Frankie & Benny's Reviews Summary

Category: Italian restaurant Plymouth

Address: Barbican Leisure Park, Barbican Approach, Plymouth PL4 0LG, United Kingdom

Phone: +441752676820

Rating: 3.8
based on 343 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Food arrived in good time and was very nice."
  • "The food was tasty and good value."
  • "The food was so good and little man's ice cream came with a very special message written in chocolate sauce and they played happy birthday music."
  • "The food is cooked amazingly and promptly and all rather reasonably priced!"
  • "Food was good and hot. Wings were crispy and yummy."
  • "Food was piping hot πŸ”₯ and amazing finally somewhere that serves nice, tasty food."
  • "The food was perfect as well. Omg the burger with mac and cheese bites was heavenly."

Cons:

  • "So when starters arrived most of it was inedible dried up or burnt..we sent it back and called it a day."
  • "The food was ok but, expensive considering how basic it is."
  • "The salmon ordered was burned."
  • "The food came out cold and the portion sizes have certainly got smaller!!"
  • "Not one of us had a decent meal. The food took ages to arrive, it was tactless- even the spicy burger."
  • "The bruschetta was just plain sliced bread thrown in the toaster- and not long enough might i add- with a lot of onions, little tomatoes and even less taste."
  • "The southern fried chicken looked and tasted like it was pre-frozen fried chicken you find in a grocery store, and yet somehow it was overcooked."

Service

Pros:

  • "We were greeted as if we hadn't walked in with less than an hour till closing time, which was well received and appreciated by us hungry patrons."
  • "Staffs are very friendly, helpful and polite."
  • "Service was quick and friendly and the food was delicious."
  • "Our waitress, Amy, went above and beyond to ensure we had an amazing evening, she was truly fantastic!"
  • "Our server, Danny, was warm and friendly, despite it being busy."
  • "Amy our server took our drinks order then food order and by the time she’d finished the food order the drinks were ready."
  • "The staff here were very efficient and friendly, the service was exceptional without being pushy."

Cons:

  • "A lot of the menu was unavailable. One of the waitresses was very rude."
  • "The host, (who is clearly not a people person and had no communication skills, and seemed annoyed to be there)."
  • "Our waiter wasn’t at all friendly or welcoming giving the impression that he didn’t want to be there."
  • "Service was awful and waiter left."
  • "No one came to ask if we needed more drinks so we had to ask."
  • "The staff seemed to be struggling. Maybe understaffed?"
  • "Service was slow but it wasn't the waitresses fault, needs some leadership in the kitchen as seemed to be like a mad house."

Value

Pros:

  • "All in all very good and would gladly recommend, particularly if you've been to the cinema as you get 30% of your mains if you've got cinema tickets!"
  • "Thank you so much. It was a perfect end to a perfect day."
  • "Will definitely be coming back soon."
  • "Kids are well looked after with colouring books etc and celebrations are well catered for too."
  • "Lots of menu choice at reasonable prices."
  • "Child's menu for Β£4.99 was really good."
  • "The price of the kids is good, they get 3 courses plus a drink for just over Β£8."

Cons:

  • "The bill was shocking as the tax was added upon the menu price."
  • "Had a lovely meal out tonight for my partners birthday top quality food good staff etc but when they send you an email to say a free birthday meal on us don't mean is for the birthday person its for whoever has the cheapest meal so that was my son what a joke....."
  • "But the thing that surprised us the most was the prices and the bill we received for what we had."
  • "Β£15 for a burger and chips is a bit steep."
  • "For 2 adults and 2 young kids, it cost us nearly Β£80 for 2 kids meals, 2 adults mains, an adult dessert and 3 drinks."
  • "When receiving the bill they had the nerve to add 10% service charge which by law you dont have to pay."
  • "Not at all happy paying over Β£20 for overcooked warmed up pasta."

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "The restaurant is clean and can't get a bit noisy, the open wall to the kitchens means you can see the food being cooked."
  • "The restaurant was adequately adapted to work around COVID requirements and social distancing was made easy, with tables a fair distance apart from one another."
  • "Food is awesome. Very old American style foods, environment and music."
  • "It's a lively dining experience and the regular breaking into the 'Happy Birthday' song can be distracting, but the kids love it."
  • "Lovely visit for Lunch today."
  • "The food is good, the staff are super friendly and the atmosphere is nice."
  • "What a lovely atmosphere, our waitress was absolutely wonderful which made a wonderful change."

Cons:

  • "It's a shame but the place has gone downhill."
  • "We found it very noisy, you expect some noise but this was ridiculously noisy we ended up with headaches."
  • "Atmosphere has lost its oomph since the revamp and music change."
  • "Same decor but now loud modernish music, kids screaming and running around."
  • "The only downside for me is the place can be a little noisy but that is down to the lack of soft furnishing."
  • "It felt like the waitress was paid extra to be way too over excited, same script for the other tables that arrived during our visit."
  • "As for atmosphere, the whole place looked dated, dirty and in need of a good refit."

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