The Albion Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Excellent food Best Sunday roast I have had in ages."
• "Really good choice for the platters, good size portions."
• "Fabulous FABULOUS Sunday lunch - best Yorkshire puds ever."
• "The food is always fantastic and well presented, and seems like proper cooking rather than boil in the bag stuff."
• "Food was excellent, staff were brilliant."
• "Very tasty sandwiches at a not bad price."
• "Very tasty and great value."

Cons:

• "Mushroom soup watery and tasteless, vegetables warmed up past their best."
• "The quality of the food was poor."
• "Beautiful setting however the food was on the poor side."
• "Most of the food was ok however it was unevenly cooked."
• "Overcooked revolting burgers that were definitely NOT beef!"
• "Tasteless food. 1 Meal sent back."
• "Food wise … white bait overcooked, salmon main over cooked and tiny portion, chips soggy, rice out of a packet."

Service

Pros:

• "The bar staff were helpful and friendly."
• "Service good friendly and efficient."
• "Staff were very welcoming and friendly and were the final reason that made me pick this place to eat from the other options around."
• "Staff were very friendly :) be returning if we are in the area."
• "The staff behind the bar was amazing and very accommodating."
• "Empty glasses were collected by staff and overall the service was friendly and efficient."
• "The Staff were excellent and very friendly and efficient."

Cons:

• "Absolutely terrible. Beautiful day ruined by their instant decision to stop serving food on a whim because they decided they were too busy."
• "The 3 young ladies behind the bar were too busy gossiping and swearing at each other to notice us."
• "However, tonight was terrible from the service to the meal."
• "Menu is nowhere near the standards of even a Wetherspoons and double the price."
• "Terrible service, sat waiting to be served only to be ignored whilst the waiter served people who had arrived after us repeatedly."
• "Our order was messed up on a couple of occasions and the staff were quite rude and tried to tidy the table a number of times whilst we were still eating."
• "When we arrived the staff ignored us until we reminded them that we were still waiting for our order."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Speaking of Arnside, what a gem of a place with lovely views over the estuary towards Grange over sands and Cumbria."
• "Really nice pub all year round. In summer, there’s a view of the estuary from the beer garden."
• "Inside food area lacks atmosphere, but most people come here for the views across the Estuary towards Grange Over Sands & to watch The Bore Tides."
• "We received a really warm welcome and it's a dog friendly pub."
• "Such a fantastic place my husband and I went out for a few drinks to celebrated our wedding anniversary here, ended up staying all day."
• "Great dog friendly pub lovely food and drink and the staff were very friendly."
• "This is a great pub in Arnside near Silverdale in Cumberland."

Cons:

• "It was okay.. We've been quite a few times over the years with us having a static in far Arnside but it seems to have gone downhill a bit."
• "Only downside was a group of young adults with a very noisy barking dog; sadly they seemed disinterested in controlling the dog."
• "Toilet in bar small and pokey."
• "Sat outside initially, but it was a little bit too windy for food, so went inside."
• "Sat in the bar which used to be lovely but now looks dirty and unloved."
• "On arrival they had closed the kitchen and were only dealing with bookings."
• "The fireplace which is rarely cleaned up, the toilet roll dispenser that never dispenses except for torn stamp size pieces."