Brewers Fayre Linkwood Lodge Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food we had was lovely. Previously visited and had issues but thought we'd give it another go and was pleasantly surprised."
• "Food good and inexpensive."
• "Had a lovely meal tonight 4 of us with drinks really reasonable price, the meal came out not long to wait was very nice and plenty of it."
• "Called in today on the way home from Inverness to peterhead... Fish was cooked to perfection."
• "Opted for the full price meals rather than the lunchtime offer and WOW they were amazing."
• "Food was well cooked, hot and tasty."
• "The sirloin steak was cooked perfectly."

Cons:

• "Meal took 45 minutes to get when it arrived after having to ask whether it had been forgotten about it was cold and horrible."
• "Never have I had such a c*** meal."
• "all our chips were old n cold"
• "Food was appalling. Potato pellets that were like stodge and warm not hot beef n ale pie."
• "Food was luke warm very bland bad choice to stop here for a meal, my table was also dirty hasn't had a good clean in awhile."
• "The food was terrible... clearly just thrown from a packet."
• "Food was so bad... burnt burgers... literally black!"

Service

Pros:

• "The only exception was John, visiting from Inverness. Attentive and absolute pleasure."
• "The only nice thing I have to say is the staff were helpful and efficient as usual."
• "Went in Christmas Eve, staff 1st class, very friendly and very efficient."
• "As usual the staff were super friendly and helpful"
• "Just back from a fantastic weekend in Elgin for a baby shower for my daughter, the service we got from brewers fayre linkwood staff was fantastic, in particular Luke and Matty I can't thank them enough for everything they done for us during our visit nice to see good customer service."
• "The staff are always very welcoming and friendly, and they really can't do enough for you."
• "Staff were really friendly and very helpful."

Cons:

• "Having been to Brewers Fayre in Elgin twice over the past fortnight for breakfast(not a hotel guest). We thought we would go again today, only to be told that they are only taking hotel guests for breakfast and this is a new policy."
• "Miserable serving staff."
• "Staff were rude, lazy, and disrespectful."
• "Child's glass had lipstick omit so I sent it back asking for a clean glass which never materialised."
• "Don't waste your time. Called in here at 5pm and the restaurant was virtually empty. We were told they couldn't fit us in."
• "Food took about 45 minutes - 1h 15 minutes then the food was horrible asked for a rare 8oz steak got a medium, service appalling other tables that came in after us and got food before us, place was almost empty."
• "We were shocked at the don't care attitude of the staff, we were turned away Wednesday and Thursday as they claimed to be so busy, the place was half empty each time."

Ambiance and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Nice place, appealing from the outside, great kids facility outside, mediocre inside play facilities."
• "Nice atmosphere....any age welcome here."
• "The ambiance is quite nice, what with a newish building tastefully decorated."
• "Was greeted by Luke who showed us to our table. I noticed the pub seemed really clean."
• "Enjoyed the smothered platter and black forest sundae."
• "Great place, service was fast and no problems, food was fantastic."
• "Without doubt the friendliest pub attached to a Premier Inn that I have been to."

Cons:

• "Freezing cold in the restaurant area had to put our jackets back on."
• "Sticky table, below average meals, smelly cutlery and glasses."
• "Very run down. Play area outside is dire, no play area inside."
• "Cigarette ends everywhere"
• "The childrens play area was overrun by children too old to use it, which meant the little ones couldn't go in."
• "Absolutely filthy. Outside bad and gets progressively worse the further you go in. Shockingly bad. Ingrained dirt everywhere."
• "The place is a dump, so dirty."