Rowden Arms Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Great food, they have decent waiting times and amazing deals everyday of the week."
• "The food was really nice."
• "Good food at a great price. Mac and Cheese is good, although the portion is a little small so may be worth ordering two."
• "I like the food here it really is good!"
• "Food is good, staff are friendly and helpful .... always very apologetic if the food is running late."
• "The food was very tasty & plenty of it."
• "Food was of standard chain pub standard, and tasted lovely."

Cons:

• "Not happy we had steak that was so tough we couldnt cut through it,sent it back Replacement was fish and chips, fish had been cooked in fat that was to hot not a good meal had to go elsewhere."
• "The sunday roast was awful veg was not cooked everything tasted the same tasted of nothing no individual item on the plate had any flavor so bland and it was cold."
• "The peas and corn were sour smelling! Unacceptable in any meal - especially in kids meal!"
• "I had onion bhajis burnt to a crisp, my chicken Korma was made with boiled water instead of coconut milk."
• "Fish and chips had barely any fish just some burnt batter, the steak was like chewing gum."
• "The food looked like it has been boiled... Which was plain, dull and tasteless."
• "Really disappointed ordered Gammon steak meal came and Gammon was just a piece of fat swimming in water."

Service

Pros:

• "Service is always amazing!"
• "Lovely friendly, cheerful and attentive staff."
• "Service was excellent."
• "The staff were very friendly and the service, efficient."
• "Staff very friendly & very helpful."
• "Staff were very friendly and helpful."
• "The staff themselves are really friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "Offered a drink in a filthy glass (greasey thick gooey substance around the rim and sticky)."
• "Very rude staff food not up to much either."
• "Would not recommend. Service was poor minus the bloke behind bar who came and apologised for bad service and gave us discount etc."
• "We opted for table service yet the staff where to busy talking about someone's pregnancy to bother with us."
• "The person who took my order did so efficiently (fair enough), but was surly, unfriendly and unwelcoming."
• "They messed up my order on a few accounts."
• "Staff avoiding us for table check."

Ambiance and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Sports themed pub, good array of drinks at good prices and food is very good (Steak and chips for a fiver on Mondays You can't knock it!) Sunday roast for two only £13."
• "Much improved since make over."
• "Nice clean tables and facilities were all in good order."
• "It's very clean, tidy and was a pleasure to visit."
• "The whole place has had a refurb and looks great, the outdoor seating is of a high standard and easily cleaned."
• "The pub was fairly well presented."
• "There is a good level of hygeine throughout."

Cons:

• "This pub needs a total redec too, it's dull, dark with a carpet from the 70s and run down."
• "Don't go here unless you like dirty and scruffy restaurants!"
• "Will not recommend or return to this very poor managed, filthy place."
• "Pub was dirty, staff member seen running fingers through hair then serving food."
• "Scruffy staff, filthy cutlery and restaurant."
• "However, the place itself isn't overly clean and needs a serious upgrade."
• "Filthy toilets (no checks made for 2 days). Broken wash basin tap."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "If you're looking for cheap pub grub... this is ideal."
• "However two mains for £11.49 was great value, we had a lasagne and the chicken parmigiana (extra £2) which satisfied us both price and taste wise."
• "Daily deals, food choice is good and cheap."
• "Just good food at a reasonable price."
• "The prices are good."
• "Food is pretty cheap and portions are large so it's great value for money."
• "As a hungry horse it really is great value for money no matter what you order."

Cons:

• "Small shot of coke is a ridiculous charge of 70p."
• "We were still hungry after and had to go to McDonald's to make up for the food being awful."
• "I however would recommend against the cheesy sharer, for what you get it's rather limited and not worth the £8.69 pricetag for the low quality camembert, overly sweet chutney, and the minimal dipping breads."
• "What kind of pub rations sauce sachets?"
• "Totaly ridiculous, what kind of pub rations sauce sachets?"
• "It took fifteen minutes to get served at the bar, so staffing was clearly an issues."
• "Always hit or miss. Sometimes the coffee machine works, sometimes it doesn't."