The Sheppey

Quirky, warm, hospitable, fun and a terrific Sunday Roast - lovely to see vegetarians are well catered for! Service was great and we had a lovely happy Sunday lunch. Word of warning...must book in advance! Journey to the pub could be a little treacherous due to the flooding on the Levels.

Such a let down. Looks the same & menu sounds the same - but this place is lightyears away from its brilliant heyday under its original owners. New owners have just not kept the quality of food, service or atmosphere. 3 of us with different mains all had to leave our food. Service had to be chased up. The dipping oil tasted horribly like sunflower! What a shame.

We last visited the restaurant in September 2020 and had a really excellent meal with great service so were looking forward to our return earlier this month, but it was disappointing from the get-go. On our arrival there seemed to be an enormous amount of fussing by the staff even though the restaurant was at least half-empty at that stage. A member of the bar-staff muttered, 'They can get very particular' as we watched three of the restaurant team chatter about the booking for an inordinate amount of time before we were seated. The service was lackadaisical to say the least and the food was average though the prices are equal to London's. The 'fish stew' was a thin, tasteless soup, basically mixed seafood boiled in watery vegetable stock, with the bread provided with it identifiably Tesco's sourdough, and not too fresh at that. My partner was equally unimpressed with their dish so we cut our losses and left. Such a shame because it's still a decent pub and the dining room and location are really great, but the restaurant seems to have lost its game. As others have asked, what happened? Has it changed hands?

I'm not entirely sure whats happened but food quality and staff quality have dropped recently? You are by far my favorite out of town bar and restaurant, but whats happened? food standard has dropped to what can only be described as a cheaper pub food,i understand that this isn't a full restaurant and i enjoyed similar products from you before but recently whats happened? I also feel an air of tension between new kitchen staff and front of house staff, one individual even left the kitchen and muttered " that's why she left" ....now what was this is reference to? its very concerning to hear such a quote from staff? maybe a new cycle is needed for kitchen staff if your front of house aren't communicating properly with kitchen staff. Drink is superb here and this establishment has a cozy warm feel, but its recently turnt cold and doesn't feel the hard working well oiled machine it used to be.

Partner and I had a two night stay at the Sheppey in July 2022, ate on both nights and everything was fantastic, food service, etc. So good, we treated my parents to a meal at the Sheppey, November 2022. (We are not local to the area) and again the food, service was fantastic. A real quirky atmosphere, cosy, we will be returning, the best place to eat if you are visiting Glastonbury!!