The Hug and Pint Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was fantastic. Great place for sharing vegan plates."
• "Food is super delish and cheap! Small dishes that fill you up."
• "As always the staff were welcoming and helpful. Excellent food and drink."
• "A fantastic restaurant and pub. 100% vegan menus."
• "Food always being tasty and well priced."
• "Food was amazing, each dish was delicious. Small plates so get a few between a group."
• "DELICIOUS! The food was soooo good."

Cons:

• "Seats gave me pins and needles. not comfy."
• "The portions are insanely tiny and way overpriced."
• "Both of my dishes were swimming in soya sauce which tasted pickled with salt."
• "But portions are small and if u want to eat enough for not being hungry better be rich."
• "One of the tofu things that the waitress recommended was really rank."
• "Expensive! One of the tofu things that the waitress recommended was really rank."
• "Cozy establishment with reasonable selection of drinks, sadly the menu is so overpriced for tiny bland portions. Food very mediocre."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Staff super genuine and friendly."
• "We had a lovely evening here. Super friendly staff, nice atmosphere and amazing food!"
• "As always the staff were welcoming and helpful."
• "Lovely friendly staff."
• "Can't fault the staff, professional and attentive."
• "Friendly staff who also know the ins and outs of what they are selling."
• "Staff were very friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "The service wasn't great-- it was really slow."
• "Music often hit and miss and sadly the last 2 visits it's been a miss."
• "A couple of the lads behind the bar could have been more pleasant."
• "The drinks were very expensive and I was a bit shocked at the price."
• "Zero enforcement of mask wearing at the venue."
• "Staff were not attentive and the food was nothing special."
• "The staff loitered about looking bored and were not particularly friendly or professional with one waiter appearing to be thoroughly miserable."

Venue and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "They are very LGBT aware and welcoming 'gender neutral toilets' 👍👍"
• "As a venue for live performing, great space and sound system."
• "Location is good near subway etc."
• "Great atmosphere and dog friendly!"
• "Lovely and cosey on the inside. Intimate venue downstars."
• "Really fantastic atmosphere, great music and the staff are so friendly and attentive!"
• "Great little pub. Was there for a gig and found all the staff were friendly and the sound was great in the live room downstairs."

Cons:

• "Only negative is the vocals microphone is always set too low at any gig I've been to for support bands in here and can hardly hear the singing until main act comes on."
• "Gig venue was well over capacity in basement."
• "One negative thing was how closely packed the tables were, could've done with a bit more space!"
• "Cramped swampy room with customers coming in for the bathroom every 5 minutes."
• "Absolutely not a gig venue. It’s a large corridor to the bathroom that happens to have a 30cm-high step just wide enough for drums."
• "Though accessibility needs improving. There’s no access for disabled people for gigs and if there is there’s no notice."
• "They did seem to struggle with their stock of beer when I was there."