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Finding it difficult to see where the great reviews come from . My husband and myself went in for an evening meal on a Monday evening. We were met at the bar by a “young lad” who pointed to a free table brought our drinks then we sat waiting for our order to be taken for 15 minutes. The order was taken by the blonde lady who was short,abrupt and frosty in her manner . There weee only a handful of us in there and the blonde lady,maybe land lady ,walked past numerous times but didn’t acknowledge us. When our food did arrive it was very bland . My husband had steak and pie,a small slice,frozen chips and VERY plain boiled vegetables with I suspect ‘bisto’gravy. I had chicken Caesar salad ,it was fine but Nothing more . I asked if I may have extra Parmesan and the young lad just dumped it in front of me on a plate and said nothing. The pub is very much lacking in customer service.No body came over and asked if everything was ok,or if they could get us anything else despite them walking past our table multiple times . We asked for the bill and it was brought over to our table .Nobody explained ,as they didn’t when we arrived there about the ordering procedure,whether we were to pay at the bar or if someone would come to take payment at our table.We got fed up trying to get the lady’s attention so left our money on the table(as is done in many establishments )when paying cash. As we were leaving the barman called to us ‘you havnt paid!!’how very unprofessional,rude and unfriendly .we explained to him we had . Nobody said goodbye or asked if everything had been ok. There are some fabulous eateries in stratford with delicious food and lovely service . The thatched Tavern is definately not one of them.

Fantastic service from all the girls here in particularly tricia who was friendly and welcoming , food arrived in great time and was tasty

wow what a find, stopped on way to drop parents to The Victoria Hotel for their Diamond anniversary . Staff were friendly welcoming. food was outstanding didn't have the carvery but will def be back to try. Great parking easy to find would recommend and we as a family will definitely be returning to try the famous carvery. Nice to find a good ole pub with friendly happy staff and great food for everyone . Thank you for a lovely start to a couple of special days celebrating

Not been here for a while but popped in for lunch while I was in the area. As always food is fantastic, hot lots of it and well worth he price tag. The Full English is massive and really hot and tasty. I love the Jacket potatoes which come with a massive salad. Cannot fault this place. The staff are lovely and very helpful. I had heard that the site was up for sale so fingers crossed no one will buy it! However, even if this cafe did move, fans like myself will just follow it to wherever it goes. Pods are always very very busy so make sue that if you want one you book well in advance.

Having an overnight stop in Northampton and this was a great stop on my way north. Excellent meal and friendly and efficient service.

I live near Dunkeld and sing in a choir in Dunblane on a Wednesday night. My daughter studies in Glasgow. She had a spare evening so we decided to meet for a quick supper before choir. Randomly she parked outside the Riverside and we went in there. Great find. Lovely bright, timber-led interior. Staff very nice. Anna had a chorizo pizza, I had the sea bream. We’ll be back. Definitely. Maybe even fortnightly until the end of the choir season in the Spring! 😂

Anya was amazing! Such lovely service from start to finish! She noticed when we came in we had elderly grandparents with us so allowed us to choose where was most comfortable to sit for them and she also checked on us during our meal to make sure we were enjoying our food, anya was really patient when we were ordering our food which was very appreciated - such a lovely woman made our experience a lovely one thank you so much again!

We spent a day at Lusty Glaze enjoying the relaxing atmosphere, and decided to have a bite to eat whilst there. Decided to have a pizza to share. Pizza was a good size and looked great and tasted ied really nice. The only thing, i would have prefered the pizza base to have been a bit more cooked and crispy. But that's my preference, as the wife thought it was prefect for how she liked her pizza bases.

London prices in the west country! Food definitely not worth it either.

Good choice of reasonably priced food. Service by bar staff who took order for food and drinks and by Ali who delivered our food was excellent.

We had booked the bugle for a weekend away having seen Chef Lenny on James Martin. We arrived Friday afternoon and checked into our room before popping back down for a quick beer, the bar and outside seating area were busy with a good atmosphere. By the time we came back down for our evening meal the whole place had a fantastic buzz and there was not a spare table! We were shown to our table and offered drinks before deciding on our dining choices, the food was clearly freshly made and both starters and mains were high end pub food. The rooms are a little tired but very comfortable and wanting for nothing, and whatever you asked for the staff were soon on hand. Breakfast is superb, having opted for granola with yoghurt followed by a full English nothing else was required during the day! Highly recommend the Bigle if you are in the area, we visited Winchester for the day via the local bus service which is a 2 minute walk from the pub We will be back

Fantastic service couldn't fault them. We were one of those dreaded tables with allergies and picky people and no request was an issue. Our servers Ryan and Kaiyre were amazing. Definitely recommend

Severe food poising after eating the chicken salad. AVOID!

I booked online and wanted 1.30 or 2.00m, but the earliest was 2.45pm. When we arrived the place was pretty empty. We could have just turned up. Our party consisted of 4 adults and one child who had just turned 3 years. We were at the Mole Inn to celebrate my daughter’s birthday. We ordered a white wine, 2 orange and lemonades, an apple juice, tonic water, with ice and lemon. No lemon provided and the party who arrived after us were served first even though we had a young child waiting. We ordered 2 belly pork roasts and 2 chicken roasts. Our child wouldn’t eat a full meal so we ordered him a Yorkshire pudding. (£4) All the Yorkshire were dry like cardboard and the potatoes were rather hard. Overall the meals lacked flavour. Some sage and onion stuffing may have given the chicken mole flavour. didn’t appear As we hadn’t been given enough gravy, we ordered more. Two quite small jugs arrived. (£2 each) even though they didn’t give us enough in the first place. I made a coffee and walnut birthday cake. It was on a cake board with candles and matches. They wanted £15 for what they call cakeage!!! This is to prepare the cake!!!! 🤨 We were all shocked and took the cake home. We ordered desserts. Mine was a ginger sponge with sauce. My son-in-law ordered a chocolate fondant and had the choice of crème anglaise and ice cream. I asked if I could have crème anglaise with my ginger pudding. I was told no, as they were all measured out, I then asked for cream, I was told No, the pudding comes only with ice cream and it goes very well with the sponge. 😏 The place lacked any kind of ambience. The bill was just under £177, that included a service charge that was around £17. We won’t be going back there. We think they’ve got carried away in thinking they are high end when really they are pretty big standard. ice cream.

Went to boot room as part of hospitality package.set 3 course menu was awful,when it did arrive it was smaller than a child’s portion. Soup starter was cold, main meal was pathetic and sweet was tiny.we had to sit at a table with another family,they were nice but it wasn’t what we expected.you have to pay for any drinks, even water.All this was £400 each,£1200!!!!! in total(match ticket was included).In my opinion this was an absolute rip off and will never ever do this again.WHAT A COMPLETE WASTE OF MONEY.