The Bridge Inn Reviews Summary
Category: Restaurant Darlington
Service
Pros:
- "Thank you to the chef and staff for a truly making our time there amazing."
- "Amazing service, amazing food."
- "The staff are very friendly and brighten up the overall dining experience."
- "Served by attentive staff. But not overpowering. Who genuinely wanted to serve you."
- "Girls serving very pleasant."
- "The staff are very friendly and polite, couldn't fault the service that I received."
- "Great staff and great service always from the lovely Linda :)"
Cons:
- "We waited over an hour between our starter and main."
- "The service was friendly but erratic."
- "It got to 50 minutes after our table was booked before we went to ask how long our table would be."
- "We continually had empty drinks and got sick of asking so just didn’t bother."
- "It was around 30 minutes until someone took our order."
- "The service however was really slow."
- "20 minutes to get a drink, nearly an hour for our starters and then nearly another hour for the main course."
Food Quality
Pros:
- "The food offering was immense and great value."
- "Brought my mother here for a early mothers day, was outstanding, the food was excellent."
- "The meals are a little more expensive than your average pub - but totally worth it! Tomahawk steak was cooked to perfection."
- "The food itself was lovely."
- "The food was 1st class."
- "The food was fantastic and very hot."
- "Really good food, we had three Sunday lunches and two desserts."
Cons:
- "The 'roasted vegetables' were disgusting, alongside the onion rings which were soggy and very unappealing."
- "The roasted vegetables were mushy and tasted of vinegar."
- "Very disappointed with the food, this use to be our treat place and we went last night for birthday starters were lovely but the mains wer not good."
- "The food is substandard and overpriced."
- "The burger tasted like no meat I've ever eaten."
- "The gravy was like dishwater and the veg looked like it had been desiccated by the afternoon sun."
- "chef sent out off slimy, mushy bitter tasting prawn cocktails out."
Ambiance and Decor
Pros:
- "And what a relaxing atmosphere."
- "The atmosphere was warm and friendly, with a family friendly atmosphere."
- "very relaxing Atmosphere lovely decor."
- "Perfect country pub with great decor and amazing food."
- "Absolutely fantastic place!"
- "The atmosphere is nice."
- "Perfect country pub with great decor."
Cons:
- "Felt like I was in Wetherspoons, noisy, overcrowded, and very dark."
- "A very cold dim/dark atmosphere, with no one to greet us."
- "Entrance area had an aroma of stale urine!"
- "Absolutely freezing inside."
- "Oh and it was really dark. Not 'atmospheric' dark, but 'couldn't see my food' dark."
- "PLACE IS ABSOLUTELY FREEZING, having to sit with coats on the keep warm."
- "it was freezing no heating on, it was all dark and gloomy."
Value for Money
Pros:
- "Been here a few times for meals for special occasions, portions are always excellent."
- "We will definitely be coming back, this is well worth the drive!"
- "3 of us had the mixed grill and it was *massive*."
- "The meals the other members of our party had also looked really good and the portions generous."
- "Honestly the food was so good, big portions and great value."
- "Gave it 3 stars because the early bird is very good value at 3 courses for £20."
- "The prices may seem high, but the portions are large and the quality is phenomenal."
Cons:
- "so wont be eating again here unfortunately."
- "We continually had empty drinks and got sick of asking so just didn’t bother."
- "Too many people had been booked in and the staff were run off their feet."
- "We were there for 2.5 hours and spent more than £40 per person - great value for money eyy!!"
- "Overall very disappointed paying over £50 for 2 meals that we could of got delivered from a Chinese which would of been much better."
- "And lastly how can a pint of lager and a malibu and coke cost £22?"
- "We offered a £100 note as part of the payment which was very rudely refused."
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