Railway Tavern Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The bar staff are charming."
• "The staff are very friendly."
• "The staff were helpful, friendly, efficient and the food was very good."
• "The bartenders and waiters very polite and professional."
• "Excellent customer service."
• "The service staff were lovely."
• "Staff were fab 👌🏻"

Cons:

• "Very moody staff with attitude problems."
• "The service is also very poor."
• "This badly thought out service procedure has really soured me and I will be going less frequently until they sort it out."
• "Had to wait half an hour for a drink as the bar is so poorly organised."
• "Unfortunately the bar and kitchen management do not have their act together."
• "Service is sometimes slow but a quick reminder and they jump into action."
• "The manager was unhelpful and rude."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Pizza was SO good and my partner is addicted to the spicy wings!"
• "The food is excellent."
• "Food is excellent - the best roasts in the area."
• "Food served here is delicious and definitely recommended."
• "The food is always amazing."
• "The food is nice as well!"
• "The food is always great."

Cons:

• "Food absolutely atrocious."
• "Food, especially for the price was poor."
• "The food was not up to par"
• "Burger.... Burnt. Bacon in the burger burnt, could taste the grill hasn't been cleaned in a while."
• "Roast potatoes tasted like they had been roasted with ginger yuk!!"
• "The Sunday roast was very disappointing & tasteless."
• "The burger menu has been minimised to beefburgers and halloumi burgers, it was luke warm and a bit wet."

Atmosphere and Environment

Pros:

• "A large secluded back garden means it is a heaven for summer parties."
• "A very big pub with an even biggest garden, this is great in the summer."
• "The garden is a magical wonderland with booths, sheds and cubbyholes."
• "Fantastic atmosphere everyone very friendly and importantly having a good time."
• "An eclectic mix of customers (and staff!) and a fantastic garden."
• "Great atmosphere, very spacious particularly in the garden."
• "Really relaxing and cosy atmosphere."

Cons:

• "The up keep very disappointing, unclean"
• "Over priced, over crowded pub to avoid."
• "Way too loud for the size of the venue and extremely poor equalisation."
• "Nice evening cut short by the actions of the apparent owner of this pub."
• "What lets it down is the over use of loo blocks the smell of which wafts across a third of the pub."
• "Toilets are not - what's with the perennial pool of water on the floor."
• "Absolutely awful acoustics and a terrible set of music that the DJ was playing."

Pricing and Value

Pros:

• "Prices were reasonable too and as expected for a pub in London."
• "Their drinks are very fairly priced."
• "Do a great Sunday roast and have some good offers on during the week."
• "Good selection of craft beers and reasonably priced variety of meals."
• "A superb chenin (white wine) from South Africa at good price."
• "Vegan food, very filling and tasty."
• "Great staff. Food is good, nice range of beers."

Cons:

• "Minimum 15 minutes to queue for a £5 pint simply is not worth it."
• "The roast is OK just super tiny for the price."
• "The food is below average for the price."
• "Also 2 quid more expensive than other pubs."
• "Beer is expensive - beaverton eg is £6."
• "To wait over an hour for food and without gravy and said veg."
• "The burger Mondays deal has also gone. Shame!"