The Camberwell Arms Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Amazing Sunday Roast, super fresh."
• "Creative food made with passion."
• "Their homemade bread is so moorish! I just wish they would sell it as it’s definitely the best bread/focaccia we ever had!"
• "Had beef pie and lamb saddle, both excellent."
• "The food is fantastic here and never fails."
• "Incredible food."
• "The food was very well crafted with excellence balance of flavours."

Cons:

• "The fact that this items cost £46 between two is a robbery."
• "The food was quite disappointing - the partridge wasn't a well balanced dish."
• "cuttle fish too chewy and doused in chilli."
• "The roast potatoes (my favourite element personally) which had a very fishy taste to them. Inedible."
• "The food was poor, If that was a sharer for 2 they are tight with the portions."
• "The main course was really terrible, to begin with it was stone cold."
• "The food was distinctly average and over priced for what we got."

Service

Pros:

• "The Camberwell Arms catered my 30th birthday party and it was absolutely perfect: totally amazing food, great service and really smoothly put together by Joanna."
• "Service was excellent and food was to a very good standard."
• "Served by great, happy, friendly staff."
• "Friendly staff."
• "Really really amazing service from Alex! We had such a really good time, we were a bit disappointed by the rabbit and Alex apologised and offered us the desert, the rest of the food was great! The rest of the staff was smily and attentive to every customer! All round a great place to have dinner."
• "The service here is great! Our waitress was very knowledgeable and knew everything about the menu."
• "Service was great even though it was busy."

Cons:

• "when seated we were forgotten, not even given a menu or offered drinks until we're waving at staff."
• "Extremely pushy and yet slow waitress, who managed to create a very weird unwelcoming atmosphere."
• "Service was friendly but slow, no one came to ask if I was happy with my food."
• "We stood for 10 mins whilst we were totally ignored by all staff."
• "Serving staff were not attentive, unfriendly."
• "The service was exceptionally slow, borderline rude."
• "We waited for ages between our starters and mains and had to remind the manager that we were waiting."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Great atmosphere, really relaxed."
• "Nice pub in Camberwell, great atmosphere, I was there during Christmas holidays."
• "This is a lovely, friendly pub in the heart of Camberwell, serving a diverse clientele."
• "The room they had us in was stripped back, comforting and easy going."
• "The vibe good too."
• "Loved the lively but friendly atmosphere."
• "A relaxed and friendly ambience with even friendlier staff, and the kitchen almost hibachi style."

Cons:

• "Just don't expect to be able to hear anything anyone says. The acoustics are terrible."
• "The dining room at the back is small-ish and can get quite noisy."
• "I am getting old, so the acoustics were unbearable."
• "the pub part is a slightly charmless room."
• "Seating is all a bit clustered."
• "The chicken roast consisted of three items chicken without gravy, 4 roast potatoes which had been left under the heat lamp which meant they were dry and spinach."
• "Rubbish! Probably the most bizarre and underwhelming Sunday lunch I've ever had."

Value

Pros:

• "Really affordable drinks."
• "Would definitely go back, planning to do so with all my friends and family."
• "The food is delicious, and very reasonably priced for the quality."
• "Prices are reasonable considering the quality of the food etc."
• "What an wonderful roast and great value for money!"
• "Not sure about the price. It wasn't cheap but was great value."
• "The service was excellent– quick efficient."

Cons:

• "We paid £100 for a very delicious rib of beef and between the 4, with the sides on offer, we were left a little wanting."
• "Honestly the staff are fantastic but management 😬 the food is WELL overpriced."
• "Nice food but too expensive for what it is."
• "It is very pricey."
• "The food was distinctly average and overpriced."
• "Over priced and underwhelming."
• "Food was not what I expected, though it looked nice but was expensive."