Bramleys — Restaurant in Nottingham

Visited Bramley's for a business lunch and it was not an experience I wish to repeat in a hurry. Service was incredibly poor, although it wasn't very busy. There seemed to be plenty of waiting staff around but they were all just congregating around the front desk rather than taking orders or asking people if they wanted more drinks etc. When our order was finally taken, it took over an hour for the food to arrive. The Greek salad was ridiculously overpriced and the dressing and the bread we ordered with it did not arrive until we were almost finished. Due to the food being so late, some of us had to move meetings in the afternoon. I did complain to what seemed to be the floor manager but felt rather fobbed off. There was no real solution offered and we were just being told that next time would be better. I felt incredibly sorry for all the students and their families who had chosen to come to Bramley's after Graduation, I do hope it did not spoil their day too much. I for one won't...

I don’t bother writing reviews, unfortunately I’m lying awake in my hotel room trying to digest the terrible food I just ate. I’ve not had a burger this bad since the early 2000’s, it was worse than a frozen burger, from a burger van. In this day and age of smash burgers, it’s simply embarrassing that you could even put this burger on a menu. I’ve just Googled Nottingham burger restaurants and there are actual destination burger bars in the city with real rave reviews. The owners of this hotel restaurant should be ashamed of themselves, getting such a simple dish so very wrong, is either just plain stupid or completely ignorant. Although we didn’t try any other dishes, and given that the very nice waitress didn’t even ask us how we would like our burgers cooked, I do suspect they’re all just pre-prepared frozen dishes, warmed up in a microwave. “Bramleys Restaurant, the very best of British cuisine” what a load of old rubbish, I’m now dreading tomorrow’s hotel...

Large corporate restaurant. Fancy dishes on the new menu, which seemed to be styled like French haute cuisine. All the dishes sounded imaginative and innovative. Clean place with well-dressed staff. Waiting staff were very young but pleasant, polite and helpful.

Portions are embarrassingly tiny. It was laughable, I really thought they had made a mistake or would be bringing the rest of my main to the table in a short while! But no. Although I am a light eater I had to order an extra starter to supplement my main and even then the quantity was insufficient.

It took 40 minutes to bring the food out yet there were only about 4 tables occupied. The food was lukewarm when it did arrive.

Presentation on the plate was very ordinary. Prices are very high, perhaps this is not a problem for their expense-account guests but otherwise quite scandalous.

I cannot recommend this restaurant. It's slow, expensive and the portions are...