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Visited here for a valentines meal with my wife. The food was fantastic! Best place I’ve eaten in Ashby. The Monkey Tree didn’t cram everyone in like some other places in valentines and the prices were really good. Will definitely visit here again.

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3rd visit what an awful evening. Food was dreadful fish batter tasted terrible chips were soggy 3 of us had this and left most of it. Salted Caramel Brulee tasted of coffee and Chocolate Brownie was cold and tasteless and after complaining the lady in charge came to the table and asked if there was a problem she was abrupt and rude and stated they serve the Brownie cold no apology given though they didnt charge for it. Terrible service from all staff very rushed and difficulty getting drinks order right though the best part of the evening was the Gin. Definitely won't be returning.

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I recently visited The Monkey Tree for my birthday celebrations, I was really looking forward to this as I had booked Gin Afternoon Tea for 11 people. When I booked this afternoon tea, I paid a deposit for 11 people (£55), when booking this I said I was unsure as to whether it would be for 9 or 11 people, however I was told if I paid a deposit for 11 people and not all were able to come, I could carry partial payment over to take it off the bill, rather than loosing my deposit. Unfortunately this turned out to be untrue! We arrived at the Monkey Tree for our afternoon tea, we were sat at our table and the on shift manager came over, I said to her that unfortunately 2 members of our party couldn't come last minute, like I had said when I booked that that might have been the case, I told her what I was told in terms of the deposit, to which she abruptly responded saying no this is not the case, that is wrong, you will have to pay the full £15 per person regardless, I was not happy that I was having to then fork out £30 when I was told that I would not have too. There was no apology or kind words in response to this, which I found very rude. In terms of afternoon tea, it was ok, only ok, nothing special. The service was poor, we was left to our own devices completely, not checked up on or asked if everything was okay which I found particularly rude as we was a big group, who had booked and was obviously spending a lot of money. Overall the staff were abrupt, and rude and the whole atmosphere felt awkward, we had to wave for attention to ask for drinks and for the bill. A smile goes a long way! Furthermore, we found a hair moulded into one of the cake pops on the dessert board, we complained about this but the member of staff did not seem interested. I felt really annoyed by this whole afternoon as it felt as though the staff were not bothered whether we had a good time or a bad time, as they were getting our money regardless. We had just finished our afternoon tea, and ordered another round of drinks, the member of staff then came over to the table and said we had 30 mins to leave as they needed the table, it felt as though we was being rushed out! When we recieved the bill we noticed a charge for £9, we was confused what this was for- so we asked, she responded saying the £9 was for the dashes of lemonade in our gin, so each gin was being charged £1 more for a small dash of lemonade, there was nothing to say anywhere that this would be the case, to me that just seemed a little bit extreme charging £1 per dash. I can definitely say we wont be returning.

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Amazing Sunday lunch and fresh coffee, pleasant staff and lovely atmosphere will visit again thanks

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Down a lane across from the public library carpark.
Great choice of gin. They are not gin snobs. They just enjoy drinking it.
Food was basic and nice. Nothing fancy.
Service was less to be desired.
Room was full and we felt left to your own devices. In some respects that was good as we chatted away but in others there was no interaction with staff. And smiles go a long way.

Would we go back again, probably not.

Not the experience we had in mind.

Nothing jumped out to make it memorable. Apart from the wallpaper.

It needs more smiles. ????

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We had an excellent lunch here. The slow cooked char sui pork was particularly good. We'll definitely return.

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Amazing food and service. I am vegan and asked them what options they had for me, they were so helpful and even created a few new menu items for me to choose from. They said they're thinking of creating a vegan menu and I would love that as my vegan breakfast burrito was 10/10. Lovely atmosphere for champagne brunch catch up and loads of good gins too!

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Very cozy atmosphere, delicious reasonably priced food and the most amazing Gin selection, we will definitely be back!

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