All Bar One Reading Reviews Summary

Staff Service

Pros:

• "Staff were polite and attentive and the atmosphere is just perfect."
• "Our server was really lovely i didn’t get her name, she looked after us and kept our drinks topped up."
• "Staff were sweet and friendly!"
• "What can I say? Connor, manager of the year! If he’s not manager, why not? And when is it happening?"
• "Sean was Very attentive, paid a lot of attention to the group and made sure we were always looked after."
• "Fantastic service, on time and always checked up to see if we were okay, one of the best barmen I have encountered, made our experience 10x times better."
• "Absolutely superb service."

Cons:

• "The waiting staff were utterly useless."
• "One of the bar staff told me that I showed ‘a lack of respect because we want to go home.’"
• "No Acknowledgement from staff when they was all standing around the bar."
• "Really disappointed with the management in this branch, specifically the so-called manager Christian who has no organisational or customer service skills."
• "Terrible service. When their app wouldn't install on my mobile device, we were told 'tough luck' and that despite coming to the table to discuss the technical issues they would not take our order."
• "The waitress didn't even apologise for the delay and was impolite on top of that."
• "Awful experience. Rude staff and an even ruder 'manager'."

Food & Drinks

Pros:

• "Food was perfect, there was seven of us and no one was left disappointed."
• "A busy place with a great selection of drinks and good pub food."
• "Calamari and crispy mushrooms were delicious."
• "The food was great, the cocktails lovely."
• "A great lunch, food was amazing, starters mains and Salads, great quality, fresh."
• "The food came out piping hot and cooked to perfection."
• "Food was served quick and tasted amazing."

Cons:

• "The food is hit and miss."
• "And the white wine is kept on the bar top so it is warm when it is served."
• "The food was horrible microwaved scrambled egg served luke warm."
• "The mushrooms were badly burnt and cold."
• "The avocado on toast was spread on thin like butter."
• "Had breakfast this morning. Deeply disappointed. Everything on the plate bar the sausages was luke warm."
• "Ordered food, chips not seasoned, dry and overcooked, onion rings managed to taste of water somehow and there was no grilled tomato for either of us."

Atmosphere & Ambience

Pros:

• "Really lovely atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere was charming and friendly."
• "Amazing!! First time visitors and we were not disappointed. The meal was delicious, the drinks were divine and the atmosphere within the place was lovely, lively and welcoming."
• "Good atmosphere, lots of fun."
• "The atmosphere was fantastic."
• "Loved the atmosphere, was perfect for a lot of fun."
• "Incredibly pleasant night, very polite staff and certainly somewhere I will go again. Thanks Connor."

Cons:

• "NEVER BOOK YOUR XMAS PARTY HERE. Daniel is the most disgusting manager I have ever come across in my entire life."
• "Our disabled friend been asked to leave facility within 15 minutes of being there by female bouncer when she was outside."
• "The lady with the pink ponytail served white people before the black people! Definitely not a place for black folks!"
• "Came here for a bottomless brunch on the weekend and unfortunately the service was incredibly slow."
• "Noisy atmosphere. Extremely... extremely slow service from the bar lady."
• "We were seated next to a speaker blasting music."
• "Visited for a family birthday meal. We were seated next to a speaker blasting music."

Facilities & Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Nice spacious and fairly traditional interior amongst all the multitude of restaurant offerings in the Oracle."
• "It's a popular bar at the Oracle shopping centre alongside the river."
• "Great location in Reading by the Riverside. Nice and relaxed feeling with good interior and cool background music. Really liked the vegan lasagne (with chips) along with a Belgian beer."

Cons:

• "The toilets need a full renovation, there's a bucket under the urinal to catch the drips :-/"
• "The toilet are always awful whenever I go in here. They are filthy, often broken & toilet roll."
• "Toilets disgusting no excuse."
• "The Gents toilet smelt overpoweringly of urine."
• "Couldn't see an accessible toilet."
• "Omg!! please clean your seats. The leather ones near the front window are disgusting!!"
• "Terrible breakfast experience. Full English with scrambled eggs was swimming in ‘old’ oil that tasted like fish!"