London Apprentice Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The best mussels I have ever had!"
• "The pies are always good and we also had open sandwiches on brioche. All good."
• "It's a really nice place, with excellent food across the board, the fish (warning it's huge) and chips here is amazing one of the best I've had from a pub."
• "I ordered myself a Korean Chicken burger which was really tasty and filling."
• "I definitely enjoyed eating the katsu chicken burger and would recommend their Sunday roast and fish & chips as it’s one of the best we’ve had."
• "Lovely lunch, I had Korean style spicy salt and pepper squid followed by slow cooked confit of pork belly with apple and squeak, a charred wedge of cabbage and cider, sage and cream sauce."
• "I personally had the beef and ale pie with triple fried chips and cabbage which I found and really nice the pie was to die for i really recommend it."

Cons:

• "Fish and chips was extremely oily."
• "Kids nuggets are processed, nachos very bad."
• "Absolutely awful food. So shocking considering the location of the pub."
• "The food was well below average: the roast was awful and the burger disappointing."
• "Food was bland and so over priced."
• "We had a sharing platter and a burger and chips, which were both terrible, tiny burger with about 6 chips the and the halloumi and chicken sharing platter consisting of lumps of batter containing unrecognisable items with cold chips covered in a trio of random sauces."
• "Unfortunately we were presented with probably the worst roast dinner we’ve ever experienced."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff are amazing too! very efficient and friendly and on the ball with the social distancing and sanitisation."
• "The staff took special care to ensure I was catered for and looked after me very well with understanding and empathy."
• "The staff Khushi and Ailisa were great. Really friendly hard working and easy to talk to."
• "Service is quick and efficient."
• "The staff are nice and helpful."
• "The staff is amazing always smiling and delivering excellent service to all."
• "Khushi & Ailisa provided excellent service and are very friendly."

Cons:

• "Poor service at the bar as in a queue which wasn't pointed out, then the order was repeated to someone, then someone pushed in and was served immediately."
• "We were just left alone no one came knowing we only had the table for an hour we decided to call it a day and closed the tab and left."
• "I went here with two kids today I ordered a hamburger and my order didn't come I said it five times and it didn't come again I talked to their manager The lady named Magma gave a very disrespectful answer."
• "Nice staff, good service....but.... toilets smell before you even get near the door."
• "Most incompetent staff and management."
• "Service too slow, waited nearly an hour and had to leave before food arrived."
• "Service was a little slow but the staff kept us updated and even offered complimentary drinks/dessert because of the wait."

Location & Atmosphere

Pros:

• "There is something very special about the London Apprentice, both the location, the atmosphere, staff and service always mean that I have a great experience."
• "On a nice day the garden overlooking the Thames is fantastic."
• "Absolutely love this pub and its riverside location."
• "Lovely view of the river with late night light reflections."
• "The food is pretty decent as well and there's a nice view over the Thames."
• "This is a pretty decent pub with tasty food. Its main attraction is the outdoor area overlooking the river, which is located on a nice bend of the river in a picturesque part of Isleworth and is lovely on sunny days."
• "Amazing location right on the river."

Cons:

• "Not helped by Hounslow's obsession with shutting down local roads for no benefit, reducing the passing custom."
• "Where families had been sat, there was just food everywhere on the floor."
• "Cleanliness was absolutely appalling. Sticky tables. Cobwebs & flies around the windows in the function room at the side of the pub."
• "The garden looks really tatty and badly kept."
• "This location is not that easy to get to unless you drive."
• "Smokers corner to the right of the garden was a little unpleasant too."
• "It was like a food fight had taken place in some areas."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "And a very decent price!"
• "The food was tasty and very good value for money."
• "The service is prompt and friendly and the drinks are on the cheaper end of London prices."
• "Fantastic customer service and well priced drinks."

Cons:

• "But when charging £7.10 a pint and £2.10 for lime and soda, at least have the toilet in an adequate fashion."
• "Very nice pub in a good quiet location pub looked really nice and homely like a country pub staff were friendly and helpful the stake and ale pie I had with mash was lovely as well no complaints there my only bugbear was I thought the food was a little bit expensive."
• "Food wasn’t good at all on Sunday. Small portions and expensive."
• "A bit pricey as most scenic pubs are."
• "When I ordered something as simple as the overpriced vegetarian nachos, it came with gross spicy, salty processed (nacho) crackers things, covered in some nasty orange creamy cheese and salsa sauce that was ketchup."
• "Stay clear of the Sunday roast worse than a microwave meal!"
• "Big portions of food, but not the best quality."