Sam's Chop House Reviews Summary
Category: Chophouse restaurant
Atmosphere & Style
Pros:
- "It's my favourite of the chop houses for atmosphere and style."
- "Right in the heart of the city, it's an ideal place to visit for lunch after a day's shopping."
- "Nice, old, cosy pub tucked away in the town centre."
- "The low ceilinged bar is a cosy place for drinks before you eat."
- "A very cosy pub/ restaurant below street level in the centre of Manchester."
- "The atmosphere and pub was lovely, a proper country feel and a very friendly welcome."
- "This is a wonderful bar and restaurant with lots of charm and atmosphere unlike the plastic bars down the road."
Cons:
- "It can get a bit busy in the bar area."
- "Didn't like that they were playing the rugby (loudly) in the bar."
- "Was seated in the corner and found the venue quite dim, dusty and musty."
- "First impressions walking in down the stairs, the Bar area was deadly eary."
- "The waitress took us to a small table for 2 left side that felt cramped and boxed in."
- "We both ordered the same pudding chips and peas, over priced for what it was."
- "Can be a bit full of business types at clocking out time."
Food Quality
Pros:
- "I had the sirloin pork steak. Was divine, so full of flavour and went down very well."
- "The food was wonderful, very easy to finish off at home and the quality was superb."
- "The corned beef hash is legendary."
- "The black pudding starter was one of the best starters I have ever eaten!"
- "Food was perfect, I recommend the fish and chips, and sticky toffee pudding βΊοΈ."
- "The food is always brilliant."
- "The beef was delicious, and the pork was very tender."
Cons:
- "We felt like it was overpriced for the quality."
- "I had asked medium-rare and was disappointed that it came out as medium / medium-well."
- "Certainly not worth what we paid sadly."
- "Had an adequate to good meal. It was spoiled by Gravy being served on my meal when I specifically requested no Gravy."
- "The main courses were a real let down though - the steak had a really strange odour/taste and the fish pie was quite bland."
- "The veggie main was plain sweet potato in a pastry Γ la beef Wellington... Why not give it some flavour/mix it up?"
- "The signature meal of Sams fish & chips was well below the standard I remembered in terms of size and quality."
Service
Pros:
- "Staff very helpful and attentive taking time to say goodnight."
- "Always fab service."
- "Lovely food and service."
- "Service was very friendly, professional and fast."
- "The staffs here very friendly. We really enjoy our dinner here."
- "Service very good indeed π"
- "Waiter who looked after us was fantastic. Really friendly and helpful."
Cons:
- "Appalling attitude from the so-called management."
- "When we had questions about the food, the waiter was not familiar with the menu or ingredients at all, he could not answer any of our questions."
- "We were given a different wine than the one we requested."
- "Average food terrible service and a rushed meal with the icing on the cake of a 20% service charge on top made for a truly forgettable experience."
- "We ended up getting the wrong dishes brought over and sent them back, overall we waited at least 40 minutes for a couple of burgers."
- "Also most of the time, there werenβt any waiter/waitress around, which felt like there was no service at all."
- "We were extremely disappointed, the waitress seemed incompetent and made a lot of mistakes."
Value
Pros:
- "Prices are reasonable."
- "The food here is awesome, great value for money."
- "Home cooked comfort food at its best a really nice change from a traditional take away."
- "Couldn't fault the food, wine or service, and the price was incredible!"
- "Very generous portions and good value for money."
- "Decent price and good choice of drinks within the city centre."
- "The food here is awesome, great value for money and you won't leave here hungry."
Cons:
- "Turns out it was Β£6 more expensive than the wine we ordered."
- "The place is pretty expensive as it is so to whack a service fee on top of that is a little cheeky."
- "The prices are a bit too high for what you get."
- "Overpriced, portions are very small for what you pay."
- "Substandard food, at an incredibly inflated price."
- "Over priced and over rated! A complete rip-off."
- "Sunday lunch a bit expensive for the offer at 79 pounds for two including tip."
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