Bodean's Tower Hill Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food is so good, cocktails are awesome, and the Jack Danial's cider is amazing!"
• "Dishes were fresh and super tasty."
• "Thoroughly enjoyed the burnt ends."
• "The burnt ends are Texas style with good spice bark, an even smoke flavor, and quality cut."
• "It's fantastically flavourly and fulfilling."
• "From ribs, burgers and chicken. It’s all tasty."
• "Food was excellent! Well cooked, tasty and lots of it."

Cons:

• "The sauce on the ribs was lacklustre with barely any BBQ sauce taste."
• "Didn’t look like brisket at all, again very small portion: two small and chewy strips of beef, handful of fries and a little coleslaw on the side."
• "Brisket was thin not very smokey almost no onions small portion for the price."
• "For me, I was served a GREY sirloin steak, that genuinely looked like it had been boiled."
• "The food is not that great at all the meat is old and smelly."
• "All of the meats were just really soaking in the same greasy marinade which meant they all tasted the same."
• "The only negative was the food wasn't very warm."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff are friendly and helpful but very busy we waited ages for drinks to arrive."
• "Lovely staff that were very willing to help and accommodate us."
• "Service was spot on with a smile."
• "Staff were good though and chatty."
• "Our server was amazing and very helpful."
• "Service was friendly and has window seats so you can watch the world go by."
• "Staff very friendly and attentive."

Cons:

• "Tables were very close together and our table was wonky."
• "Very unhygienic restaurant."
• "It's not a clean place and they don't even give you a properly washed glass for drinks."
• "The restaurant looks a bit run down though."
• "The restaurant itself has a real dilapidated feel with multiple tables with balled up tissue shoved under corners."
• "No one came to check on us and see if we had our entire order and if everything was okay."
• "The service was ok. We saw the waiter 3 times, when he took the order, when he brought the food and when he took the payment."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Great atmosphere to watch football or cricket with multiple screens."
• "Great place with unusual music creating this American pub feel."
• "The decor is great with attention to detail."
• "Great Bodeans location near the Tower. Very child friendly, including kids menus with BBQ staples."
• "The downstairs seating area has a fantastic atmosphere and the decor is on point!!"
• "Great atmosphere, really good cocktails."
• "A bustling and friendly American style BBQ shack."

Cons:

• "For a Thursday lunch it was pretty dead so atmosphere was lacking somewhat."
• "Very loud obnoxious group were also in attendance when we visited... Staff did clean it up quickly but the whole atmosphere was ruined because of that group."
• "The place was real quiet."
• "The place was somewhat loud."
• "Only downside is the loudness of the place, making it hard to have a chat while enjoying your meal."
• "The restaurant was packed. The tables were very small and very close together."
• "The music and sport TV was so loud that we couldn't hear ourselves talking very easily."