Vintage Inns

Just had a lovely lunch at the chimneys hooton family of 5 We eat out regularly at the chimney’s the food is always delicious the staff are so friendly and hard working Mark our waiter always makes the experience special nothing is too much bother for him he’s happy, positive, polite and funny great with the kids We are looking forward to our next meal there and already booked for Christmas Day

Our main Vintage Inn’s pub to visit was the Grayhound , great outside space and plenty of parking. Not as welcoming as the Blackhorse Pilgrims Hatch. The staff are extremely welcoming and engaging even when it’s just for drinks, not so in the Grayhound. You don’t seem to get the same feeling when ordering drinks as thou their not interested. When sitting down for food completely different. The Blackhorse staff appreciate both aspects of a country pub. Drinks with the dog and snack as well as sitting down for lunch and dinner. Main menu food in both pubs are great and value for money.

I have always used the website to make bookings before, but decided to give the app a go as I thought this might simplify making future bookings. So after downloading the app I registered, which involved giving my details (name, email, postcode, phone number, date of birth). So imagine my disdain when it came to making a booking with the app- all it does is run the website in the app. And guess what? The website then asked me for all my details! So once again I had to enter my name, email, postcode, etc. What a wasted opportunity. Surely the app can enter these details rather than having to enter this manually with each booking? I may as well just use the website and at least control opting out of the cookies that I don’t want. “Nice try but no cigar Vintage Inns” as they say...