Frankie & Benny's Reviews Summary

Category: Italian restaurant

Address: Castlegate Park, Birmingham Rd, Dudley DY1 4TA, United Kingdom

Phone: +441384236553

Rating: 4.0
based on 308 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Never had a server anywhere near as enthusiastic and kind as her when I've visited this F&Bs before, hang on to her and give her a pay rise guys!"
  • "The staff are incredibly welcoming and if your lucky enough to be served by Sue expect excellence."
  • "Josh went out of his way to make sure we had everything we needed and our breakfast was cooked too perfection."
  • "Even though we have arrived 10mins before closing- staffs were very keen on us and very friendly too."
  • "Special mention to Josh our server who was very attentive without been intrusive, friendly and accommodating, a credit to your team."
  • "Our waitress Sue was fabulous and so glad we could eat out to help out lovely people like her."
  • "Staff as helpful and friendly as ever!"

Cons:

  • "Service good but felt like they were trying to get rid of us too quick even though there were empty seats."
  • "Service is also not great, waitress was quite rude and not very attentive."
  • "Service took too long and there were only about 4 tables."
  • "Service from a certain staff member was very lacking in what you could call good customer service."
  • "Service NOT brilliant at all - no-one in the restaurant, yet when we were ready to order, the waiter pretended he'd not noticed we were ready."
  • "Customer service is appalling both times I visited."
  • "Service was really poor today."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Food was hot, tasty and nicely presented."
  • "Pepperoni pizza was delightful! Can also recommend cheese burger too."
  • "The chips was nice, and the chicken was nice too."
  • "Food was amazing as normal as always is."
  • "The food was piping hot and tasted great."
  • "The food was very tasty and presented well."
  • "The food was fantastic, hot, fresh and super fast service."

Cons:

  • "The standard of food has gone down quite a lot."
  • "Classic meatballs and penne pasta just warm, chicken New Yorker was grey in colour and so thin, onion rings not cooked enough so left!"
  • "Terrible food for the price we paid."
  • "The grilled salmon was a disappointment, with a slightly too thick risotto and the rice being undercooked."
  • "Unfortunately the vegetarian options were either unavailable or genuinely not great, the pepperoni pasta bake was so bad not a single person on our table would eat it."
  • "The food comes to your table looking like yesterday's dried up left overs."
  • "Food was terrible as well, had the chicken and prawn Alfredo, bland and hardly any prawn or chicken, not worth £3.80 let alone £13.80."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "The atmosphere was warm and welcoming the staff friendly and helpful we were seated in a booth and the service was excellent."
  • "WOW what a difference the atmosphere was warm and welcoming."
  • "Pleasant atmosphere to meet up with friends and family to eat."
  • "Love the booths though, and friendly atmosphere."
  • "Christmas lights were lovely around the entire restaurant and there was really lovely atmosphere."
  • "What a great welcome and a great atmosphere in here really felt warm and welcoming."
  • "We celebrated my sons' 9th birthday at Frankie & Benny's Dudley and have a fantastic experience!"

Cons:

  • "However it was quite cold inside, making us move tables."
  • "Only fault is that possible the music is a tad too loud at times feels like you're shouting at your family/friends!!"
  • "Absolutely freezing in here tonight."
  • "We sat with our coats on it was so uncomfortably cold!"
  • "The decor inside is very stylised and has a cosy atmosphere with a great background music nothing too harsh (even lighting is muted)."
  • "Places look dated could do with brightening up a bit."
  • "Disappointed that standards and choice of food seems to have gone down."

Value

Pros:

  • "Saving grace - 50% off mains on vouchercloud!"
  • "Food is absolutely beautiful, even if on the expensive side I promise you it is completely worth it."
  • "Only cost £16.99 each for a 3 course evening set menu, absolute bargain!"
  • "We got a 20% discount on our bill."
  • "I think 11.99 for 2 courses is really reasonable!"
  • "We ate off the lunch menu which was £10 for 2 courses and it was a beautiful filling meal."
  • "The food and drinks were also great and worth the money."

Cons:

  • "The Drinks aren't refillable and everything is overpriced and small portions."
  • "This place is soo expensive."
  • "Not really value for money in consideration of the cost."
  • "Prices have rocketed."
  • "Really pricy for what we had."
  • "The food was vastly overpriced for what it was."
  • "Major change to original menu! Portion size was tiny and price is sky high!"

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