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Bar, British, Pub
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Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options
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Lunch, Dinner, After-hours
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Reviewed 3 September 2023 via mobile

The staff were really friendly but the breakfast was very poor quality for the amount of money it cost. My partners Bacon wasn’t cooked properly. Tin tomatoes were cold. Mushrooms wasn’t fresh. They were tinned. Eggs over cooked. Bread was stale. Would of rather had...toast. My black pudding was burnt. My partners was under cooked. Cups were dirty inside. Didn’t know this until I drunk my tea. Made me feel sick. No wonder you only had three tables in for breakfast. Decor made the room feel very dark. My bill was £22 a lot of money for a vey disappointing breakfast😟More

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed 27 August 2023

The food is extremely tasty and well cooked. The service was appalling. The place was virtually empty and still somehow the army of people in the team managed to ignore us consistently. We gave up trying to order more drinks and deserts.

Date of visit: July 2023
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Reviewed 23 June 2023

This place is great for booking venues, having a spot to eat or just one of them casual ones. Highly recommend the aviator for its ice cold drinks and friendly staff.

Date of visit: June 2023
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Reviewed 18 June 2023

Ordered drinks then waited an hour to be served with lunch. Lunch came soon after we complained, but I can only say food was very poor and out of four people no one finished their meal. Very disappointing 😒

Date of visit: June 2023
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Reviewed 12 June 2023

Great pub with lovely African gray in there breakfast was high price but really good quality food so well with it

Date of visit: May 2023
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Reviewed 8 June 2023

One waitress was amazing. Unfortunately other younger one was only interested in her friends!! Management clearly not bothered. Left all the work to the poor waitress who did amazing by herself. Note to the amazing waitress. Move on you are better than where you are....We would never go back. Treated her like a slave!!!!More

Date of visit: April 2023
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Walt Hogg, Marketing at The Aviator, responded to this reviewResponded 14 June 2023

Always good to hear from someone with an outside look at our business. Thank you for pointing out there was an issue with one of our staff, we will be sacking her immediately for embarrassing the rest of the staff. We will not tolerate the...More

Reviewed 25 May 2023 via mobile

Have been a couple of times outside of tourist season. The food is filling and not small on portion sizes. My only 2 not so positive comments are it seems to lack an atmosphere and both visits given a list of items out of stock...including steak.More

Date of visit: April 2023
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Reviewed 30 April 2023

We had a takeaway Roast Turkey, it was delicious, plenty of turkey very tasty, good mixture of vegetables and 5 potatoes each, plus plenty of gravy, well worth not cooking thankyou

Date of visit: April 2023
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Reviewed 28 March 2023

Had the most amazing meal last Friday, both service and food was top class. We shared the Tbone steak and it was the best steak I've ever had! It's not cheap but so nice for a real treat.

Date of visit: March 2023
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Reviewed 18 March 2023

Brilliant breakfast. Had one of the new muffins that were available. Tasted great and arrived quick and hot. Definitely be coming again.

Date of visit: March 2023
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Reviewed 1 March 2023 via mobile

the food was lovely the service was fast and people very friendly and smiley made us laugh was nice a nice environment to be in

Date of visit: March 2023
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Reviewed 19 December 2022
Serious safety incident

I came into this pub and had a drink in the early afternoon before I had to go in town. All was good, amazing service 🙂 However in the night time just before I arrived I got spiked on pre drinks (a test confirmed this...- that I had benzodiazepines in my system (I don't take any tablets). It was a horrific night and I was all over the place. Ill never forget such a scary experience of being out of control of my body and actions. Luckily some lovely people made sure I got home. I came in a couple days later and thanked them for making sure I was safe and okay. A couple weeks later I came in and got told by a lady I wasn't welcome because of that night. In front of people. It was very embarrassing. My autism doesn't help either. Bottom line, people please never leave a drink unintended! It could save your life. 💜More

Date of visit: November 2022
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Scott Chegg, Marketing at The Aviator, responded to this reviewResponded 15 February 2023

You have been reported to your housekeepers for this disgraceful review because you were refused a drink as it was plainly obvious that you were under the influence of drink and drugs when you entered the premises. We have reported this to the council representative...More

Reviewed 7 November 2022 via mobile

Went here for Sunday dinner with my siblings, We was a big group of 26 and to be honest we always struggle to get somewhere to eat because of the amount of us! First of all they had no issue with our group size which...was fantastic! Normally our food comes all over but I was so surprised!….they feed us all together piping hot and no one forgot and the food was lovely! Veg perfect meat good too! Starters were really nice prawns were yummmm! We was over the moon with how they pulled it off! It really made the afternoon pleasurable! Guys thank you so much! We will definitely be coming again!More

Date of visit: November 2022
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Reviewed 7 October 2022

Went to the new Italian night last night. Atmosphere great, staff friendly and helpful but most importantly the food was delicious! Will definately go back when they do the next one.

Date of visit: October 2022
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Reviewed 5 October 2022 via mobile

Had 20 people booked for a 21st birthday meal. The service was excellent and the food all came out at the same time. The quality of the food was fantastic. I had the ribeye steak and I got to say it's definitely in the top...5 of steaks I've ever hadMore

Date of visit: October 2022
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Response from Walt H | Property representative |
Yes just call the number, the menu is on our Facebook page
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Yes, Delivery service is available.
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Breakfast starts at £4.95 and goes up to a steak breakfast for £9.95. I will add the menu to the photos on here. We serve Monday-Friday 7-11.30am and Saturday 8-11.30, Sunday 8-11.
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THE AVIATOR, Queenborough - Updated 2023 Restaurant Reviews, Menu & Prices - Tripadvisor

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Yes, The Aviator offers takeaway services.

The Aviator is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travellers:
  • Food: 3.5
  • Service: 4
  • Value: 3.5
  • Atmosphere: 3.5