The Falcon Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Ambience

Pros:

• "Great pub with really nice atmosphere. The beer garden is top class and the interior is also nice and spacious."
• "Absolutely amazing pub. Great food and good selection of beers."
• "I visited this pub on a Saturday night and there was a great atmosphere"
• "The huge garden had a buzz and the DJ had the dance floor grooving with some proper tunes!"
• "Really enjoyable atmosphere here for live matches"
• "Extremely Fun atmosphere, amazing beers and a wonderful beer garden"
• "Great atmosphere, beautiful people"

Cons:

• "Feels like it's missing something - renovation perhaps?"
• "what spoils this place, is the wonky crazy paving, and the place inclines, and crooked too, which is a health hazard"
• "It has a real roudy atmosphere on fridays and saturdays."
• "not much of a vibe"
• "making it rather uncomfortable"
• "Bloody cold... barstaff wearing woolly hats and some customers wearing scarfs."
• "First visit yesterday and would not recommend going back. Awful smell."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "Bloody cold... when we mentioned it to the great barstaff., she asked if we would like the heating turned up."
• "The staff was amazing, especially Hannah, she looked after us from arrival to departure."
• "The staff are very friendly although it can get very busy so expect to wait for food and drink (normal) would recommend."
• "The service is very friendly and fast."
• "friendly and professional staff"
• "I was served by the lovely Yashna who gave me the best recommendations for food!"
• "The staff are very polite, friendly, professional, approachable, and go the extra mile to deliver a very wonderful service to their customers."

Cons:

• "Manager refused to swap our table despite other tables being free."
• "Shocking service and an outrageous level of disrespect towards their customers"
• "The staff were great, they were just at the mercy of a poor manager: Definitely won’t be back."
• "If I could give the Falcon zero stars, I would. The sheer cheek of being asked to pay £12 for a veggie patty thrown between two dry slabs of roll."
• "Ordered food and drinks. Went for second round of drinks but seemed like I was invisible to the bar staff."
• "The ginger bearded div on the door revelled in the fact that he had a position of power. Extremely rude and totally destroyed the atmosphere."
• "After speaking to the exceptionally rude manager, I was told they had no responsibility for what their staff did."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "The Falcon has a good selection of beer, live music and a generally young, vibrant set of patrons."
• "Food was quick and delicious, vegan and non vegan options alike."
• "I had sausage and mash and it was amazing, huge portion with lots of delicious red wine jus!"
• "The food was really good in all four cases"
• "The food at this place keeps getting better and better! The homemade scotch eggs are always a winner for me, and the roasts were very tasty."
• "I enjoyed the fish and chips from the kitchen"
• "The food is tasty and good value."

Cons:

• "Ordered the fried chicken, but it's not fried at all, it's battered so I was slightly underwhelmed."
• "We ordered burgers from the normal menu (due to nothing else being available) but they were below par and left us feeling hungry."
• "My friend chose the risotto and had to send it back because it was like water"
• "Very flavourless Mac & Cheese, suspiciously soggy and overly fishy whitebait and really dry fried chicken."
• "Duck Parfait tasted like it came from a cheap supermarket, Hake was overcooked, no taste."
• "Ordered a side of chips and also the honey glazed chicken. Portions were abysmal."
• "Pie too dry, no internal gravy, a bit too much thyme so overall bitter tasting"

Management & Policies

Pros:

• "The Falcon is a Clapham institution that has weathered the years and pandemic very well."
• "Has been a serious turn around in this place since the new management came in."
• "a pub doing COVID-19 operation well - worth a visit"