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Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

We booked the private room upstairs to celebrate my mum’s 60th and we couldn’t have been more impressed! The room, food and service were excellent. Would highly recommend!

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed 3 weeks ago

this was repeat visit after a very pleasant and enjoyable experience, we were looking forward to a nice night out. Unfortunately we were disappointed. The food was not as described o the menu they claimed to triple cooked chips they were not the onion rings...were cold and the steaks were not cooked right. when this was mentioned to the waitress she could not be more uninterested. when it came to paying the bill i asked the 20% gratuity to be taken off because of the bad service and explained the reason why they just giggled when i walked away. this was a total waste of a night out.More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed 23 October 2023

It's a lovely pub, we're local & visit often. Unfortunately, we had a very poor experience of Sunday lunch & very poor customer service. We ended up overcharged, mis-sold lunch items & waiting over an hour for half our party's lunch order. So disappointing &...we were made to feel like it was our fault with no apology or compensation. Really hope service improves so people don't hesitate to visit, need to keep this asset to the community going!More

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed 5 August 2023

Picked this pub at random as a half way point between myself and my partner. Mainly chosen from the menu as she is vegetarian and The Bull Inn had good choices. So happy that we picked this place. Such a friendly reception, with superb food....I had their trade mark burger. Obviously home made and lovely. My partner went for the mushroom burger which was equally superb. We weren't hurried at anytime and the afternoon flew by. The car park is tiny but they clearly tell us that on the Web site and there is plenty of street parking. I'm looking forward to revisiting. I reckon the Sunday roast will be a thing of beauty 😁😁More

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed 30 July 2023

I guess the warning signs were there - only one table in the restaurant occupied at 7.30pm on a sunny Saturday in July! Having been shown to ours - nicely positioned by a window - the first and very obvious thing we noticed was the...overpowering stench of sewage! We asked to be moved - and were - well there was nearly the whole of the place to chose from! (We had perused the menu on-line in advance so had a pretty good idea of what was on offer - or at least we thought we did!) The menu appeard to have been severely curtailed with no rump of lamb or even a steak to be seen. We questioned this & were promptly brought other menus which now included a choice of ribeye or sirloin steak but no lamb & different starters. Orders placed & wine ordered, we settled down to celebrate the birthday of one of our party of 3. The duck paté was adequate tho bought in rather than home made & served with bread rather than bread & butter. The baked camembert was excellent - very tasty with the addition of thyme but the prawn cocktail was a travesty! Plump, pink morsels had been reduced to dried and shrivelled maggots by being badly thawed in a microwave. They came piled on a single outside leaf of lettuce, in a pool of Marie Rose sauce, accompanied by bread & again not bread & butter, as per the menu! Why is 'sourdough' the only bread offered in so many restaurants? This version was a putty coloured coarse & dry crumb in a rock hard crust - very unappetising! We had ordered 1 ribeye, medium/rare; 1 sirloin, medium/rare & 1 sirloin very rare. What we got were 1 ribeye which was apparently acceptable but 2 sirloins which were both beyond well done - to the point that they were almost white internally & crumbly but with no external searing! Seriously! I have no idea how any chef could achieve this degree of ineptitude. The fries were some of the best we had ever tasted - really hot & crispy if a little over-salted. The wine too was very good. This whole experience was saved only by the energy, enthusiasm & willingness of the Lancastrian lass who served us. She's wasted here. Word has cleary got out - except to us, obviously - that this place is not worth a visit as when we left at about 9.30pm it was still almost empty. It is such a pity to see an establishment which once thrived, against the odds, reduced to this. We won't be back.More

Date of visit: July 2023
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Reviewed 18 June 2023

Came for drinks & a bite to eat. Ordered (& paid for) drinks first. Confusion as young server trying to finish one order whilst doing ours so another girl took over. A few minutes later we ordered food separately after settling in: 1 roast &...1 scampi/chips £62.70! Thought this was a bit pricey so asked why. Girl explained it included the drinks too. I told her we’d already paid for the drinks. She said she’d get manager to come out to our table to sort refund. Waited a while, went back in to see what was happening, waited some more, then saw our food coming out so went back to table outside. Had to wait for cutlery - condiments brought to us first then another minute for cutlery. Food was really tasty actually until half way through meal I chewed down on a big bit of plastic wrap in the cabbage/greens. We’re not having much luck with this place, are we?! Was just about to take plate in to show manager but she was on her way out to see us about the drinks refund. She took plate with her so didn’t get chance to take photo. We went back inside to sort this long-awaited refund which took a further 10 minutes to issue as I had to prove we’d paid twice and manager was having difficulty with the POS system. A brief apology was given for the plastic in my food but no mention of a discount or refund for that. Or at the very least a profuse apology. To be honest, I just wanted to get out of there at this point instead of complaining further as it was overall a rather unpleasant experience. Chaotic management of staff. Plus the plastic wrap in food. Shame. Seemed a lot of hassle just to get refunded for a couple of drinks. Plus, £23.50 for scampi & chips is a bit much. A good roast (without the plastic) maybe, but not a pub staple such as scampi & chips. Poor show guys. Treat your customers better.More

Date of visit: June 2023
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Reviewed 30 April 2023

Just wanted to leave a review to say food was fabulous and how lovely everyone was. We were walk-ins on a Sunday - managed to get fitted in, ordered our meals, starters arrived and then we had the phone call to go collect smallest family...member as he was poorly at Scout Camp. Staff couldn’t have been more helpful - they packaged our meal up and wished us well. Just so lovely and helpful. We had a managed to eat our starters in-house and they were delicious.More

Date of visit: April 2023
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Reviewed 31 March 2023

This pub has a nice interior, smart but also warm. We both had fish and chips. The service was very good, quick and friendly. The fish was good, the chips were ok, the mushy peas were a bit cold and too much like a soggy...purée for my liking. The food was good without making us think we must go back again. The only real downside was the noise level, with some customers, who appeared to be well-oiled, shouting their heads off. Hopefully they’re not regulars.More

Date of visit: March 2023
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Reviewed 24 March 2023 via mobile

Having recently moved to Limpsfield we are so lucky to have this delightful pub on our doorstep. Great menu, excellent service and a regular programme of events too

Date of visit: March 2023
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Reviewed 20 January 2023 via mobile

Fantastic food and atmosphere. We come here fairly often, tonight's fruit crumble was a triumph! Lovely place, olde worldy with a twist in a beautiful village high street and great walking area.

Date of visit: January 2023
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Reviewed 10 December 2022

I have wanted to try this gastro pub for months and after a long I was not disappointed! We went for lunch and both had the turkey dinner with all the trimmings at £19.95. Beautifully presented and very tasty. Ok the roast potatoes were not...the best but I wouldn’t like to have to present roasts within a few minutes! The turkey, gravy, pigs in blankets, parsnips, sprouts and Yorkshire were all first rate. Even though very full we decided to share a portion of the delicious sticky toffee date pudding with honeycomb ice cream. It arrived as a double portion and we ate every scrap! No more food today! Excellent fast and very friendly service. We shall be back. Recommended! Thank you for a brilliant lunch.More

Date of visit: December 2022
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Reviewed 12 November 2022 via mobile

We had the baked Camembert to share and it was plentiful, fresh and extremely tasty. Thank you for a lovely meal in great surroundings

Date of visit: November 2022
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Reviewed 30 October 2022 via mobile

Just wanted to say big thanks to Danny and the team at the Bull today amazing Sunday roast beef together with some great live music! Special thanks to Maryna for the great service and to Fausto for the great food Well done to the team...at the Bull !More

Date of visit: October 2022
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Reviewed 21 May 2022 via mobile

Really good food, 'brownie of heaven', really excellent pub grub. Friendly staff and a picturesque setting, worth traveling up from Hever or Chartwell.

Date of visit: May 2022
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Reviewed 3 April 2022 via mobile

We visited the Bull on a Sunday at about 15:30 with my parents who were visiting from South Africa. The staff were incredibly attentive and friendly and the food was amazing. Pork and chicken roasts were outstanding and the sticky toffee pudding was great. Honestly...the best roast I’ve had in a pub in years.More

Date of visit: April 2022
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