Portway Inn Brewers Fayre Reviews Summary

Category: Family restaurant

Address: Joule Rd, Andover, SP10 3UX, United Kingdom

Phone: +441264321920

Rating: 3.5
based on 238 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Food was good."
  • "The food was amazing/faultless."
  • "Always very friendly service and good quality food."
  • "Had the best starter( wasn't mine, but my partners actually, but I claimed it) I ever ate in my life, which was poopin chicken bites."
  • "The food was great. Fresh, tasty and really nice."
  • "Very pleasantly surprised at how nice the food was at such reasonable prices."
  • "The food is delicious."

Cons:

  • "Dark and dingy."
  • "The chef needs sacking!! Might as well of gone to McDonald's it was that bad!!"
  • "The chips were overcooked and cold."
  • "Food was either cold, hard or had ingredients missing more than what we were told of."
  • "The quality of the food was awful my other half couldn't finish his burger because it was so dry."
  • "Food arrived Stone cold and the steaks were inedible - 80% of the food was left."
  • "Food is pretty bad, I got food poisoning!"

Service

Pros:

  • "The staff worked hard."
  • "Elaine and Andy have a fantastic team here, all very polite, a great pint and fantastic food."
  • "The young lady serving us was professional, welcoming and came across as a genuinely nice person."
  • "The staff were very friendly and polite my daughter was given a box of chocolates for her birthday which was very unusual from a restaurant."
  • "The bar staff and management were brilliant and I couldn't fault them at all."
  • "Staff were friendly."
  • "The staff were very nice and friendly as well."

Cons:

  • "Awful, would NOT recommend, queued 20 minutes to order food."
  • "The service at breakfast was appalling."
  • "Terrible service, management was rude, bar staff can't pull a pint."
  • "Service was appalling at the bar."
  • "Couldn't really care less when I complained."
  • "Really disappointing visit. Staff too busy chatting to serve."
  • "Poor table service. Finished our meal but empty plates were left on the table until the dessert came despite the waitress passing our table numerous times."

Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Place was lovely and clean."
  • "The room was completely clean and comfortable."
  • "Table clean, cutlery clean."
  • "Good food, friendly service and it's always been clean and tidy when I've been there."
  • "Lovely food and chips where gorgeous and rack of ribs fantastic."
  • "All the staff were professional, courteous and helpful."
  • "The service was friendly."

Cons:

  • "The table was sticky cutlery dirty even the wall looked as if someone had daubed food on it."
  • "The floor in the eating area had bits and pieces of dropped food on it in places and the bar top was sticky in places."
  • "Flooded toilets and carpet, air conditioning moving the smell around the eating area, needs an overhaul."
  • "Our table hadn't been cleaned down all that well."
  • "Sweaty atmosphere, my poor children were dripping after playing in the soft play and all windows were closed on a warm spring day."
  • "Hygiene is not good. Tables left dirty and not wiped down for the next person to sit at."
  • "The place isn't what it used to be. Very dingy inside and the tables are so sticky couldn't even touch them."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "The atmosphere was good."
  • "Overall a great experience; would definitely come again! 😊👌"
  • "Relaxed atmosphere on Tuesday evening."
  • "Delicious in delivery and well worth the price."
  • "The hunters chicken was the best I have ever tasted it was cooked to perfection."
  • "The award winning Chicken and Mushroom Pies lived up to high expectations and the Caramel Apple Betty's didn't disappoint either."
  • "Nice small soft play area for younger kids."

Cons:

  • "The restaurant was unbelievably hot."
  • "I felt that it was noisy and found it hard to have a conversation at my normal voice level."
  • "But it was cold, like somebody was (understandably) saving on heating."
  • "It is what it is, cheap and cheerful."
  • "The entire place feels worn out and grubby. Tables not being cleared."
  • "Food was ok, could have been hotter, maybe leave it in the microwave longer next time!!!!!"
  • "The ladies toilets were horrendous and seems like they hadn't been cleaned in a long time."

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