California Country Inn

California Cross, PL21 0SG, South Hams, United Kingdom

🛍 Pubs, Steak, British, Vegetarian

4.1 💬 2994 Recensioni
California Country Inn

Telefono: +441548821449

Indirizzo: California Cross, PL21 0SG, South Hams, United Kingdom

Città: South Hams

Menu Piatti: 7

Recensioni: 2994

Sito Web: http://www.thecaliforniainn.co.uk

"The tone of the responses to critical reviews tells everything you need to know about the attitude of the Cali Inn's management. I'll keep things factual and maybe avoid being labelled a liar by the owner, who seems to believe that personal attacks on disappointed customers who speak up is a good strategy. The food (filled baguettes in our case) was pretty good 4½ stars for that. The premises at least, the small bar area we were in looked tired and unloved. Not an attractive environment at all. The response of the person serving (presumably the owner) to a very civil question, after quite a long wait, about when we might expect our food was rude and self justifying, bordering on the aggressive. The same person spent quite a bit of time standing behind the bar a couple of metres from where we were having our food and conversation, whistling to the piped music and playing drums on the bar counter and a large parcel that was on it. My companion reported that the female loo was fairly unpleasant. Given all the above, and despite the food being OK, our visit represented poor value especially at the slightly salty prices charged. Although the Cali is midway between our homes, we won't be using it again for our regular but infrequent catch ups."

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We had a superb Dinner last night, we have eaten here quite a few times over the last couple of years, We love it, Food is always of good quality, Good sized Portions, all the staff are helpful and friendly.

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Sarah
Sarah

Good pub food and good selection at the bar. Stayed in our campervan with electric hookbup £10) and booked evening meal. Friendly staff and enjoyed our fish and chips and scampi. Thanks very much, will be back.


John
John

Very nice genuine pub which makes a change, had a good healthy lunch, the meat pie was fine too much in fact and the curry was good. Prices reasonable mains £15,95 which is the going rate these days. Pleasant surroundings and staff. Plenty of parking


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T898WVjennyb

We visited on recent holiday, both tried the chefs chicken and leek pie. It was awful and certainly didn’t resemble a pie. It was over cooked chicken in soup with a piece of pastry dropped on top. The chicken was so dry despite the soup it was floating in. Would not return. Visualizza piatti


P5485TCjohnp
P5485TCjohnp

Can't recommend this place highly enough! We've been visiting this pub now for a couple of years, tried most meals on the menu, food always arrives quick and freshly cooked, every time we score it 10/10. Has as traditional pub feel, a good selection of drinks and reasonably priced considering the quality. See you again soon!


shazzalinski
shazzalinski

We visited this delightful Inn on our way south in our Motor Home to Cornwall, we stayed overnight in the car park with electric plug in for just £10 the local cider in the bar was amazing and a very reasonable price, we had an evening meal and my scampi was the best I have ever had, highly recommend the place, also staff very friendly and attentive even though they were quite busy.


Sue77777
Sue77777

Wonderful meal , we stayed at the local caravan site and the inn is a very welcome refuge from cooking Really good choice on the menu and love the fact you can order small meals Attentive but not invasive service . Having had a knee replacement surgery and needing a stool to keep my leg straight the lady who welcomed us was very understanding and accomodating . Highly recommend . Great value , excellent food too Visualizza piatti


Nicholsontravel
Nicholsontravel

A really good welcoming pub but I was intrigued by the landlord's forthright response to some unpleasant reviews. Sometimes people are very vindictive when writing reviews and are seldom the sort of people from whom I would seek advice. The staff I met were charming and very hardworking. Clearly the kitchen is very well managed and the quality of the food in the small but adequate menu brought everyone in my party considerable pleasure.


Kate
Kate

We spent the night here in our camper van and enjoyed a delicious fireside dinner. For campers, the pub is with the Britstop scheme and the car park is large, level and flat with a very useful Spar supermarket and petrol station opposite. Now to the Cali.. we were welcomed and enjoyed a very interesting tour of the premises then had drinks in front of the lovely fire. The pub has a fascinating history, dating from the 14th century and was a staging post until the early 1900 's. Now to the food.. Really good ham, egg, peas and chips (the best ever! and steak and ale pie with chips and peas. Generous portions, so much so that we couldn 't fit a pud in! The Cali is unusual in that it is not too...


Peter
Peter

The tone of the responses to critical reviews tells everything you need to know about the attitude of the Cali Inn's management. I'll keep things factual and maybe avoid being labelled a liar by the owner, who seems to believe that personal attacks on disappointed customers who speak up is a good strategy. The food (filled baguettes in our case) was pretty good 4½ stars for that. The premises at least, the small bar area we were in looked tired and unloved. Not an attractive environment at all. The response of the person serving (presumably the owner) to a very civil question, after quite a long wait, about when we might expect our food was rude and self justifying, bordering on the aggressi... Visualizza piatti

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  • Pubs Scopri un'atmosfera accogliente con pasti abbondanti, birre artigianali e classici del pub. Goditi i tuoi cibi preferiti di conforto come fish and chips, burger e ali di pollo, abbinati a una pinta rinfrescante o a un cocktail creativo.
  • Steak Assapora tagli pregiati di succulente e tenere bistecche, grigliate alla perfezione. Ogni morso offre un'esplosione di sapore, servita con contorni classici e salse deliziose per migliorare la tua esperienza culinaria. Visualizza piatti
  • British Tradizionale e sostanzioso, il menu britannico offre classici di conforto come fish and chips, succulenti arrosti e torte salate. Riscopri i gusti familiari, amorevolmente realizzati con ricette senza tempo e ingredienti freschi e locali.
  • Vegetarian Goditi la nostra vibrante collezione di piatti vegetariani, realizzati con le verdure più fresche, sapori ricchi e spezie saporite. Gustati un piatto salutare e delizioso che celebra i migliori ingredienti della natura.

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"The positive is that the food is good. But the negative is the service time and the attitude of the staff. We were seated and had our order taken after 20 minutes. A little slow but it was a busy Saturday evening so understandable. Starters came promptly and were eaten. We then got ignored by every passing member of staff for at least 50 minutes. Quite the skill! Once there was a break in our conversation and I realised how long it had been, I stood up to intercept a waitress and asked “are our mains on the way, please?” Our ticket was checked by her at the kitchen hatch and we were told “yes”. At this point our starter plates were cleared after they had sat on the table for at least 35 minutes. Our mains then took another 25 minutes to get to us, so I suspect that being told they were on their way was a lie. To be clear: we were given our mains 1hr 20 mins after placing our order. I complained to a waitress who sent over a manager. The manager asked if we’d had starters (yes, we had) and said that it was our fault our main was so late as we’d had a first course. How insulting!!! Blaming the customer for their bad service. Disgusting. When I said it was still far too long to wait between courses she then changed tack and said the kitchen was “really really busy” well, they weren’t busy cooking our food now were they?! And despite the place being full when we arrived, by this point of the night over half the tables were empty. There were 3 tickets on the pass along with ours and tables were 2 4 people (no large groups) so I feel that was also another lie to get out of it. What a shocking way to treat customers! My advice to you is: if you want your food served in a timely manner, either take the advice of the manager and don’t order a starter, or, be sure to communicate with waitstaff once your first course is finished and ask for your main to be cooked and served promptly. (Note: food also sat under the heat lamps for long lengths of time as staff stood socialising with one another behind the bar rather than serve customers) I hope this advice is of use as I would have appreciated it ahead of my visit! Good luck. [Reading other reviews, ours is not the only experience of slow service and seeing staff chat to one another rather than deal with the customers paying their wages. Would be interested to receive a reply to this review]"