Barrow In Furness Brewers Fayre Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Most of the food we ate here are tasty, delicious and a big portion."
• "The food here was actually very nice."
• "Food was lovely and good value for money."
• "Breakfast is very good and great value."
• "Food was delicious and good value for money."
• "Our meals were all good, very tasty, my son especially enjoyed his mixed grill, his rare steak was cooked to perfection."
• "The food was great and delicious."

Cons:

• "Staff were polite and professional but the food was awful."
• "Had the Spicy Veggie Burger as a change from the usual meaty things and it was burnt so I sent it back."
• "The food was poor, it was tasteless and undercooked."
• "Roast was tasteless."
• "The bacon was so overcooked and hard it was inedible."
• "Food wasn't great I had steak and ale pie which was very disappointing."
• "The evening meal was simply the worst I have ever eaten in any pub or restaurant."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were welcoming which gave for a lovely warm atmosphere inside."
• "The staff are always friendly and readily help with any special requirements my son may need."
• "Extremely friendly, helpful and hard working staff."
• "Staff very pleasant, hard working, nicely dressed."
• "Very friendly staff and very helpful with allergies. My wife has a milk protein allergy and the staff were just fantastic in helping us with the menu choices."
• "The satff we're polite and very helpful."
• "Staff were very friendly and helpful on the evening."

Cons:

• "The 2 serving staff were uninterested in providing service."
• "Staff didn't look like they wanted to be there."
• "Some of the staff were rude and no one told us that half the food was unavailable until we were trying to order at the bar."
• "The female staff member seeing to us that night was rude and showed no compassion when it came to allergies/celiac disease."
• "He was totally disinterested in providing service."
• "Our first encounter with the staff was unhelpful and borderline rude."
• "Terrible. Staff rude. Like your non existant there."

Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Easy to find. Very clean and comfortable."
• "Go for Sunday carvery everytime never been let down price for what u get on your plate is value for your money as well as having the odd meal from time to time can't knock the place staff always given a warm friendly welcome clean premises."
• "Does what is says in the tin kind of experience. Very polite bar staff, a quiet atmosphere to the left as you walk in. Clean and tidy venue with free wifi."

Cons:

• "Place feels like it could do with a good clean."
• "It was fairly cold inside and our table top was sticky!"
• "Every table was dirty. Saw at least 4 members of staff but no tables were cleaned or cleared while we where there others were having to wait to order drinks etc as no staff on bar."
• "Needed to use the toilet but the door was very hard to hold open to enter the cubicle, when I did the toilet seat was dirty so I couldn't use the loo."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Go for Sunday carvery everytime never been let down price for what u get on your plate is value for your money as well as having the odd meal from time to time can't knock the place staff always given a warm friendly welcome clean premises."
• "They have a great deals on weekdays and it is very cheap, £9.49 for 2 mains!!"
• "Good breakfast as much as you want loads of parking and you take your parking ticket in and they knock it off your bill."
• "The price for food is very reasonable, however, the quality and size of the portion far exceed the price."
• "Especially when you have a 40% off main meals voucher through the loyalty card scheme."

Cons:

• "I wouldn't recommend, portions was terrible and tiny for the price spent."
• "Would give this Brewers Fayre Barrow 2.5 stars. Well over priced. For a family of four, it cost us £50 for a meal that would usually cost us £35."
• "Absolutely apawling, good hour before food Arived, tandoori mixed grill well off priced, £15 later and I think Al be stopping at Mcdonalds on the way out, dry chicken, 1 sausage cut in half so it looks like 2, steak over cooked (rare) and some chips with some form of tinned tandoori shot on the top."
• "Not worth the £9.99 unlimited breakfast price."
• "£10.19 for the smallest portion of lasagne."
• "It was expensive."
• "Food came out and it was like a child’s portion."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Staff were welcoming which gave for a lovely warm atmosphere inside."
• "Cheers to the wonderful and delicious food, nice ambience and welcoming staff!"
• "Well run, family orientated restaurant, good choice of food and drink also."
• "Absolutely fantastic, especially for a chain restaurant, felt like a cozy pub."
• "Very reliable atmosphere though!"
• "Lovely food, lovely staff, and a lovely atmosphere."
• "Staff were very friendly and helpful on the evening."

Cons:

• "The restaurant is right by a busy road and across from a large shipyard so the view outward is not the best!"
• "Service with a grimace."
• "The awkwardness and cold reception from our server made for a bad experience."

Allergies and Special Requirements

Pros:

• "Stayed next door for 3 nights, they were more than accomodating. Me and my little girl are dairy free due to allergies and they made sure everything was cooked without contamination service was always fab and nothing was ever too much."
• "The staff are always friendly and readily help with any special requirements my son may need."
• "Very friendly staff and very helpful with allergies. My wife has a milk protein allergy and the staff were just fantastic in helping us with the menu choices."
• "The food was spectacular and the chefs Jacob and Daniel were very accommodating for my son's gluten and dairy allergy."

Cons:

• "There is no kids menu cards for lunch or supper."
• "The female staff member seeing to us that night was rude and showed no compassion when it came to allergies/celiac disease."
• "Very poor experience for people with allergies."
• "Not very good for people with allergies."
• "No good for allergies!!"