The Brandling Villa Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was delicious."
• "A lot of care has gone into concocting the menu and the results are great."
• "Great burger menu."
• "Always friendly service, always top quality food."
• "I liked the Quirky menu, went for a burger which did not disappoint, great taste, lovely proper chips, and good portions."
• "Food is great."
• "The food selection is great, very funny menu names and the food quality is excellent."

Cons:

• "This is not a review of the food or service but the website menu and beer list which is out of date."
• "Steak and chips seemed just a little short of steak and the nachos were just okay."
• "And awful looking food, and judging by the amount of food left on plates not very tasty."
• "Food was not what I expected. I got fish and chips, the chips were burnt, the mushy peas came out horrible too."
• "A bit disappointed after the menu has changed and missing some of my favourite burgers."
• "Edit, the quality of food and portion size has gone down. Still love the brandling. But man what happened?! The price of fame?"
• "Food not consistent and certainly not good value for money."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Nice chilled out vibe about the place, plenty of relaxing areas to plonk yourself."
• "Homely atmosphere with friendly staff. Very accommodating to our nervous dog who was made very welcome as are all dogs."
• "Dogs are made welcome, service is always friendly and it has a lovely, relaxed atmosphere."
• "Atmosphere is warm and welcoming. Nicely dark but with big windows."
• "Nice atmosphere and very friendly and helpful staff good variety of drinks."
• "The atmosphere is very warm and welcoming, with nice music in the background."
• "Most amazing relaxed atmosphere I have experienced in a pub, staff extremely friendly and helpful looking forward to going back and trying the great looking food."

Cons:

• "Foul mouthed quiz master, who was constantly advertising his website Instagram and Twitter, could hardly be heard over din apart from his expletives."
• "Went with a friend to do quiz night on Sunday never again very noisy loud groups of students and workmen obviously not there for the quiz foul mouthed quiz master."
• "The smell of wet dog is so overwhelming that it interferes with the taste of the food."
• "However, the standard at which the beers are kept could be better."
• "But when told the snacks were rancid ( chilli flavoured pork scratchings), I was ignored by lady collecting glasses last Friday afternoon."
• "Its gone downhill massively. What was a nice cosy pub has turned into a scruffy student common room of some sort."
• "The service was poor. The place was chocker for the gig and there was insufficient staff to cope."

Dog-Friendly Nature

Pros:

• "Homely atmosphere with friendly staff. Very accommodating to our nervous dog who was made very welcome as are all dogs."
• "Dogs are made welcome, service is always friendly and it has a lovely, relaxed atmosphere."
• "The staff are friendly and knowledgeable, If you're dog person then this is the pub for you."
• "Extremely dog friendly, bowls regularly filled with fresh water, ‘beggs’ doggy sausage rolls for the doggos."
• "It's a great socializing pub with games for everyone and dogs are very welcome."
• "The main attraction has to be the dog friendly nature of the place."
• "This has to be the best dog-friendly bar I've been to so far!"

Cons:

• "Dogs should not be allowed on seats consideration for other people means you care if not then your selfish."
• "VERY dog friendly, too friendly for me!!"
• "OK if you like dogs. LOTS of dogs, very dog friendly, but don't go if you have an allergy."
• "The smell of wet dog is so overwhelming that it interferes with the taste of the food."
• "Don't get me wrong, i love dogs, but I don't always like them near my food and drink all that much, or when they're barking at each other, when all your after is a quiet drink."
• "Absolutely disgusting place. Dogs everywhere and left feeling dirty as the chairs were covered in dog hair and the carpets were sticky."
• "Spoilt by too many dogs."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "Always friendly service, always top quality food."
• "Nice atmosphere and very friendly and helpful staff good variety of drinks."
• "Staff lovely and chatty, and enjoyable cosy warming environment."
• "The staff are friendly and the food is amazing, they have the best chicken tenders and skin-on fries."
• "Good range of beers here and staff are very helpful."
• "Staff very friendly."
• "Staff extremely friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "Foul mouthed quiz master, who was constantly advertising his website Instagram and Twitter, could hardly be heard over din apart from his expletives."
• "Went with a friend to do quiz night on Sunday never again very noisy loud groups of students and workmen obviously not there for the quiz foul mouthed quiz master."
• "But when told the snacks were rancid ( chilli flavoured pork scratchings), I was ignored by lady collecting glasses last Friday afternoon."
• "They skimp on staffing the place properly."
• "The service was poor. The place was chocker for the gig and there was insufficient staff to cope."
• "Service at bar can be slow."
• "A bit slow on service and no sense of queue. Really loved the fact that it is pet friendly and everyone comes in with their pets."