On Wednesday Night I was looking for a place for myself and a friend from Southend to eat. Shenfield seemed a reasonable choice as it is part way along the line from Liverpool street to Southend.
After looking for a few possible restaurants I opted for the Bull on Brook Street in Brentwood. I made this decision after visiting the pub’s website which is:
This website states that this is in fact a bar and grill. It sells steaks, various flavours of chicken, Baby Backed ribs, sausages etc.
When we got there the food menu was simply not as advertised and the man behind the bar did not seem very apologetic or concerned about this. The choice of meals seemed to be fish and chips, Burger and chips, Chilli Concarne and sausage and mash. No steaks or grills to be found anywhere.
As by this stage we had got a taxi from the station to the pub we both opted for burger and chips. At £8.95 I expected something pretty good.
The burger we got weighed about 6 ounces I would guess and it was undoubtedly made from reasonable minced beef with the shape of the burger suggesting that it could be home made. The chips were thick cut frozen chips not too dissimilar to the McCain’s chips served in Wetherspoons which are actually quite good quality for frozen chips.
So there was a good pile of chips and plenty of salad with the burger. The chips were crispy, the salad was reasonably fresh and the burger was good quality and not over cooked.
It was a bit pricy so if I’d actually really wanted a burger I might think along the lines of 7 out of 10 for it.
The huge problem, of course, is that the pub simply did not offer the service as advertised on the website. The guy behind the bar was really not much of a talker. He didn’t even speak when we first came into the pub. He said that the website was not his problem and he knew nothing about it. no attempt at an apology. Add to this the choice of bitter was Courage Directors or Courage best.
If walking to another pub or restaurant had been convenient and if I had known my way round I would have left this pub straight away because frankly having a website that blatantly lies about the food and service that a pub is offering is simply out of order!
Despite the food being quite good and the locals being friendly enough, I can only give this pub a 2 out of 10. The food was expensive, not as advertised and the guy behind the bar could have been more friendly and when we first met him I thought he was bordering on the plain rude!
If you live within walking distance this may not be a bad pub to visit occasionally but in general my advice is stay away. It’s simply not worth it.
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