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Stayed a few weeks ago. Came back after a busy day, wanted to have dinner only to be told that the restaurant was closing early that day. Mentioned to the young girl on 'reception' that it was disappointing not to have been advised that on booking. She said that it was posted on the website. Sadly, as I don't spend my days looking at the website of hotels I will be staying at, I was unaware of this

I played two games of chess with one of the regulars, winning the first, but losing the second. Diplomatically, we kept it at that. However, it was the beginning of a long conversation with a whole host of lovely York people, laughing with nice music in the background and fresh pints strewn about. I would love to become a regular here.

Disappointing breakfast. There was no way to accommodate any changes from the set menu - only taking items off the plate but still charging full price. Tried to contact the management to raise our issue but not even a response! Not the best experience or food in this part of the island - wouldn’t recommend and we won’t be back.

This is a very good restaurant. Pies are the main items on the menu but there are other choices. The pies however are very, very good and my advice, unless you don't eat pies, is to have one of them. The pies are excellent, with very nice pastry and a choice of interesting fillings, and they are served with lots of very tasty gravy and lovely mashed potato. One portion of the side vegetables will be enough for two people unless one, or both, is very hungry. The haslet sausage roll starter is very good but it is a generous size and one of these shared between two as a starter would probably be enough. The staff were all very friendly. There is a relaxed atmosphere and we had a very enjoyable dinner.

1st visit, went late afternoon with son and girlfriend, sat outside. Very impressed, so friendly and inviting, great atmosphere great food and not overpriced Will definitely return.

This place really cannot manage large table bookings. We booked for a table of 26 for a Saturday evening in April for a joint 30th and 50th. The lady I was dealing with advised in the phone we needed to supply menu choices a month in advance, I clarified she meant a month & she confirmed a month. I thought this was quite far in advance but did as was requested. When I called with a query it was an absolute nightmare to find our booking. The same person then told me I had sent the choices to early & I need to give a weeks notice. I was then told menus are changing & is picked the wrong menu (I hadn’t. I also hadn’t got the month/week wrong as I checked our internal cctv and our conversation was there). After lots of blaming me, she eventually accepted that it was probably due to her language barrier. Every time I had cause to speak to her it was a challenge. On the phone call she kept saying our booking was Sunday & given all the previous pains, I was really nervous we’d even have a table to sit down at! Anyway, we arrived earlier than 5:30 as we advised we’d like to decorate. Our tables weren’t set out yet, which was fine, we just decorated around them. The staff in the sun restaurant were lovely but the lady who dealt with our booking I felt was very rude & not welcoming in the slightest. In fact, she made us feel like we were a huge inconvenience. I sensed there wasn’t a lot of cohesion with her and the rest of the team. Our starters came out and midway through eating mine I was interrupted to ask if I could double check the menu choices. I then got the impression the original lady hadn’t been great at communicating with the kitchen. By the time we’d gone through choices my starter was cold. I also requested one garlic bread to share between two kids & two cheesy garlic breads. 3 normal garlic breads came out. The mains did all come out fine (thankfully) but all the additional sides were missing so there was a wait for those. The desserts were just plonked anywhere & at this point any feelings I had of not being welcome here had been cemented. It was like no one could be asked with us anymore. We also had no staff come back to check how puddings were so I couldn’t advise we’d been sent out an extra cheeseboard (their error). I was also told I’d need to supply paper plates for the birthday cake which was no issue but then they brought out plates & these were pretty grim & I had to clean them before use. When it came to pay and I highlighted to the main lady that we’d been charged for additional garlic breads and cheeseboards she would not accept she was wrong. Argued the toss over everything (which I experienced throughout this process) & she made the whole experience quite draining. We obviously didn’t pay for stuff we didn’t order but it was like climbing a mountain to get it taken off the bill. The whole experience felt very disorganised and chaotic. I don’t think a single person wished any of the birthday girls happy birthday either, just adding to the pretty rubbish service we received. I have put the poor experience down to them having a really busy Saturday and we were just unlucky. The guy who came and checked our orders was fabulous, great service and attitude and really apologetic. But the woman, who I think is manager, absolutely awful. I’ve had better service from McDonald’s than from her. I’ve also attached an email reply from her, you can get the gist of what she’s saying but it is a good example of how unclear her communication was through the whole process and I just guessed a lot of it. Really bad experience for what was a really lovely occasion. Would not advise anyone to book here for a party over 6.

We enjoyed a great Lunch in the outdoor seating area which is dog friendly so our pooch was very happy. We ordered starters and mains and we were not disappointed. In particular my son and I had the kfc burger, glorious in its own right but the chips with it were sublime. My husband thoroughly enjoyed the lasagne and again the fantastic chips. We couldn’t fit a pudding in as we were all full to bursting. The service was excellent too. The staff were very attentive and we wanted for nothing. A fantastic experience, thank you

Great food, had a double burger and was amazing. Nice and moist. Excellent service.

Closing up at 6.45 on a Saturday night when Google says 8pm, ridiculous

Very good hot food. chloe went the extra mile to make sure everything was good and very polite. Salad bar was fresh and clean

Great food. Great staff. Well worth a visit.

Had a lovely roast lamb lunch would highly recommend.

Beautiful things to look at and buy. Coffee shop for while you are thinking about it. Furniture and things from Bali. Boats turned into furniture. No water features!

Excellent service food and atmosphere. Staff were very helpful and the Inn is comfortable and homely. There is a small beer garden at the front, which was nice to sit in for a while to enjoy a rare glimpse of sun, and a car park with plenty of room. All round, it was a great place to stay and eat. The only one piece of feedback I'd leave is that the only normal milk in the place (when we were there anyway) was full fat. We have only drunk skimmed for years so full fat is like adding cream, so had to drink coffee and tea black for breakfast and didn't bother in the room. If we'd known we'd have brought our own. Not a big problem but it doesn't seem too much trouble to have some skimmed or semi skimmed milk available. Anyway, we will definitely be staying again to meet up with friends, as its a great venue with excellent staff, but we'll bring our own milk next time.

I came here with a good friend of mine on his recommendation. I travelled from Nottingham to treat him to a nice lunch as he is recovering from a full knee replacement. I picked him up and we were shown to a window seat with beautiful views. I ordered the pork cutlet with roast potatoes roasted veg and an amazing gravy. Put simply this is one of the nicest meals I have had in a long time and I drove home very happy. The meat was delicious, the veg was stunning and the roasts amazing. This is a fabulous eating spot with beautiful views and amazing food. I would highly recommend this place for a real treat.