The first thing I noticed about BMB was its logo, emblazoned across the front of a three story wood-facade building which towered over a lot of other places in the fort. The atmosphere from outside was certainly foreboding, windows dark, hardly a sound to be heard. I thought it wasn't even open at first, until i saw a few people going in.
On the inside, things were quite different. The place is just a fairly small ground-floor restaurant. I don't know what's being done with the other two floors but it certainly isn't possible to go sit there. The quiet atmosphere from outside was shattered, on the inside it's a raucous and noisy place, music and chatter echoing off the walls, i found it quite jarring. Things only got worse when a party of 14 was seated just behind me, i can't exactly blame the restaurant for that, but the lack of soft furnishings and the size of the place certainly don't help with noise pollution.
I came prepared to spend a bit more than usual, but the drink prices were still something to balk at. I ended up spending over £5 just for a bottle of beer. Ordered the Royale with Cheese too
The fries were...odd. In terms of looks, shape and texture, these are the most perfect fries i've ever seen. Immaculate, clean cut, and rather dense, sadly a bit too dense for casual snacking. Their taste was ultimately pretty bland too
The burger was not what i was expecting. The restaurant rather proudly advertised "smashed patties", and I ordered a burger with two "thin" patties, so i was expecting some meat that'd be well pressed and thin, but it was nothing of the sort. The patties in my burger were still extremely thick, and tall. They didn't fit the bun properly, leaving tons of empty space all around, and making it awkward to eat. Things would have been improved a lot if someone had just run a rolling pin over them, they badly needed flattening.
The bun had a golden brown, glazed, fresh baked look to it, but it was pretty cold, as if it'd just been taken out of a fridge. The vegetables were similar, with extremely large chunks of raw onion that rather overpowered the flavour. The quality of the meat was...fine. Not bad, not great. elsewhere. I ordered some extra bacon and it was overcooked and dried out
Nothing about this burger was exceptional or even particularly good. I've tried burgers from all over the country and this was firmly around the average. It definitely wasn't worth the high price, I know at least three places to get better burgers for less cost.
I thought visiting a restaurant would be a nice way to end a day out. I skipped over cheap takeaways to splash out on something a little more upscale, and i came to BMB hoping for a little taste of luxury. But it was not to be
Average is the word. this would have been a forgettable, run of the mill meal, and i'd have given it four stars, if not for the price. The prices here are pretty unreasonable, and induced me to expect quality which was not delivered. I regret spending money here, and if i could go back in time, i'd have skipped the place and...
Read moreI had lunch on Monday with my friend and son he had the kids menu buttermilk chicken burger with chips drink and ice cream which was great value at £6. I ordered the wolf burger my friend the cheese burger the top of my roll was greasy my plate was swimming in grease roll all soggy. Apart from that it was tasty but dry ( dry because my sauce was missing as was my cheese) my friend is scrapping a red sauce off her burger I ask what's wrong she Say's it's burning her mouth. We get the waitress (Caitlin) I ask what her sauce is as not meant to have any she Say's oh they've swapped your roll lids that's your sause on her burger. My friend had to ask for her burger to be replaced. She should have taken both our burgers back without asking. This is before I've noticed I'm missing sauce and cheese. Anyway I've finished my Burger before hers arrives. I ask about my burger as there's a picture of it on the kids menu (nothing like what I was served) I point out I had no cheese or sauce. All she Say's is I don't know what happened. No discount or voucher for a next visit. Don't even get me started on a pint of coke (which wasn't real coke) costing an appalling £3.80 with that service and the choice of surrounding restaurants we won't...
Read moreDecided to go to your establishment with my wife and kids after a bit of shopping as it was a little birthday treat, My wife ordered a sub, said it was ok nothing great, edible was her answer My daughter ordered a chicken burger she thought it was fine, had better was her answer, Myself, I ordered the signature wolf burger, Signature wolf burger, the burger itself was not to bad but the so called pulled pork that it was covered in was the worst I’ve ever had, disgusting to say the least, it was grey, mushy and cold, it looked like something from an out of date tuna sandwich, the chips were solid, well over cooked, I seen some folk sent the chips back, something definitely wrong if they can’t cook some chips. my wife said to complain and send it back, but I’m with my kids and truth be told I’m not that type of person to cause a scene, I just bite my tongue and accept, I real wish I didn’t though and shoulda listened to my wife, also the staff all looked as if they didn’t want to be there, that also kinda put me off complaining, the atmosphere was horrendous and it was very cold as well. I can safely say that I’ll not be back, £90 down the drain all because I don’t like to cause a scene in...
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