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Excellent pizza and a reasonable price!! ✨🍕✨

A very quaint little restaurant. Service was excellent and every dish is freshly cooked to order by the chef. Do not expect your usual Indian food, this is something different and worth experiencing.

Just had a very pleasant weekend away in Jan and the hotel delivered better than we expected. Staff charming, food very good and spa was really good considering the time of year. If it was that good in Jan must be fab in warmer months when the lovely gardens come into play

There was only one good thing about this place. The ambience was absolutely lovely, and the renovation made the place feel very bright. The service was very positive, and although had to come back a few times for them to say we couldn't have certain things, this was one of the better parts of the experience. However, the food was a big let down. The chips were stale, the ham didn't really taste of ham, just a soft block of salt, and eggs were oily and hard. We had a cold pork chop that was more fat than pork. Clearly choosing a pork chop was the wrong decision for someone who doesn't like fat, but it was still a shock when cutting off the fat filled a plate bigger than the bowl of pork. It too was cold. The steak cooked well, but sadly was only warm. The bread was cold and chewy and although the flavour was good, it was ruined by one piece being burnt and tasting of oily char. The chowder starter was more like a tasting dish. It lacked depth, and just tasted like a sour cream and didn't taste of much. The fish in it was lovely, but there were so few pieces which was a bit unfortunate. Everything was a mixture of oily, stale, cold, or lacked depth and still came to £110 after discretionary service charge. Not sure it was worth the trip, and a little disappointed given how much I had looked forward to it. I wanted to like it, but even the members of the party that were more forgiving than me left extremely disappointed. Hopefully our experience was abnormal and this was just a bad day for them, that our experience is not like how yours will be, but the 45 minute drive for my 21st birthday meal was not worth it and won't be made again. Other reviews look amazing, and I really wish I could have had the food that was served to those people, but I wasn't so this is (unfortunately) the only review I can make.

The food was great. The service was great but it was slightly spoiled by a customer bringing a huge irish wolfhound past our table where it turned and sniffed by wife's food. Why are dogs allowed in cafes anyway? We told the waitress who explained that dogs are only allowed outside and inthe conservatory area. A lesson for the future. She was great though and gave my wife a cake in recompense for leaving part of her breakfast that may or may not have been contaminated by the beast. Love;y food

Our favourite Indian. Always happy polite staff, Delicious food cooked to a high standard and of course, the main sign of a good indian takeaway..... extra poppadoms. How can you fault that? 😍

We love Fabios so much, not sure why we haven’t left a review yet but tonight’s meal reminded us why we needed to! From the warm welcome at the door to the team remembering where you prefer to sit and what you drink, it feels so much that you’re part of the family at Fabios. Tonight’s Spaghetti Al Ortolana and Linguine allo Scogolio - honestly the best pasta we’ve had in recent years, it rivals Tullio in Rome. For a little piece of Italy in Swindon’s old town; go to Fabios- it is, absolutely wonderful.

Superb Sunday lunch 👌 😋...Excellent service. Good range of drinks. Most definitely returning soon

This was the most tasty and delicious vegetarian food I’ve ever eaten! Being a vegetarian, I’ve eaten in a lot of good vegetarian restaurants. But this food was so delightful. You can tell a lot of care and expertise has gone into the food recipes and presentation. Well done! Run by too very lovely ladies who are very attentive hosts. Such a shame I’m only visiting St Ives as I would be a frequent customer. I’d suggest choose something you wouldn’t normally eat as you’re likely to be in for a lovely surprise. If meat eaters wish to try a very flavoursome alternative, that’s not only tasty but extremely good for you as well. The deserts were wonderful- my chocolate and orange mud pie with orange and ginger sauce and a choice of ice cream or clotted cream (naughty) - whilst chatting to my host was a great way to end my evening. . Thank you X

Stopped by for lunch. Very enjoyable experience. Everything you hope for at a pretty country pub. Located on a little village green easy parking. Welcoming host, great range of drinks and tasty well cooked food. Duck Ragu pie excellent! Great service, no negatives. Superb value. Retuning soon. Many thanks.

Food.is absolutely 💯 % stunning taste so fresh and good breakfast fish&chips and kebab on the tray is to die for salad so fresh no greasy so delicious and the whole building inside is so well cleaned the staff is incredible friendly and funny and the boss is Legend such a kind man I never eat anywhere with family this is our forever takeaway highly recommended to eat

The Faulty Towers dining experience was just that. Brilliant. A beautiful 3-course meal (80 covers delivered at the same time). Drinks ordered in advance so we didn’t miss a minute of fun. One of our party had their birthday that day and they made an “appropriate” fuss of him. A night to remember. Would highly recommend it. The owner is holding at least 2 more of these experiences…well worth £65 per person.

December ’24. We booked 3 months in advance for 21 guests to attend a room in the restaurant for my wife’s 60th Birthday. Unknown to us, prior to our arrival, we had been moved by the management to a shed in the grounds. This “Party Barn” was totally unsuitable for our needs in December and had previously been declined when we booked. Our frustration was immediately expressed to Jacqui the owner of The Trouble House. All the guests needed to keep their coats on throughout the afternoon due to the freezing conditions in the shiplap constructed building that let the cold wind in everywhere. The coldness was further amplified when the staff had to open the door to serve us. The floor of the shed was constructed of loose gravel which was unsuitable and damaged our guests dress shoes which is not acceptable. Added to this we had three elderly relatives in attendance that not only struggled with the cold, but they were expected to sit on bench seats as nothing else was available in the barn. They really struggled with this. Although Jacqui knew we were far from happy from our experience, and we had made it clear it was not what we had booked, she still charged us the full price including a 10% service charge on top. We expressed our dismay as soon as we were taken into the barn rather than the room we agreed on, and again after lunch. Surprisingly whilst settling our bill were not offered any recompense, even the 10% service charge remained. Since the day of the meal, we have tried to come to a reasonable resolution with Jacqui over our poor experience at The Trouble House prior to writing this review, but disappointingly after several emails she has offered us nothing and has refused to respond. A day that should have been such a special one for my wife has turned out to be a memorable one for all the wrong reasons. If you are booking an event at The Trouble House ensure you have written proof of your agreement. Also do not trust the previous review dated 25th December ’24, it no where near reflects our experience and is possibly a management spin.

We were looking for some lunch in January and luckily spied the specials board on the wall. A great find with brilliant food and excellent friendly service and they catered sensitively for my gluten free requirements. It's not obvious from the outside that they do more than coffee and cake though, maybe a lunch menu in the window?

Amazing home cooked Portuguese food lovely food and wide menu, the seafood kebab and scallops were amazing , glad we got in before the end the season!