Mackenzies Bar & Kitchen Reviews Summary

Category: Bar Bristol

Address: Groundfloor 'W' Shed, Canon's Rd, Bristol BS1 5UH, United Kingdom

Phone: +441179225496

Rating: 3.5
based on 318 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "The staff team could not have been any more helpful/pleasant and down for a laugh!"
  • "The staff were lovely, especially Nico who looked after us."
  • "Genuinely polite and friendly making you feel welcomed to the establishment."
  • "Staff are friendly, nice and easy for wheelchairs / buggies to move around in."
  • "Staff were really helpful and friendly."
  • "Best of all the staff were really friendly and the place spotless."
  • "Staff very friendly and welcoming and cocktails were lovely."

Cons:

  • "The guy working behind the bar (tall, short dark hair) looked like he'd rather be anywhere else other than there."
  • "Rude bartender and manager (a woman - I believe there's also a male manager but he wasn't there that day)."
  • "The Manager Gabrielle was aggressive and rude."
  • "I found the staff extremely unprofessional and rude."
  • "Worst service I have ever had. If you have the pink haired waiter good luck."
  • "Poor service. No food check. More interested in talking amongst themselves than engaging with customers."
  • "The staff here were so rude and not attentive, I don’t think anyone knew what they were doing there."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Absolutely wonderful, really good food, had fish n chips (it was Friday after all)."
  • "Absolutely amazing meals, drinks and service."
  • "Food was outstanding."
  • "Really well presented, quality food."
  • "Loved the food, very tasty and great quality."
  • "The food was great and prices are quite low."
  • "Food is always amazing here!"

Cons:

  • "Our macaroni cheese had no mustard in it as advertised."
  • "The food then arrived cold and my partners burger was undercooked."
  • "Soft drinks were all flat and tasteless."
  • "Terrible food to say the least. There was no fresh produce all the food was frozen and reheated."
  • "The fries looked as though they'd been cremated, the chargrilled chicken was so dry I needed to keep drinking to help it go down."
  • "The food was both overcooked and freezing cold. Reheated frozen food."
  • "The burgers tasted really bad."

Atmosphere & Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Lovely location."
  • "Nice atmosphere, ordered burgers and chips."
  • "Also in a nice setting along the river 😊"
  • "Comfy seating and friendly service by the harbour."
  • "Popular harbourside bar with noisy but good atmosphere."
  • "Good music and friendly, efficient staff."
  • "Friendly staff, comfortable seating, clean tables and an eclectic mix of wall decorations gave a feeling of a cross between a hip bar and a hunting lodge."

Cons:

  • "We were asked to sit down on a dirty table."
  • "The toilets are vomitous."
  • "Tables were sticky and flies around our food."
  • "The place wasn’t the cleanest. It’s understandable with the door wide open in summertime flies will get in but there was a lot!"
  • "Sticky, dirty tables despite me and my partner being only 2 of 6 people in the whole restaurant."
  • "The cups of coffee were dirty...fortunately they did not serve me food I would regret it."
  • "If there are ash treys on the table they really should be cleaned after every customer to avoid contamination."

Management & Staff Attire

Pros:

  • "The manager was so good and even sent over a bottle of prosecco, nice touch!"
  • "The team at Mackenzies were so helpful with everything."
  • "Received some really good service from Damien, one of the waiters."

Cons:

  • "The staff was wearing unprofessional clothing for example the waitress was wearing a very small crop top which showed way too much."
  • "I looked for the manager to report his actions but he/she was no where to be seen."
  • "The general manager was sat on the computer by the door...very unprofessional of him to not want to come over and deal with things."
  • "Manager of bristol brunch not interested to talk with customer 'too busy'."
  • "The manager...had the audacity to complain about customers leaving when informed of the expected waiting time for food."
  • "No positive comments regarding management were provided."
  • "The waiter who served us asked if we wanted any sauces which we did ask for (ketchup) but it never arrived."

Value & Offers

Pros:

  • "Serendipitously we got a two for the price of one deal so 3 burgers and a side of onion rings was £25. Nice!"
  • "Food is reasonably priced."
  • "Had 2 8oz steaks, 2 cocktails, 2 coffees and a dessert. £43.00!! An absolute bargain!!"
  • "The food and drinks were 10/10 and very reasonably priced."
  • "If you show your theatre tickets, you get 10% discount which we forgot to do."
  • "Very well priced especially with student discount!"
  • "Would definitely recommend Mackenzies for a semi- private function! Fabulous."

Cons:

  • "Expensive breakfast, for a poor meal."
  • "Everything over priced too."
  • "Overpriced and very small servings."
  • "Terrible service, 4 ribs is apparently a main course and water downed beer."
  • "They literally tried to rob us of our £30 for being patient enough to wait longer than 20mins for drinks."
  • "A cold, dry chicken burger with a burnt bun, undercooked chips dripping in oil."
  • "The “home cut fries” were DISGUSTING. If I’d wanted a bowl of oil with some limp, soggy potato in then I would’ve been happy."

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