Griffin Inn

Attended a wedding reception held thereOk but unimpressedQuite a nice place in a nice setting. Not enough parking places, difficult access around crowded room provided. Beer and food at hotel prices

We arrived to an amazing playground for our child. Which allowed us to enjoy the sun for a while. We then made it in to the restaurant to be seated very quickly. James was assisting us, I have never felt so valued by a member of staff in a restaurant. He is so professional and polite. He is the kind of employee that will make us want to return. Absolutely fantastic work from him serving us today. He got our little girl everything she needed and his service was exceptional. No bad comments at all the restaurant is spotless and food was fantastic.

Like this pub. Great outside spaces to sit well covered and heated. Had lovely fish and chips good size portion and well cooked. Large fish and lovely and white. Nice inside the pub as well. X

We had an evening meal at The Griffin Inn, it was lovely. I had a celeriac soup which was velvety smooth and delicious, followed by a cheese and onion pie on a bed of cauliflower with a cheese sauce, honestly, it was heavenly they obviously have a marvellous team of chefs. My family had steak meals, or burgers and all declared them superb. There is a delightful array of desserts. It's a very attractive olde worldy kind of a place, wheelchair friendly with a very pretty garden and children's area outside. Parking is to the rear which involves taking the road to the left of the inn if driving from Kirby. I would highly recommend The Griffin Inn for a family meal or a romantic encounter.

Overall the food and beer is reasonably good and they serve cask ale. The place is tidy, clean, has an excellent outside area and is well laid out. The pizza from the wood fired oven outside is lovely.However, we have had some extremely poor food in here occasionally. The service is definitely what lets this place down the most and the bar is drastically understaffed. It seems to be run by young inexperienced staff most of the time and would greatly benefit from a maitre d or better food and beverages management. A little more meet and greet would go a long way as would more experienced staff. Hope that helps

We have been coming to the griffin for nearly a year, food is really good however the service has never been the best, however when we came last Sunday it was horrendous! On arrival the reception area absolutely stunk of vomit and had the smell been the same in the restaurant we would of left. We ordered food and drinks on arrival and literally never seen any sign of that waitress again the whole time apart from when they brought our order out by a different waiter, which was incorrect twice!! No apology just 2 waiters standing over our table arguing with each other about what food was what! We eventually was given the food we ordered and wasn't offered another drink when our glasses were clearly empty, we did try and grab the attention of the waitress but were ignored. The whole place has gone downhill which is a shame as the food is lovely. Can't say we will return in a hurry.

Great location and a great pub which has been well designed with an exceptional outside area. The owners have invested significantly however even if you have the best pub in the world if it takes ages to get served it kills the experience. The online ordering service for outside is killing the service inside. It’s a great place with friendly staff and you are so close to being one of the best.

Stayed over last night. Room a bit tired but the bed was excellent shower good. Only complaint no USB connection in room. I didnt find one anyway.Had surf & Turf and it was excellent had a dide of onion rings which were great and I couldnt believe the quantity for 2.50. Staff good & helpful. Would definitely stay there again.

We ate here last night as a family of four and whilst it was ok it was just ok.It wasn’t busy 4 or 5 tables including our own. Our waitress was pleasant and smart in appearance and answered our question regarding one of the meals prior to ordering.The food was mostly nice, not amazing just nice. Apart from the chicken burger which had that much coating on the chicken the bun disintegrated and became a sloppy mess.The background music went off for a good 10/15 minutes making it seem sterile as it wasn’t busy.We weren’t offered any condiments.We had no check back. At which point we could have mentioned the chicken burger.The plates weren’t cleared away so no offer of dessertsNo second drinks offered.At time for payment no bill was brought to us so we waited at the bar at which point another customer asked me if I wanted serving “their useless in here” where his words…The team members that where there were chatting around the far side of the bar oblivious to us.