August 2025 by Kia C
Such lovely staff, amazing customer service and fantastic quality of food!
August 2025 by John Smith
Great beer fantastic staff fantastic food
August 2025 by Matthew Grice
I travelled down from Surrey for a wedding at stopped here for some lunch, The Staff are fabulous, lovely, and very friendly and the atmosphere was brilliant. The food was outstanding, I ordered the calamari rings and they where cooked to perfection by john the chef. 110% recommend this place to eat. On a bonus the beer is very well priced. Will definitely be coming back when I'm back down this way.
Would 10 stars if I could..
July 2025 by Ghouti Bachir
As a Dickens lover. I was thrilled both by the warmth of the staff welcome and the magic of the place.
The tenant and Daisy were very eager and happy to give me valuable information concerning Charles Dickens along with quite interesting details regarding some aspects of his private life.
A moment never to be forgotten thanks to the friendliness of the staff. Thank you so much for this special moment in the Falstaff Pub.
Ghouti.
A French Dickens fan.
July 2025 by Hannah Letchford
We really didn't want to go down this route as i'm an advocate for supporting local businesses but we been left with no option.
We held an afternoon tea at the falstaff Saturday 21st June for nans 80th Birthday. We had seen an afternoon tea which had been held there previously and it looked amazing with a beautifully presented table with proper table cloths and bone china which gave us the idea to do it for nans birthday. We had pre-booked the event 9 months in advance but when we arrived you would assume we had booked it last minute.
There were only 2 members of staff who were trying to run the bar, setting up for the afternoon tea as well as prepare the food as I believe the chef was unavailable. As there were only 2 staff members trying to do everything it meant that the table hadn't been laid, and when it did get laid it was paper roll table cloth. We had to ask a few times for missing cutlery when we began to eat, which we didn't receive, the plates and tea cups were dirty and the bar ran out of flavoured gin from the beginning. There wasn't enough food for the amount of guest that were there and there were several items on the menu provided to us that we didnt receive. We had also requested items for some guests with dietary requirements which we also didnt receive.
We payed £25pp for 30 guests and spent alot over the bar, so it feels upsetting that the event didn't go as well as we would have planned especially as it had cost quite alot of money and been arranged so far in advance.
We do really appreciate the effort the staff went to that day as they were really stretched as well as having to work cope with the hot weather so I don't want to put those staff down as they worked really hard, there just wasn't enough staff to cope with the demand of the day and no chef to properly prepare the menu.
We have messaged the landlord Jay with our concerns and have arranged 3 times in the last 3 weeks to meet up with him personally to discuss this further but every time he says he will be there he then doesnt show up. Doesnt have the courtesy to text to say he won't be there or you will know he is upstairs but he just doesn't come down! This is why we have now result to posting this review.
We were hoping to resolve this as we wanted to host another event there but after being let down, we will now unfortunately be looking to take our business else where.
My dad Kevin has been texting Jay multiple times to arrange a meeting! He even sat in the pub for nearly 2 hrs Wednesday 9th July after pre arranging to meet and he never showed up even though the bar staff had said he was there and Kevin had text to say he was waiting at the bar.
I even came in after work Friday to see if Jay was there, I was told he was unavailable for a few hours. I asked them to just tell Jay to text Kevin.
All you had to do to resolve this was speak to Kevin like we have been trying to for 3 weeks!
May 2025 by Christopher Cartwright
Visited the Sir John Falstaff yesterday for Sunday lunch, only had roast beef on the menu, because of a private function, we agreed this was one of the best Sunday roasts, the beef melted in your mouth, plenty of vegetables/roast pots, well done Karen.. we shall be back, we will definitely recommend ???
May 2025 by Cathy Perkin
Amazing ! Family came for a roast dinner today and what great service and the homemade roast dinner (you can tell) was exceptional ? impressive? we will be back highly recommend! *****
May 2025 by Kevin Simpson
The food and politeness of the staff is exceptional. I?ve travelled around southern Spain in my motorhome eating pizza?s and I and can honestly say that the pizza in the Sir John Falstaff is the best I have ever had. We also had their cheesy garlic bread and halloumi fries and these were to die for. I will most definitely be returning for more food in the future. It was such a pleasurable experience from start to finish.
May 2025 by Richard neal
Great pub superb atmosphere
March 2025 by Michelle Brown
Really friendly staff. Excellent service. Many thanks ??
March 2025 by Teresa ?Eltel60? Kent
Average pub, friendly customers and staff
February 2025 by M SB
The ladies serving were very sweet albeit too busy to offer a strong enough service. Our advice, have more staff for a fully booked evening, a chef that can cook steak and a better seafood supplier as they?re the smallest scallops we have ever seen. More options including vegetables to add to the meal would have been nice.
January 2025 by AS
Ordered food. Got it but was given no cutlery or condiments.
January 2025 by jethro thompson
The guys serving seem like local legends.. really friendly and remember a face from week to week
October 2024 by paul smith
Grate place food good
