Widnes Brewers Fayre Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Assistant manager John and the team really have a great team going here."
• "The staff who were brilliant 👍."
• "Attentive and on the ball staff, with direction and an apparent team lead effort."
• "Was served by a very pleasant guy called Craig who came over during the meal to see if everything was ok which was a very nice touch."
• "The service was excellent staff are very professional friendly and welcoming."
• "The staff were very friendly and always on top of removing the empty plates."
• "They made service welcoming and warm which is difficult at the minute and explained everything to us."

Cons:

• "Went for curry nite got here at 18.20 an it’s now nearly 7 o’clock an I’m still waitin for the curry to come out."
• "Came for a celebration meal with family today, staff looked like they didn't want to be there and their attempts at being friendly came across as fake."
• "Poor service the last two occasion we have been."
• "15 min wait at bar though as no-one was serving."
• "After waiting 25 minutes, someone finally came to take our order."
• "Waited for over an hour for food after being told there was a half hour wait."
• "Not once were we asked if everything was ok."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was delicious and great value for money."
• "We had a delicious meal today (31st), with excellent service."
• "Food improved since last visit."
• "Food arrived fairly quickly and was piping hot."
• "Food was delicious and very filling and had a good selection of starters mains and puddings."
• "Fantastic food, service was amazing."
• "The food was served very promptly and was very tasty."

Cons:

• "Tiny portions big prices and luke warm."
• "Food was terrible. My daughter ordered sausage and mash and mixed vegetables. Came with cucumber sticks?? Smallest dollop of mashed potatoes and three pale sausage on the top and the gravy was luke warm."
• "Food wise there was plenty but not very hot, more like tepid if that, I didn't enjoy any of it."
• "The dessert was advertised as Choc-a-block Cadbury Sundae, however I failed to see how vanilla ice cream and a couple of bits of chocolate brownie count as the description given."
• "The chicken made me cough and zero meat on the ribs literally nothing."
• "Chose the chicken tikka which was watery and lukewarm."
• "Chose the fish and chips thinking can't go wrong with that.....half burnt cheap frozen chips and fish in soggy batter."

Atmosphere & Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Clean and pleasant surroundings."
• "Social distancing meant we had our own area to ourselves which was nice."
• "Nice atmosphere in pub also..nice for few peaceful pints."
• "The restaurant was in good clean condition."
• "The place has a very nice feel about it and is very spacious and very clean."
• "Very family friendly environment."
• "Lovley place to eat lots of seating and making space for my wheelchair was not a problem."

Cons:

• "Oh my goodness this place has gone downhill!! Used to come here a lot and it was lovely."
• "No really sure how this place stays open, food was the worst I've had in years."
• "I found the restaurant to look very dirty food all over the floor and carpet area which did not look good."
• "The place smells musty and old. The exterior is shoddy not welcoming at all."
• "It wasn't even busy so you couldn't blame the slow service on that … after looking forward to our girls night out we were all very disappointed ☹️."
• "It's OK what you expect from a brewers fair, food order was wrong."
• "The place smells musty and old. The exterior is shoddy not welcoming at all."

Value

Pros:

• "An added bonus being a clear offer for Blue Light Card holders, offering 25% off food."
• "Food is cheap and plentiful."
• "Prices seems low in comparison to some of the restaurants in midland."
• "Cheap and cheerful."
• "Very good value for money."
• "Good value, I attended with my husband today. It has to be the best Brewers fayre I have eaten in."
• "Good value for money."

Cons:

• "All in all I wasted almost £65."
• "What a joke. Arrived to an empty venue to be told their was a 40 minute wait for food."
• "Went for a meal Saturday tea time,very poor menu ,pub empty although we still waited 30 minutes for 4 of the same meals."
• "Food was rubbish, I don't go to places like this and expect anything above average food but this was really poor, the kids meals were awful too."
• "Absolutely shocking range of options for those with food allergies."
• "I will be tellin family an friends not to come anymore 😡😡😡"
• "Very poor food very very poor staff extremely expensive for what you got what what was shown on the menu you was nothing like what you received."