7 Bone Burger Co. — Restaurant in Reading

So my opinion of 7 bone is quite split and i’m still undecided as to what i think of it. I’ll start with the service which was just terrible. The people were really nice but it was sloppy and exhaustingly dragged out.

So first we went in and asked for a table and told it was a 30 minute wait, no worries, expected it so the waiter told us if we leave our number he’ll call us. Wasn’t overly busy a few spare tables about but no problem. Left the number and went for a drink. 40 minutes passed and no call. So we went in to find out they forgot about us, first of many things like this.

Next we had to wait about 15/20 minutes before the waitress served us, walking passed tonnes of times and doing other stuff like cleaning tables. Everyone was starving. Then when we ordered drinks some of us got vodka cokes and were given cokes as they forgot about the vodka. The vodka came about 15 minutes later. Then after we ate our food we had to wait another 20 minutes before it was cleared away and longer for the bill. Other people who’ve been before said this type of service is expected so it’s not because it was mildly busy.

However, the redeeming factor: the food was god damn amazing. Absolutely top class and really delicious and very reasonably priced. Very impressed with the quality and pricing of the food.

So if you wanna go 7bone expect amazing food, nice atmosphere and reasonable pricing but exhaustingly long and...

First visit shortly after they opened. I was blown away, the atmosphere was relaxed and casual. I have to admit, I was cheeky, because I didn't have enough time to sit and eat my meal, I asked if they do doggy bags and if they did, could they serve my order straight into one... The staff were very obliging and did so. I had the Menage, three 3oz burgers and a side of dirty fries. They serve quite large portions, so was absolutely stuffed by the end. The flavour of my three mini burger were great. Really tasty, not too greasy, awesome! Major thumbs up for the taste, quantity and service.

For the second visit more recently I ordered the jalapeno grilled cheese sandwich with a side of chilli cheese fries. Now, the chilli cheese fries were very good, flavoursome, good portion size. Unfortunately, my disappointment set in with the grilled cheese. Now I've eaten a few in my time, (and yes I've watched Man v Food...), the one I got was a little meagre. Normal Kingsmill or Hovis packet bread with melted cheese (obvs) in between. It was crisp (nice) but very thin and for the price of £5.75, I felt it was a bit light on the content. The flavour was really good though. The other disappointment has come this week (24/4), the website welcomes comments and provides an email address to do so. So I wrote to let them know. I'm still waiting for the reply, hence only...

We had the Prince Charles is overrated and sadly that was an apt description of our meal. We last went to 7Bone 5 years ago and thought we would go back as fancied a proper burger. The burger arrived with chilli cheese chips and frickles. The burger itself was OK but it was served in a bread roll that showed no vestige of having even been shown a toaster or grill and had gone so soggy at the bottom it stuck to the burger with a wallpaper paste type consistency. I peeled the burger from said roll and ate that...I was hungry. The chilli cheese chips, what can I say! Insipid, lack lustre with a splodge of chilli cheese dumped over the top. If the above wasn't enough the biggest disappointment was the frickles. Last time we had them they were succulent long slices coated in a light tempura batter and we couldn't get enough of them they were so delish. This time the were bits of gherkin cut across ways and embedded literally in a hard batter. I had to cut them out of the batter to eat and gave up in the end it was too much of a chore for so little result. The blue cheese dip that accompanied the frickles had no taste of blue cheese and was so runny it dripped all over the place when used. Left for a few minutes and an oily layer appeared on the surface, not at all inviting. The place was buzzing and the service was excellent hence the 3 stars. We won't...