmosphere. This was the second pub I had visited since Covid the first completely took the fun out of going out. It was great to see that here they were still remaining very safe following rules, lots of hand gels everywhere etc, but it was like visiting a pub on a normal day and still had a great experience. I will definitely be returning and would definitely recommend.

Lovely location by a clear stream fit for paddling for kids and play area. Found the food mediocre. The battered fish looked like a frozen product with thick greasy batter. Rude barman who very begrudgingly replaced an odd tasting pumped coke throwing the odd one away across the bar with an accusatory remark that it wasn’t wanted rather than a genuine issue that had been raised. Three people tried it and it didn’t taste like coke. I would return for a drink on a nice Summers day but would not eat there. Much nicer places around.

We called into the Compasses Inn for lunch because we found the nearby Gomshall Mill shut due to flooding. It turned out to be a good discovery. The staff in this olde-worlde pub were friendly, and we were amused by the antics of the other customers' dogs. We enjoyed good pub food, e.g. chili con carne and sausages and mash, for a reasonable price. I can recommend the 'Shere Drop' beer too.

We visited the Compasses after a morning ramble going over towards Peaslake and returning via outskirts of Shire. About 12 km... A pint and lunch at the Compasses was very welcome. Beer wonderful. Food tasty and reasonably priced. Service excellent. Recommended.

Dropped in with a few friends for a drink. The pub is much improved from when I remember it with clean interior and roaring fire. Staff provided efficient service and quality beer (eg Shere Drop). Will revisit.

We were on our way to Shere, when we drove past this Inn with such a lovely garden. Lots and lots of colourful petunias, stream running alongside.... how could we resist stopping here? We didn't eat in the pub - just had tea and biscuits. Oh... and took lots and lots of photos of course! Staff was pleasant and helpful.

Absolutely amazing food. Great price. I will definitely be coming here for roast pork again. A+. My partner had a burger and was also very impressed.

We went on speck and it was disappointing to find there was no lunchtime menu on line to view with was a negative. The meals here were just about OK but there is plenty of room for improvement. the service was a tad offhand. Nice location but we do not think we would revisit the Compasses Inn in Gomshall. a poor experience.

The frontage sell the pub , they are well maintained with masses of flowers; very pretty, but inside a different matter, tired and grubby. The girl who served us had an attitude and made to feel we were an intrusion, maybe she was having a bad day.

One staff member looked worse for wear with a mood on and couldn't be bothered to bring cutlery, the food was poor with a jacket potato served in a bowl?! The toilets were vile. Avoid

Good outdoor seating area in the summer. Quiet but can see the cars passing by on the road. Some of the benches could do with being levelled up - the gravy ran to one side of the plate!Good reasonably priced Sunday Roast. A proper country pub, although slightly in need of a bit of refurb.

Lovely traditional pub, nice food, friendly welcome and great ale. What more do you need? O' and a very nice garden.

We were on our way to Crawley/Gatwick and came across this beautiful Inn. Right beside the road with a stream running beside it and a beautiful garden absolutely full of hanging baskets and pots of flowers. We had a nice friendly welcome and enjoyed a good large pot of tea outside in the pleasant surroundings. There was a small children’s play area too. The toilets were clean but oh so very dated!

lunch on bank holiday monday. beautiful location. nice garden. good menus and pleasant food. very small bar so wait times long if busy. toilets very dated.

Grandchildren enjoyed the simple play area and paddling in the stream, whilst adults enjoyed eating, drinking & chatting. Quite rustic, rough & ready, but charming context. Food was good, service was pleasant and satisfactory.

Stopped off on our way back from Gatwick for a bite to eat. Starving and in need of some food and drink this place didn’t disappoint! The burger was amazing and really fast service.

My partner passed this pub on a trip he was on and thought it would be right up my street from outside he wasn't wrong, I just wish I could say the same about inside.

Large beer garden with stream and large smoking area. The pub interior could do with freshening up, but pleasant enough. Near the station.

Owners very pleasant Good music Amy winehouse lookalike barmaid.sniffing cocaine in the toilet ..not what one would expect in a Surrey Hills country pub !

We went for lunch on Saturday. Dog friendly which I think is great for a country pub. Lunch was lovely, service is relaxed but why hurry! Lots of space inside and out.

Stopped by for lunch and a pint after "walking the chalk" from Dorking. The food was OK but nothing special. The locally brewed beer was great. The bar staff was pleasant enough without making a real effort. Pub looking slightly tired and untidy.

Helpful staff, nice location, great food. Thoroughly enjoyed our visit and our meal. The service was fast and could not be bettered

My son and I had a magnificent sunday roast, easily one of the best we have had, and we do a lot of pubs, Someone noted it was very expensive in an earlier revue, no way, Staff keen and friendly, Great place