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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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3 of us went to Frankie & Bennies last night for a meal. We all had starters, mains and desserts with drinks (I had 3) and the others had coffees afterwards. £106 ouch! The food was lovely though  |
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By *bi HaiveMan
over a year ago
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The last few times we've been to F&B's we've ended up with all or most of the meal for free!!
Down to the service being shite, the staff making stupid errors, the food taking an age and generally being a pretty crap experience.
Still - there's nothing like a free fry up on a Sunday after a trip to a club with friends.
*and it helps if you take Ruby as she's great at complaining!!
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"The one in Wisbech has only just opened so not sure if that makes a difference, but both the food and service were really good. "
Possibly I'm sure that all the F&B in the country are shocking I'm sure some are great....  |
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"The one in Wisbech has only just opened so not sure if that makes a difference, but both the food and service were really good.
Possibly I'm sure that all the F&B in the country are shocking I'm sure some are great.... "
Are not |
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"Never eat at the one in Birmingham airport it's shocking
We are flying from Birmingham early Sunday morning. We will avoid at all costs.. I think a few lagers will suffice..  "
The weatherspoons is decent in there |
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"Never eat at the one in Birmingham airport it's shocking
We are flying from Birmingham early Sunday morning. We will avoid at all costs.. I think a few lagers will suffice..
The weatherspoons is decent in there "
Thanks cheeky.  Getting excited now... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Never eat at the one in Birmingham airport it's shocking
We are flying from Birmingham early Sunday morning. We will avoid at all costs.. I think a few lagers will suffice..
The weatherspoons is decent in there "
Now spoons are always good for cheap food and a few beers hic! |
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By *odareyouMan
over a year ago
not far from iceland,,,,,, tescos is nearer though :-) (near leeds) |
Took my kids for one of their birthdays, and that kids is what you get if you don t behave,  , I won t be rushing back |
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"Never eat at the one in Birmingham airport it's shocking
We are flying from Birmingham early Sunday morning. We will avoid at all costs.. I think a few lagers will suffice..
The weatherspoons is decent in there
Now spoons are always good for cheap food and a few beers hic! "
Depends which spoons you go into their food is pretty decent and reasonably priced |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"3 of us went to Frankie & Bennies last night for a meal. We all had starters, mains and desserts with drinks (I had 3) and the others had coffees afterwards. £106 ouch! The food was lovely though "
divided by 3 ... Not bad
But isn't it a bit all samey? The food x  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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They don't do peas. I had fish and chips in there and asked for peas , they said it's an italian restaurant and Italians don't have peas. I then asked for a limoncello and they had no idea what I was on about. Italian restaurant my arse. |
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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago
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"They don't do peas. I had fish and chips in there and asked for peas , they said it's an italian restaurant and Italians don't have peas. I then asked for a limoncello and they had no idea what I was on about. Italian restaurant my arse. "
"We don't do peas...."
"Curry sauce?" |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Never eat at the one in Birmingham airport it's shocking
We are flying from Birmingham early Sunday morning. We will avoid at all costs.. I think a few lagers will suffice..
The weatherspoons is decent in there
Now spoons are always good for cheap food and a few beers hic! "
except we're not supposed to serve d*unk people (yes I've just started working for the wetherspoons in Bishops Stortford)
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"There's a Frankie and Bennies at Brighton Marina. I've never been and don't intend to. Now I know what FAB stands for though. "
Scott 'Frankie and Benny's, Virgil'.
Thanks for this thread, it's reminded me that I need to write a letter of complaint about the F&B restaurant in Bristol; the food was awful, excepting the baked potato, and the kitchen was littered with food waste and napkins, so bad that surreptitious photographs were taken.
I suspect that the potato was satisfactory as, in retrospect, it was probably a commercial 5 minutes in the microwave and couldn't be majorly f*cked up by the 'chef'.
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Mixed results, think it depends on the restaurant, staff ( if they have enough ) and how busy they are ( refer to the previous point ). Foods not that expensive, bit formulaic, however, have had 1 wonderful meal, 2 at airports ( Luton and East Midlands ), nice enough and 2 at the restaurant in Cheltenham, both times, awful service, food cold, had to get my own condiments and the food took an eternity to get to me. Would I go again, maybe, if the restaurant wasn't packed....although that isn't a good sign too! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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3 x three courses plus drinks for just over a hundred quid is cheap.
The food is mass produced, cheap rubbish, but they obviously do it well, as the one near us is packed all the time.
We always have breakfast at the one at Birmingham airport or Manchester airport when we are flying out, not the best breakfast, but better than the one on the flight! |
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over a year ago
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"£35 a head for a 3 course meal with drinks and coffee is pretty reasonable
being a natural "tight wad" it made my eyes water "
i must be tight then, cuz i wouldnt pay that for 5 of us lol |
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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago
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Jamie's restaurants are great, as are lots of independent restaurants..Frankie and Bennys however are fucking shit, last time I ended up directing the cook how to do my steak, after sending it back 3 fucking times...... |
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I do pay high rates appropriately for great food. I dont rate this so called restaurant as something akin to fine dining. It is the chain eatery equivalent of mcdonalds, with table service. Id choose to eat at weatherspoons for £6 steak and drink, if at a chain on a tuesday. I will keep my cash back for gourmet meals. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"£35 a head for a 3 course meal with drinks and coffee is pretty reasonable "
Maybe at a restaurant but not at a fast food chain !
The food is pretty much frozen plastic, and the drinks overpriced .... You're better off going to a Wetherspoons
At least the beer is cheap
Nowadays you can get many vouchers which should bring the price down |
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i wouldnt dream of spending £35 on a meal at frankie and bennys but that said whenever im at a restaurant ordering food i can work out as a go along how much the final bill is going to be so i wouldnt end up with a shock when the bill arrived |
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