Brockley Jack Reviews Summary

Theatre and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "A super little theatre space above a very tastefully renovated pub on Brockley's main drag."
• "The choice of programming is varied and gives breaks to new theatre companies, new actors and the New Writing Season that they do is well worth investigating."
• "But the theatre is terrific and we loved the play we went to see."
• "The Jack is a friendly bar at the Crofton Park end of Brockley with one of the best equipped fringe theatres in London."
• "Love this place; great atmosphere and decor."
• "With 2 outdoor areas, the quaint theatre next door and plenty of space inside, this is now my favourite local pub!"
• "Iconic building with lots of local history."

Cons:

• "Then DJ set up and played deafening music."
• "We had to move tables as my partner has an ear issue and couldn't handle the very load music."
• "Large crowd of shouty old sunburned men not the pub's fault but still a bit offputting."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was exceptional, the drinks delicious as always expected."
• "The food is absolutely fantastic under the new management."
• "The food is great and there are deals on 2-1 meals at certain times which are great value."
• "Food is good for the price."
• "Food was cooked perfectly came out hot and a new menu."
• "Food was spot on and the service from the Staff was lovely."
• "The food is very fresh, tasty and delicious."

Cons:

• "Food is awful, sauce bottles are congealed around the lid, salt pots empty, plates dirty."
• "The vegetarian linguine was tasteless, using a very weak sweet chilli sauce that lacked any chilli."
• "Food was poor too, some roast veg were raw, hunters chicken was a couple of small chicken strip's."
• "Pies were really overcooked with blackened, concrete like crusts."
• "It was the worst Sunday roast I have ever eaten."
• "The Yorkshire chicken wrap was overcooked and chewy, and failed to contain much chicken."
• "The cod and chips comprised of over cooked fish and what could only be described as solidified mushy peas."

Service

Pros:

• "I was greeted by really lovely, friendly staff."
• "Service is generally v.Good though starting to slide down hill since change of landlord/lady."
• "Table service worked really well, ordered everything on the app."
• "Nice food and speedy and polite service."
• "Staff are normally friendly and helpful."
• "The staff were very friendly and welcoming, taking the time to engage with us."
• "Staff are friendly, efficient and attentive."

Cons:

• "Very busy when we went, 20 mins at the bar to get two pints."
• "Bar service stopped in the middle of serving us to talk to someone."
• "Awful service, we stand by the bar my friend and I for 20 minutes being ignored by the staff."
• "Serves short measures, when asked to top up the landlady was very rude and said that's how it should be."
• "The men's toilets were smelly and the plaster on the wall was coming away."
• "Disliked attitude of two members of staff when they messed up our dinner order. Very dismissive."
• "It took 30 min to serve half the people main course. then a further 1 hour and twenty minutes to serve the main course to the rest."

Value and Management

Pros:

• "Good prices, cozy pub."
• "Really reasonably priced too."
• "Great varietys on the menu reasonable prices."
• "The portion sizes are filling and good value for money."
• "Lovely pub, incredible food, smoking garden with a nice, smart, separate beer garden."
• "Cosy friendly and great beers. Dogs and kids welcome."
• "UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT!!!! What an amazing place this is becoming."

Cons:

• "Not recommended, Avoid, there are so many much better places around!"
• "The management of this place is terrible."
• "Sad to say bitten for the last time it's our local but we won't be back."
• "Service is appalling."
• "They obviously can not manage it."
• "No one visited us to ask after the meals."
• "You have a cocktail menu yet never have the ingredients for the cocktails."