The Ugly Duckling has become our main restaurant after moving to this lovely area 17 months ago! The food is delicious and the atmosphere in the bar area is nice too if your just looking to have a drink or a nice cocktail
on the patio!,
I can recommend the tempura cod as a starter or if your into steaks, my fillet steak last night was cooked to perfection! Unfortunately I had no room for dessert!
The service was good too!
Myself and hubby stayed for a couple of days in May. What a fabulous place to stay. The room was very clean the staff very friendly and the service was exceptional. The price for the room was very good and the breakfast was fab. I would definitely recommend to a friend and would stay again myself.
I booked a suprise stay here for my boyfriends birthday, on arrival we were grated by a lovely lady and and shown to our room, we stayed in overtly olive, a room with a jacuzzi bath and I can honestly say it was one of the most beautiful rooms I have ever stayed in!
We also came down for dinner on the evening and the food was absolutely delicious.
When it come to ordering drinks we were served by the same lady from check in, I work run a pub so when it comes to choosing a drink I was fed up with the usual drinks, she recommended a gin based drink which I thoroughly enjoyed.
We loved it that much we have booked for March! Thank you for an amazing time and we will see you again soon :)
Second time visiting here and again it was lovely! The room was great and had everything we needed. We had dinner and then breakfast which was included in the price. Dinner was amazing, all the food looked & tasted great! Only thing is that one of our starters was bought out wrong, the waitress realised but gave them to us as a good will gesture, however forgot to remove from the bill! Only realised when we had left, So ended up paying for the 3rd starter anyway. They were very busy but would definitely return!x
Excellent restaurant and accommodation. Chef is passionate about his kitchen and uses all locally produced ingredients. Very relaxing atmosphere, top service, friendly staff,. An exciting menu very different dishes, exceptional. Can't wait to return.
Excellent attentive staff, I called at 530pm on a Friday and got a table straight away.
Warm friendly, personal, welcome.
Food was fantastic, I had the Haggis starter and lamb shank, my partner had crab and crayfish linguine which had lots of flavour.
Local 'house' beer 'aye up Duck' was good too!
Beautifully presented restaurant.
Very impressive. This is how you do it!
I was at the ugly Duckling for a party the food was amazing. I had chicken Kiev & I think it’s the nicest I’ve ever had . The staff were friendly and there was a good selection of gin . So a thumbs up 👍🏻 from me 😀
Finally got the time to try food here today ,, lunch,, food was plenty some ,fresh,fast, we were seated with a view ,food was delicious,will definitely be back
Stayed here last night (Saturday) and I am so impressed. The pub/restaurant area is lovely and the food was delicious! Our room was fantastic especially the jacuzzi bath! On demand TV including Netflix and a brilliant breakfast this morning! Service exceptional throughout! Just fantastic thank you! I would have paid triple what you charge and still would have been pleased!
We had a lovely evening meal, very relaxing stay and one of the best English Breakfasts. It's a lovely place to stay. Thank you so much for having us.👌🏼✨
Took our daughter out for a 30th meal at The Ugly Duckling. Lovely location in the Shropshire countryside. The staff were all brilliant and the food well cooked and presented. Very good portions and full of flavour. Can't wait to go back in the future. We didn't stay there so can't comment about the rooms.
Back to one of our favourite local places for a Friday evening dinner lately with our daughters. After a couple of hiccups of late - they are back on track with good food, presentation & better service. There is always a good selection of drinks & the place is popular whenever we visit. Food choices were good & tasty. We like the idea of sharing small plates as starters & followed by mains.
Lovely food and good service. I highly recommend it. It was the best Sunday lunch we had in a long time
First time visiting this pub. Highly recommend. Great food. Great selection of beers. Very busy but table service was very attentive. See you again soon
6 of us dined here on a Thursday evening, arriving at 6:15. We had one of the dining areas almost to ourselves, for the first 20 minutes, until other (somewhat noisy) guests arrived and when we left at 8:20 the dining areas were full and buzzing. I ate bbq lamb rump, and thought it was excellent, followed by sticky toffee pudding.
Negatives: my son's first pint of Doombar had to be returned, and replaced. Table top was a bit sticky.
Visited the restaurant not the hotel. The food was pretty decent. Service is a mixed bag. Some waiters are super helpful and friendly and some are rather miserable. It's very expensive for what it is but the food was quite nice. Wouldn't necessarily go again but nice to go once.
been here a number of times over the years and have to say, it remains consistently good! would particularly recommend visiting for the three course sunday roast which is delicious and great value for money considering the price increases in most places currently! :)
Stopped for brunch. The restaurant looked very nice outside and in.
Ordered the English breakfast and was quite surprised when it arrived. A big breakfast! The coffee was ok too.
The only let down for me was the music/noise. Ghastly repetitive drum beats which I eventually asked if they could put on something musical before I went crazy!The follow up wasn't much better really. Yes I know. I'm old. But in mixed age restaurants surely something more general and easy listening would be more suitable. Club music doesn't fit the bill.
The service was ok but a little cold and impersonable.
Went for lunch with a friend, I hadn't been for years, it had certainly changed since my last visit and I wasn't dissapointed. It had certainly been updated tastefully and the food (we had fish and chips) was lovely. We will definitely be back.
Having not been to this pub before we were absolutely over the moon with our first visit and will definitely be back! The whole experience was seamless, we took part in the Bottomless Brunch. The food was exemplary and served by two waiters who made us feel like nothing was too much trouble.(Josh and George) Julie the Manager was in complete control of all of her team and it is evident she runs a very well organised establishment. Well done everyone, keep up the good work, we will be spreading the word and can't wait for the outside area to open which I understand is next week,
The Ugly Duckling is one of our regular go-to spots, and we absolutely love it. The food is consistently lovely, the service is good, and the recent renovation has created a terrific ambiance. One of the best gastro pubs in Shropshire - highly recommended!
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