The Dudley Arms Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is fantastic, the carvery and other food off the menu brilliant."
• "Proper black country roast Amazing roast potatoes done in meat juices and Yorkshire puddings."
• "The carvery was beautiful! Everything tasted delicious! Generous portions too!"
• "The available items were fresh, well cooked and quite tasty."
• "We chose the carvery, which was absolutely delicious."
• "The food was delicious."
• "Food was hot and well cooked."

Cons:

• "The food was average with a poor selection of vegetables."
• "Roast potatoes were as hard as hell took a while to actually get knife through it."
• "Portion control on the meat was hugely inconsistent."
• "Very disappointed at the Breakfast we had today 21st August 2017. The bacon, toast and the black pudding was rock hard."
• "Was disappointed with carvery, roast potatoes tasted re heated, no roast parsnips."
• "The service was poor, some of the food on the carvery was inedible."
• "The meat was so dry hard to swallow, yorkshire pudding was soggy & just tasted of grease."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Sadly we went to a dear friends funeral the Staff were Amazing can't thank them enough."
• "Lovely place and great staff."
• "Staff were lovely."
• "Staff were helpful and friendly."
• "The staff were absolutely amazing."
• "Thankyou to Neil and the staff at The Dudley Arms for making my nights out with the girls on Tuesdays so enjoyable."
• "Staff were friendly."

Cons:

• "Came here with two friends and my younger brother for a breakfast as it was his 15th birthday he was accused of picking up a plate and stealing food by a member of staff."
• "Terrible! Certain staff seem to have a chip on their shoulder."
• "We found the staff very mean with the meat portions. and the chips smelled of fish."
• "Regular visitor to the Dudley Arms, carvery has always been very good visited twice in the last two months including today which we gave the benefit of the doubt based on the last time which was not good, the food today was equally as bad most of it undercooked."
• "The service was poor, some of the food on the carvery was inedible."
• "Absolutely disgusting service today, wife is vegetarian, when been served chef went to put Yorkshire pudding and stuffing on her plate with same utensils used for serving the meat."
• "The woman serving the meat on the carvery is rude and miserable."

Atmosphere and Decor

Pros:

• "Nice red wine and Sunbeam ale, plus a relaxed atmosphere made it almost perfect."
• "Your typical pub furniture and decor with a nice extra twist of 'the peaky blinders' full wall feature in the male toilets."
• "The room was beautifully decorated, food was piping hot and delicious."
• "Fresh and clean modern look to the interior, and Dogs welcome on the patio."
• "Decor wise really well maintained and updated but not so much that the interior was unrecognisable!"
• "Beautiful venue, didn't even realise this place existed at the back of the pub - it even has a separate car park too! Decorated really nicely inside."
• "The staff were very welcoming and friendly a very clean pub with great decor especially the peaky blinders pictures in the toilet which were very clean."

Cons:

• "It was unorganised, Dirty, greasy, over or under cooked of poor quality food and was serving Fake Coffee to top it all off the staff didn't know much about anything unless it was trying to charge me for a child's breakfast for a baby in arms."
• "Carvery serving area way too small, and untidy."
• "The table had been set up. But unfortunately not cleaned properly."
• "Sadly the tables were sticky, and the floors clearly hadn't been vacuumed from the previous night."
• "The only real grip I had was mid way through our visit they mopped the floors near the food area and there was a strong disinfectant smell like jeyes fluid which I personally didn't appreciate whole eating."
• "The pub itself was a little tired and could do with updating."
• "In the men's toilet the toilet seat was unclean cob webs around the window and puddles of urine around the toilet floor."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Looking forward to my next meal here, always top quality and value for money."
• "Well worth the price to avoid the washing up!"
• "Really friendly pub with decent food that doesn't cost the earth."
• "The carvery food was excellent, very good quality, value for money."
• "Hits the spot. Great value good service with interesting wall displays that embrace the rich local history of the Black Country."
• "Meals are very good value."
• "Was a bargain for £5.95 and u got so much."

Cons:

• "Only disappointment was the price.. extra £5 for carvery on Sunday."
• "Bad value for money."
• "The cup of tea was half full and the Apple crumble with custard was too sweet."
• "Sunday we had a carvery take away which cost us £25 for 2 which neither me Or husband could eat."
• "Some of the food was cold & the meat was wafer thin - why not charge more & give better food."
• "Over priced nasty food."
• "The only good thing was the pudding which although nice was very expensive."