Hogshead Wolverhampton Reviews Summary

Ambiance and Entertainment

Pros:

• "Great vibe, not far from Wolverhampton train station, service was good, had TV screens in small booths showing the football."
• "Good pub with great vibes and ambiance."
• "Love the live entertainment on a weekend, live music is always amazing."
• "Absolutely loved the lockdown quizzes that Simon did he really went all out to make sure the Hogshead still delivered to your living room."
• "One of the best pubs in town for watching sports."
• "Really nice atmosphere, board games behind the bar and a couple of retro consoles which can be loaned in exchange for leaving your ID behind the bar."
• "Great pub with a great atmosphere. Fantastic selection of beers and ales including a 12.5% stout."

Cons:

• "Absolutely awful pub, loud people, loud music and everywhere you look there is a television."
• "The Music was so loud it was ridiculous."
• "Noisy, stinks of urine and full of low life."
• "Utterly vile atmosphere in the pub recently and it seems most the staff don’t want to be there."
• "It needs to decide whether it's a music venue or sports bar at any one time."
• "The loud, banging background music was overwhelming to prevent any reasonable conversation."
• "Live music needs to be slightly louder sometimes as can't hear the singer."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "The staff on bar that was on tonight - Leah, Angel, and Billy - where fantastic."
• "Great staff, great prices."
• "The staff are friendly and helpful."
• "Her customer service is amazing I will 100% come back to Hogshead again xx"
• "The staff friendly and efficient, we didn't use the outside area but it looked tidy."
• "Toby and Kyle were an absolute delight. Fantastic service and went above beyond to offer me table service because the bar was busy during the bank holiday madness."
• "The staff were very friendly and even looked up a drink not on their menu and made it for us."

Cons:

• "I was served by a member of staff that quite clearly seemed to be on drugs."
• "Service from certain barstaff is awful named Adam awful attitude doesn't know who to serve next with no good customer service should not work in public service."
• "Shocking behaviour from 2 horrible bar tender bullies who enjoyed pulling rank so much it was really disgusting."
• "Occasionally it takes a while to get served but that's understandable."
• "The manager was rude, unhelpful and didn't really care."
• "When we complained we were told we were being awkward."
• "One member of staff was quite rude on our visit and is a horrible person to deal with."

Food and Drinks

Pros:

• "Excellent choice of well kept real ales & good food."
• "Good selection of beers and ales, friendly staff, loads of seating for small or large groups and TV's a plenty (so ideal for sports)."
• "The burger was good."
• "Drinks were ace, I’m a huge lover of Lilley’s cider so I was chuffed to find they had a ton of the flavours here."
• "Always have to stop off here when I'm in wolves. The food is delicious, nice selection and veggie options."
• "Was pleasantly surprised. Staff were very pleasant and welcoming and menu offered typical pub grub. Which when it came was delicious can highly recommend the fish and chips they where yummy."
• "Food was excellent thank you! My son and I absolutely loved it!!"

Cons:

• "The portion size was tiny. Not really worth the tenner in my opinion."
• "Worst nachos ever."
• "Very disappointed with the food for the money."
• "Not as good after refurbishment, menu doesn't offer as much and if you don't eat pork you are limited further."
• "Had a late breakfast not the best sorry to say .. greasy cold mushrooms and beans very small portion, sadly to say very disappointing."
• "Then our mains came out.... absolutely terrible! Out of the 11 orders at least 5 of them where freezing cold."
• "The past two times I’ve been now the food has been awful and horrendously overpriced."

Cleanliness and Maintenance

Pros:

• "The pub is also clean and cozy."
• "Nice clean bar and tables."
• "Covid-19 one way system in place, hand sanitizer everywhere and faultless staff and table service."