Angel — Restaurant in Bradford

New review from 5/7/23

Well , pretty dreadful food. Having read through the reviews left by other people I am slightly confused as to whether I was unlucky tonight or if my standards are higher.

The Angel IS a nice little pub but WAY too expensive. A pound more for cider than down the road. Fish and chips at £14? Very ambitious for a local pub.

So 2 of their pies are award winning. We looked up the awards afterwards and suggest you do the same. Not all is at it seems!

Not sure how they got any sort of award. Rock hard pastry, around 1/6 of the pie had filling, Grisly meat. Total waste of money. My companion sent his steak back. That's for his review.

In short the food does not match the price at all. This is the 3rd bad meal I've had here so all done for me at the Angel after 24 years of patronage. I'll be off to the Station or over the road.

Old review from 5 years ago below

Well.

The Angel has been renovated and not in a good way.

The interior and exterior looks lovely, sort of shabby chic as can be seen in the photos. The food is AWFUL!

FIrst I ordered sausages and mash. The mash was a single concealed lump of white stuck to my plate surrounded by bullet-like peas, and had 3 thin gristly sausages on. I managed three bites before sending it back.

They replaced it with Hunter's chicken. This was microwaved, chewy, tough and dry chicken topped with cold stringy bacon and flavourless greasy cheese. Nothing like their description and nothing like it should actually be like. Accompanied by ' gourmet' chips. What does that mean? They were not chips they were fries, and they were chewy and cold. The coleslaw was made out of who knows what and it took a pint of lemonade to get rid of the after-taste. I gave up and asked for a refund.

My friend had a steak and he complained mightily throughout and then was poorly the next day with an.upset stomach. Could just be a coincidence of course

Truly was one of the WORST MEALS I have ever had in every way, and I felt sorry for the poor bar staff who were absolutely lovely.

I've been coming here for 20 years so I'll come here to have a drink.

But to...

We popped into The Angel to catch the 12:30 kickoff after getting caught in the rain, and it turned out to be the best decision of the day. The place had that welcoming, laid-back atmosphere you hope for in a proper pub — warm lighting, friendly staff, and a good buzz without feeling too hectic. They found us a great spot to dry off and enjoy the match, and the service was quick and genuinely cheerful.

The drinks were well kept, the food looked (we didn’t have any on this occasion) great, and the whole experience just had an easy charm about it. By the time the game ended, we were already talking about coming back. The Angel turned what could’ve been a soggy afternoon into a...

No one at the bar when I walked in and customers waiting. Beer and food reasonable but don't bother going if you like World Cup football. Match wasn't on TV's - had to ask. Staff begrudgingly put it on in standard definition which looks shocking on a big TV and refused to turn the volume up. Apparently it's a rule they do not put commentary on during the day. Will be interesting to see what they do for the 1PM England match on Sunday - I imagine the 'rules' will be different then. Plenty of other more welcoming pubs to take you money to, I wouldn't bother putting any...