The Beaten Docket London Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were polite and pleasant and were quick to clean our table for us to sit and enjoy a relaxing couple of hours from a long drive."
• "Incredibly friendly and courteous, and the service was fast."
• "Great service with exceptional service from a lady called Jade, she went out of her way to make sure our visit was great."
• "Good Service in very difficult circumstances."
• "The manager is very friendly and is doing good job."
• "All staff are always friendly & polite as they should be."
• "Staff friendly and courteous."

Cons:

• "Very unorganised and not being managed well at all."
• "Recently since the change in management it has been run into the ground, the staff been very rude to customers also slow and inefficient service."
• "The staff are unbelievably rude!! They all appear to hate their jobs which they have no problem taking out on the customers."
• "Customer service isn't that good here."
• "Tried to get a table but the bartender ignored us."
• "The service was absolutely in shambles."
• "The staff are so bad mannered."

Food & Drinks

Pros:

• "I was impressed with the variety of drinks, beers, and shots on the menu."
• "Great Food at a very good price."
• "This place is amazing! Flew in late, found the first place with beer and we were not disappointed."
• "Probably the cheapest spoon's ever, £1.99 John Smith's you couldn't ask for more.. or less."
• "The food and drinks are nice and prices are affordable."
• "Good food at a reasonable and affordable price."
• "The Chicken with spicy rice was fantastic."

Cons:

• "The food was very mediocre, the chips were just warm and the sausage tasted rubbery."
• "Bad atmosphere, ignorant staff with a bad attitude, terrible food."
• "Food, Mixed Grill, was barely edible. Meat was so thin and overdone and portions getting smaller and tasteless."
• "The kitchen is tiny and the short order chefs struggled to prepare a reasonable plate of food."
• "Truly awful, ordered a vegetable lasagna with salad, it arrived cold with no salad, service was poor and the Heineken tasted weird."
• "Food has been going down Hill for a while now."
• "Ordered a vegetable lasagna with salad, it arrived cold with no salad."

Ambiance & Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Low key Wetherspoons. It was nice and warm perfect on a chilly Saturday evening."
• "Very lovely homely place to rest and drink and eat."
• "Clean. Friendly locals."
• "There is a large outdoor seating area in the front, beautifully finished off with flower baskets."
• "The pub is very well kept and clean and always has hanging baskets of flowers, out front."
• "A very good size and kept fairly clean including the toilets."
• "It's a fabulous spot for watching the world go by."

Cons:

• "At a loss for words, don't just don't go! Shoes stick to the carpet, chairs are in very poor condition."
• "Atmosphere a bit lacking but not unpleasant."
• "Toilets in a very bad state."
• "Not a bad place but not really enough tables and also the table next to us had some vomit on the floor."
• "The only negative is that the glasses weren't properly clean, spots missed by the dishwasher, some dried bits of food on one glass."
• "A miserable bunch like that make for a terrible atmosphere."
• "The place was a good place however, in some sections of the venue had a lingering smell of alcohol."

Value

Pros:

• "This is definitely a great value for money option."
• "We always try to head for a Wetherspoons for good value for money when we are out and about."
• "This place had us dining and having breakfast for a monumental low price."
• "I would absolutely recommend this place, they have really good deals throughout the week."
• "Less than £2 for a pint of good craft ale, so close to the centre of London!"
• "Great value for money. Free coffee and tea refills."
• "The prices here are very reaonable indeed and you do come away with a full stomach."

Cons:

• "Alright for the price, though (mostly single older male) punters will happily sit on a table for 4 nursing a pint get several hours as couples scramble to find any clean table they can salvage."
• "Disappointed. ...small breakfast... midget sausage midget bacon etc.. no toast.. unless you wanted to pay 70p."
• "Staff were friendly, however I know it's spoons but the food was very mediocre."
• "Cheap drink equals cheap service. It's the worst service ever!"
• "Too loud of a place."
• "I wouldn’t recommend anyone to come here if you plan on having a nice time out and enjoying yourself many more nicer places in town."
• "The portion of noodles was for a baby, also the presence really poor."