All Hopes No Promises Lancaster — Restaurant in Lancaster

I’ve wanted to try All Hopes No Promises for ages but just never quite got around to it and wow I wished I had gone before. Three of us visited at about 7.30 on Friday night. A member of staff pointed us to a table, gave us menus and explained how to order (…at the bar). All the tables are hill simple stripped wood, a mixture of normal height tables or higher ones with bar stools.

We all ordered different beers and burgers - mine was the ‘hole in the wall’ served in a bagel with pastrami on top of the burger. The food took about 15 minutes to arrive, which was a reassuring length of time. The server also offered additional condiments. The burgers were amazing! Really moist, tasty and packed with toppings. They were served with a generous side of seasoned fries - if I have a small criticism, it is that the fries were over seasoned and a bit too salty, but that’s personal taste.

The beer range was good, I had a Irn Bru sour that really hit the spot. Again, one small suggestion for the venue, the bar area isn’t huge and the range and details of the beers can be difficult to see when a few people are standing around. A board with the beer details on or something to help customs would be welcome.

Prices were very fair for the amount of food we had, my burger, fries and pint came to just under £20.

In summary, this is a fantastic venue with really friendly staff, top quality food and a good choice of drinks. I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to go here but I’ll be back...

Update: the owner has got back to us to apologise so I am increasing the rating from 1 to 2 stars, however the accessibility issues still remain. Hopefully that can be remedied and we'll have opportunity to try the food at some point in the future.

We were highly recommended this place by a close friend as supposedly the food is excellent. However, we wouldn't know. My wife uses a wheelchair and whilst there was a steep ramp up to the door, one door is too narrow to fit the chair through and the other was bolted shut. Staff saw us struggling to get in, but continued cleaning, it was a customer who ended up opening the second door to help us.

Once we got in we quickly saw there were no accessible tables. The only low tables had benches built into them so the wheelchair wouldn't have been able to get under them. At a push my wife could've transferred onto them, but as they had no back support available it would have caused her agony.

There were 2 members of staff on. 1 was sorting out a large party and the other focuses on cleaning a table and not offering us assistance. After a couple of minutes of embarrassed waiting, with no assistance and whilst the only tables we could possibly be sit at were being set up for a party due later in the day we left, feeling totally ignored and embarrassed.

TL:DR This place isnt currently accessible to those with...

I visited this fabulous establishment for the first time yesterday with my Son, Nephew, Neice and my Neice's boyfriend, who were visiting us from another area and I have to say from walking in, to walking out our experience was FANTASTIC!! The staff were really friendly from the get go and the gaming room in the cellar was a MASSIVE hit with the teenagers I came with!! Now, onto the star of the show.... THE FOOD!! WOW!! WOW!! WOW!! We all ordered burgers of various varities with chips. Every single one of us said it was THE best burger(s) we'd ever had!! 😱 An absolute taste sensation!! The chips with the signature sauce were TO DIE FOR!! Like dipping chips in liquid heaven! My nephew is a chef and was trying his damndest to work out what was in the sauce! 🤣🤣 Even the seasoned salt they brought us to sprinkle on our chips was a delight on the palate! 🤤 Staff 10/10 🥰 Surroundings 10/10 🎮 Food 1000/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Coming back at the weekend, this time with my husband so I can experience it all again!! 🤩 A massive thank you to the staff for making it such a fantastic and memorable lunch...