The Pelican Inn

We had invited our friends to join us for a lunch time meal to celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary. The staff were very nice and helpful, drinks were ordered then our meal order was taken. As it was on a Monday it was relatively quiet with a few other groups eating , therefore making the meal a pleasant experience. The main meal we had was superb ,hot, tasty which made it very good and enjoyable. As for a pudding well what can I say, they were just as good as the main meal, the price of the meal was comparable to any good quality high street restaurant . Would certainly return for another meal with the factor of a pleasant environment and staff being helpful.

A 90th Birthday meal celebration for 9 people. Dan and the staff were very accommodating and friendly. I set up balloons and napkins before everyone arrived. Everyone enjoyed their meals and I would highly recommend The Pelican. We will be returning.

Awful service and food! We were waiting for 40 minutes for our order to be taken, wouldn't have minded but it wasn't that busy as we had an early table. Starters took 20 minutes to come and then a further 40 minutes for mains. No mention of a wait when ordering. The food wasn't that nice. Myself and one other person had chicken *****s for starter, we were ill for a few days afterwards. Mentioned we needed a highchair when the table was booked, that wasn't there when we arrived. Asked the Waitress if she could bring a hairchair, she didn't bother so we got our own in the end. Not a big deal but just adds to the poor customer service. People serving us were really uninterested, everything was just so slow including taking drinks orders. We have been to The Pelican a few times before and never had any issues. Sadly after this last experience, we will not be returning.

Midway between Hungerford and Marlborough, a very spacious pub inside with tables well spread out, excellent menu and charming staff. Plenty of room to park in two car parks, certainly somewhere to visit all year round as there is a very pleasant garden.

There for 45 minutes before drinks were brought to the table, so probably worth waiting at the bar to get a drink prior to being seated. The roast was absolutely fabulous though. Food fantastic but not so good service or we were just unlucky on this occasion. Food was so good though, we would give it another go and hopefully the service will be better next time.

You know when things aren’t going to be great when you turn up on Christmas Day and there’s less decorations up than in your own home. We were given an ‘amuse bouche’ of a spoon of mushroom risotto- and I did wonder forty / fifty minutes later if this was all we were going to get. Eventually the waitress remembered we were sitting round the corner near the men’s toilets and brought some food. All the starters arrived with a lovely offering of burnt sourdough to accompany - not just a little, but literally blackened. At this point I knew we were in for a rough ride. Having cleared our own table an hour later, still no sight of anything resembling a turkey was on the way: it got to the point where the neighbouring table were starting to offer us their spare vegetables. I should mention at this point that our waitress ( dressed in her pink dressing gown - I kid you not) was clearly off her face. Eventually the main courses delivered - soggy turkey, cheap gravy, some veg undercooked, some overcooked. So much for ‘shell on prawns’ with the cod in a chickpea cassoulet / it was an inedible piece of fish in a emptied tin of tomato’s and that’s about it. Rosemary potatoes …. More like re- heated frozen Aunt Bessie’s. My daughter had chosen steak - it was served with a tomato. No sauce or other accompaniments. After we had cleared up our plates and stacked them at the bar again, ( at this point our fellow table next door were literally telling staff that we had been forgotten in our behalf by this point), we considered skipping dessert and just going. We didn’t / and were given some random puddings that didn’t resemble anything we had pre ordered. We were not offered tea or coffee at the end, even though it was part of the menu. I was asked for it it and charged for it, as well as the puddings!??! It cost an absolute fortune and was a total disgrace. So disappointing as I used it be a local and the food, decorations and atmosphere used to be really special. Now it’s more like a Wiltshire version of Fawlty Towers, served by in experienced staff. No apologies, no offer of compensation when I spoke to the manager. Never again.

Disappointed! We were a large party of 12 and it wasn't perfect. I ordered the Trout with prawns, sautéed potatoes & seasonal greens. I didn't want a Roast! However, I was served a piece of trout with two prawns and all the trimmings of a roast dinner! Hugely disappointed and instead opted for the burger. The desserts weren't great. Microwaved sticky toffee pudd and porridge oats on a flat crumble. Very disappointed in comparison to our meal last year. Meal was £400, so not cheap but overall we all had a negative comment sadly. PLUS it lacked Christmas Decorations in our are.

Staff are so friendly, we were made to feel really welcome. Food was lovely, good drink selection, pub clean and nicely decorated. It is so nice we are looking to book our Wedding Reception here next year.

We visited the pelican after a dig walk with some friends, we booked our table in advance we also advised that we would like to bring two dogs as well, we were all including the dogs were made very welcome. The food we ordered was fantastic, very well cooked and extremely tasty, we can wait to come back again.