Unfortunately not the best experience, quality of food was poor the re-heated chips says it all! Could not help thinking the 2 employees we spoke with would benefit from retraining as there was little enthusiasm or interest shown towards customers. The Retreat Inn is quite a large pub and does lack atmosphere (of course could be different in the evening) hope things will improve, try again in 12 months see if there are any changes.
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Haven't been here for a while, stopped for lunch with mum. Two lovely meals from light bites menu, fab home cooked chips, generous portions. Choice of hot puddings with custard, ice cream or fresh cream to follow ,incredible value. Great pub in excellent location and friendly staff too. Will definitely be returning soon. Can't recommend highly enough.
Erica Flynn
Stayed here 14th November in our campervan. Food was delicious and very reasonable. Lovely warm fire going and chilled atmosphere. Interesting chat with landlady. What a bonus to have as a local!
Rob Hobbs
6 of us ate and had puddings. The gammon didn't look cooked at one end. But they took the price of it off the bill. So all in all was
Liz Dowling
Enjoyed very tasty fish and chips after visiting Croom, National Trust.
Debs Leslie
We had lunch today. Staff and food was great. Can recommend the steak and onion baguette.
David Wozencroft
Very friendly and welcoming staff.Food was freshly cooked, delicious and plenty of it.Dog friendly too!Highly recommendedParking: Well spaced out parking
Jayne H
Lovely lunch, prompt and friendly service. Staff go above and beyond to please. Warm and friendly welcoming atmosphere
John Timmins
Thay are always consistent and are dog friendly
colescamp
The Retreat in Norton used to be a restaurant where we would go for a special occasion. It is no longer that place. As a starter, I ordered the soup, but this was glutinous and tasteless – I rarely season food, but had to add pepper to this to give it some flavour. Then I tried the “curry”, which was spicy, but did not really taste of curry. I’m afraid that we will not be returning.
Both staff ,menu ,food and the pub were all get staff pleasant and helpful all good Not a local but my Auntie lives in village and we visit quite often and would go there again .many thanks .Parking: We had no problem could park very easy .Wheelchair accessibility: No problem ,close to doors to and quite a few disabled spots ,not that we needed that ,but nice to see .
Neil C
Wanted a lovely Sunday roast, what I got was gravy like dishwater and overcooked mushy vegetables and instant/frozen mash plus a frozen stuffing ball. Really disappointed, ate majority as at £12 a roast it’s pretty expensive for what you get. The location and the peacefulness of the place is what makes this place, the food is a big let down.
Billy Post 225
Had a really good meal here staff friendly and helpful, good choice of drinks, would definitely eat here again.
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We used to frequent this at least once or twice a month about 4 - 5 years ago. Ownership changed a few times and it went downhill, especially on the food front - but due to the recently posted good reviews we tried this venue again this weekend to celebrate a special birthday. All was great in terms of the welcome, the service, cleanliness and seating. - although the place looked empty. What really let this down was the food... There was a large group of us and each person had something to complain about; The Cajun Chicken wrap was too overpowering on the mint and tasted weird. The standard burger tasted worse than a McDonalds burger and had burnt chips. The Lasagna was basically vegetables in Vinaigrette with some limp spinach which tasted like it had gone off - possibly the worst ever tasted - and these are some of the comments from various guests within our party. The side salads were fresh and lovely. The chips were a strange assembly of wedges with flat steak type chips and normal chips mixed together. Very confusing like they used the last bits of the chips they had left... The portions were large on oval plates which were hot. What really got us was the ketchup - budget ketchup, rather than the real thing. It looked like a translucent red goo, much like a Chilli Sauce colour rather than the deep red sauce we normally get. We all compared notes long after we got home and everyone had tummy, burp/wind issues and didn't feel very well. :( Sadly we will not be returning here for probably another 4 years. A real shame as the owner seemed lovely, talkative and the venue is a real gem of a place in a great location.
Mark Londero
Lovely country pub on my walk to Worcester Parkway station. Nice selection of beers including Hobgoblin IPA. Very nice. Unfortunately no time to try the food, maybe next time!
Unfortunately not the best experience, quality of food was poor the re-heated chips says it all! Could not help thinking the 2 employees we spoke with would benefit from retraining as there was little enthusiasm or interest shown towards customers. The Retreat Inn is quite a large pub and does lack atmosphere (of course could be different in the evening) hope things will improve, try again in 12 months see if there are any changes.
Haven't been here for a while, stopped for lunch with mum. Two lovely meals from light bites menu, fab home cooked chips, generous portions. Choice of hot puddings with custard, ice cream or fresh cream to follow ,incredible value. Great pub in excellent location and friendly staff too. Will definitely be returning soon. Can't recommend highly enough.
Stayed here 14th November in our campervan. Food was delicious and very reasonable. Lovely warm fire going and chilled atmosphere. Interesting chat with landlady. What a bonus to have as a local!
6 of us ate and had puddings. The gammon didn't look cooked at one end. But they took the price of it off the bill. So all in all was
Enjoyed very tasty fish and chips after visiting Croom, National Trust.
We had lunch today. Staff and food was great. Can recommend the steak and onion baguette.
Very friendly and welcoming staff.Food was freshly cooked, delicious and plenty of it.Dog friendly too!Highly recommendedParking: Well spaced out parking
Lovely lunch, prompt and friendly service. Staff go above and beyond to please. Warm and friendly welcoming atmosphere
Thay are always consistent and are dog friendly
The Retreat in Norton used to be a restaurant where we would go for a special occasion. It is no longer that place. As a starter, I ordered the soup, but this was glutinous and tasteless – I rarely season food, but had to add pepper to this to give it some flavour. Then I tried the “curry”, which was spicy, but did not really taste of curry. I’m afraid that we will not be returning.
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Both staff ,menu ,food and the pub were all get staff pleasant and helpful all good Not a local but my Auntie lives in village and we visit quite often and would go there again .many thanks .Parking: We had no problem could park very easy .Wheelchair accessibility: No problem ,close to doors to and quite a few disabled spots ,not that we needed that ,but nice to see .
Wanted a lovely Sunday roast, what I got was gravy like dishwater and overcooked mushy vegetables and instant/frozen mash plus a frozen stuffing ball. Really disappointed, ate majority as at £12 a roast it’s pretty expensive for what you get. The location and the peacefulness of the place is what makes this place, the food is a big let down.
Had a really good meal here staff friendly and helpful, good choice of drinks, would definitely eat here again.
We used to frequent this at least once or twice a month about 4 - 5 years ago. Ownership changed a few times and it went downhill, especially on the food front - but due to the recently posted good reviews we tried this venue again this weekend to celebrate a special birthday. All was great in terms of the welcome, the service, cleanliness and seating. - although the place looked empty. What really let this down was the food... There was a large group of us and each person had something to complain about; The Cajun Chicken wrap was too overpowering on the mint and tasted weird. The standard burger tasted worse than a McDonalds burger and had burnt chips. The Lasagna was basically vegetables in Vinaigrette with some limp spinach which tasted like it had gone off - possibly the worst ever tasted - and these are some of the comments from various guests within our party. The side salads were fresh and lovely. The chips were a strange assembly of wedges with flat steak type chips and normal chips mixed together. Very confusing like they used the last bits of the chips they had left... The portions were large on oval plates which were hot. What really got us was the ketchup - budget ketchup, rather than the real thing. It looked like a translucent red goo, much like a Chilli Sauce colour rather than the deep red sauce we normally get. We all compared notes long after we got home and everyone had tummy, burp/wind issues and didn't feel very well. :( Sadly we will not be returning here for probably another 4 years. A real shame as the owner seemed lovely, talkative and the venue is a real gem of a place in a great location.
Lovely country pub on my walk to Worcester Parkway station. Nice selection of beers including Hobgoblin IPA. Very nice. Unfortunately no time to try the food, maybe next time!