The Meadows Brewers Fayre Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was lovely, and atmosphere very pleasant."
• "The meat in the steaks and grills was fine."
• "Food was amazing and there is loads of seating."
• "The coconut rice pudding with winter berries was quite scrummy though and I would order that again."
• "The food was lovely."
• "Food is great, always a good bar service and friendly floor staff."
• "The food is always good, nicely priced and a good choice, catering for most tastes."

Cons:

• "That's £25 we shouldn't have bothered spending."
• "Loads of food unavailable, serving food with ingredients missing!"
• "Waited over an hour for cold incorrect food."
• "Food was cold, sent 2 meals back."
• "Raw food served disgusting."
• "All of it was bland the beef was very fatty and my little one had a turkey bone in his meal."
• "The food had potential to be great pub grub, it just seems it was unfortunately one of those nights for them."

Service

Pros:

• "Friendly efficient staff."
• "Our server Katy is friendly and helpful - nothing is too much trouble."
• "The pub was clean lovely and served our drinks we like food was really good thanks Gemna Robyn Verity a credit to the place lovely friendly girls fantastic service."
• "The service was fantastic the staff was very friendly and the food was lovely definitely come again our waiter was called Connor he was very polite and worked hard."
• "Staff are great, very friendly and efficient to seat everyone and clean up after people leave."
• "The staff were extremely friendly, obliging and couldn't do enough for you."
• "Staff were great, polite and extremely helpful."

Cons:

• "Staff distant and unapproachable."
• "Service can be very slow due to limited bar staff, especially at peak times (early evenings)."
• "The service was ridiculously sloppy."
• "Service from behind the bar while trying to order food and drink was a disgrace."
• "The staff member didn't seek a bar staff member to serve."
• "Staff attitudes need addressing although staff in the morning are very nice and helpful."
• "The staff were not very professional and appeared to be 'fed up'."

Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Facilities were clean and appeared in good condition, would be a good place for families and people bringing children as there's plenty for them to do both inside and outside!"
• "Very clean tables and chairs wiped down whenever anyone left."
• "Over all clean pub inside and outside in the beer garden."
• "Facilities were clean and appeared in good condition."
• "The place is clean and tidy."
• "Very clean and friendly place I think when we were there they were short of staff as the poor girls were non stop all the time."
• "Lovely pub. Lovely location. Lovely play area."

Cons:

• "Plus the toilets are horrendous. Filthy with dust on everything."
• "The place was dirty people was sitting where there was food all over the floor from the people before them."
• "The place is filthy. Cutlery filthy, table filthy."
• "It wasn't the cleanest, food on the floor from the previous day (carrots, etc)."
• "The toilets was a mess and the smell was enough to put you off hour food."
• "The place is filthy. Carpets not hoovered in weeks."
• "Toliets are absolutely disgusting toliet paper everywhere smells like urine very very unhygienic."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "All in all, good value for money and generally a decent atmosphere."
• "Great value (Premier Inn) breakfast."
• "Complete bargain with two kids eating free with every adult."
• "Fairly priced menu in comparison to the portion size."
• "Good value food, plenty of places to sit."
• "Spend a lot of time here, either with friends or family never had a bad experience, food is great, reasonable prices, loads of offers available and with a loyalty card even more value for your money."
• "The breakfast was hot or cold breaky all you can eat and bottomless drinks."

Cons:

• "Not to spend £28 not eat the food and go else where."
• "Not worth £19 for 2 adults even with kids eating free."
• "Wen partner checked receipt he went straight back to bartender to quiry why a kids bottle of water was a few pence short of £4."
• "It looked inedible and dry n over done, with a whopping £13.50 price tag I was left speechless and disgusted with a bill of £75."
• "The plates were cold for breakfast & so was the 'hot' breakfast."
• "Overpriced and horrible."
• "Overpriced for what you receive."

Play Area

Pros:

• "Great place to go with kids as it has a softplay area."
• "Great options for the children."
• "Facilities were clean and appeared in good condition, would be a good place for families and people bringing children as there's plenty for them to do both inside and outside!"
• "And there is a big play area for the little ones."
• "Play area is brilliant for kids."
• "Safe and fun kids play frame and outdoor playarea."
• "Lovely place for kids and families to meet play area in and out side."

Cons:

• "Play area is very strict unlike other brewers we've been to in the past."
• "No positive comments regarding the play area management were found in the reviews."
• "Despite no signs or info anywhere taller children are told they can’t go in and are then ignored."
• "The children's play area was overly priced and was small, with very little for the children to do in it and the toddlers area was ridiculous with only large plastic coated foam shapes for them to play with, very disappointing."
• "Play area is ill equipped, the toddler area specifically."
• "Couldn't order food in the play area at 4.50pm to eat there apparently had to eat in the bar area instead."
• "Play area was not open till 3pm."