Deer Park Beefeater Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The steaks were good."
• "The food was well presented and tasty."
• "Chicken wings were super crispy. The tomato soup was nice and both mains fish and chips and the steak and chips were very tasty."
• "The Calamari starter I had was very good, and I enjoyed my main, smothered chicken."
• "The food was amazing! So tasty and great value for money."
• "Food was served pretty quickly especially for a Saturday evening, and was very tasty."
• "Food was good (standard menu stuff)."

Cons:

• "Everything else on the plate was pretty tasteless."
• "Poor quality steak pie, over cooked and meat fatty."
• "The turkey was so dry and tasteless."
• "The steak was like an old boot."
• "The main course was mediocre, the carrots were hard the Brussels sprouts had been cooked to an inch of their life."
• "Turkey was dry, veg over cooked."
• "The food was poor in presentation, taste, and texture."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff very friendly and wasn't too busy for a Sunday afternoon."
• "Friendly and helpful staff."
• "Staff were fantastic."
• "The staff very pleasant."
• "Lovely friendly staff, exceptional service. Nothing was rushed and the staff genuinely cared about our experience. They really made it."
• "Our server Rachel was brilliant, made sure we had everything we needed and was able to help us with our choices."
• "Dianne ( has a terrific sense of humour ) and her colleagues attended to us without a problem."

Cons:

• "Having to chase and wait for members of our party to get a course's."
• "Service was slow, even when not busy. We had to ask multiple times for our drinks as we waited around 15 minutes."
• "While their breakfast menu states it is unlimited it would appear the wait staff is trained better on techniques to ignore customers than to provide good service."
• "Had to wait until staff noticed us."
• "Service very, very slow."
• "The manager, Sarah didn't seem to care. We never got an apology and she looked very angry."
• "Service was OK, not the fastest."

Value

Pros:

• "I will be back as the food is fine and it is walking distance from my home."
• "There is a good selection on the menu and as there is an offer on at the moment it is good value."
• "I had a voucher for 30% of main meals so cannot complain about price."
• "The price was really good."
• "Overall though good value for money."
• "£9.98 all you can eat breakfast is an excellent offer as it includes unlimited hot drinks."
• "Reasonable food at reasonable prices."

Cons:

• "I also think for Livingston and the type of food its overpriced."
• "Very small portion for the price."
• "Slightly more expensive than other restaurants in its class."
• "Missing items from order.....dirty plates... portions were poor....sides arrived when most people had finished."
• "Just had the haddock and chips which is £6 more expensive than the daytime menu fish and chips."
• "The portion was very small. So £20 for a main and dessert and I left hungry."
• "Food not too bad but felt my portion was small for the price."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Restaurant has been refurbished since I last visited and has a good fresh appearance."
• "This is a really good Beefeater. Friendly staff, well cooked food and it is nice and spacious."
• "Comfortable surroundings."
• "The interior is very cosy and inviting."
• "The atmosphere was perfect for our Hogmanay dinner. Definitely visiting here again."
• "A typical Beefeater fitted out in the new branding, therefore bar/restaurant areas are clean, comfortable, and well decorated."
• "Otherwise nice, cosy and pleasant place to eat."

Cons:

• "The ambience was dull, until my 5 year old farted and thereby improved the scene."
• "Only lost marks on atmosphere because it was fairly quiet and it's a big place."
• "The room was cold, with some customers sitting with coats on."
• "Now I know why wee were the only three people in the restaurant on a Friday FIRST of the month this is my first and last I'll keep on the motorway and find another gem to write about lol...good luck..."
• "Pictures don't always look like where you end up sitting in the same seats as the picture advertised...Bit grubby tiered."
• "Table needed a good clean. So sticky that the menu stuck to it."
• "My only complaint was my daughter can only eat gluten free and on booking was assured they could cater for this. No they couldn't."