My husband had the beef wellington, and he thought it was the best he has ever had.
All the food and drinks were amazing and we will definitely be telling our friends and family about the experience we had.
The fact there is no children under 10 allowed made our 1st anniversary meal quiet and relaxing
Lovely countryside setting with views across the fields, and a quirky, Toad Hall-style interior. We had a table for two indoors. Unfortunately, that’s where the positives ended.
When I asked the waiter how he was, his response was “another day of living the dream”, a strange, jaded tone to set for guests arriving to enjoy an evening out. There was no welcome, no interest in whether we’d been before, no explanation of the menu, and no check for allergies. Service throughout was inattentive. The waiter spent far more time chatting to a nearby table than engaging with any other guests in our area of the restaurant.
The food was poor. I ordered the beef wellington (£60), which was meant to be medium rare but arrived blue. My wife’s salmon was also undercooked. We left most of our food, yet no one asked if anything was wrong. The obvious reply to that is why didn’t we say something, genuinely, we thought our plates spoke for themselves, and who wants to send both dishes back to the kitchen.
Desserts were mixed. Mine, a strawberry dish, was really enjoyable. My wife’s brownie arrived with plastic film stuck to it. She had to get up and speak to the manager herself, as the waiter had walked past us multiple times without even looking. The manager took the dessert off the bill and offered a replacement, which we appreciated, but we respectfully declined, by then we just wanted to leave.
It then took another ten minutes to get the bill. No apology, no thank you, not even a word as we walked out.
It’s not somewhere we would return to
A very pleasant first visit to this unique and quirky restaurant for my birthday. We will definitely be back! Wonderful experience.
A tale of mixed feelings but tasty food.
I've been looking forward to trying Pig and Whistle as you can't currently visit there with kids. So on the rare instance my partner and I got an adult night only, our first choice was to attend P&W; we were actually celebrating our anniversary.
Upon arrival we were greeted by the front door and checked in nicely. The restaurant is quaint and cosy, the tables are not too closely stacked together but close enough. Our two person table was on the small side and we found an unnecessary amount of clutter in the form of taxi numbers and promotion items.
No one offered to take our coat, and we didn't realise until later in the evening that there is actually coat hooks for every table by the front desk but we were totally unaware. It would be nice to make patrons aware of this so they can hang their coat in what is a fairly tight restaurant.
Service was swift in asking for drinks and we were given time to select from the menu. As it was our anniversary, I wanted to order a bottle of champagne and was slightly disappointed that they only offered house. Nevertheless, we picked a bottle of house champagne and waited for it to arrive. Usually when you order a bottle of champagne it would crop up in conversation if you were celebrating, we weren't asked. Not an issue. We weren't looking for anything, but unusual maybe.
I found the menu a little perplexing. The starters seem to be more Asian with the mains more traditional, but that said, the tikka masala scallops I had were excellent and the sauce was divine. My partner had the bao buns, which I didn't mind, but I found the pork a little dry. Tasty also though.
For the mains ordered a fillet steak medium rare, with my wife ordering the pork belly. I had specifically asked for my steak to be medium rare but a little disappointing it was very undercooked and the onion ring was soggy.
Here's where I was a little bit disappointed with my night at the restaurant.
I have never been to a restaurant where a waiter or waitress has not checked in once we started the main course. At no point was I ever approached to see if my meal was going fine, if they had I would have acknowledged that my steak was undercooked. I don't mind rare steak, and for a fillet it's not a bad way to cook it, in the middle it was near blue though, and I couldn't get anyone's attention. I did particularly eat my meal slowly in the hope that I would be approached but never was. So in the end, I just finished it.
My wife's pork belly was excellent and tasted really good.
For dessert, we both had apple tarte tattin which we both enjoyed.
Again, it took a while for the service to be cleared, we had another drink or too and was left alone. I practically had to beg someone in order to give me my bill. No one attended us after the bill was given so we left cash and left. Barely seeing a soul of staff. Someone stuck their head out of door and just shouted good night as we were half way down the carpark.
Overall, the experience was nice but disappointing at the same time. And aside from an undercooked steak, which I can forgive, the food was really tasty. But underwhelming from a service point of view, or there lack of it. However, for each member of staff that did visit us at our table, everyone did so with a smile and was pleasant.
It was a busy Saturday evening, but I still can't believe that no one checked in to see how our meal was going at any point.
We spent £236 on the evening including the champagne and service charge.
Sunday afternoon at the fabulous Pig & Whistle Restaurant. The wind was howling outside but inside the beautifully decorated restaurant we thoroughly enjoyed our champagne and three course lunch.
We started with the best prawn, crayfish and smoked salmon starter we had ever had, delicious flavours and so many prawns.
Main courses were roast beef and Gt Garnet’s roast pork. These both came with all the trimmings and the roast potatoes were deliciously crispy on the outside and fluffy inside. We both decided to have the Christmas sundae for dessert and this was a luxurious treat of all things festive.
A wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon, first class food and service with beautiful festive decor and candles galore. Truly magical, thank you Pig & Whistle Restaurant.