The Compasses Inn - Guildford

Recently went to this restaurant for Sunday lunch after visiting Gomshall. The service was excellent and welcoming, the nut roasts were delicious, and the sticky toffee pudding was possibly the best I have ever had! My only suggestion for the team would be to add something vegetarian to the children's menu, but overall the staff were accommodating. Despite some negative reviews, I had a very enjoyable Sunday lunch in a cozy, relaxed, and charming setting. I will definitely be returning! The restaurant also had beautiful flowers and a lovely stream next to a garden with a small play area to keep kids entertained.

Im sure this may have been a one off but I am gutted to say we had a terrible time at this pub for lunch. We arrived here and our umbrella took off our table (not their fault I know but the way it was handled was) we asked if our beers could be replaced as the umbrella taking off knocked all our drinks over, nearly cutting our baby across the face and spilling beer all over our 1 year old. A man who I believe was the manager also charged us for the replacement beers which I think is ridiculous customer service, of course it wasn’t his fault but it certainly wasn’t ours. My partner also had rust all over his hands afterwards and had to get a tetanus shot to prevent anything. We also ordered two starters which were clearly forgotten about because people arriving after us got their full on roast dinners before us. It was clear we’d been forgotten about but not one staff member actually fessed up and admitted, instead they lied and said the food was on the way. The young girl who brought the food over was actually giggling when she brought it out and said sorry for the wait which she clearly didn’t mean. Lovely pub but you need to majorly work on your customer service.

Called into this pub out of the blue. How lucky we were. Had a few pints only met the worlds best bar lady. Her name is Maria.she is Genuinely the nicest loveliest person you could wish to meet. Nothing is to much trouble she never stops smiling.she is not only very pretty tremendous Fun she is a font of local knowledge. For someone so young it’s Amazing. Go enjoy her she won’t be there long. She is bound for greater things.

I’m sure that when the Sun is shining, there won’t be a more beautiful garden to sit in and enjoy a drink. The dining experience however doesn’t quite match it. The food was ok, nothing remarkable but the service was embarrassing with the 3 waitresses almost completely clueless having clearly had no training at all. I could have lived with the lack of decent service were it not for the dated 70’s interior which although surprisingly clean, really needs dragging into this century. This place has huge potential but desperately needs a refresh.

Best roast dinners in England and that’s saying a lot because England pubs do Sunday roast well. We tried the chicken, beef, pork and trio of beef , pork and lamb. The chicken was massive, the pork had excellent crackling, and I recommend the beef which came with perfect gravy and horseradish Yumm!