Comments on: Travellers Rest, Church Stretton

By: ruth and tony metcalf

ruth and tony metcalf — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:03:53 +0000

we were recommended to come here, and have done so 3 times now, we have had the carvery each time and cannot fault anything. the staff are friendly and efficient great food great beer apparently so my husband said(unforunately i was driving)we really cannot fault everything fantastic. decor,countryside pub, what more could you ask for. we will now use regularly to prove the groaners and moaners wrong

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By: John Woodhouse

John Woodhouse — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:24:39 +0000

I have visited the Travellers Rest Inn for the last 60 years and have seen it change many times and with various landlords over those years.
I visited it in its latest form and was delighted with the latest alterations. It is now modern, spacious and comfortable.
I have sampled the carvery three times now and cannot fault it. It is equal or better than any carvery I have sampled over the years. So much so that I have booked tickets for the family for the New Year Dinner and Dance.

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By: Sean Roberts

Sean Roberts — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:07:56 +0000

Lovely Carvery and great service. Will certainly come back when travelling up to Shrewsbury again. :)

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By: Paul Roberts

Paul Roberts — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:47:56 +0000

What a novel concept. Regular visitor for years from L’pool. Pulled into what appears to now be a dead pub. No beers on (no gas and nobody knew how to change it) “Are you serving food then?” “Yes” was the reply and sat down at 1:50. Waited for a waitress, none appeared so went to the bar at 2:05. “Sorry – kitchen now closed”
Understand why the pub is empty now. Cannot comment on the food or the beer because there was none. Shalln’t be back. Call me a cynic, but at least two of the comments above look suspisiously like their own!

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By: John O' Connell

John O' Connell — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:07:34 +0000

As a frequent user of the old pub due to travelling between ST Helens and Cardiff I visited the Travellers on Tuesday 28th August for lunch for the first time since refurbishment and I found the decor excelent. I cannot comment on the food however,as after waiting for nearly an hour for it to arrive,I was informed(after I enquired)that they had run out of the salad that had been ordered.My money was refunded,my journey was commenced and two hungry travellers ate somewhere else.

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By: Tobias Austen Preston

Tobias Austen Preston — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:06:28 +0000

I have on several occasions visited The Travelers Rest, the first occasion was just before the referbishment and then several times after that. I have to say that the referbishment was a stunning face lift for what was a tierd and worn out country pub. A good start. Now I have to admit that I have had dishes from the a la carte as well as trying Shropshire’s Finest carvery. All of which were excellent value for money and of a high quality. Might I suggest to the other whingers on this comment board that the fish and chips are superior to any that I have ever had at any Shropshire fish and chip shop!

I would like to make a personal thankyou to the staff who made the entire experience overall more enjoyable.

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By: Lauren Riding

Lauren Riding — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:52:07 +0000

After having visited sister pubs in the company we thought it was a nessecity to visit the newest addition to Nostalgia Inns. Me and my partner pulled up to a full carpark on a busy Sunday afternoon hopeing for a table for a Sunday carvery. We were greeted on the door by a beautiful, wellspoken, friendly young lady who showed us to a perfectly laid up table in the main resturant. Conversation was pleasent and we where politely directed to “Claire” on the bar who greeted us with smiles despite the obvious activity on both sides of the bar. Upon enqireing about the wine list we were given indepth information about each wine we then selected one perfectly suited to our taste. The carvery at only £8.95 was well above our expectations and well worth the money; beautifully presented with the finest aray of meat i personally have ever seen on another carvery. I would just like to make a comment in retaliation to “Dave Bently” and i can confim that his accusation about the is so far from correct. it truly is the finest carvery in shropshire with charming and whitty carvers accompanying the meal. Overall our experiance was delightful and we will most deffinatly be visiting again and i hope many others will do the same.

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By: Louise Davies

Louise Davies — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:27:53 +0000

I read the original revue – seemed fine, and then read Alan from Ellesmere and Dave Bentleys too. I really feel that this sort of aggressive revue acomplishes little.
If these people were as off hand with the poor staff as the revue suggests I am not surprised they had a bad experience – try smiling and having some patience and you might be pleasantly surprised!!

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By: Dave Bentley

Dave Bentley — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:03:31 +0000

Much like Alan Ellesmere said. We travelled from DY following the review in the Star. We had came for the carvery which has a lovely plaque saying “Shropshires Best Carvery”. Voted by who ? Not us! The potatoes were ROCK HARD and cold, the seasonal vegetables were mush, the meat tough and the gravy like dish water. Absolutely dreadful and about par for a carvery. Friends of ours stopped last week at lunchtime, also to find it deserted and with no snacks available were going to opt for the soup at just about £5 per bowl! They waited (so they say) for about 10 minutes but there were no staff manning the bar, so they left.

In conclusion, the Woods Beer was not on (there was no-one who knew how to change the barrel) as was the lager and if this is “Shropshire’s Best Carvery”, I’ll stick to fish and chips too.

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By: Alan Ellesmere

Alan Ellesmere — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:04:47 +0000

Are we singing from the same hymn sheet. I think you may be paid or at least get a free meal for your write up.

Tonight Wednesday the 6th June the wife and myself travelled quite a distance from SY12 down to Affcott, we arrived at the Travellers Rest about 18:30 only two other lady customers in the pub. The bar person who obviously had never worked a bar before was out of her depth every time she attempted to use a till she jammed it and another member of staff had to come and help the only way of getting a fast service was to arrive at the bar with the correct money.

The lady who seemed to be in charge spent most of the next one and half hours attempting to get the Card machine to work the two ladies before us 1 of them using crutches had horrendous problems attempting to use their card we left before they did I wonder how they managed to settle the tab.

A male overnight B&B came in he was informed at 18:45 that there was a delay with food orders due to the fact they had no Chef he was sick and they were awaiting another one from one of there other outlets. This person must of arrived because food was been served it all looked to me that it was only Micro Waved food the Fillet steak the overnight guest had was well cooked but blood red the veg and chips not much better.

In conclusion the Woods Beer was good we came back to Shrewsbury and purchased Fish Chips

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