Meat Bar Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Both the ribeye and sirloin steaks were cooked to perfection, sides, sauce and desserts was tasty."
• "Food was served quickly and cooked well with plenty of flavouring."
• "Absolutely incredible food, steaks were cooked to perfection and sauces were great."
• "Food quality excellent. Lovely burgers and steaks."
• "The ribeye steak special is still great. The meat is very good quality."
• "The food was super, the ribeye and the fillet were just perfect and tasty."
• "The steak cooked medium rare to perfection well worth it."

Cons:

• "The food was awful, steaks were chewy and one was a fillet, how can you get a fillet wrong!"
• "Terrible waiting time and food was too dry."
• "The wings were hard and bland."
• "The salad on the plate had the dressing built into it, which made it inedible after the waiting times."
• "The potatoes and chips were dry yet greasy!"
• "The chicken wings to start were a little too smokey and didn't have much meat on them."
• "Meat with a high concentration of salt."

Service

Pros:

• "Everyone was friendly, polite and incredibly cheerful."
• "Really nice atmosphere. Front of house were polite and efficient."
• "Service was very friendly."
• "Staff always friendly and it's good value for money."
• "We had the friendliest server called Kelly."
• "Easily the best service I have had in a restaurant in years, if not ever!"
• "Staff are extremely friendly, the waiter we had was a lovely Irish chap who provided an excellent service."

Cons:

• "Service was very slow as well."
• "Waiter that brought our meal looked miserable."
• "Staff weren't very enthusiastic overall..."
• "The service was disappointing from the moment I walked in."
• "Service was ok but could not make up for the poor food."
• "Absolute shambles not one apology."
• "They do not have a transparency in the communications between Customers / Waiters / Kitchen."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "This gives the place a friendly and cosy feeling, the place has wood design mixed with stone."
• "Really nice atmosphere. Front of house were polite and efficient."
• "Great atmosphere!"
• "Their atmosphere is nice and intimate without feeling secluded."
• "Lovely atmosphere and decor inside giving off an edgy but warm feel."
• "Atmosphere was great as well as the customer service."
• "Also very good atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Maybe a bit cold inside for the winter period, but didn’t bother me much."
• "The only problem I have is the bus stop being right outside, and the buses going past basically blasting whatever is on the pavement into your eyes if you sit outside."
• "Dull dingy smells of meat."
• "The restaurant was empty and cold."
• "Never going back"

Value

Pros:

• "Good value for the area, lunch and drinks for 4 came to £15 per person."
• "All in great value for money."
• "The price-quality ratio is very high."
• "Prices are OK for the high quality food."
• "There was one thing that we didn't expect and was shocked by when we received the bill........was a lot cheaper than we expected!"
• "Love the meal deal in here, £10 got steak and chips with mushrooms, also a soft drink."

Cons:

• "They have a great selection of drink however it is a bit on the pricey side."
• "Price is higher than bread meats bread but not by that much, about 25 quid per person for a two and a half course meal."
• "They charge £3 for around 12 chips just because the skin was still on them."
• "The price of the steaks was quite high, so do check before you book, just so you are aware."
• "The prices which at £11 for plain burger and fries seem a bit much."
• "The wee side stuff was unnecessarily rich and the portions were small for the price."

Drinks

Pros:

• "Amazing food, really friendly staff who are always more than willing to help out and vast selection of craft beers and ciders!"
• "Nice selection of beers and the Mrs was happy with the gin selection!"
• "Great selection of wines, beers and spirits too, normally at least one Brewdog tap available."
• "Draft beer was Williams Bros and Sam Adams, plenty bottles."
• "The organic Nero d'avolo is fantastic and the primitivo is delicious."
• "Four great beers and a lager on tap."

Cons:

• "Could do with improving their 'craft' beer selection though."
• "Pints were like soapy pish water (tops)."
• "Quality of ice for cocktails, my Negroni looked bit sloppy (delicious tho)."
• "For the spilled wine we were given one small replacement glass, grudgingly, to make up for it."