The Abergavenny Arms

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   maxine

   VIP

   London

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

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

   Lovely old fashioned “nook and cranny” pub with good ambiance and nice food.
   

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   Mike

   Kent

   10 reviews

   3.0

   10 reviews

   Dined on 19 December 2024

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

   Access is not easy for anyone with minor handicaps. Steps are steep and passages narrow and tortuous. The welcome is warm. Tables and chairs comfortable but rather close together. Food was good, menu varied and well presented
   

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   Barry

   Kent

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 December 2024

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

   We had a very good Sunday lunch today, food and service excellent.
   

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   Guy

   Kent

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 27 November 2024

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

   A fantastic meal, in a lovely setting with a nice warm log fire burning, the young man that serviced us was very attentive and friendly, it was without a doubt a lovely evening. Great food, great choice, great place and great service, everything you could want, we'll be back again.
   

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   Aidan

   Dorset

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 27 October 2024

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

   What a fantastic find. The moment we arrived we were warmly greeted by the bar and waiting staff. Very attentive throughout. A lovely cosy atmosphere as you would want from an English pub, Food choices were varied and suited all tastes and the standard of cuisine was very good. We live in France so for us this was a treat and we will be back
   

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   Nuala

   London

   3 reviews

   1.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 27 October 2024

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

   I booked for lunch to celebrate a friend's birthday. We were all really disappointed with the poor service, one waitress spent ages chatting to what appeared to be friends and in the end we had to ask for service. The food was also disappointing, veg cold, roast potatoes cold and hard, my Yorkshire pudding was folded in half and soggy. Sadly I can't see us using the Abergavenny again as this is not the only time we were let down.
   

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   Vanessa

   Kent

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on 26 October 2024

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

   Food and surroundings very good. Service was not great but I think that was due to a shortage of staff. Those staff that served us were very pleasant.
   

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   Eryll

   Kent

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 22 October 2024

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

   This review is not from Eryll, as you show on your initial page, but my (Joan Hamilton-Smith) own personal view as we were lunching together. I was initially taken aback when we arrived to be told: "Follow me, let's stick you over here". Not an acceptable greeting when first arriving at a restaurant. I object to being 'stuck' anywhere, especially in that context as it sounded rude and the person whose comment it was would rather have been employed doing something more interesting, rather than guiding guests to their table. Once we arrived at the allocated table, it was very difficult to sit down due to the bench being much too close to the table and, had the table been moved, would then have trapped my friend in the same predicament. Also bulky cushions made sitting uncomfortable so had to be moved out of the way. We both had scampi, which was nice. I had the crumble and custard for dessert and found the plate with the crumble was red hot, but nobody mentioned that, so fingers could have been badly burned. Luckily I have relatively good reactions so no damage done. However, the hot custard was in a small jug which didn't have a handle, so it was impossible to pick up and pour over the crumble, even trying to utilise the napkin proved too tricky. A large dog was constantly coming up and sitting by the table, waiting for scraps but, fortunately, made no attempt to jump up. I am fond of dogs but, should I have had an aversion to them, would not have been happy with its hanging around most of the time whilst I was trying to enjoy my meal and talk to my friend.
   

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   Andrew

   Kent

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 20 October 2024

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

   Lovely pub, very good food. You are short staffed though, too long waiting and staff so busy they forget things!
   

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    Shelley

    Norfolk/Suffolk

    4 reviews

    3.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on 20 October 2024

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

    Food was super, thank you! Service was slow but obviously because there was not enough staff on shift.
    

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