Birkhill Inn Reviews Summary

Category: Family restaurant Dundee

Address: 124 Coupar Angus Rd, Birkhill, Dundee DD2 5PG, United Kingdom

Phone: +441382581297

Rating: 4.4
based on 145 reviews.

Steak Pie

Pros:

  • "The steak pie was amazing."
  • "Purveyors of the best steak pie in the country."
  • "Famous for their steak pie and didn't disappoint! beautifully cooked steak filling with just the right amount of gravy and its a huge portion!"
  • "Food top class, can't beat the steak pie!"
  • "The steak pie was excellent, as was the sticky toffee pudding."
  • "Steak pie is delicious and the portions are generous."
  • "Known for its steak pie but I love the vegetarian lasagne here, piping hot and delicious with a drizzle of pesto and sides of garlic bread and chips."

Cons:

  • "Food unfortunately was bland and reheated, Not fresh, also chips were cooked in dirty oil."
  • "The steak pie pastry was dry and burnt and the chips on both plates were very dry and inedible."
  • "Steak pie... was dry with no gravy."
  • "Steak pie is £15, pastry was hard on the outside, obviously re heated from yesterday or whenever!."
  • "Steak pie huge portion plenty of meat but sadly so salty."
  • "The 'famous steak pie' - which most of the men in our party ordered - was not as good as a steak pie you'd buy from any decent butchers and cook yourself."
  • "Pastry was too thick and undercooked."

Service

Pros:

  • "The staff, as usual, were welcoming, friendly and willing to help."
  • "Our waitress had a good 20 odd of us to rally after, and she done it well."
  • "Service was very quick and efficient, with all the staff being very pleasant."
  • "Staff were attentive but not intrusive."
  • "The staff very helpfull."
  • "Once we were sat down they really looked after us."
  • "Great service."

Cons:

  • "Service was poor and felt very rushed."
  • "Had the person serving us showed some emotion, like she cared for customers then it would have been a better experience."
  • "Service is quick, food is delicious and drinks and prompt."
  • "Had dinner on Saturday, food was good but service was terrible, waiting staff rude and seems eager to not do their job."
  • "We also asked for a jug of water twice and it never came."
  • "The service wasn't particularly fast on this occasion."
  • "We were greeted with a very angry looking woman called hazel who was really snappy and not polite to my mum."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Lovely restaurant and bar."
  • "Reasonable little place, friendly and casual feel."
  • "Over all a nice place to go for a quiet meal but can be a bit on the cold side even on sunny days. Windows seem to always be open and heating off."
  • "Comfortable bar/restaurant with pleasant outlook."
  • "Very cosy and child friendly establishment, great games area to keep kids happy, worth a visit."
  • "The conservatory was warm and there was plenty of space for the 2 infants we had and they were catered for too."
  • "Warm relaxed environment."

Cons:

  • "It was rather noisy when we were there so if it is a quiet restaurant you are looking for...this is not the place."
  • "The road is very busy, so can be quite loud."
  • "We decided to take our dinner in the bar unfortunately the locals were not very respectable to visitors or tourists."
  • "Only on this visit the children's games room was closed (understandable in the current pandemic) but when my children of 5 and 1 took their mother to show her, they ran into a member of staff that was very rude and disrespectful towards them."
  • "It's a strange place, one part pub and the other part restaurant."
  • "Location wasn't very well light so It was hard to navigate also entrance was confusing."
  • "The ambience of the inn is inviting, with warm lighting and a cozy atmosphere."

Value

Pros:

  • "Although a wee bit expensive the food made up for it 100%..."
  • "You will not be disappointed as you cannot beat the price for the value."
  • "Everything was reasonably priced."
  • "Nothing was too expensive."
  • "Based on the portion sizes and that the food was good, I was surpassed that the prices were very competitive!"
  • "Good price."
  • "Good size portions and average prices."

Cons:

  • "Over priced."
  • "Really looking at Rib Eye or Sirloin at almost 20 quid!"
  • "Came to £23! Waste of time and money for a tired old pub."
  • "Absolutely delicious and prices have not gone up as much as I was expecting."
  • "Personally feel food was over priced for the quality."
  • "Definitely not worthy of the inflated prices."
  • "Dessert was overpriced."

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