"Visited the Arnos Arms on 2 occasions. The first time was a leaving 'do ' with colleagues from work and the second occasion was for my husband 's birthday, two weeks apart. On both visits, we were met by helpful, friendly staff. I had a meal on both occasions and these would be the only let down of my times there. On my first visit, I had the Barnsley chop, which, whilst tasty, was a tad tough. My colleague who chose the same dish declared that hers was lovely and not tough at all, so not sure what happened there. On the occasion of my husband 's birthday, I ordered the fish and chips. The batter on the fish was a bit overcooked and not the golden brown colour you would expect on fried battered fish, which although this took away from its appearance and presentation, the taste and the portion size was good. The portion sizes of the chips and the garden peas, however, were somewhat smaller than the portions my colleagues, who chose fish and chips, received on my first visit. I have been unlucky on the 2 occasions with my food at the Arnos Arms but I promise that these were both genuine issues, I am in no way a serial 'whinger '. I 'm sorry that I was a bit too 'British ' didn 't like to complain...for those that don 't know the term), and didn 't say anything at the time as I didn 't give them the opportunity to put these matters right. However, these issues would not deter me from visiting the pub, and having a meal), again, as on both occasions the staff and atmosphere made up for the disappointment with the food and I had a really good time; nevertheless, I think a wee bit more training on presentation and consistency of the meals would only help to positively enhance the rest of the pub 's great assets and reputation."
