The Famous Royal Navy Volunteer Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food is really good. We had lots of bits off the bar menu."
• "Dirty fries were delicious as was the cod burger."
• "Serves good food too - limited choice but great if you like burgers."
• "Great Sunday lunch, meat and veggie."
• "The food is good pub grub, from cheesy chips to fish and chips."
• "Delicious Sunday Roast with a choice of beef (juicy and flavorful), lamb, pork belly, and vegan roast."
• "Food was absolutely delicious, staff were fantastic and great customer service."

Cons:

• "Mains in total took 1hr and a half to arrive. When they did they were cold, my mum sent hers back as was missing roast potatoes, my partner realised later on she never got some veg."
• "Think it was 8 out of 15 meals that we're not as the menu described."
• "Ordered the 'Crispy Smoked Taffy' burger with 'house fries' what arrived was the MOST VILE tofu burger I have ever tasted."
• "The loaded fried chicken fries were greasy and inedible."
• "That encouraged us to try the Sunday roast which I have to say was poor, sad, small and expensive."
• "We ordered food and it was terrible. The rosemary fries were disgustingly over salted."
• "Did not enjoy the food."

Beer and Drink Selection

Pros:

• "Good pub, great beer selection; though the details of the beers could be better located, tricky to see what's on offer when it gets busy."
• "A great selection of Beers and other alcohols."
• "Has a really wide selection of local Bristol beers."
• "Fabulous selection of beers and a wonderful varied daily changing menu."
• "One of the best selection of craft beers you can find in the city, lot of local ones too."
• "Great selection of beers - all small brewery and independents."
• "It has a wide range of craft beers on tap."

Cons:

• "I had a Thornbridge Lord Marples, it was not great, too warm and I suspect old."
• "Only downside to our visit was the staff couldn't find the remote to get the sound on for the rugby world cup through the speakers."
• "Be warned, you’ll be paying King Street prices though. A pint of 2.8% ABV ale is £5.40!"
• "Beer, however is pretty expensive."
• "Great beer selection but the prices are far to high."
• "Quite a few had sold out despite still being on the board."
• "The whole 'not having the name of our beers on the taps and instead, having a huge wall that isn't visible from the bar for you to choose your beer from' is a little hipster step too far."

Atmosphere and Ambiance

Pros:

• "Although not aiming at a romantic atmosphere, this pub succeed at creating it."
• "What a cracking pub, we were made to feel really welcome from the Bar staff."
• "A fantastic step back in time. This is a lovely old quaint bar, with an array of Cider which we gladly sampled."
• "The staff were ever so friendly, welcoming and attentive."
• "My favourite pub on king street."
• "Lovely place to chill out with friends. Warm, cosy vibe."
• "A lovely, central, pub with fast service even when busy."