The Lodge Tavern - Ealing

I went out for a Friday night and had a fantastic experience - the atmosphere was great, there was a good mix of music, and the mojitos were absolutely delicious!

Absolutely terrible!!!! I was greeted with a warming...”yes??” Then charged £5.20 for a strongbow and black!!!! Which is awful if you know it!! We can forgive these things if there’s a decent atmosphere.....but no!! 0-10

The food is a bit hit and miss based upon what we had, but there is a pleasant atmosphere, the service is quick and the staff polite. The place is reasonably done out and had background music of 1980 soft rock metal playing in the background....All very pleasant. The issue was with the food. 3 of our party had a Sunday Roast all of which gave it 5 out of 5 with a large portion of meat for a £9.50 roast (2 had lamb, one chicken). Two others thought that their food was okay average. One (a veggie) had what turned out to be a very small pasta dish gave it 1 out of 5. On had a meat platter which she gave 2 out of 5. Hence food wise an average of about 3 out of 5. Just a pitty that they could not do all of the food as nice as the roasts. Typical order at the bar and have it delivered to you table food. Better than the Wetherspoons up the road that we went to in the week before though.

I absolutely adore this place for post-work drinks. The staff is incredibly friendly and the two-for-one cocktails on Thursdays are fantastic! I highly recommend trying the Wray and Nephew cocktails and the steak with mushroom sauce.

We had a terrible experience at this restaurant. We sat at a table that had been reserved by someone else, but when we asked to see the reservation sign, the staff told us it was fine. However, when the person who reserved the table arrived, the manager kicked us out. The reservation was for 8:00, and we arrived at 8:04, but our table wasn't ready until 8:22. The waiter was confrontational and disrespectful, even placing his drink on our table and standing over us. Despite us being in the middle of our meal, the manager asked us to leave. It was clear that he was favoring certain customers over others, as he was with the Eastern European group. Additionally, we were told upon entering that they only accepted cash, but when we went to get some, we saw they had a card machine. Overall, the service was disrespectful and biased. We do not recommend this restaurant.