The Albert Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "Beautifully Christmas decorated. Roaring fire on a cold and wet day."
• "So cosy and warm and welcoming."
• "The décor was modern, yet classic and funky."
• "What's not to love about the Albert? Yes it's busy, but that's for a reason."
• "Lovely pub nice atmosphere and great service."
• "Great atmosphere, lovely decor and very cosy."
• "Always had great food in this pub, nice cosy atmosphere with a good choice of food and real ales, friendly and helpful staff would recommend to others."

Cons:

• "Parts of the place could do with a good clean."
• "A couple of places very close to the speakers might be uncomfortable as the music in the evening was quite loud."
• "The Area we were given a table was extremely warm and stuffy."
• "Place looked lovely but after placing order wished we hadn't stopped there. Very loud drunk lady who laugh made you cringe."
• "Looks really modern and trendy from the outside but inside is your traditional 'crappy' pub."
• "Place was heaving. Very rowdy lots of broken glasses and nobody cleaning it up."
• "You have to order at the bar which really isn't my favorite."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff attentive and helpful."
• "The staff were very busy but very curtious."
• "Staff are friendly and helpful."
• "Service and food were superb."
• "The service was amazing."
• "All the staff from bar staff to waiting on staff were very friendly and the service was excellent."
• "Staff are very friendly and efficient!"

Cons:

• "The boy who served us was very arrogant and rude when telling him what we wanted for food, feels like he didn’t want to be there at all."
• "Service was shocking. Served by a very abrupt young man."
• "Not the best service. 45 minute wait and the pub wasn't busy."
• "Unfortunately the waiter we had upstairs was tired from a long day by the looks of it and appeared over it."
• "The barman did not listen to our order, did not take note of the number of meals we ordered and gave us two wrong drink orders."
• "The girl at the bar and tbh the waitress had all the character of a wet rag and if I’m honest it almost spoiled what was a lovely meal."
• "Visited a few times over are stay, sadly the last occasion fell flat, inexperienced young staff with not a lot of customer service skills."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was delicious and the portion sizes were very generous."
• "I rate the food very highly here, always been excellent food."
• "The portions were generous, the food delicious and the service second to none."
• "Food was beautiful. We had the haloumi burger which was the best I've had."
• "The food is incredible, highly recommended it."
• "The food is high quality, plentiful and well priced."
• "Delicious food, best quality meat went in our Sunday Dinner!"

Cons:

• "I had a burger which was raw in the middle."
• "Dirty black hair inside my chicken burger."
• "The fish tacos were so salty that they were on the brink of being inedible."
• "The fish and chips were sub-par, with the fish being very oily."
• "Wouldn’t have the food again, we left ours because it didn’t taste good and a lot of people around us on other tables left their food too saying it was no good."
• "Had a meal here…I wouldn’t feed it to my Dog…disgusting."
• "Just ate the chicken skewers and it’s probably the worse meal I’ve had, chicken dry as a bone and cous cous was like powder!"

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Very good value sandwich menu 12-5pm and Old Rosie Cider."
• "They were both worth the price for sure."
• "Food was amazing! For the price it was well worth it."
• "Great value for money."
• "The roast was excellent value: big portions and excellent quality meat."
• "Great price for the food catered for the kids really well."
• "The beer garden is very inviting, fit for any weather and good for families."

Cons:

• "Stunned by bar prices in a Robinson's pub. £6.70 for a pint of morreti and £8.50 for a 124ml glass of Prosecco."
• "I really feel that at around £16 this was not value for money."
• "Essentially, pie and chips for £19 per portion is absolutely ridiculous."
• "In our opinion it was very poor quality and £4 more expensive than when we went before."
• "One thing i thought was disgusting was £8.30 for two pints of blackcurrant and soda, far far too expensive."
• "Prices have increased massively."
• "Got far too expensive, been going there for 20 years, every year 2 to 3 times a year."

Location & Facilities

Pros:

• "Central with a short walk to shops, bars and the lake."
• "Really good spacious outside seating area."
• "It’s dog friendly too!"
• "Great pub.During the covid time felt safe here.All the guidelines were followed."
• "Ample parking and in a very nice setting."
• "A lovely warm and homely typical Lakeland pub in the centre of Bowness."
• "The location of the Albert is fantastic, right in the centre of town."

Cons:

• "But bear in mind it's on the junction of 3 roads so there is traffic all night and if you're a light sleeper this could be an issue."
• "Parking can be a bit of a problem sometimes."
• "Front door policy was a bit of a mess - only walks allowed however you need to wait in the doorway for next available table."
• "We got room 3 for £90, it was pokey and very warm with no air flow as the window could be opened."
• "Sat inside and while waiting for food had 2 fleas on my arm."
• "It gets rowdy and the toilets are a bit grim later on."
• "A family in the corner having a full blown argument which made a lot of people uncomfortable!"