Beefeater Buckingham Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The rest of the food was amazing and tasty."
• "We both really enjoyed our meals, portions are good and the food hot and cooked well."
• "The food was lovely.. perfectly cooked steak .. so delicious."
• "Food was better than expected...Crispy Chicken Wings are massive and tasty."
• "Food was piping hot and tasty."
• "Food was okay, but going cold and small portion sizes compared to the price."
• "Delicious food, the 74 bbq burger was delicious."
• "Had a great experience here. The food was lovely and hot great service."

Cons:

• "Food was average. Was very dry but as usual the BE sauces were delicious."
• "My main portion size was tiny for large haddock fish."
• "Most of the food was good but my steak was well done not medium rare as requested."
• "Food was okay, but going cold and small portion sizes compared to the price."
• "On this occasion they score low. The meal arrived late and dried up."
• "The steak however was cooked properly."
• "My wife and I, and two friends visited your restaurant on 9th October for Sunday lunch. The food was dry and tough, and the vegetable were hard and undercooked."
• "Wouldn't bother again. Gammon was like cardboard and way too thin."

Service

Pros:

• "The Buckingham staff were amazing, smiley, the kids were entertained with plenty of colouring."
• "The guy with the earrings saved the evening."
• "Our waitress was attentive. She had a smile on her face all the time."
• "Charlie couldn’t have gone higher to fulfil our needs, she was fantastic each night and great company."
• "Great service we were stopping at the Premier Inn visiting for a car event, had booked a table for 10 and requested to add a further 2 people last minute with no issues, staff lovely especially our waitress she was brilliant."
• "Service was good, both in the evening and at breakfast the following day."
• "Waited over 1.5 hours for our main then took about 30 mins to take out dessert order and just over 20mins for desserts to arrive... But I will say the food we had was very nice and we did get a round of drinks free."
• "Great time. Was half eight and everywhere was closing and they just sat us down and got us drinks."

Cons:

• "Another table waited 30 mins for the desert menu."
• "Service was exceptionally slow, with a long wait for drinks."
• "The Vegetarian option was so bad it was sent back (burnt, dry and cold)."
• "Waited over 1.5 hours for our main then took about 30 mins to take out dessert order."
• "Service was very poor."
• "Service was terribly slow and food wasn't all that good for a very quiet Saturday evening."
• "Absolutely awful. Three times I've been. First time food wasn't great and served on a dirty play."
• "We had to order drinks at the bar due to slow service."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The Buckingham staff were amazing, smiley, the kids were entertained with plenty of colouring."
• "Good location and an inviting building with good parking."
• "Don't panic when you see other reviews, it's really nice and spacious."
• "The food was lovely and hot great service."
• "Very good for the £10 you pay for it."
• "Friendly and attentive staff, our waitress Lucy was fantastic."
• "We stayed in the Premier in during Storm Eunice and eat here in the evening. The staff were extremely friendly and helpful."
• "We regularly attend for breakfast. The staff are brilliant."

Cons:

• "However the place has no atmosphere. Only a few seats to sit for drinks only."
• "Nothing in the way of atmosphere. I've been here a few times due to work and it just seems to get worse each time."
• "The management need some training in team work and learn where, when and how you sort out problems in a business that deals with people."
• "Prices are reasonable. Staff are very friendly and helpful. However the place has no atmosphere."
• "Marked low for atmosphere, could have marked even lower but the serving staff were lovely so rescued a bit there."
• "Worse experience having a meal out. Waited well over an hour for our mains."
• "No beef at the beefeater today… Furthermore, service was slow and shocking as always."
• "We stayed for 2 nights in the Premier Inn next door. Evening meal on the first night was mixed. Steak was poor, especially considering the name of the place."