October 2024 by Jennifer Ross
Had a yummy roast today at the Wattenden Arms. It was busy, but the service remained good and the food was fantastic, especially the sharing roast and the chocolate brownies.
October 2024 by Matt Talboys
Nice visit to the pub, even though we went in just after breakfast had just finished they served us two lovely full-English breakfasts.
Food was lovely, great service, nothing too much trouble for them.
Really good experience.
October 2024 by John Borman
Great country style pub with good food and atmosphere. Breakfast available, ideal for dog walkers
October 2024 by Melissa Chandler
My partner and I went to Wattenden Arms pub for lunch a couple months ago. It was supposed to be a little outing - somewhere local, to have some lunch and get some fresh air as we just had a baby a couple weeks ago and this was the first opportunity we had to get out.
However, we were extremely disappointed in the service and the quality of the food.
Firstly, the food took almost an hour to arrive. We weren?t notified of any wait times and it wasn?t busy as there was one, maybe two other tables, who ordered food around the same time we did.
I also noticed one of the tables who ordered ahead of us received their meals (sandwiches) and they had to send them back due to the sandwiches having barely any filling in them. I overheard that it would take about 15 mins for the new sandwiches to be sent out. However, we had eaten and left quicker than the time it took for them to receive their new sandwiches! I?d say they would?ve waited minimum an hour for 2 sandwiches. Which is ridiculous.
We ordered:
Onion rings 3.50 - these were the best thing from our whole order.
Chilli Jam Glazed Sausages 6.50
(Our pork, red wine & fennel sausages tossed in a sticky chilli jam glaze.)
This sausage wasn?t a red wine and fennel sausage - it was an ordinary banger sausage which had been sliced up with a load of chilli jam dumped on top (not glazed).
Rosemary & buttermilk coated chicken burger smothered with Frank?s® Spicy Chicken Burger 15.50
(RedHot® sauce, oozing cheese sauce and a garlic & herb glaze.)
The chicken piece was clearly out of a packet from the supermarket, not rosemary & buttermilk but a breaded southern chicken breast piece. The burger had ketchup, a bit of lettuce and a spot of franks sauce - that is it! I could?ve made this at home if I wanted something below sub-par for a burger; nothing that was stated on the menu item came out on the plate.
Chicken & Chorizo 9.00
(spinach and a chorizo, chilli & tomato sauce.
Grilled chicken breast served with smashed baby potatoes, spinach and a chorizo, chilli & tomato sauce.)
Firstly, the two chicken breasts were minuscule and were well overcooked as well as dry. There was no spinach or chorizo and the potatoes were standard baby potatoes. Once again, many things that were stated on the menu were missing or different.
When I asked the server about the missing chorizo, we were told that the chorizo is defrosting so they added a couple sun-dried tomatoes instead.
If we knew that was going to be the case, we would have opted to change our order. No one explained this to us in advance of ordering and the waiter quickly cleared off before I had a chance to respond to his explanation of the missing chorizo. I questioned the staff on this when they came to give me my burger - as this came out 10 minutes after everything else?
No one came back to check on our food and we didn?t see any servers or workers from the time we started to eat to the time we left. At this stage we just wanted to leave as we were so disappointed and a bit annoyed at what just happened.
If there was a wait in the kitchen or items missing from the menu, this should've been communicated with us from the start. If the person making the food wasn?t capable of producing the menu items then perhaps the kitchen should?ve just been shut as the food that was coming out was actually very poor.
We have eaten at this pub for lunch/dinner before and usually find the food and service very good and are happy to pay good money for it, hence us coming back again. However, on this occasion we found ourselves annoyed and frustrated having to pay for such service and poor quality.
I emailed them directly with this feedback before posting a review online to see what their response would be and I?ve not heard anything.
September 2024 by Pat Dunne
Fantastic english pub
With photos of the air crew that used it in the 1940s
September 2024 by kevin andrews
Hidden little pub with great food.
September 2024 by dominic shepherd
Really lovely breakfast and great service, I had eggs Benedict and kids had full breakfast, all really good quality ingredients and worth the money!
September 2024 by Vanessa Curtis
Had a lovely lunch today - fresh and delicious! Great service as well!
August 2024 by Christopher Myers
Hadn?t been to the Wattenden for some time. Popped in today and very impressed. New decor, new menu (very tasty) and great service. Well done to the new team, will definitely be back again.
August 2024 by debbie mathewson
Had a family meal here today and couldn't be happier with both the service and quality of food.Pub has been taken over by new management recently and spruced up both Inside and out.Prices have increased a little but food portions generous and there is more use of fresh ingredients with freshly made sauces etc..quality of meat very good especially the roast beef!.Waitress friendly and attentive will definitely dine here again..a very successful meal ?.
Would be nice to have a response to this review from new management being a local..
August 2024 by Neil Glanville
Lovely food, good service, very nice pub
August 2024 by Sarah Rose
Great Sunday morning breakfast!! We'll be back.
July 2024 by Mike Hughes
A bit of an off day on Sunday I think, great decor and location. Mix up over table allocation and food orders and all a tad cold. Friendly young staff still obviously getting used to ways of working / roles.
Elegant response to feedback from the new manager / owner.
I look forward to going back soon and updating my review.
All the best with the new venture.
July 2024 by M Barnett
Loving the new menu. Looking forward to the pub getting local support as it gets established as a new private enterprise. Great face-lift and friendly staff.
July 2024 by Chris Aitken (Froglands)
Food delicious ans good value, bur service very slow
