We came to eat last year, really enjoyed it so came back today for another visit.Great friendly pub, excellent outdoor space and very dog friendly.Coffee was served with no spoon to stir the sugar (trivial, but still..)Last time we ate here the food was excellent in both taste and value. The service was also great.Today we ordered the fish and chips. Whilst the fish was good in both portion size, taste and with a crispy batter the chips were under cooked. The mushy peas were cold and the tartar sauce could have done with a shake/stir before it was served.All seems a little petty but still if I'm paying £15-£16 for a meal I expect to be able to eat it all.
Ray
Went here tonight for the first time for my sons birthday meal and was not disappointed the staff were lovely especially our server Steve who went above a beyond and was very friendly the food was amazing and kids loved it will defiantly be coming again and
Frank Vernon
Food and staff excellent. Did not like the idea of it being a dog friendly pub.I had a nasty fall when a bulldog got behind me and tripped me up. I'm still suffering the effects of the fall. Don't think I will be returning any time soon.
Jo M
Love it here, always great food and service.
Zack L Brown
This place used to be so damn good. They only have two people on staff . One is the bar girl and the other is the waitress one is strict and doesn't listen the other is too busy. They should employ more staff it was so stupid when the CHEF had to come out with the dinners ! A chef is supposed to be in the kitchen although I thank him and he was very polite. The peas were disgusting and they didn't have any j20 so they gave a watered down version instead blurgh. The scampi and chips and crumble and garlic bread were the only good things. I enjoyed it but still a let down. Good hygiene just low on staff
Terry Tilbrook
I had my 77th Birthday there last Friday with my partner and two daughters with their other halves and it was a disaster The staff did not seem to be bothered, two meals had to go back as not hot. My partners fish was 80% hard batter with dry fish inside, my steak meal had almost cold peas and my starter calamari was mostly batter. We could only order two sweets as one was not available and the two looked as if someone had thrown them on the plate. We have been to The Lobster Smack many time's, so what's happed, our bill was £220 for 6 and not worth it and spoilt my day totally (will NOT be back).
Debra Ball
Waiting meal to be ordered 30 minutes when meal arrived scampi was cold, peas hard and chips not cooked
Kevin Gallifant
Just popped in for a quick half. Nice atmosphere friendly happy staff. This place is very dog friendly. We didn't eat but what we see looked very nice and the prices we perused looked very reasonable.
Toni
Came on a Tues night for bingo. Great atmosphere, friendly staff and reasonable prices at the bar.
Very disappointed with the food, our roasts were cold with side orders of cauli cheese stone cold. Veg undercooked and beef quite chewy. However, The staff were very helpful attentive and replaced the cauli cheese sides but these didn’t come back out to us until we had nearly finished our mains. Such a shame as it’s such a lovely venue with lovely friendly staff the food just let it down.
Andy Gibbs
Fantastic pub and setting’s, disappointed on the potion of chips my son had £3.50 staff was friendly but unfortunately seemed like I got the cold shoulder and was told that’s the price. really disappointing.
Christine Smith
Dinner was nearly cold.
Suzanne Worland
19 of us went for lunch today. Steve excellent waiter. List of food and names supplied by me . Food disappointing, many plates left with food on. Fish all batter, little fish . One plate returned. Found part of restaurant draughty sitting near door, was quite cold .But saying this, we have had very good meals there in the past and will go back and try again .
Joyce Kingham
We hired the upstairs for a wake and were very happy with the service and food. The staff were very helpful and pleasant.
Lovely food staff very
We came to eat last year, really enjoyed it so came back today for another visit.Great friendly pub, excellent outdoor space and very dog friendly.Coffee was served with no spoon to stir the sugar (trivial, but still..)Last time we ate here the food was excellent in both taste and value. The service was also great.Today we ordered the fish and chips. Whilst the fish was good in both portion size, taste and with a crispy batter the chips were under cooked. The mushy peas were cold and the tartar sauce could have done with a shake/stir before it was served.All seems a little petty but still if I'm paying £15-£16 for a meal I expect to be able to eat it all.
Went here tonight for the first time for my sons birthday meal and was not disappointed the staff were lovely especially our server Steve who went above a beyond and was very friendly the food was amazing and kids loved it will defiantly be coming again and
Food and staff excellent. Did not like the idea of it being a dog friendly pub.I had a nasty fall when a bulldog got behind me and tripped me up. I'm still suffering the effects of the fall. Don't think I will be returning any time soon.
Love it here, always great food and service.
This place used to be so damn good. They only have two people on staff . One is the bar girl and the other is the waitress one is strict and doesn't listen the other is too busy. They should employ more staff it was so stupid when the CHEF had to come out with the dinners ! A chef is supposed to be in the kitchen although I thank him and he was very polite. The peas were disgusting and they didn't have any j20 so they gave a watered down version instead blurgh. The scampi and chips and crumble and garlic bread were the only good things. I enjoyed it but still a let down. Good hygiene just low on staff
I had my 77th Birthday there last Friday with my partner and two daughters with their other halves and it was a disaster The staff did not seem to be bothered, two meals had to go back as not hot. My partners fish was 80% hard batter with dry fish inside, my steak meal had almost cold peas and my starter calamari was mostly batter. We could only order two sweets as one was not available and the two looked as if someone had thrown them on the plate. We have been to The Lobster Smack many time's, so what's happed, our bill was £220 for 6 and not worth it and spoilt my day totally (will NOT be back).
Waiting meal to be ordered 30 minutes when meal arrived scampi was cold, peas hard and chips not cooked
Just popped in for a quick half. Nice atmosphere friendly happy staff. This place is very dog friendly. We didn't eat but what we see looked very nice and the prices we perused looked very reasonable.
Came on a Tues night for bingo. Great atmosphere, friendly staff and reasonable prices at the bar.
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Very disappointed with the food, our roasts were cold with side orders of cauli cheese stone cold. Veg undercooked and beef quite chewy. However, The staff were very helpful attentive and replaced the cauli cheese sides but these didn’t come back out to us until we had nearly finished our mains. Such a shame as it’s such a lovely venue with lovely friendly staff the food just let it down.
Fantastic pub and setting’s, disappointed on the potion of chips my son had £3.50 staff was friendly but unfortunately seemed like I got the cold shoulder and was told that’s the price. really disappointing.
Dinner was nearly cold.
19 of us went for lunch today. Steve excellent waiter. List of food and names supplied by me . Food disappointing, many plates left with food on. Fish all batter, little fish . One plate returned. Found part of restaurant draughty sitting near door, was quite cold .But saying this, we have had very good meals there in the past and will go back and try again .
We hired the upstairs for a wake and were very happy with the service and food. The staff were very helpful and pleasant.