Old Beams Reviews Summary

Category: Gastropub Milton Keynes

Address: Paxton Cres, Shenley Lodge, Milton Keynes MK5 7AE, United Kingdom

Phone: +441908201054

Rating: 4.4
based on 147 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Sea Bass for lunch, perfectly prepared with excellent veg."
  • "Excellent Sunday roast dinner with some decent roast potatoes!"
  • "The food was top class, beautifully presented."
  • "Food and service were both fantastic and very reasonably priced."
  • "The food was great and all the staff were very good."
  • "Everyone at the table agreed the food was excellent."
  • "The food here was really good."

Cons:

  • "Sadly to say the carrots let the meal down,due to them being sliced,over boiled and soggy."
  • "The Chicken leek and bacon pie which was ok, if I was too be picky it was slightly overcooked which made the pie crust quite hard."
  • "Steak pie was very fatty."
  • "The turkey was dry and the gravy was bland and runny."
  • "Food very average for the price."
  • "Everything was bland and flavourless, we had to add salt just to taste something."
  • "The fish is whiting. You would think for the price they could stretch to cod. The batter was poor, I suspect cooked in dirty oil."

Service

Pros:

  • "However the staff were all so polite, so friendly and helpful."
  • "Every member of staff we spoke to was genuine and really made the night lovely and relaxed!"
  • "Lovely attentive staff without coming and living with you."
  • "Service was fantastic."
  • "Was mainly served by Olivia who was absolutely amazing, very polite."
  • "Our waitress Lisa was so helpful, nothing was too much trouble with a super sense of humour."
  • "Service is very good and friendly."

Cons:

  • "Restaurant was full and was quite noisy."
  • "She came out really frustrated and served us in a extremely rude manner and even slammed the card machine down in front of us which made us feel really uncomfortable."
  • "Can’t believe how rude and disrespectful a member of staff was to me and my family."
  • "Unfortunately the table was right next to the bar, this was fine to begin with but as the night went along it was incredibly loud and uncomfortable."
  • "The last time we went we had to ask for the bill 3 times and waited 20+ minutes just for menus, while staff were standing around chatting."
  • "The dessert menu I requested was forgotten, so I went and got it myself."
  • "The polish or European waitress was so rude and challenged us on why we’d sent the order back then swore at me at the table in front of my kids."

Ambience

Pros:

  • "The place is well decorated and modern, while still clinging onto the heritage of the old building."
  • "The atmosphere was great, I'm not really a busy pub person."
  • "This is a decent pub especially when the weather is nice as the outside seating area is great."
  • "Fantastic venue."
  • "Slightly loud atmosphere on a Saturday but enjoyable!"
  • "The atmosphere in the whole building was lively assisted by a DJ playing well known songs."
  • "The ambience and festive vibe here was amazing!"

Cons:

  • "Will not be going there again."
  • "Overall, I feel that what we received was no where near worth the money spent and I wouldn't recommend or return here."
  • "Atmosphere spoilt a bit by children running around because parents cannot control them."
  • "The waiter was rushed and distracted."
  • "I think that will be our last visit."
  • "Atmosphere was spot on."
  • "Service was also very slow."

Value

Pros:

  • "We felt we got very good value for money as there were no extra charges involved, we just paid for the food and drink."
  • "Would thoroughly recommend."
  • "Prices perfectly reasonable."
  • "Very reasonably priced."
  • "At a reasonable price!"
  • "Prices are reasonable."
  • "The food was great, the service was great and everyone enjoyed themselves."

Cons:

  • "I was slightly put out about having to pay £1 for extra gravy, but it was the proper stuff."
  • "The food quality was fantastic, but pricey."
  • "Food was ok although nowhere near worth £30."
  • "This place is a rip off."
  • "Thought the bottle of white wine overpriced at £26.95!"
  • "Prices £24.50 for a ribeye steak, the only steak they had."
  • "Not to be repeated."

Facilities

Pros:

  • "Plenty of parking available to the side of the pub."
  • "Ample parking and not far from Milton Keynes (:"
  • "Ample parking and overflow car park area."
  • "Big outdoor space too."
  • "Great garden too."
  • "There's plenty of outside space for seating."
  • "Even the toilet was charming."

Cons:

  • "Not too busy for a mid week visit, but already had some shortages on the menu which is always a shame to hear."
  • "No cold, ordinary sandwiches available. I wanted a ham and onion sandwich .... they don't do anything like that."
  • "Fish and chips, this came with no chips just an empty receptacle!"
  • "Not ideal for children, not equipped for children outside."
  • "They would not let us order any food gone 5past 9in the evening."
  • "Its nestled in the middle of a housing estate where you may have problems finding."
  • "Impossible to find using satnav (or was it us?!)"

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