The Coat & Badge Reviews Summary

Atmosphere and Ambience

Pros:

• "Nice pub nice outdoor area."
• "Nice, chilled out pub. Cool staff."
• "Good pub. Atmosphere good, staff all friendly."
• "Nice local Putney pub with a great atmosphere especially in the summer with an outdoor bar-b-q and nice crowd of people!"
• "Absolutely fantastic boozer, really good staff, lovely atmosphere."
• "A beautiful pub in Putney with really nice garden."
• "Great atmosphere, friendly staff and exemplary service."

Cons:

• "Euro dance music on the speaker system was a strange choice for a Sunday afternoon and didn't inspire me to stay."
• "Seating outside can be a bit cold due to the heaters being too far away."
• "Pub was empty on a Friday lunchtime... that should have been enough warning."
• "Overall, a smelly (old fish) place."
• "Only negative were the exceedingly noisy chairs outside (as you drag them across the flagstones)."
• "It's such a shame that the staff here are so bad."
• "The plant burger was vile, it tasted disgusting and was really chewy."

Service Quality

Pros:

• "Poppy was incredibly attentive all night long and the drinks came so quickly!"
• "The service was really fast and efficient."
• "Amazing staff, Jenna did a fantastic job waiting on us."
• "Great bar staff that frequently checked on us and asked if we were okay for drinks/food etc."
• "Christy is an unbelievable barman. He goes above and beyond to provide service that is quite frankly out of this world."
• "The rest of the staff were extremely polite and friendly."
• "Staff all friendly and efficient especially the handsome Henry."

Cons:

• "Slow unprofessional service at the bar."
• "Verbally rude waiter pressuring us into ordering."
• "Not sure who the lady in white was serving drinks. But the rudest and most miserable lady I’ve ever seen working in a bar."
• "The service was super rude trying to sort out the refund."
• "The wait staff and managers were rude."
• "Staff seemed to hate the place as much as its customers."
• "Unfortunately, one of the staff members (on the door) was incredibly rude."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Great food. Reasonably priced as well."
• "The food is reliably delicious."
• "I really like the new vegan sausages there."
• "Burger and chips were fantastic."
• "The wild mushrooms and pesto toast was, however, gorgeous."
• "Had a very good fish and chips and a steak and chips both of which were very tasty."
• "Food was great - in particular the fish and chips - the fish was amazing."

Cons:

• "The tall manager with beard seemed like the biggest prick amongst them."
• "Series of unfortunate events - really disappointed, plastic in food."
• "incorrect food delivered."
• "Crab cakes tasted like a standard frozen fish cake from the supermarket and the fries were the blandest I've ever tasted."
• "The beef was tough and tasteless."
• "One piece of over cooked lamb, cold watery swede mash, very over cooked, inedible roast potatoes and under cooked kale with watery gravy."
• "The roast beef was incredibly disappointing. It was bland, chewy and cold."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Affordable prices."
• "Prices are quite ok (4,25£ for a beer) and you can get your first drink free by subscribing to theirs newsletter!"
• "Food is very nice, though not the cheapest."
• "Good food as loved the classic burger."
• "Delicious beer. Snazzy interior design. Friendly staff."
• "Food really good. Pinot grigio spot on."
• "The food was amazing."

Cons:

• "shame, was expensive as well."
• "However, very expensive for the portion size."
• "it is expensive for what you get."
• "A good selection of drinks all of which cost more than I would like to pay."
• "It's a lot of moolah for what was only a pretty good roast."
• "Food was nice but well overpriced for the portion size of the Sunday Roast!"
• "Overpriced and only average food quality."