The Grog & Gruel Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was delicious and the restaurant was a lovely place to finish our day off."
• "Tried the elk pie 🥧 and wow absolutely delicious."
• "Perfect after a long day on the hills, proper pub grub, can highly recommend the stag pie and they have a very nice collection of whiskey."
• "The food we did order was excellent. Very fresh and delicious."
• "The sandwich and soup were delicious."
• "Amazing food. The Stag Pie and the Boar and Haggis burger were lovely."
• "The food was good, hot and tasty and wasn't expensive given the tourist nature of the location."

Cons:

• "Mediocre on their best day. Staff ignored customers."
• "Had the venison burger that was very dry and underwhelming."
• "Poor quality, vastly overpriced food. I really could not eat it!"
• "I had a pizza that turned out to be disappointing."
• "The quesadillas tasted like they were made with canned chicken."
• "Got the chicken nachos to start, these were awful, no taste."
• "Food really disappointing - I had the wild boar and haggis burger, which sounded interesting, but was actually just overpriced, unimaginitave and lacking in taste."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff was friendly, great food and fab service."
• "Good food & friendly staff, our food came very quickly as we were in a rush."
• "The Young guy behind the Bar was awfy friendly and rushed off his feet bless him."
• "Staff was friendly and helpful."
• "Staff were friendly and helpful."
• "The staff were lovely and couldn't do enough for you."
• "Staff were very friendly, happy to chat and advise on the beers on offer."

Cons:

• "However, the staff seemed disinterested and not the friendliest."
• "Not sure if there was a manager on shift last night but staff sitting around with feet up on counter playing on the phone as we arrived."
• "We didn't get what we asked for. When we pointed out, another waitress got really angry and frustrated."
• "We also were repeatedly ignored while trying to order drinks and food."
• "Service was fast enough, but waitress never returned with our drink orders."
• "The staff are lazy and unprofessional."
• "The two girls upstairs seemed much more interested in their phones than helping us."

Atmosphere and Environment

Pros:

• "Great pub, the bar has a lovely atmosphere, does get very busy."
• "Its friendly, atmospheric and absolutely everything you'd expect from a Scottish pub at the foot of Ben Nevis."
• "Nice place with nice Scottish atmosphere."
• "From the outside you could be forgiven for thinking it’s just a run of the mill pub, but inside you’ll find a truly Scottish welcoming atmosphere and buzz."
• "Enjoyed this little quirky pub on the high street."
• "Lovely beer selection, great pub atmosphere."
• "Warm traditional pub atmosphere."

Cons:

• "It's a typical tourist scam The food isn't that good but the price are high."
• "The atmosphere was quite hostile after group of drunk, noisy, singing yobs arrived about 7pm and cleared the place of anyone civilised."
• "I can also imagine that when busy the pub is extremely cramped and some may feel uncomfortable."
• "The restaurant itself lacked a bit of atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere was depressing."
• "Atmosphere was depressing."
• "It's just a pub bar with no atmosphere to speak of."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The prices were also very good."
• "Fair prices, good food."
• "Prices are very affordable and definitely worth it for what you get."
• "Very nice Scottish Pub, value for money."
• "Tourist and local alike, this place caters to all both price wise and quality."
• "Great selection of food and beer and very reasonably priced."
• "The food was good, hot and tasty and wasn't expensive given the tourist nature of the location."

Cons:

• "In a roadside cafe I would have expected this for £8 not nearly double that."
• "Ok ish.food not to bad .but not worth the price ...."
• "Bit pricey tho,"
• "Very expensive for what you get."
• "Food was slightly expensive but that’s to be expected."
• "Having travelled in Scotland for two weeks I thought the food prices were expensive for what you had so decided to eat elsewhere."
• "£30 down the drain for an awful experience."