The Woolpack Fornham St Martin

The Street, IP31 1SW, St Edmundsbury, United Kingdom

🛍 Pubs, Full, Steak, Lunch

4 💬 1309 Recensioni
The Woolpack Fornham St Martin

Telefono: +441284753380

Indirizzo: The Street, IP31 1SW, St Edmundsbury, United Kingdom

Città: St Edmundsbury

Piatti: 6

Recensioni: 1309

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

"I just wanted to write a review because I used to work at this pub for a couple of months and this is what I have to say about this place. A little background so I applied to work for the boosh bar (the owner of the pub owns the cocktail bar in bury) and whilst I had my interview they asked if I would like to work at the woolpack to get some bar experience. So I said yes and this started the worst experience of my life. First of, the landlord Graham, is the rudest man I have ever met in my entire life, whilst I was working he belittled me in ear shot of guests which max me feel so uncomfortable and frankly like a peasant. When I wasn’t working the landowner would message me on days that I wasn’t working, asking me about my during the morning and evening, trying to discuss topics of conversation which were very inappropriate and not to do with work at all. Such topics as did I have a partner and if we were happy, if my home life was good and wanted to know more than what was exceptable. Whilst still working, I put on a brave face and still went in, but was treated like rubbish the whole shift and could not do anything right in his eyes. The customers who came in were lovely and I enjoyed talking to them when I had time when the landlord wasn’t rushing me around everywhere whilst he stood behind the bar thinking he was the bees knees. I finally left after a couple months of this, I then heard that after I left lots of other people who have worked here have been through the same thing so it wasn’t a one off. Please do not work here if you are looking for a job, there are better places to work and avoid this place at all costs."

Menu - 6 opzioni

Tutti i prezzi sono stime.

Jane Jane

Absolutely appalling place to eat. Landlord rude and talks to staff like dirt. The place is filthy and dated. Food is poor quality, I dread to think what state the kitchen is in.

Indirizzo

Mostra Mappa

Recensioni

Dan
Dan

My husband and I called in for lunch on the way to visit family. Lovely pub, a friendly welcome and very helpful. We had a lovely lunch and the prices were really good. Great value for money and my husband said his pint was great too! Can’t wait to visit again and Graham was lovely and we had a good chat.


Barry
Barry

Despite some reservations due to mixed reviews turned up with no pre booking and enquired about a table for two which Graham and Claire soon sorted Food was tasty and excellent value for money ..Both Graham and Claire were very friendly and chatty ..Could not fault our visit or food or hosts highly recommended.Baz Norfolk .


Rachel
Rachel

Great fish and chip lunch with elderly relatives, excellent value for enormous piece of freshly cooked and perfectly battered cod for £12. Nice mix of specials on menu. Great service and lovely atmosphere. Plenty of parking and accessible to the less mobile. Lovely garden with a great kids area and even a pétanque pitch overlooked by an idyllic postcard village church.


ssssssssssam
ssssssssssam

We came here for refreshments after a funeral. Graham made things super easy for us and couldn’t have been more helpful. We had a room to ourselves (around 18 of us) with plenty of food, tea coffee. We didn’t go out in the garden, but it looked great! There wasn’t a disabled loo, but the loo was ground floor and not up/down any steps. They had a portable ramp so a wheelchair could enter the pub and once in, it was easy to get around. Good selection of beers and drinks and quick friendly service- they made a difficult time as easy as possible for us and I’m really grateful. It seemed a lovely pub.


P8820ULhelenc
P8820ULhelenc

Having sought out this venue as being dog friendly I was very disappointed after checking first with the lady behind the bar that the place was indeed dog friendly I found a comfortable spot only to be told by another employee that dogs were not allowed in the room. Relocated as requested into a much smaller room dominated by a pool table and had to perch on a stool next to a fruit machine. Friendly customers but didn’t stay long and decided to forego my intended bar meal as it was not possible to comfortably eat in the allocated space. If you are looking for somewhere to take your four legged friend then I suggest you look elsewhere.


Jayne
Jayne

Having been told this place does lovely Sunday lunches we thought we would give it a go. Was quite busy. Only one girl doing all the work out front of house. The landlord was doing drinks. We were sat waiting a while for our order to be taken. We nearly left aa the place wasn't very clean. Dusty, dirty carpets and a melt fusty. People were eating away so we thought the food must be nice!!. We ordered beef dinner. Not given much at all. We only waited 5 minutes for the food to arrive. We were sat near the kitchen door but we couldn't smell any food cooking. We had not been freshly cooked food but Aldi ready meals!!!. Even the sweets were Aldi. Very run down. Avoid at all cost.


Companion595311
Companion595311

Well where do I begin, we were in a happy mood as we went out for a meal to celebrate our sons birthday, we also had our dog with us, on approaching the Woolpack after parking we noticed a large garden to the rear with a few picnic tables so thought it ideal to eat outside with our dog, I went inside and asked if we could have our food outdoors as weather was nice, there was a shaking of the head from who I assume was the landlord, on reflection now we should have left there and then to find a welcoming pub elsewhere. Went inside to the so called sports bar, large billiard table in centre, 2 tables at the back with customers drinking vaping, we sat perched on 3 tiny stools an even smaller ta...


Emily
Emily

First time ever been to this area. We was looking for a homemade pub grub that’s what we got when we went in on the Friday. In total there was 4 of us. We ordered… BBQ ribs, coleslaw fries from the special board DELICIOUS! X3 lamb shank, mash veg lamb was lovely also the mash, but could have done with a little more veg. Bread butter pudding little a bit dry thin piece Sticky toffee pudding Lotus cheesecake Spice apple crumble Food was lovely so we came back on Sunday for a Sunday dinner. All four of us had the beef dinner. We did look around as you do, to look what it looked like it looked nice. We did notice a couple in there have 1 veg plate between them both. The plate included… peas,...


234anoymous123
234anoymous123

I just wanted to write a review because I used to work at this pub for a couple of months and this is what I have to say about this place. A little background so I applied to work for the boosh bar (the owner of the pub owns the cocktail bar in bury) and whilst I had my interview they asked if I would like to work at the woolpack to get some bar experience. So I said yes and this started the worst experience of my life. First of, the landlord Graham, is the rudest man I have ever met in my entire life, whilst I was working he belittled me in ear shot of guests which max me feel so uncomfortable and frankly like a peasant. When I wasn’t working the landowner would message me on days that I wa...

Categorie

  • 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.
  • Full Assapora una deliziosa gamma di sapori autentici con il nostro menu accuratamente selezionato. Concediti una varietà di piatti, perfettamente realizzati, che offrono qualcosa per ogni palato.
  • 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.
  • Lunch Deliziati con le nostre proposte per il pranzo, dove ingredienti freschi e sapori globali si uniscono per creare pasti appaganti. Scegli tra una varietà di insalate, panini e piatti principali sostanziosi per una fuga culinaria a metà giornata.

Servizi

  • Seating
  • Free Wifi
  • Reservations
  • Serves Alcohol

Ristoranti Simili

Amigos Mexican Bury St Edmunds

Amigos Mexican Bury St Edmunds

First Floor, 35-36Brentgovel St, Bury St Edmunds, IP331EA, IP33 1EA, bury-st-edmunds, United Kingdom

Pizza • Kebab • Steak • Mexican


"Was excited to visit for the first time after seeing the award wins for best Mexican in the local news. Looking online the menu looked good so made a booking for 17:30 on a Thursday. On arrival we were seated quickly. The ambiance in the venue is very nice, with real lit candles on each table and twinkly lights up in the beams of the ceiling. I did need to move the candle to the side however as I couldn’t see my partner past it as it was in our eye line. The candle holder is also an old tequila bottle, which is a nice touch but takes a lot of space up on the table. On opening the menu, I noticed it was sticky. Which wasn’t the nicest. As the room is relatively dark I was unable to tell if this was old food or if they’d wiped the menu’s down, but it does make you a little wary. It took a while for the waitress assigned to our section to then come around to take our order. So we ordered drinks and our food at the same time. While waiting for the food to arrive my partner who has type one diabetes was trying to access the internet to look up carb info, unfortunately we noticed that we couldn’t get any signal so asked for the Wi-Fi code. We were brought around the password from the actual Wi-Fi router which contained password but it has been badly scratched so we couldn’t get it to work. Only a small thing to note should you need access to the internet at all during your visit. When the starters arrived I had the taquitos, pork. I have a gluten allergy and stipulated this when ordering but when the starters were brought out there was no indication on the plating that it was gluten free or any second mentioning from the waiting staff. Nether the less, they looked like corn being a yellow colour so proceeded to eat them, and I have to say they were delicious and I would have happily had a new more as a main course. The calamari my partner described as “umm, good, tasty”. Not long after we finished our starters the mains were brought out. I’m my opinion there wasn’t a big enough gap between the starter and the main. As soon as one plate was cleared, the next arrived. My partner ordered the prawn burrito and described it burrito as “Far too big, Far too cheesy, the prawns lacked something. Because it was so cheesy it was quite fatty and greasy and needed something to cut through it all.” He only ate half of it and on clearing the plates away we were offered to take it home but we declined, we made a point on the large portion and the waiter said “yeah, we feed a lot of Americans here”. My dads American and he wouldn’t have eaten the whole burrito. I ordered the chicken and steak fajitas. The steak was cooked nicely but I found it quite tough. The chicken was over cooked and a little dry. However again the portion size was huge and I was unable to eat it all. There was also not enough room on the table for all of the bits, so I had to rest the foiled wraps on my leg. Again I ordered a gluten free option but there was no mention of this when it arrived and this time the wraps were a lighter whiter colour, which caused me concern. In the end I didn’t eat the wraps because they were the same colour as the burrito wrap and as no indication they were gluten free it caused me some anxiety. Getting attention if the waiting staff to double check was difficult so I just left them to the side and ate the meat veg on their own. The couple wraps I did eat I have to say we’re not the nicest. They were quite tough and at the same time tasted undercooked, like there was some raw taste to them. I wouldn’t order it again. Drink wise I ordered the pina colada and again probably wouldn’t order it again. Though there was nothing overly wrong with it, I’ve just had better. Overall, it was just over £60 for two starters, two mains and two alcoholic drinks. I don’t think that’s particularly bad value given the absolute huge portion sizes. It might be worth Amigos offering a small medium large option at different price points so those who don’t want giant burritos fajitas can get the smaller options at a lower value. Amigos might also end up taking more as there was no chance we’d have been able to eat a desert, however if the main had been more appropriately portioned then we likely would have had one. However, in terms of the allergens. It’s great that they offer gluten free alternatives, however please introduce a GF sticker for the plates or get waiting staff to say “Gluten free Fajitas” when serving. It just helps to eliminate any fear that there may have been a mistake in the kitchen and helps diners with allergies to relax and feel more comfortable. As things stand. We wouldn’t return for what we had above. However, there was a good atmosphere in there and I’d possibly return as a place to have a few drinks and share some nachos, just not for a sit down meal."