Punchbowl

Great food. Did not stay there, only enjoyed one of the best food I have ever had.

Excellent food & service Food & drinks: One of my favourite destinations for a pub lunch

Warm and friendly like the service team! Excellent food, fresh and hot.... Tried to go back a second time but there was no room !

We have heard good reviews about the Punchbowl and so went for a special big birthday lunch. The children's chicken was cremated, and was removed from the bill. Unfortunately, my broccoli was served charcoal black. This was covering the smell of the lemon sole. The sole was served complete with intact entrails . The broccoli was removed from my plate, but I was assured that it was normal for the sole to come with the entrails. My search on Google is inconclusive, but it seems to advise that entrails should be removed from fish before cooking. A very frustrating experience, on what we hoped would be a special meal.

This modern gastro pub restaurant is nicely laid out. Service in the restaurant was very good, our waitress Jo was engaging, helpful and fun. The food is good, both in taste and presentation. Would have liked to see more fish offerings on the menu, though, or a specials menu. I would like to know how often the menu is changed, as without a specials menu, the menu is a tad restrictive. Recommended nonetheless. Food & drinks: Expensive beer

Excellent celebration lunch with family coming from various parts of the country. Delicious food, excellent service and no pressure to eat quickly to turn the table. Food & drinks: High quality menu with prices to match.

Food was good but not faultless. The aubergine dish had too many flavours going on. The fruit crumble came with custard that had split. The sticky toffee pudding was a bit grainy and one-dimensional. This sounds a bit negative, but we had an enjoyable meal with great service in a pleasant room.

We were sat at our table and had to wait about 15 minutes for our drink order to be taken. In this time, two young girls were stood chatting right next to us, who could clearly see we had our menus in front waiting to order. The view out of the back was awful, clearly building work happening with no tidying up especially considering the occasion. The food then came exceptionally quick, we’re talking a couple of minutes considering we had only just ordered. We asked for more gravy and veg as we were a table of 3. We were rudely replied saying we would have to pay as we had had our allocated portion. This consisted of about 5 carrots between 3 of us so we did not see it out of order to ask for more, and extra gravy is normally free of charge. The gravy and potatoes of which were far too salty. We had our mains cleared after a while and were offered dessert menus. 15 minutes later no dessert menus had arrived, and in that time a large table had been cleared and given their menus. I then had to prompt the female for ours as she had clearly forgotten. She didn’t apologise and then rudely chucked 3 spoons on our table. Roasts are always fab here but definitely not enough roasted veg provided. Be careful to ask for more as you will be told you have had your portion and would have to pay for more. The team of girls are far too busy talking to each other than to clear tables and take orders. Then when you do have to prompt them, you get a rude response. It ruined our Mother’s Day. For the price of the meal you would expect decent service. Clearly just a team of young individuals who do not care for their role and would rather chat.

Lovely place to meet friends for lunch. Excellent food and service.