The Hyde Park Reviews Summary

Decor and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "A lovely, cosy interior with a very nostalgic feel to the pub re the decor, old TV clips footage and all the pictures and advertising boards of products of yesteryear of course."
• "The entire pub is like a museum, almost every inch of wall space holds memorabilia of automotive and brewing industries, amongst other random historical items."
• "It's a very interesting olde world pub, in the heart of student land but with a good mix of people."
• "Fabulous pub with great memorabilia on the walls from the past, wonderful food and a lovely Gin bar upstairs."
• "Take a trip back to the 60s & 70s loads of brewriana adorn the walls nooks and crannies."
• "The decor is lovely and the variety of shows on the television is a trip down memory lane!"
• "The inside decor is spectacular with something to grab your attention everywhere you look - even the ceilings!"

Cons:

• "The music is loud; very loud and I can feel the bass through my feet, which feels unpleasantly like pins and needles."
• "Downside was the decor; very dated and tired looking."
• "Gaudy interior with far too many lights."
• "The place is dirty .....actually truthfully apart from going in there for a straight forward drink...don't bother ...and thinking about it 3 stars is way way too many !!!! Sorry !!"
• "Went there last night, there was lots of lairy shouting and laughter that went unnoticed."
• "Cute place. Was ordered to take cap off. To say the least the manager was not polite, likely because I look young."
• "The pub received a 0 rating for their hygiene inspection in August 2018."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was better then expected."
• "Great food well priced."
• "Excellent food! It's worth going just to try the chips, crispy on the outside soft in the middle. Pretty much perfect...and presented in a quirky way so extra brownie points."
• "Had the best homemade lunch will be back definitely xx."
• "FOOD GREAT. Quantity and quality of food absolutely excellent."
• "The food was delicious with generous portions."
• "The food itself is great."

Cons:

• "Only downside was their not serving food past 9pm (!) on a Thursday night."
• "Our main meals were disappointing, the meat was overcooked and dry."
• "Once they served me food that wasn't burnt and didn't take literally (as in 60 minutes) an hour to arrive."
• "The only downside, for me, is that, many times, the food takes ages to arrive and they can forget sauces... such as peppercorn sauce."
• "It was horrendous, it seriously lacked any seasoning, very very very cheaply made."
• "The roast for nearly £10 per head was awful. The veg was tepid and the potatoes were difficult to cut they tasted and felt like they were rewarmed."
• "Poor steak and ale pie. Seemed to lacking both steak and ale and comprised rock hard overdone pastry, a small quantity of some sort of average gravy and a couple of bits of gristle."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff are really good, service is good."
• "The staff were welcoming and attentive throughout our visit."
• "The staff are great."
• "The staff couldn't be more accommodating... the staff were excellent and catered to our needs and were very attentive."
• "Waiter and staff fantastic and so friendly and accommodating."
• "Staff was helpful and very professional, all in all 100% recommend."
• "Staff are friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "Food was better then expected, rubbish service, actually felt sorry for the young waitress, obviously hasn't been trained and just thrown in at the deep end. Just bad management."
• "The only two downsides were the slow-ish service despite the place not being packed."
• "Trying to be a bistro, 2/3 staff greeting you at the door asking have you booked a table etc when they should be helping out at the very busy bar where the 2 staff struggle massively to keep up."
• "We waited for 20 minutes for a waitress to order drinks, and only ordered them then because I went to ask her."
• "The waiting times seriously let this establishment down."
• "Staff weren't sure what they were doing with Covid."
• "However always let down by slow service. It doesn't matter if the place is packed or empty, your food will always at least take 30 minutes to arrive."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Fantastic value we had a group prosecco lunch."
• "Food is delicious and well priced!"
• "Amazing food, great drinks and better prices."
• "Top notch food, great price, fantastic beers."
• "Great food well priced, good selection of drinks. Brilliant atmosphere."
• "Great food and some decent beers."
• "The Doom Bar ale was perfect. Possibly the best pint of it I've had anywhere."

Cons:

• "Still, I got 85p change from a tenner for 2 pints. Oh no wait. That's really expensive."
• "The beer was terrible, 5 of us drinking Lager 3 different types all agreed it was easily the worst in Mutley."
• "Very disappointed in my last visit very expensive considering its bar food."
• "NEVER returning to pay £70+ for that experience for a birthday meal."
• "None of these can justify the very high pricing!"
• "It tastes like really well cooked cheap food. Burger patties are a bit rough."
• "Food was very poor.. I always go to Hyde Park pub for food but the food standards has dropped every single week not a good pub to eat any more so sad to say that tonight on Sunday was bad I had 3 dishes come out bun on my burger was sloppy basically wet .. surf and turf steak to fatty and the scampi cold and also cock and bull dish steak also fatty corn cob stone Cold."