The Old Volunteer

Great food, excellent staff, perfect night. Would highly recommend this restaurant / bar. Had a very good night if a restaurant that was good value for money.

Really good food and attentive service, not cheap but happy to pay for good quality food. Bar area a bit noisy but we asked for a table away from the bar and that was fine. The sweet I had was really delicious. We would certainly go back, but I think the bar area and outside is a bit intimidating.

Great venue, food was very nice, Pil Pil Prawns and Pork Belly were delicious. can be a bit noisy but depends what sort of atmosphere you prefer.

Great Sunday lunch , very friendly staff and quality service and food fantastic, lovely pub , beer, food and staff . Laughing be it will be back soon

Great pub and kitchen with a varied menu with a very friendly team. I won't hesitate to return or recommend that you beat me to it.

We had a family meal there and everyone really enjoyed it.. There was choices on the menu to suit everyone's taste and no one was disappionted

Very nice welcome followed by a delicious meal. Only criticism is that the caeser salad we ordered didn't contain anchovies as described in the menu. We always enjoy meals at the Old Volunteer and will continue to go regularly for quality of food and ambience.

Lovely home cooked food. Very busy, nice decor and in a lovely setting. Pricier than your average pub meal but worth it. Attentive and polite staff.

Excellent food, service and surroundings as ever. Jo is the perfect host. A really enjoyable Father's Day celebration with my family, what's not to like!

Lovely meal, great service. Food here is always good and staff are always warm and welcoming. Varied menu with lots of choice and childrens' options available on request.

I booked this for Father's Day as we have been before for an evening meal and had a great experience. Sunday lunch did not disappoint! Great food! Great service, I would recommend The Old Volunteer to anyone.

Fantastic food, service and atmosphere. The waitress was brilliant and the food was exceptional. We all love the Old Vol and will be returning soon.

Lovely atmosphere with lovely staff. Made to feel as part of the family, and like you have know everyone for years. Great food. Will be visiting again. ❤️

Good food and service and a pleasant atmosphere. Very busy and obviously popular. I used to visit regularly many years ago but it had changed into first class venue.

Fabulous location, food was delicious, will visit again soon. Food is good value for the money, very reasonable price for the excellent quality of the food. The service was prompt and you didn't have to wait long to be served

Gorgeous food served by a lovely waitress. Prices really good. The general atmosphere is relaxed and sociable. Would definitely recommend and will definitely be going back.

Fantastic meal but felt very rushed, was given the bill without asking for it. We felt we needed to pay and leave, it was around 10.30pm when we left.

Today was the third, maybe the fourth time, I and my friend have visited. The food, friendliness of the staff make for a pleasurable experience

Pleasant atmosphere but very slow service. Vegetarian choices were limited and unimaginative. My hare main course was delicious, but other mains in our party of 4 were somewhat disappointing.

I booked a table for four and we all enjoyed the food. The service was faultless and I would certainly recommend the Old Volunteer to others. I'm sure we will return in the near future for another meal.

Had a lovely meal in a lovely atmosphere. We were particularly impressed with the friendliness of the staff. We look forward to returning very soon.

Staff very pleasant and attentive, despite being busy. Food was good and plentiful, steak cooked just how we liked it. Will definitely dine there again.

We had a great evening. The food was excellent and freshly cooked. The service was very welcoming. I would definitely recommend. Lovely modern restaurant with plenty of seating area inside and outside.

We went for Sunday lunch (5pm) and the pub was very busy, as we had expected. The food was very good and so was the service. But we did feel a little rushed. Both courses arrived very quickly, but this would not put us off going again.

Very good Sunday lunch, meat was superb! We will be back, the service is always very good and quality of food as always, high and fresh!

A pleasant experience from start to finish. A shining example of how a gastropub should be. Personal involvement from the landlady ready to help us with our request to delay our meal a few minutes from the booked time... to courteous, friendly and willing serving staff. Really good food was excellent value. Some might think it took 'longer than it should', but food this fresh and well prepared is not going to be 'quick' and it was absolutely fine time-wise.

Lovely welcome, efficient bar staff, really impressed by the ambiance of the bar and seating areas. The Old Vol has a lovely atmosphere. Our table (for 4) was fine, menu quite interesting. We did feel there was quite a price jump between the main menus and the steaks. Also some rather odd combinations (pork and king prawns, anyone?) and pie with chips was drowned in gravy (how about offering the gravy in a jug?) That said, one of our party did have an 'odd' combination and he said it was OK. My biggest disappointment, not confined to the Old Vol, was the NOISE LEVEL!! We were 4 and there was an adjacent party of 8. We honestly couldn't hear ourselves think. They weren't actually over-boisterous but the lack of any soft furnishings in the dining area made it quite torturous and, at one point, stopped our conversation. Curtains...blinds...cushions...the odd rug...?

Average. I had high hopes given the location but it didn't meet expectation. We were 40 mins late being shown to our table but in the defence of the staff they did take our order whilst we were waiting and keep us informed. I had Caesar salad, which part way through I realised there was no pancetta, which was clearly stated on the menu. I questioned it with staff to be told that the kitchen had run out but not informed the waiters. Maybe most people wouldn't notice or question, but there aren't many ingredients in a Caesar salad so it's pretty obvious when a key ingredient is missing!!! No apology, no reduced price, no offer of an alternative. The staff weren't particularly attentive and stomp around the place with their ear pieces in. Maybe the kitchen should use this technology tell them what they have run out of?!

It was ok. The trotter starter was excellant, but we think the same 'gravy' was used for the beef and lamb. The chips could have been hand cut but they looked very uniform and were only mediocre. The fennel coleslaw had no taste of fennel. It was a fairly standard coleslaw

Really enjoyed our first visit the staff are really welcoming and the food was excellent the only disappointment was that we didn't realise you had to give 24 hours notice to have the Beef Wellington but we shall try it on our next visit if still available.

Lovely food and service the ice cream is amazing should be a shop to be able to buy the ice cream. Would recommend the place to anyone

Went on mothers day so had the 3 course set menu. Good value for money, lovely place and nice food, attentive staff. Will definitely go back....

I met with two friends who had not been to the Old Volunteer before and they were both very impressed and would visit again. We had a lovely relaxed meal. The food was excellent and we were not rushed. We spent a lot of time talking but did not feel we had to hurry at all. I would recommend this pub to anyone for the food, the atmosphere and the surroundings.

Great Sunday lunch today, I had pork, my friend had beef and my partner had Wellington, all very impressed. Huge portions and all really good quality. Set menu is great value for the quality of food. Gent that took our payment was great: chatty, friendly and genuine. Top marks to him.

Excellent meal, Pigs trotter to die for!! Also mussels were as they should be big and juicy in a lovely sauce. Staff and chef were super which was apparent when we arrived as the place was very busy. However we were taken care of very well.

Fabulous Sunday lunch 3 course for £20 per head. Excellent value for the high quality of food served with excellent service. Will be returning soon and definately will be returning.

The Old Volunteer is a great pub / resturant, the food was fantastic and the staff were very friendly and accomodating, we will definitly be going back.

Myself and 5 members of my family went for lunch here the welcome was excellent, the service and food was excellent, I just felt the portion sizes should have been just slightly bigger. Will be going back again and recommending to friends.

We pre booked. The four of us had a great evening. Just after we ordered the electric went out in the whole street. the staff were quick to bring candles to the table and take drinks orders. The manager kept all tables updated that they had contacted the power supplier and it could be up to an 1 hour to come back on again. The chef had fired up a bar-b q ready just in case to keep cooking and as it happend the electric was on again after half an hour and I got my steak! Hurrahhhh! The staff all coped very well...well done. Oh, and great choice of red wine by the manageress.

hi, Tuesday night visit to this country pub, 10 or so other dinners in there. Very good food, ambience, staff and location, but some dishes seen expensive.