Railway Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Absolutely wonderful experience for our young special needs adults and their parents. Food fab. Service nothing too much trouble."
• "Everyone really enjoyed the meal and the food was fantastic."
• "Food was absolutely delicious."
• "Had a fabulous roast dinner, chicken fillets, the meat and vegetables were lovely, by far the best roast I've had in ages."
• "Meals were all hot, and very tasty."
• "The food is probably as good as you get at this price point."
• "The new atomic wings are nice."

Cons:

• "the medium stakes on the mixed grills were dripping with blood, much more towards rare."
• "Sunday lunch quite nice, chicken breasts slightly overcooked but on the whole a good cheap meal."
• "Below average pub grub!! All 3 off us left 80% of our meals. Dry, over cooked."
• "I had a mixed grill. Chicken was wet. Sausages were dry and over cooked. The gammon was salty."
• "Had the chicken kebab and it made me sick."
• "Rump steak very tough, nothing to do with the way it was cooked which was perfect.more to do with food quality which was cheap."
• "the fish was comprised for the sake of the crispy batter as was the scampi would not order the fish again"

Service

Pros:

• "Very well organised in welcoming customers checking you in and taking you to your table too."
• "The lady at the bar was amazing and very helpful with taking our order and keeping us updated on delays and etc."
• "As I was in a wheelchair they where so helpful and brought my drinks over for me"
• "the staff couldn't have been more helpful and friendly."
• "the staff were very warm, friendly and helpful and nothing was to much trouble"
• "Amazing service on Sunday afternoon from a man called Sean and a lady as well I didn't catch her name."
• "warm and welcoming staff, that young lad Declan first time I’ve seen him (must be new as I’m a regular) was outstanding loves a joke the lad had us in tears sometimes, treated us with lots of care."

Cons:

• "Only 2 adults and 2 children, but 50 minutes wait for mains, even longer to clear the table at the end and to make it worse puddings took an additional 50 minutes."
• "This place is slow to bring the deserts that the kids ordered, the kids had to wait 45 minutes for the deserts, not impressed."
• "Hardly any staff on, waiting for ages to put in food and drink order."
• "got moved to a dirty table."
• "We sat at a table in the bar from 4:30 pm, like we have on most evenings, there was a note on the table stating 'reserved from 6pm'."
• "entered the pub to see reserved signs on every table, to be told at the bar 'its to put people off as we are understaffed'"
• "the tables around us were piled high with empty food plates and glasses which were not collected even til we left."

Atmosphere & Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Nicely decorated."
• "The Railway pub is the one i trust the most during lockdown its cleanliness is paramount."
• "The staff are lovely and all saftey measures are put in place to make covid 19 not spread in thier enviroment."
• "Plenty of parking, disabled friendly and a good accessible toilet."
• "Spacious, grand building. Great decor, well maintained with friendly staff."
• "The place is clean, with friendly, attentive staff"
• "Lovely atmosphere friendly helpful staff and meals were very good value and well cooked and tasty."

Cons:

• "The biggest gripe I have is that I've never sat at a table at tea time when there hasn't been food underneath it."
• "The table was covered in food which no member of staff offered to clean"
• "Sticky tables and menus. Yuk."
• "we were still left outside at 7.00pm .. the table outside we were sitting on was dirty and full of empty cocktails jugs and glasses."
• "got moved to a dirty table."
• "the table outside we were sitting on was dirty and full of empty cocktails jugs and glasses."
• "broken glass outside in the seating area children and dogs were there too."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Sunday lunch quite nice, chicken breasts slightly overcooked but on the whole a good cheap meal."
• "Food is hit and miss but it is cheap and you get what you pay for."
• "Honestly the portion sizes in here are enormous. You could feed an army."
• "All very reasonably priced."
• "Great place for inexpensive food and drinks."
• "The food itself is great and for the price you pay, it's a real bargain."
• "You get great value for money."