The Angel Microbrewery Reviews Summary

Food Options

Pros:

• "Enough vegan options."
• "Super cosy environment and great stuff. This place is known for its vegan (vegetarian and gluten free) options. The taste is great and the price affordable too."
• "Good food with meaty, veggie and vegan options."
• "Love the menu layout - herbivore / omnivore."
• "Amazing venue with amazing vegan food, friendly staff and great selection of drinks!"
• "Delicious food with GF and Vegan options."
• "Epic vegan&veggie food."

Cons:

• "Everything else, was either overcooked, raw, poorly prepared or lacked seasoning."
• "Pub and staff are nice but food service is a catastrophe. Not only super long waiting times but also bad food quality."
• "However, the food - both our dishes - was far too salty."
• "The food was dreadfully undercooked and almost un-edible."
• "There were barley any food choices (on the Sunday), only belly pork for the roast, out of many options of meat."
• "The food was ok but not great."
• "Food promised much and looked okay but massively disappointed on flavour."

Service

Pros:

• "Service friendly and smiley."
• "Good service and plenty of bar staff."
• "The young gentleman who served me was very positive and welcoming."
• "Friendly efficient service."
• "The service from the staff was brilliant."
• "Staff are all friendly and service tries to be quick."
• "Wonderful staff doing a great job, especially given the circumstances at the moment."

Cons:

• "The staff need some training on how to keep beer,and sevice skills,or just employ people that are passionate in what they do."
• "As we approached the bar the only bartender walked away."
• "We told them this in a Facebook message - in a nice way, complimenting everything else - and were ignored."
• "Staff are rude even overheard one member of staff slaging off The Old Angel and its customers by saying now its had a revamp it will keep the likes of those out."
• "Seriously understaffed."
• "Very mixed experience, the attitude and poor service from the first 3 staff members we experienced was so bad, we discussed leaving."
• "The staff were almost rude when we requested if they did."

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "Quirky rustic decor and an alternative vibe."
• "Nice Old PUB very friendly kind staff always smile and look after you."
• "The sound is great, crystal-clear."
• "Great pub,great chilled atmosphere, good choice of vegan ,veggie and meat eaters food, I enjoyed my vegan steak, dog friendly and a nice sized beer garden."
• "Brilliant friendly atmosphere in the evenings."
• "The atmosphere is lovely and welcoming, well kept with bundles of charm and care."
• "Great atmosphere."

Cons:

• "The only good thing about the place was the music, but this was too loud and it made conversation difficult."
• "The toilets are horrid, the place needs a referb big time and the management is all ways drunk trying to start fights with random people for no reason."
• "The room I sat in (the dining area) had a nice atmosphere. I have been in the large room before on a busy evening and I didn’t think it was very good though."
• "The place has no atmosphere and customer service leaves a lot to be desired."
• "Gets really packed so difficult to find a seat on the weekends especially if more than two of you in a group."
• "Sound system was overly loud and the microphone cutout several times during the gig."
• "One staff member made me feel a bit stupid for asking questions/ was quite rude."

Beer & Drinks Selection

Pros:

• "Great pub with a range of really good value and delicious ales."
• "Large selection of beer."
• "The beer was delicious, reasonably priced with a good selection too, some of the beer being brewed on the premises."
• "Big selection of beers and wines covering real ales continental beers and US style craft beer."
• "Great selection of craft beers, some of which are brewed on site by the team."
• "Superb selection of beers and ciders."
• "A fine choice of beers."

Cons:

• "Beer was cloudy."
• "Not enough bar staff, took too long to get served. Also lots of beers has run out but not crossed off the blackboard, which then meant it took longer to get served while customers had to make a 2nd/3rd choices."
• "The gluten free fish and chips was a good portion and decent quality."
• "There could be more accessible information about beers, ciders etc as the staff were less than enthusiastic about disclosing what was on offer."
• "Decor great,but that's it.Beer was cloudy and on the turn,staff non engaging."
• "Floor boards, Exposed brick work, shabby leather setter, indie soundtrack...not what I would prefer as a local but worth a visit for very good beer and a decent bit of grub."
• "Nachos were objectively not nachos."