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Nº 326 in 457 in Dacorum

Nº 48 of 60 British in Dacorum

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Can’t really say much about the food as we didn’t get that far. Booked up months ago for my family for Boxing Day. Got an email on Christmas morning saying sorry not doing food Boxing Day but I’m more than welcome to come in for a round of drinks and spend my deposit money. Laughable

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Susan Snow . 2024-12-30

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We had to wait about 25 minutes for our food to be served after ordering it at the bar. The portions of food were good and it was hot. Our position by the window was a little cold. Eventually the adjacent radiator was turned on. The waitress was friendly and returned to ask if the meal was alright - we confirmed it was fine. She also helped in providing drawing paper and pencils for our 4 year-old grand-daughter. None of the cask ales were available thus reducing our choice of beer drinks.

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Howard Rogers . 2024-12-29

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We had to wait about 25 minutes for our food to be served after ordering it at the bar. The portions of food were good and it was hot. Our position by the window was a little cold. Eventually the adjacent radiator was turned on. The waitress was friendly and returned to ask if the meal was alright - we confirmed it was fine. She also helped in providing drawing paper and pencils for our 4 year-old grand-daughter. None of the cask ales were available thus reducing our choice of beer drinks.

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Howard R . 2024-12-29

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Works Christmas dinner, the service was good, but the food could have been better. The starter of chicken wings was the highlight. Turkey main course was let down by cold and uncooked cabbage. The Christmas pudding dessert was good.

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David Parry . 2024-12-24

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We turned up at 16.45 for our table at 17.00 for 10 people, yesterday 22nd December, only to see a note on door...kitchen closed. We had received an email earlier that day to ask us to confirm we were still attending. This was a family meal, and included children. and we came from different areas to meet there. The staff were clueless...will never book again, or recommend to anyone else...cannot give a 0...

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Donna Shaw . 2024-12-23

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Great value for money. Excellent service and food served quickly.

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Alan Keegan . 2024-12-23

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The food, service and price were excellent.

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sal Masterson . 2024-12-19

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Fabulous place with lovely staff. I reserved an area of the pub for a family gathering for a birthday, with buffet for 20 people. The Gold Service buffet was lovely. The thing that really made it for us though was Sarah,running the bar, sorting the timings for the food and making sure everything was seamless. She was brilliant, an absolute credit. Would absolutely recommend this place.

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Claire Boville . 2024-12-18

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Absolutely disgusting food !! Oil used to cook chips , calamari and battered mushrooms hadn’t been changed for weeks tasted rotten calamari was soggy. Burger was cremated to a crisp lettuce looked days old absolutely stay away form this restaurant food is not worthy to rats !! 🤮🤮🤮

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BitchyBotchy4 . 2024-12-07

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Don’t bother, ordered food waited over an hour for a starter that never came so went and asked! no communication on a delay went and asked to be told they had started our starters but they had a Christmas party in.

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Louise M . 2024-12-06

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Had a great time drinking in the Crabtree. James was an upmost professional, really nice and great service. Saw him being helpful to a pair of old ladies, will be back for sure!

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Allan Spencer . 2024-12-01

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We pre-ordered our food which was a Christmas dinner with work colleagues. Starters took 1 hr 45 to arrive. Prawns were warm in prawn cocktail so people worried to eat them. Another hour for mains to arrive which were cold and roasts had 1 and a half roast potatoes on. Didn't wait for desserts. Would not return.

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Pauline W . 2024-11-30

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Never again awful service. Gave vegan the chicken curry after waiting over 1 & 1/2 hours! The dessert took forever too. Table not cleared. No apologies absolutely dreadful place. Heard the manager saying we've got no staff!

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Amanda Haines . 2024-11-23

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Amazing service by Sarah today, highly recommend

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Anthony . 2024-11-16

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Me and same friends came on Monday for the quiz. We had a really great time, great quiz. Well done George the quiz master. Very helpful and friendly.

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Chloe Lewis . 2024-11-15

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Nice lunch. Staff are so nice polite and very helpful

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Carole Heath . 2024-11-12

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This is my local, food lately has not been that great (fish fryer not working) so couldnt have fish! and half the desserts tonight were not available. Poor to what it used to be. Shame!

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Mandy Hughes . 2024-11-07

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Came Tuesday night, great atmosphere and friendly bar staff grace james and Sarah

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Patrick McDonald . 2024-11-05

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Lovely meal good value and tasty. I got served by Josie tonight very helpful with my questions. Thank you Josie!

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chloe smith . 2024-11-03

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Wonderful first time at the Crabtree. Was really super impressed. Staff were friendly, super hosts. Food and drink exceptional.

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Quentin Erasmus . 2024-11-02

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Really nice. Local to us and nice atmosphere. Looking forward to the music nights

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Jackie Brunt . 2024-10-31

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Beef rib very tender and delicious on inside but like jerky on the outside so a lot was wasted. Either meal deal isn't clear or we didn't receive some items. Ordered beef plus potato side assumed that would mean full beef roast plus extra helping of potatoes and gravy but only got half a cup gravy and 3 potatoes total. Not enough gravy to do justice to the roast. Drink was also missing which was supposed to be part of the deal. all in all quite expensive for what was delivered.

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Jo . 2024-10-27

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Want to give a special mention to George & Grace. Both greeted us in a friendly and attentive manner. Will definitely return again! Thank you George & Grace 👍🏻

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Jo Fish . 2024-10-26

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Lovely pub, great atmosphere and friendly staff. Ordered breakfast for me and my daughter and was good quality:) Chelsey is great

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chelsey Parker . 2024-10-26

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Chelsea was great. Highly recommend this place for a drink and food !

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Shane Lloyd . 2024-10-26

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Halloween party James had amazing service will definitely come back

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Chanell Haydon . 2024-10-26

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Great pub, great good, great people. The food here is always fantastic, the staff are lovely, and everything's reasonably priced. Would give 6* if I could.

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Dave Spanners . 2024-10-26

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Could not fault Chelsey for how amazing she done making us feel welcome! We will defiantly be back!

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Holly Loveridge . 2024-10-26

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Lovely atmosphere. Great food and drinks. Waitress was super friendly. Very prompt with our orders. Very polite. Waitress name was Josie Fitzgerald (not related a very nice coincidence!)

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Mark Fitzgerald . 2024-10-26

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chesleys hospitality is second to none, a warm and welcoming service, from the moment you walk in, until you leave would highly recommend this establishment

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Claire George . 2024-10-26

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Excellent service by Josie, absolutely phenomenal, couldn’t have asked for more

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Sarah Karczmarek . 2024-10-26

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Grace, its a asset to the crab tree team, always so friendly and happy

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Emma Sadler . 2024-10-26

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Josie was really helpful when serving us, thank you so much!

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Emily Fletcher . 2024-10-26

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james was very helpful and made my son very happy dressed as batman

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Grace Gower . 2024-10-26

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Grace was lovely and welcoming, good banter behind the bar. Decent prices aswell

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James Cunningham . 2024-10-26

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Lovely pub with very friendly and attentive staff. George served us recently and he was was great - very polite and couldn't do enough to make sure we had a good time. There's a good range of food on the menu. The garden is great in the summer, and the open fires are always nice in the winter!

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Scott Taylor . 2024-10-26

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George is the man. Cracking superman costume.

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Tommy Hicks . 2024-10-26

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Went for some drinks and food with friends, good atmosphere and a great server, Josie, an enjoyable time :)

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Hannah Fitzgerald . 2024-10-26

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Goerge was great Good service with a smile

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Dennis Taylor . 2024-10-26

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James was amazing behind the bar . Really good welcoming pub

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Imogen Drake . 2024-10-26

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We had Josie as our server who was extremley nice and friendly. Thank you very much

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Josh Atkins . 2024-10-26

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Halloween party, James had lovely and funny service and made everyone laugh. All other staff involved themselves with the night🥳

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Emma Weller . 2024-10-26

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Great service, food was lovely Josie was scary good

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Matthew . 2024-10-26

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Great evening with friends. Food was tasty and arrived promptly. Service was excellent, Josie our server was super helpful. Will definitely return! Thank you

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Gina Wilson . 2024-10-26

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Thank you Crabtree great afternoon. Brilliant service from a young lady called Josie she couldn't do any more for us. Absolute credit to the Crabtree. Thank you Josie

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Vicky Miller . 2024-10-26

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Chelsey is an out going person and she always presents her self professionally, well mannered and she give gate services

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Skye Loveridge . 2024-10-26

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Chelsey is amazing! Would defo recommend the pub

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Thomas Spencer . 2024-10-26

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Josie was a brilliant server with fast service and was incredibly helpful

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Ellie Griggs . 2024-10-26

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Amazing service from our server, Josie, she was sweet and provided great service!

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daisy dell . 2024-10-26

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Chelsey was amazing! Made the experience alone

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Robert Loveridge . 2024-10-26

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james was so good! loved his halloween costume too

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Lauren Croggon . 2024-10-26

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Sarah, Tom and George were very welcoming and friendly, making this a very pleasant experience

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Cam'ron Desscan . 2024-10-25

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Sarah, George and Tom provided great service.

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khayam k-m . 2024-10-25

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Great pub, friendly, good service. George and all the staff go the extra mile to make it a great local.

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Jonathan Odonoghue . 2024-10-25

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45 minutes waiting for nachos is too long

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Arno Zegers . 2024-10-24

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Had a lovely roast, food was hot and flavoursome. The bar staff George and James was very attentive and friendly as were all the waiting staff. Highly recommend

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Paul Trundell . 2024-10-21

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As always George was proffesional, friendly and attentive.

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Del Fuller . 2024-10-21

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I didn’t really enjoy my experience when I came with my mates to have something to eat. Improvements needed with service and how long we wait for food. I will revisit in a few months. I used to enjoy coming here such a shame to receive this experience

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Ryan H . 2024-10-17

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Good pub for a few friendly staff and food good for the price will return

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dave bridgman . 2024-10-11

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Would give a zero star if I could,2 hours for a roast dinner could of cooked it quicker at home,it's such a shame the crabtree used to be so good and we have been going here so long but yesterday was an absolute shambles we waited 1hour for cold chicken wings then another hour for our mains with a 2year old this is unexpectable.we were celebrating our granddaughters birthday and to be honest it was ruined she was so tired and fed up couldn't even do her cake,our food was not great either after waiting 2hours to get dried up food was very disappointing it's such a shame sort out your kitchen staff the staff in front of house was lovely but if you don't sort out the kitchen you will lose customers,it's such a shame our birthday celebrations was ruined really wish we went somewhere else.

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Ann . 2024-10-07

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came for a meal, our server was josie, really lovely and really helpful, always smiling and willing to go above and beyond for our experience! will be coming back!

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milla x . 2024-10-06

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Came for lunch with family. Our server josie was lovely and very helpful

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Neve Davies . 2024-10-06

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Had a lovely afternoon with friends, staff were friendly and attentive, food was freshly cooked and very good, deserts were amazing

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Michele Legge . 2024-10-05

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Been there twice now and it is one of my favourite places to go for a meal. Nice service and the food was lovely.

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eric o leary . 2024-10-01

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Ordered Two Sunday roasts Ingredients "veg" in my opinion were Frozen and cooked in the oven. The type you can buy in the supermarket Gammon,Yorkshire and Gravey were fine. Could of made the dinner at home asked for apple sauce non available which is standard anywhere else. Food Quality very poor Not value for money

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Cathal Mccaffrey . 2024-09-30

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Unfortunately when we arrived and begun looking at the menu (we had booked in advance for food and drinks) we were informed that the pub had taken on a table of 30 and due to this no food would be served from the kitchen at all. Unfortunately due to this we decided to leave and go elsewhere. However due to the fact we had booked prior it would have been nice to have received a call or email from the pub to notify us of the decision. The staff didn't seem to know what was going on and we were informed the kitchen couldn't cope with the large party plus other orders and so the party of 30 would be priority and nobody else would be getting food. I was not impressed and won't be rushing back for a Sunday lunch anytime soon

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Su Laverty . 2024-09-30

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Service is very good in this time, they're trying to make sure everyone adheres to the distancung rules, whilst still being a good place to go for a drink. The food is always great too, love to grab a dinner here

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Harry Chappell . 2024-09-30

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Incredible service from the bar staff especially George and Sarah, quick and good quality. Food came out quickly and was very nice, Sarah was great when dealing with our meal and dining experience.

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Callum Sanders . 2024-09-28

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George was very helpful and very polite.

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Kerry Jeffries . 2024-09-27

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Friendly happy staff served by George

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Keith Munro . 2024-09-27

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Staff are lovely and food is great very good family pub

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Bobby Moore . 2024-09-27

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For the amount of money you pay plus a service charge it’s not worth ordering. The food was very dry and chips were hard and cold. Burgers was bland and no flavour. Kids meals was worse and even the kids was questioning is that it! Portion sizes was shocking and we will not be ordering again. Hope that’s not how people are served if they go into the pub.

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Alex . 2024-09-21

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Chelsea & George are amazing-Great professionals and a credit to Ember Inns

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Kevin Havlin . 2024-09-20

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I had my Birthday celebration on September 7th , we had the silver buffet which was amazing , staff were very friendly and helpful , great attention to detail , all my guests thoroughly enjoyed it , I would definitely recommend.

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mary ryan . 2024-09-09

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Beautiful food we had such a wonderful time thanks to the staff and Sarah p

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Riley James O'Connor . 2024-09-09

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Food was good quality, tasted delicious. Well worth the money. Great value.

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Nikki Rogers . 2024-09-08

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Great atmosphere, unfortunately short staffed, so getting served was quite a chore

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Karl Henton . 2024-09-05

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3 real ales pumps but none available...

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Steve Swain . 2024-08-31

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Just popped in for a drink good space in garden on a lovely day

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Mary McHatton . 2024-08-28

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We love it here. Food is always great. Staff are always welcoming and helpful.

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Rebecca McCann . 2024-08-26

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Very happy with the service I received from Tom

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Jade Kamedu . 2024-08-23

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Two visits, midweek, 1030 ish. One in july - nice for a quiet pint and a chat. One in august - pub was closed and all lights off by 1030 despite opening hours showing as open until 11pm. One or two other pubs nearby fortunately still open.

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David Ramsbottom . 2024-08-22

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Bar service was decent and some of the food servers where great one guy was pretty grumpy and let the team down, and wait time for desserts after mains was excessive, took over nearly 45mins (chased after waiting 30mins) Set menu was good value, however the lasagne for one main was smaller than a Tesco ready meal and 2 of the desserts were disappointing (sticky toffee pudding gritty texture, choc orange sponge was boring, bland and flavourless, cold outside jelly/jam in the middle so hot it burnt the mouth, would avoid all these dishes in future

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Nathan Murley . 2024-08-17

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Went last night after work for dinner was absolutely fantastic food was so nice definitely going here again well done chef it was lush xx

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Candice Proctor . 2024-08-14

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Nice friendly staff,hot day sat outside beautiful evening nice pub

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dave stanbridge . 2024-08-14

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lovely food as always, many thanks

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mark . 2024-08-13

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Good food,nice atmosphere, friendly staff

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Steve and Ann Murphy . 2024-08-12

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Me and my family came here for lunch on a Saturday. The atmosphere was laid back and the food was good. It's a decent gastropub.

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Victor Djumpah . 2024-08-10

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Really homely pub and the service is super welcoming and attentive. The Tandoori chicken skewers were delicious

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Vinny Patel . 2024-08-03

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We had a table booked for 6.30 as we had toddlers with us and hoped to leave by 8pm for bedtime. Starters took ages and mains had not been served by 8.30.. We was then told by Security we needed to be out by 9 due to the children even though we had not even eaten. Seriously I was very angry at this with miserable children who were tired,bored and very hungry by this time, demanded a refund, left and wont be returning. A two hour wait for mains is not acceptable anyway but we had waited patiently only to be told to get out at 9. Fair enough you have this rule but why not serve tables with children first.. We dont want to stay until that time anyway with hungry, fed up kids!!!! Absolutely disgusting management response as well and not dealt with appropriately.

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Jenny Hampstead . 2024-08-03

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HBH Family lunches. Visited for lunch several times during our stay in the area. On each occasion the pleasant staff were extremely helpful regarding food allergies. Several different eating areas and a large out door garden, appears to be fenced from the road. Recommended meals; Posh Fish n Chips; Scampi; Haddock n chips; Hunters Chicken Schnitzel. And the Vegan caramel cheesecake is scrumptious!

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Robina Ellis . 2024-08-02

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HBH Family lunches. Visited for lunch several times during our stay in the area. On each occasion the pleasant staff were extremely helpful regarding food allergies. Several different eating areas and a large out door garden, appears to be fenced from the road. Recommended meals; Posh Fish n Chips; Scampi; Haddock n chips; Hunters Chicken Schnitzel. And the Vegan caramel cheesecake is scrumptious!

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Robina . 2024-08-02

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I had reserved a table, so seating wasn't a problem. Had to order food and drinks at the bar because the app wasn't working properly and I couldn't access the menus or order at the table buttons. When food arrived, it was well presented and tasted great. I use the Crabtree regularly and always enjoy it

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sueb164 . 2024-07-27

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A very nice and cozy pub, food is tasty at a reasonable price, and staff is brilliant. An excellent place for families to enjoy some time together. Nice sitting area outside with plenty of parking space.

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Harvinder Suri . 2024-07-25

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Lovely experience, didn’t have to wait long as the bar for drink and was served promptly and professionally. Will definitely pop in again

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James Vincent . 2024-07-25

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Food was very average. Curry was unflavoured, with undercooked rice Service for food was slow, we waited 45 minutes When ordering food staff behind bar had no idea about the offers they had even when I mentioned and he couldn't/ wouldn't apply them Drinks were less than average, I had a pink gin and prosecco cocktail which was as clear as water, just something poured over ice The mojito had no mint no lemon worse mojito I've ever had

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ellie . 2024-07-20

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Beer poor and overpriced . Make a joke and get yourself barred Just when you thought a once decent pub couldn’t get more of a joke .

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Steve A . 2024-07-20

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Always a nice place to visit. Quiet and nice atmosphere

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Tracy Roast . 2024-07-15

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Nice grub apart from fried onion I won't order that again.

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Grace . 2024-07-07

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We had a very pleasant and relaxed lunch with family and friends here on Saturday in May. One of our party was in a wheelchair, which I had mentioned when making the reservation. When we arrived at the pub, I went in ahead of everyone else and gave my name and reservation details. The manager showed me to a nice table and, as he did so, he remarked that he had selected it for us as it had space for a wheelchair. He said this before seeing the rest of our party - so he had actually read up ahead of time and noted our special needs! This impressed me greatly. We had a great lunch. The food was good, the staff were all pleasant and the pub has a very nice ambience. All-in-all a delightful experience!

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geoffreystatham . 2024-06-23

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