January 2024 by Gym Crazy kids
I visited on Thursday evening and I had the most pleasant experience despite it being busy. We sat in the bar area and the girl who served us was lovely, I believe her name was Scarlet, her customer service was amazing and handled the rush very well. Our pizza was great and the warm fire made it even better. Shout out to Scarlet!
January 2024 by Ann Millington
Went for lunch today,3 adults and one friendly grey hound. Place warm and welcoming. Food and service good. Staff friendly and attentive . Stan(greyhound) given a fresh bowl of water and a chew. thanks for a lovely afternoon. See you soon.
January 2024 by Dave Bowdler
Came here for a 21st and 40th get together, we booked a table of 12, we've been to the pub many times before, unfortunately tho this experience was far our worst time ever . We had to wait 15 mins or longer to have to be seated while we stood around the entrance, then after self servicing ourselves to going to the bar for drinks a waitress who seemed to be on her own (bless her ) informed us that there was a lot of mains not on the menu, no pizzas or burgers which left us all very limited what to eat, some resulting to not eating. A phone call would of been nice in our opinion, no one asked if the meal was OK, some of the meals we refused to pay for, as I wouldn't of fed it my dog it, no service off drinks ect or even a desert was shocking. Such a shame really as always known this a lovely place to eat, our biggest regret is that we actually chosen this place over the Malt in gt Wyrley as thinking they could manage our party of 12 due to the size of this place #clearly not. Only tip I could give you is that during a festive busy period maybe a few more staff ?
January 2024 by Lisa Davies
Booked for boxing day lunch for a party of 5, and what can I say.. firstly we were greeted by very friendly staff and escorted to our table, everyone ordered different dishes from sirloin steak ,pork belly and seabass.. everyone enjoyed their starters, homemade soup was amazing I was told , as was my duo of smoked salmon and mackerel pate..desserts were fab and even though we were told they had ran out of the creme brulee, after many apologies from the waitress, we all really enjoyed the desserts on offer,. Had a really enjoyable time at the anchor, the atmosphere and the friendly staff who worked hard to make our visit a truly memorable experience.. Thank you for a great boxing day lunch.. and just to end , many from our party left with saying this was was the best meal they had had in a restaurant for a very long time.. we will Definitely be back soon .
January 2024 by Tony Davies
Excellent food. Perfectly timed service for each course. If they don't have everything on the menu, don't let it bother you, it means they are actually cooking the food they have, not stockpiling in a freezer. Staff are friendly and efficient. Mother in Law said best meal she ever had... high praise indeed. Once word gets around, this place will become very popular. Total cookery transformation from last visit before it was taken over. Eat here. You won't be disappointed or need a bank loan.
January 2024 by Alison Dougliss-Heald
Oh dear reading another review it appears there has been a change of management, I feel it isn't really working yet. We were only a small group of 4 gathering for our annual get together.Eaten here as couples with friends and family and always rated the experience as very high.Unfortunately the food took about an hour to arrive. One plate of food was inedible as it was cold, and the other 3 were tepid, the chips were the only hot thing about the meal.2nd round of drinks took forever to arrive.I believe booking in too many large parties on the evening was too much for the staff to cope with. The manager wasn't available but the rest of the staff were brilliant - certainly not their fault.We did have a more than decent refund after having to unfortunately complain. But it did spoil our annual get together.Next year we will try somewhere else.
December 2023 by NewLock
We have been here afew time this year and taken out dog and its been fantastic. Staff are some of the best around and food is full of flavour. Log fires to keep warm in the winter and great atmosphere.
December 2023 by Beverley Miller
Stopped for lunch. Beautiful cosy pub, lady who served us was lovely. Food was awful. My steak sandwich arrive, it was cold, both ciabatta and steak, and gravy. It had taken ages to arrive but sent it back. Came back luke warm, bread inside was burnt . Can see why they get you to pay upfront!!Lady who served us was very apologetic and gave us a coffee each while we waited. Real shame and so disappointed ??
December 2023 by maureen France
My steak was lovely but I felt for the priceThere should have been extras on plate such as mushrooms onion rings. My husbands fish from fish and chios was not good. The batter was too hard and not much fish
December 2023 by Katrina Chalmers
The food was beautiful, tasty and hot. We had the fishcakes and the beef & venison pie, delicious. The staff were great and the atmosphere lovely.
December 2023 by Diane Wood
Everything was excellent from the welcome to the table service. We could not complain about any of it. The food was fabulous and there was no rush when we asked to delay our desserts. Absolutely brilliant. Thank you.Parking: Pub car park with plenty of spaces.
December 2023 by Beverley Price
Lovely place in a great setting. Pity the food doesn't match. My friend and I had Christmas fayre. We sent it back due to raise potatoes so hard we couldn't cut them, as were the parsnips. Sprouts were frozen and hard in the centre and the temperature of the food was tepid. It came back marginally better but potatoes were still hard. The people on the next table also left theirs. I had a creme brulee which was like cold custard. The place itself was cold and we sat with coats on. The service was OK pity the rest wasn't up.to scratch. Sorry but we won't be returning.
December 2023 by Lorraine Smith
Today was my first time visiting the Anchor Inn. I popped in for an early lunch, and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of service.A lovely waitress named Aaliyah served us. She was incredibly attentive and ensured our visit was perfect. Will definitely be coming again!
December 2023 by Ian Borland
I love going out to dine at this place. The staff are always warm and welcoming. Food is excellent great value. This time of year its lovely to be by one of the real fires .
December 2023 by Tammy Johnson
Came for a Sunday Lunch. There was a bit of a wait on the food to arrive, but our waitress Aliyah made it a hassle free experience. Although she seemed busy, she always made time to make sure we had everything we need. I ordered the Sunday Trio, which was one of the nicest Sunday lunches I?ve had in a while. The environment was perfect for these cold winter days. I will definitely plan on coming back.
