The Hightown Pub & Kitchen Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Liverpool

Address: Lower Alt Rd, Hightown, Liverpool L38 0BA, United Kingdom

Phone: +441519292492

Rating: 4.1
based on 120 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Staff were very friendly, welcoming and attentive."
  • "Caitlin, our waitress was excellent. She knew when we needed to order, was polite and checked with us that everything was ok."
  • "Staff are great. Tracy was lovely and couldn't have done more for us, she was brill with the kids too."
  • "The service was friendly and efficient."
  • "A party of two we were looked after by a young lady called Meg, very professional, definitely an asset to you at the Hightown."
  • "Staff extremely professional and friendly can't do enough for you."
  • "We were warmly greated and shown to table 59 by Ross a charming young man who was very helpful and attentive."

Cons:

  • "Service wasn't perfect but was OK for what we needed as a quick stop on a walk."
  • "The service was unbelievably poor. The staff were extremely rude."
  • "Was treated very badly here today by the waitress."
  • "Nice food, but ruined by rude waitress rolling her eyes when we asked any questions."
  • "The management were of no help whatsoever."
  • "Waitress was doing her best but when we asked for a mangers 4 times the manger refused to come over."
  • "The Landlord is extremely rude... his attitude stinks."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "I have to say that the food was excellent."
  • "Food was delicious, I could've eaten the Lasagne twice."
  • "The food was delicious with a good menu providing plenty of choice."
  • "Every meal is superbly cooked Using fresh ingredients."
  • "Food fab. Portions great."
  • "Food was very tasty and clearly freshly cooked."
  • "The food was fantastic and the food service was very well organised."

Cons:

  • "The pasta was so hard I could not eat it, it was also not hot enough so obviously had not been cooked properly."
  • "Pasta carbonara was vile raw chicken not even cooked that also smelt off."
  • "I ordered an omelette that was undercooked."
  • "The food was disgusting especially the burgers, and pizzas."
  • "Food is awful, I have heard so many complaints from local people, it's cold over cooked, at one point the chef refused to do any more lunches at 2 o'clock because he couldn't handle it!!!"
  • "Bland lasagne, they cant even get pizzas right."
  • "Absolutely horrendous food hightown burgers x3 where still raw sent them back."

Ambiance and Location

Pros:

  • "It has a good size beer garden all with various size tables and a gazebo."
  • "Great place, beautiful gardens at the rear and a great menu."
  • "Really friendly pub, brilliant beer garden."
  • "Great pub and restaurant, really spacious."
  • "Lovely large beer garden and safe play area. Ample parking."
  • "Brilliant! The refurbishment has been one of the best I've seen."
  • "Excellent village pub close to shoreline with walk paths and sand dunes and a small boating area."

Cons:

  • "The Hightown also lacks atmosphere and cosiness."
  • "The bar is quite dated and the outdoor seating looks like a damping ground- a collection of old chairs and tables."
  • "Back room was dark and would benefit from small flowers on table to brighten it up."
  • "Just a shame there isn't anything for the children anymore."
  • "The whole experience was very unwelcoming, we both felt like an inconvenience to all the staff."
  • "We sat at our table for over 10 minutes without even an acknowledgement from the staff - the pub was not busy."
  • "The seating area and garden looked beautiful."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Cheap food options with small portions of classics such as egg chips and ham for £1.99."
  • "No problem with meal, nice scampi and ok steak. Good place to go with kids, eat for £1!! Worth a visit."
  • "They had gluten free options and they took it seriously!"
  • "Excellent food and service at a great price."
  • "Absolutely brilliant. Newly refurbished place is stunning, clean, great ales on tap, great value food."
  • "Good food - my Steak was perfect and their Chips were the best."
  • "Great little gastro pub, friendly staff and food was excellent, we loved the Tomahawk steak 😋."

Cons:

  • "Shockingly overpriced for what it is. Dry chicken, small glasses, cold onion rings, terrible service (waiting times mostly)."
  • "Lovely restaurant with delightful outside area however the side of chips and onion rings are extortionately priced at £3.95 each - frozen chips were vile, tasteless and dry and the onion rings full of grease and fat."
  • "The vegan pizza wasn't available so my friend only had choice of a salad."
  • "Shockingly overpriced for what it is."
  • "Decent location, located next to train station in the heart of the small Hightown community with a pleasant garden at the rear. However, food is substandard, not worth the money."
  • "Sunday lunch really overpriced more like a school dinner."
  • "The quality of the meals were very poor especially the fish and chips."

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