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Good Points
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Cosy, relaxed atmosphere with unobtrusive service. High quality food - excellent and very reasonably priced wine list.
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Bad Points
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Non |
| Review |
Having gone there to celebrate a birthday, we were not disappointed as the food was well sourced, beautifully cooked and paid real attention to flavour and texture. Our respective main courses were pheasant and partridge, re-iterating the Ram's Heads' excellent reputation for game dishes. Overall, brilliant food at a good price!
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Cost Per Head
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£30 - £40 |
How Often Visited
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Once or Twice a Year |
Atmosphere
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Quiet/Refined |
Service
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10 |
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Quality
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9 |
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Value
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9 |
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Overall
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9 |
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| Friendly |
Yes |
Review No 2
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Good Points
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The Building and open fires |
Bad Points
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Management
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| Review |
The Rams Head Inn is in a remote place on the way to the M62 from Denshaw. This very old stone pub has a very welcoming appearance with open log fires when you walk in. We ordered a glass of Merlot at £5.25 and a half of Timothy Taylor?s beer for me, at £1.45. Menus are chalked on backboards and from the £12.50 Three Course Lunch we chose Soup and Pheasant Breast for me and Game Terrine and Liver and onions for Mary. The other menu list seemed to be expensive, averaging around £18 for mains.
The barman dressed in a chefish white, took the order and directed us to sit in the small room nearby. Soon he told us to follow him and said 'sit there' at a small table for two next to the door. It soon became obvious from how the Barman/Dining room man treated his guests that he was on an authority kick? which was quite entertaining if we looked on the funny side.
A polite waiter, dressed in black brought our first course and both the Soup and Terrine were excellent. We complimented the waiter on the food. I ordered another Merlot for Mary and as I had to drive afterwards, a Lime and Lemon for myself.
A couple wandered in and the white man ordered them out, saying curtly place your orders at the bar? and pointed to the door. By this time people at the three occupied tables were giving each other knowing smiles. One lady said?well the food is good.
We caught the white man?s eye and Mary asked that he substitute the mash to chips with her Liver dish. He looked shocked but then said that it was a change to the menu and we would have to pay for the chips. I said ok. But how much do you charge for three penneth of chips? £1.95 was his answer. I mumbled and agreed. Next moment another large domineering man materialised and demanded to know what the problem was. Mary said that it was not normal to pay for a change of potato type. ?This is a business and we don?t work for nothing. We are a thriving restaurant and this is the way we do things.? And stormed off.
As this all seemed very Fawty Towers, with him trying to show us up in front of the rest of the diners, but we thought it was funny. A fearful hushed banter developed in the room.
The mains unfortunately didn't live up to the high standard set by the first course. Mary?s liver and onions were delicious but the chips were sad.
My pheasant was rather chewy but eatable although lacking in taste, my green beans, cauliflower and roast potatoes, cooked too long were soggy and tasteless.
We both chose apple crumble for sweets but these were disappointingly undercooked and short on apples.
The white man collected our dishes and plonked our unsolicited bill on the table.
The bill for two came to just over £40.
We may return someday when we feel like being abused. |
Cost Per Head
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£20 - £30 |
How Often Visited
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First Time |
Atmosphere
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Quiet/Refined
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Service
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5 |
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Quality
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3 |
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Value
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2 |
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Overall
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3 |
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| Friendly |
Yes |
Review No 3
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Good Points
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Nice open fire
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Bad Points
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The staff are very rude and unfriendly. argueing infront of customers etc. very unproffesional.
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| Review |
i wont be going again!!!!
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Cost Per Head
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£ 10 - £ 20
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How Often Visited
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This is First Time
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Atmosphere
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Quiet/Refined
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Service
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1 |
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Quality
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5 |
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Value
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5 |
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Overall
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2 |
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| Friendly |
No |
Review No 4
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Good Points
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Real Fires
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Bad Points
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Staff. No room to just have a drink. Price
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| Review |
Been here a few times as I like the history that goes with the place and the real fires but all that soon loses it's fascination when you have arrogant staff and owner. Thinks way too highly of itself as an establishment. Food just average but prices definitely not. If you are eating a 'proper meal' (read even more expensive but just as average) then you can sit at a 'proper'table but only a 'proper' table of their choice. If you are only having a drink or a something to eat from the bar menu then be prepared to be shunted into a tiny clostrophobic box room at the side of the bar where you'll share all your conversation with your fellow sufferers whether you want to or not. Not cosy, not quaint just off puttingly small and awkward.
Far better to save your cash and eat some real value for money tasty food with 'real' real ale at The Church Inn at Uppermill where they value their customers and make them feel at home.
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Cost Per Head
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£ 20 - £ 30
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How Often Visited
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Once or Twice a Year
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Atmosphere
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Quiet/Refined
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Service
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1 |
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Quality
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3 |
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Value
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1 |
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Overall
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2 |
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| Friendly |
No |
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