The Inn South Stainley

The Inn South Stainley reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Catherine

   Yorkshire2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   Early bird menu was good value for money and the food was excellent. The service was very discreet and overall the dining experience was great and I shall certainly be returning and recommending it.
   

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   Carol

   Yorkshire1 review

   5.0

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Delicious Sunday dinner. Excellent service. Relaxed enjoyable ambiance. Good value for money. Staff polite, helpful and attentive at the right times. We will be back soon.
   

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   Pamela

   Yorkshire2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 21 March 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   It was my husband's birthday lunch and the staff had placed a card - hand written- on the table when we arrived. We had an excellent meal in lovely surroundings served by the efficient and welcoming. Highly recommended.
   

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   Jacquie VIP

   London5 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on 20 March 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 5

   Always had a good experience except this time. The restaurant was busy and it appeared there was a function on. There was alot of inexperienced staff too. This may have contributed to one of our guests mains being served much later than ours and the desserts were wrong. Then two of us being told that what we had ordered had now finished :-( and the other person told they would have to now wait 30 minutes for the chef to correct their mistake, quite unacceptable. The bill was all wrong too. We ordered from a fixed menu and got charged full al a carte prices so we had to send that back too. Such a shame as a favourite place for us. Do hope they get their problems sorted out quickly so not to lose custom.
   

   The Inn South StainleyResponded 5 days ago

   Hi Jacquie, I am gutted to hear about your poor experience as we know you are loyal, regular customers of ours. I have heard that this was a particularly overwhelming night for some of the team with a function combined with our restaurant week 3 course menu offer- and that it did not go to plan and lots of mistakes were made. I'd really like to reassure you my highest priority at the moment is staff training so we can get our new starters up to our usual service standards matching the high standards of food! We would love to welcome you back to dine with us in the near future, so please book directly with us so that we can ensure your reservation will be the best experience possible. Once again, I apologise whole heartedly for the disappointment during your visit. Kind regards, Jo.
   

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   Lindsay

   Devon5 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on 20 March 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   This is the second time we’ve eaten at the Inn in the last month and both times we’ve unfortunately been disappointed. The staff are really lovely and helpful but unfortunately the time it took to receive our food was unacceptable. We booked the table at 5.30pm and arrived promptly for 5.15pm. The drinks and food order was taken efficiently. There was a group of 6 of us 4 adults and 2 children. We got a starter in good time but the kids didn’t have a starter. The mains and childrens food didn’t arrive until 7.30pm so the kids had waited for 2 hours and were tired and hungry and ready for bed by that time. We mentioned it several times. They had a big shoot dinner in so this was obviously the reason but we had no apologies or explanation. We didn’t end up leaving until 8.30 after pudding which is too late for young children. It would’ve been better to serve us quickly and get it out of the way before the shoot dinner.
   

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   Linda

   Yorkshire1 review

   5.0

   Dined on 20 March 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Lovely friendly place, our first visit. Pleasant, polite staff. Nice atmosphere. A very varied menu, plenty of choice, something for everyone . We'll definitely return!
   

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   Tracey

   Yorkshire1 review

   5.0

   Dined on 19 March 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Nice where we were sat but loud people on the other table
   

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   Anne

   London3 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on 18 March 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 5

   As always, the food was fabulous and excellent value for money from the Restaurant Week menu. The only flaw this time was the wait between courses due to there being very few staff. They were polite and friendly but not enough of them on the day we came (compared to previous visits)
   

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   Helen

   Yorkshire4 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 16 March 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Lovely vibe, good food and service. Sunday roast was good, a little cold and roast potatoes were a little rubbery but otherwise a lovely experience and meal!
   

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    Kim

    Yorkshire1 review

    5.0

    Dined on 16 March 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    We could not fault any of the food and service, if we were local we would be back!
    

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