The Minories Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "The Minories' efficient staff seamlessly accommodated us, providing a comfortable and lively atmosphere to enjoy a good time with friends."
• "Always impressed by live atmosphere, friendly and helpful staff and tasty food."
• "Very nice venue in the bridge arches and good atmosphere."
• "Amazing pub in an amazing location."
• "Fantastic pub for all sorts of occasions."
• "Good vibes here nice place to start a night out as you can get anywhere in London from here it's served very well by all TFL links pretty much."
• "The environment is amazing, good vibes."

Cons:

• "Do not book Sunday Roast here if you plan on going on the day!"
• "Will not be going there ever again."
• "That's a completely dirty place."
• "Nice pub, with a nice garden, although we were thrown out halfway through the pint because of a private party, disappointing."
• "The one thing I didn't like was for a bar they had no non carbonated drinks."
• "The place is infested with rats in the garden!"
• "Music from DJ was fine but unnecessarily loud for those wanting to hold a conversation (I would think 95% of the clientele)."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "Staff are really professional, helpful and food, drinks arrive really quickly."
• "The whole staff are awesome, great food and drinks for a fair price."
• "Friendly staff and delicious food."
• "Service was commendable."
• "Excellent, friendly staff. Lovely atmosphere and nothing was too much trouble for the staff."
• "The bartenders and waiters are really patient and friendly."
• "The friendly effective good-looking manager was looking after all the individuals that evening and making sure everything run smoothly, and everyone is pleased."

Cons:

• "Pub itself is lovely but sadly not the staff."
• "I always get ignored when at the bar and have to wait for everyone to get served first before they come to me."
• "Exceptionally slow service, no hint of smiles or manners, simply walk by."
• "We have been there with a large group... the drinks came after the food. The restaurant is obviously not organized and staffed to handle groups."
• "Food was disappointing (burgers were dry and small, snacks were extremely tiny) and service was not mindful."
• "Staff not being polite, frozen food.. Staff was not nice nor welcoming, running everywhere except at our table."
• "Can honestly say we'll never come back with such appalling service."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "Food is FANTASTIC (Mac n cheese was genuinely soooo good)."
• "Has fantastic beer garden with huts, each has a small tv and heater."
• "Best fish and chips so far this trip. And the burger was phenomenal!!"
• "Food tasted awesome."
• "They had the best fish and chips in London and burgers are also very delicious."
• "The pie (chicken leek brie!) was not dry. It was creamy heaven from straight above!"
• "The 'Sloppy Joe' burger was very tasty, totally recommend it, sweet potato chips also good!"

Cons:

• "The food is very average to be honest. Very bland and not tasty."
• "Food is miserable and the wine is worse."
• "Poured a pint with half foam."
• "Food was disappointing (burgers were dry and small, snacks were extremely tiny) and service was not mindful."
• "The burgers were terrible, my girlfriend threw up shortly after eating."
• "Our fish and chips was awful. The fish had no taste and the chips were just too hot and badly cooked."
• "The food arrived far too quickly for it to be cooked fresh…. it was very poor quality, cold greasy chips and battered fish with very little fish in it."

Value & Pricing

Pros:

• "The whole staff are awesome, great food and drinks for a fair price."
• "The breakfasts were excellent value."
• "Relatively cheap pub food in walking distance from London Tower, warm and cozy atmosphere."
• "The prices reasonable for London."
• "The food was really tasty and reasonably priced."
• "Great food at a great price, super fast service."
• "The meal deals are amazing, it's worth the money."

Cons:

• "We took 2 fish and chips one peroni beer and 1 cola light for 38.50 pound. Big dish only at the appearance. Fast service, good food but expensive for the location and atmosphere."
• "Quite pricey though. £6.45 for a Guinness."
• "£8 for the small portion of fries we received is very expensive though."
• "Drinks were not cheap."
• "Drinks are overly expensive though I've never paid £8.50 for a glass of Pimms before!"
• "Only bad thing is the price of drinks, to be expected in zone 1 but over £7 for a pint means I only stayed for one and probably won't be back anytime soon."
• "Unfortunately, after the bartender told me a pint was £5.80 and I had walked away with my drink, it came to light they were £7.30 each."