Fountains Abbey Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Service was prompt and food arrived quickly and hot."
• "Service was quick and efficient. The venue was clean and tidy."
• "Ordered our food on the app and it was very easy and quick service."
• "Staff were attentive, polite and friendly."
• "The service is very friendly."
• "Fantastic atmosphere, came with a group of friends for a meal and the service was amazing very friendly would highly recommend."
• "While waiting for someone to meet at Fountain Abbey Pub, I was blown away by the amazing service provided by Ms. Charlotte at the bar."

Cons:

• "Regular at this pub for the past two years. Decided to stop drinking recently and got verbally told to leave by a staff member for asking for a tap water after buying a non-alcoholic drink at the start of a football game, and not buying another as it was £6.10."
• "Very unprofessional staff the fat manager looks like he has give up on life and the New Zealand girl should not be allowed to work with the public."
• "Bar staff weren’t serving, just walking around while only one person was serving with 8-10 people waiting."
• "Big negative was one of the staff who was not only rude but just not great at her job."
• "We came here last Wednesday the waitress was very rude, wait 10 minutes at the bar and they ignore all of us."
• "The staff need some serious training and lessons in manners."
• "The waitress was very rude was felt unwelcomed there."

Food

Pros:

• "The Fish and chips.... well they should advertise it as Whale and chips. Large portions and friendly staff make this a place I would recommend at any time."
• "Excellent selection of drinks and good pub food, conveniently located near Paddington station."
• "The veggie Sunday Roast was nice, although maybe stronger tasting Gravy would be good."
• "I had the fish & chips was so crispy and fresh will definitely be returning."
• "Had the ultimate fish & chips, huge! A couple min walk from the Heathrow Express and Paddington Station."
• "The Hunters chicken was tasty."
• "We had fish and chips and the homemade meat pie special. Both fabulous."

Cons:

• "Absolutely terrible food. Looked like a school dinner and tasted worse."
• "The food was not excellent. We didn't like fish and chips and the classic burger unluckily."
• "Fish and chips was ok, nothing special."
• "Go elsewhere for your food. We ordered 3 meals, one was the festive pie which was stone cold and not as described on the menu."
• "Enjoyed the beer but we waited an hour and a half (!) for our food to be served- when it arrived it was very mixed: nice pie, cold lumpy mash, hard peas, overcooked burger, stale bread."
• "The pie was dry and had only 4 pieces of meat inside."
• "Honest worst Sunday roast I had in the last 8 years here in London."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Nice, cosy with great atmosphere and big screen to watch the game."
• "Interior looks like a well loved rustic English pub."
• "This pub is beautiful, classic old pub and well cared."
• "Friendly place that you can catch a quick drink at and watch the game."
• "The atmosphere is great and they have big screens to play the football or rugby matches."
• "The pub has an outstanding atmosphere and is definitely worth visiting. I highly recommend it!"
• "Great spot for watching the activities of the town! Sit inside or outside. Both are wonderful."

Cons:

• "It's all Greedy King now."
• "What a horrible dirty dump this place is."
• "Pretty terrible pub."
• "Pub-wise, London is getting more boring and predictable by the minute."
• "Solid British Pub, however it's a 'Fullers' owned place which means it holds on to its tradition, but the kitchen is practically that of an Applebee's."
• "Definitely wouldn’t come here and bring your family/girlfriend."
• "An unpleasant experience happened with the service."

Location

Pros:

• "Excellent selection of drinks and good pub food, conveniently located near Paddington station."
• "This pub is much closer to the Paddington station. Surrounded by other eating drinking places."
• "Very inviting and nice pub near Paddington station that is open until midnight."
• "Ideal if you're in or around Paddington."
• "It's close to my office, and is good for a lunchtime pint or a quick one after work."
• "Being on the corner give you a great street view if you're into people watching."
• "Stopped for lunch on our way to Paddington. Great location, friendly and helpful lady working there."

Cons:

• "After we called more than one week before asking for a group reservation and if there was the possibility to watch the Eurovision contest (and they told us it was no problem) and after other friends called to add two more people to the table, once we arrived yesterday they told us they had no reservation nor they were going to show the Eurovision..."
• "We show up there at the appointed time and they had no trace of the reservation and they were showing football."
• "Reserved a table for 8pm for meal& drinks. But something got wrong with that and there was no table for us."
• "My friends and I went to the Fountains Abbey to watch the Champions League Final. After finding some seats the owner aggressively told us that if we didn't order food and drink he would turn off the Tv's."
• "We made a reservation for 12 people to watch Eurovision 5 days in advance."
• "Tables a mess toilet checks not even been done."
• "The table was also sticky."

Price

Pros:

• "Prices were pretty affordable too."
• "The menu has a reasonable range and is well priced for central London."
• "The place is just beautiful and considered the quality of the food it's actually really cheap."
• "Great pub and well priced. The steak pie was fantastic!"