The Garrison Public House

Rude staff, hurried service, the kitchen seem unable to serve a hot, or even warm roast dinner on Sunday afternoon for two customers, I can easily serve eight on my own from my own kitchen !.. I gave this place the benefit of the doubt once, will never return.
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Simon Horsfield
5 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 3
Thursday, July 12, 2012

We went for Sunday lunch at the Garrison today. We were told 3 times during our meal that we had to eat and vacate the table within a certain period of time. We were rushed through dessert and although a couple of us would have liked to order more wine, our pushy waitress reminded us that we were on a schedule. Hardly a relaxing sunday lunch and we unanimously agreed that we wouldn't be going back. A frustrating experience all round.
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Talia
3 Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 3
Sunday, February 19, 2012

Have never written a review before for London Eating but my experience of weekend breakfast here compelled me to share what was unfortunately a dire experience...

Arrived for 10am breakfast on a Sunday. Asked for one of their fresh juices to be told that fresh juice wasn't possible that day. We ordered the full and proper breakfast, bacon butty, toast soldiers and eggs.

First the wrong drinks arrived - twice. Then the toast soldiers came, with hard boiled(!) eggs. The proper breakfast arrived with no portobello mushroom. The bacon butty came with no butty, it was just a side order of bacon.

There were three waiters serving who were all fairly amicable, they asked how the food was and offered to replace the toast soldiers and eggs, bring the bacon in a bun and order a side of portobello mushroom - unfortunately the second set of eggs was hard-boiled also (entirely undippable) and they had no mushrooms to serve. There was little communication between the waiters, who came back to ask us the same questions (any more drinks??) repeatedly.

The food was just passable, apart from those eggs! The place itself had character, though our seating was really cramped for just two people - unfortunately the charm soon wore off and we had a surprisingly tough time at what was supposed to be a leisurely and comfortable catch up for two.
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HS
2 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 1
Sunday, March 20, 2011

We ate at the Garrison on Saturday and were very disappointed. The service was slow and consequently within five minutes of receiving our dessert we were asked if we could hurry up as the next seating were waiting. The menu looked promising but the food failed to deliver. We will not be going back.
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4 Overall rating
Food 4 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 3
Monday, November 15, 2010

Busy vibe and lovely decor, but really poor service. Food was not bad, but the waitress forgot to place our order, which she realised oh...around...20 minutes later. To apologise, we were offered one free drink (to a table of four). If you're not phased about an overall dining experience and you want vibe, it's good. If you're looking for the complete experience, keep walking.
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3 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 3
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

I don't really understand the hype about this place. Yes it's trendy, bordering on a little bit cool for school and always seems busy to be fair. We were told that they need our table back in 2 hours, which is fine, but they simple couldn't cope with a 3 course meal and the lady in charge needs to learn some people skills. She was outright rude when we complained and for that reason alone I won't ever go back or recommend this place to anyone.

Our food was average at best, the steak of the day was tiny and were refused coffee afterwards, because they couldn't cope.

They need to hire more staff if they can't cope and get over themselves a bit. It's a trendy looking pub that serves very average food in 'cool' surroundings.
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John Hobson
5 Overall rating
Food 4 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 2
Sunday, July 25, 2010