The Hungry Monk Ale House & Kitchen Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Staff very good choice of drinks."
• "Lovely friendly welcome on arrival, brilliant service and food."
• "Excellent service all these people were all chill and lovely calm music playing from background just cool place."
• "The staff were lovely, helpful & attentive."
• "Well organised, attentive, courteous staff."
• "Staff were knowleagable of the dietary needs the service was fast."
• "Staff so friendly and great service."

Cons:

• "Prices are to high to be serving frozen chips on meals and calling them “proper chips”."
• "Poor service, only wanted a coffee and there weren't many people there, told we would have a long wait."
• "There was a sign outside the door that said wait here to be seated so the 5 of us waited while being starred at from the staff inside."
• "They didn't react in a professional manner and told me it was impossible."
• "Staff rude."
• "I'm disabled and had to leave the Hungry Monk to go and find a toilet I could use."
• "Music way too loud considering people were still eating."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Great portion sizes and fantastic flavours especially the prawns with pineapple and chilli."
• "The food was excellent and you could tell quality was in each dish especially my daughter’s chicken nuggets which you could tell were freshly made."
• "The food is delicious the Monk burger is maybe the best I've ever had."
• "It was the best steak I've ever had, £25 for tbone, chips, salad and a sauce, either pepper corn, blue cheese, garlic or bbq."
• "The calamari was very tasty, but you only got 4 little rings, which for £7 a dish seems unreasonable."
• "The food was really good, cooked to perfection & well presented."
• "Food is fantastic."

Cons:

• "The sticky baby back ribs were dry with a blob of bbq sauce plonked on top as an afterthought."
• "The chips had clearly been cooked either with fish or with oil that had previously been used to cook fish as they tasted fishy."
• "The steak was the worst piece of meat I had in my life."
• "Food very poor quality."
• "Food served that was not cooked properly."
• "The sirloin steak wasn’t cooked how it was ordered, asked medium rare however got well done that’s a big difference."
• "Food, whilst plenty of it, quality barely OK."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Early evening visit so fairly quiet but still atmospheric."
• "We will definitely be returning, the atmosphere was great & they had a live band on as well."
• "Loved this place! Very cosy with the candles on the table."
• "The place was buzzing, will go again."
• "The place itself is quirky & unique, with a great vibe."
• "The Atmosphere was amazing it's a cozy, rustic place."
• "Cosy atmosphere with candles on the table and friendly staff."

Cons:

• "The place is darkish inside, rustic but romantic (kind of)."
• "Music was far to loud while trying to enjoy food."
• "The atmosphere was a bit gloomy, but this was mostly due to the fact there was structural work and scaffolding going on outside in the arcade the bar resides in."
• "Music way too loud considering people were still eating."
• "The music was well too loud considering people was still eating and when we was trying to say what was wrong, we couldn’t hear what the floor staff was saying."
• "Went to an 80s party night only there was no where to party."
• "The live act was good but much too loud for the venue."

Value

Pros:

• "Good food with good price, the portion are really big."
• "The selection of food is massive, the prices are decent, portion sizes are very fair."
• "The portion sizes are very generous, so if you're after a good hearty meal for a reasonable price here is the place."
• "Great value food, friendly staff, massive menu."
• "Food was very good and reasonably priced and the service great staff were very friendly."
• "Food was very reasonably priced especially considering the portion size."
• "What a wonderful find!! The food was lovely, very tasty, big portions at a very good price."

Cons:

• "Around £15 a meal for poor quality and awful attitude."
• "Can't even tell why it had 4.4 stars. Maybe the food expectations in this area are lower than Uganda's."
• "For what is not cheap food you’d be better with a spaghetti Alfredo from Wetherspoons."
• "Food was what you would expect but took just shy of 2 hours for it all to arrive."
• "3rd attempt here and awful again. Very dirty."
• "Food and drink always nice but was very disappointed to learn that there was no changing facility when my daughter needed her nappy changing."
• "A huge, huge disappointment!"