Revolution Reading Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The bartenders were very friendly and knowledgeable."
• "Lovely atmosphere, really helpful and sweet staff!"
• "Beth and Ryan on the bar made our visit loads of fun."
• "Philipp was a great waitor, friendly and helpful! Highly recommend"
• "Staff was warm and welcoming. Serena smashed it and was very nice every time she came to out table."
• "The staff were lovely and very helpful."
• "Fantastic, genuinely attentive and friendly staff."

Cons:

• "Waited at the bar for nearly 30 min to be served as the barman was attending and serving drinks to all his friends instead of assisting people that were clearly waiting for a much longer period of time. I won’t go back."
• "Lunch is always a shambles sadly."
• "During the weekend nights when you want to go to the club it is another story with rude bouncers."
• "We were waiting 40mins at the bar and none gave us attention and obviously we didn't get served."
• "The staff are nice but the service is so slow."
• "Came here for a work drinks meeting and the service was appallingly slow. It took 40 minutes for them to serve three orders and in the end we all gave up and went somewhere else."
• "They could do with having more bar staff, had to queue for a long time."

Food & Drinks

Pros:

• "The cocktails were nice and more than enough food!"
• "The coconut caramel cocktail is to die for and the pizza was great too!"
• "Their only redeeming grace was their cocktails."
• "Good quality drinks, the duck pizza is amazing 😍"
• "Great food. Vegan options are amazing, the seitan bites are epic!"
• "The slow cooked beef was delicious and so was the roulade."
• "The food was absolutely delicious, the cocktails were great."

Cons:

• "Also a rip off. Would not recommend."
• "If your thinking about a Christmas Do, there, please think again, they really are not up to it."
• "The nachos were cold and insipid, what cheese there was was the artificial liquid stuff."
• "Food was poor quality, overcooked/tasteless and not enough."
• "The food was terrible, over cooked, cold, and badly presented."
• "Had house flies over our dishes, sad. Also few small mosquitoes, so definitely not a place to revisit for me."
• "The food could have better, but it's not known for its food."

Ambiance & Decor

Pros:

• "One of my favourite bars in reading."
• "The restaurant is nicely laid out with the bar. Well decorated."
• "Lighting and ambiance were great to get a good buzz and you could still hear yourself in conversation."
• "An amazing venue and team!"
• "The place is well decorated with a modern feel to it."
• "The aesthetics really uplift the party vibe."
• "Nice decor and the secret garden was cool 👍"

Cons:

• "The whole bar is like being in a dirty toilet."
• "The whole place absolutely stinks, you can smell it from outside the front door all the way through!!"
• "Toilets are grim too, dirty with no loo roll and a sink literally hanging off."
• "The place was a mess there were glasses in the bath tub and in the bathroom. No toilet roll in some and looked like it hadn't been cleaned in so long."
• "Decor/layout has gone downhill too. Was quite bizarre in that they were doing sit down meals around the dance floor."
• "Smells of damp and sewers.. the whole bar is like being in a dirty toilet."
• "Closed the normal route to the girls toilet. Bit weird that you have to walk quite far as a female."

Value

Pros:

• "Best thing about this place is the discount card which costs £3 and the 25% that it offers is immediately applicable to the bill."
• "Decent discount with app too."
• "Love this place, 241 everyday!!! Until 9pm, can't get enough."
• "For that price, 💯 recommended!!"
• "The 2 for £10/12 deal is good for students like me with no money and we will definitely return."
• "Incredible food deal for £2.99 until 9pm (Sunday to Friday) - £4.99 with beer!!"
• "Well kept and good food for the price. Usually have a deal on to get more of a discount. Location isn't the best but it is right by the station. Good price for drinks at night."

Cons:

• "Only thing that I found slightly annoying was the prices of drinks."
• "They charge london prices for average cocktails and the service is slow on busy nights, but otherwise a good place for a drink"
• "Unfortunate the member of staff who served me deliberately wasted time when putting my drinks through the till so that they wouldn't be 2 for 1."
• "They charge £5 for clarckroom while it was only £2(early evening) and once I talked to manager, he didn't help at all."
• "Lovely waitress and delicious food (I had the chicken caesar salad) but it was strange that the offer from the window was not available and stranger still that two different tills gave two different prices."
• "Disgusting.. Had a table booked and they refused us entry, apparently too drunk.. They let absolutely smashed girls in but our couple of dudes not good enough for them.. They kept our deposit and refused our entry.. Absolutely disgusting !!!!!!!!! Never ever booking this place again!!!! Sexist unreasonable bouncers"
• "This place does not even deserve 1 star. Queued to just about an hour at the bar for a drink and left as there was no sign of us been served."