The Barge Inn Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Staff friendly and obliging."
• "Good experience nice food lovely pleasant staff."
• "The staff were really friendly and attentive, really nice and welcoming."
• "They were very welcoming and accommodating."
• "The service was first class with attentive and chatty staff."
• "Staff were very friendly and helpful."
• "Staff. Manager Zoe went above and beyond and organised a cake and candles for my friend attending."

Cons:

• "Waited for some time for any attention, even though my husband went to the bar twice."
• "The most unpleasant and humiliating experience I have ever had. A vile bar supervisor said ‘I raised my hand to her’! I’m a 64 year old legal professional! Really! Unlikely!"
• "Queue for a drink had to go out the door (okay in summer!) and the bar staff were clearly in a flap."
• "Waitress needs to smile and at least let us think she enjoys doing what she is doing!"
• "Very badly handled by manager, again rude and unprofessional."
• "Service could have been more organised had the wrong meals bought out."
• "Young girl serving cold, unfriendly, unattentive, disinterested and she messed up our order."

Food Quality and Presentation

Pros:

• "Had breakfast here which was cooked fresh."
• "Never been before but WOW what fabulous food."
• "Food ..fish and chips.. portion side was very generous with the classic UK taste.. not to be missed if you have not tried before."
• "Perfect poached eggs and hollandaise to die for and thick light fluffy pancakes."
• "Lovely gammon eggs and chips - the chips in particular were top notch."
• "Food was absolutely fantastic."
• "Cooked to perfection hearty meal and lovely tender meat."

Cons:

• "Food good small portions over priced."
• "The food portions were large but quality was very lacking."
• "Food was quite good presentation was not very good a roast dinner was served in a bowl therefore most vegetables were on top of each other a plate would have been better for a roast Yorkshire pudding way to big."
• "Food nothing special and expensive."
• "When the lunch came the fish was dried out and uneatable."
• "Food was very basic and overpriced for what we got."
• "The beef was hard to find and even seemed to be of supermarket ready sliced standard - thin, rubbery and tasteless."

Atmosphere and Location

Pros:

• "Great location, great vibe."
• "Nice place on a sunny day outside."
• "Beautiful traditional pub on the edge of the river crouch set in the beautiful village of battlesbridge."
• "A pub full of character."
• "Cosy atmosphere and great selection of food and drink."
• "The overall atmosphere of the pub could easily make it into a regular venue."
• "Real old English pub. Very cosy inside with lot of exposed wood beams."

Cons:

• "Atmosphere - not really much of one."
• "It was a very cold day and not much warmer inside and most of the diners ate with their topcoats on."
• "There was a few flies bothering us while we were eating, one fly decided to land on my wife's fried egg and got stuck in it."
• "But all in all still a nice location on a sunny day."
• "What an amazing setting for a cheeky Friday pint. The mill behind you, the river to your left and a quintessentially British country pub to top it off."
• "A really nice pub with lots of character."
• "Absolutely top notch food, very nicely kept real ales, huge outdoor dining area, all set amongst exceptionally beautiful surroundings."

Value and Pricing

Pros:

• "We have had good friendly service the meals we had fish and chips, burger and chips and dessert for £46 and two drinks good value meal in pleasant pub."
• "We'd actually forgotten that it was an Eat Out to Help Out day, but they were very good with making sure the discount was applied without any prodding or fuss."
• "Best vegan roast dinner i've had in ages."
• "Value for money. Definitely come back and recommend."
• "The food is delicious and reasonably priced."
• "Excellent beer battered cod and chips( Very filling )."
• "Very friendly, warm, welcome by all staff (thank you) we only wanted some little to eat and only order a starter it was perfect great value for money cost of a Drive-through Burger place but much better."

Cons:

• "Pretty expensive, though."
• "The most over priced establishment I have visited in years. Tuna lunch. The tuna was the equivalent of a fish finger and presented on a plate on leaves £14."
• "Very expensive for what we had."
• "Little bit pricey."
• "For me the deserts were nice but over priced for what was available."
• "Great atmosphere, but the beers were at London prices (sign of the times I suppose) but the food prices were eye-watering for me."
• "food really expensive a sunday lunch at 18.95 ?"