The Corn Exchange Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Leicester

Address: 1, Corn Exchange, Market Pl, Leicester LE1 5GG, United Kingdom

Phone: +441162538533

Rating: 3.9
based on 215 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Enjoy the staff though always busy so friendly and ready to help good menu met up with friends every week."
  • "Staff were pleasant and food was served quite quickly."
  • "The waitress that brings food and drinks is polite and friendly."
  • "Staff were friendly and service was quick."
  • "They served us quickly with a good attitude."
  • "Staff are helpful, friendly and efficient and definitely switched on to offering great customer service."
  • "We were served by friendly staff."

Cons:

  • "Service obviously takes a hit during this time since the place is packed full of people."
  • "Wait of over an hour for an incomplete breakfast, food then came out cold."
  • "There was staff that were rude and just didn't seem to care about anything we had to say."
  • "Honestly have some of the most shocking staff ever... every time I've been they've just been rude."
  • "Very slow on serving table service ordered drinks and food at the same time had to wait 25 mins for our drinks and another 15mins for our burnt meals."
  • "The counter service staff are racist and discriminatory."
  • "Service is always very bad, and some staff are very rude."

Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Clean & tidy place."
  • "Situated at a table that was clean just like the toilets."
  • "After refurbishment the ladies toilets are a lot cleaner and have locks."
  • "Very busy and looked like it has had an overall inside it looked lovely and clean."
  • "Clean and well staffed we all totally enjoyed our evening."
  • "The place was all clean and well kept."
  • "The toilets have benefited from the refurbishment and the pub feels quite fresh."

Cons:

  • "Toilets were dirty too."
  • "Tables where dirty and toilets."
  • "Sticky tables, dirty glasses, distinct lack of hygiene standards in the toilets."
  • "This site is in absolute shambles."
  • "Tables look like they haven't been cleaned in a month."
  • "Unfortunately toilets let them down yet again - no hand soap, broken door catches and water on the floor in the ladies."
  • "Table left uncleared and filthy from previous customers for the entire time we were sat there."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Food service was quick and tasty."
  • "They have good cheap food and drinks too."
  • "Very economical and value pricing, great food and very pleasant service."
  • "Decent food and a great place to go if you want affordable food!"
  • "Always good food and real ales."
  • "Typical tasty Weatherspoons food that can't be faulted."
  • "The food there is great and brilliant right in the centre of Leicester city centre."

Cons:

  • "The steak was the worst I ever had couldn't eat half as was just gristle and hardly any chips."
  • "Avoid at all costs, there was mould in our chips, we only got half our order and the rest took half an hour and 4 times of asking for it to get to us."
  • "The breakfast came with toast which couldn't be buttered as the butter had separated for some reason, the bacon was almost burnt, the hash browns were barely edible."
  • "We had a sunday roast there which had rock hard veg and inedible potatoes."
  • "The food was quick to arrive but the bread was stale and mushy peas tasted off."
  • "Ordered a Triple cheese and bacon burger that had no bacon."
  • "We ordered desserts, brownie with ice cream but they came without ice cream."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Great atmosphere for having a night out with a group of friends on weekends and a classy place for having a mid-week meal."
  • "It’s quite a large pub with mezzanine floor, looks like it a popular place at night."
  • "Love this bar. Has been part of my history for 40+ years."
  • "This is a really good spoons. Can't recommend it enough."
  • "There's a very nice atmosphere in this establishment, the age of the building really adds to the character."
  • "Great atmosphere in this lively town centre venue."
  • "Love the atmosphere. Reasonable prices for variety of drinks & food."

Cons:

  • "Drinks are cheap but that's about all this place has got going for it."
  • "For my tastes the music was too loud and I found it hard to converse at times."
  • "Definitely not a English pub. Tried to go in with an emotional support dog and was told to leave."
  • "Now it really lacks atmosphere, music playing from what sounds like a loudspeaker of someone's phone."
  • "It was invaded by rowdy football fans and when customers have children it's not nice to have grown men swearing and shouting."
  • "Dreadful!! Used to be a lovely pub but sadly appears to attract the wrong crowd."
  • "Trying to get through to the toilets around the tables with a toddler was so difficult."

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