[OMTT]

I only ever get the beer battered cod, New York chicken or the BBQ chicken pizza. Their pizza is the only one I can eat without feeling full after 2 slices

[Seren13]

Originally Posted by Sifter22

It's pretty nice really. I think some people are just food snobs.

Yeah, I do think there's an element of snobbery and it depends what you're looking for.

If I were thinking about spending £50/£60 or so on a meal then I wouldn't be thinking about F&B's but for £10 or so, it's fairly decent.

Also there aren't that many of the chain restaurants where I live so of the choice I have, it's one of the best

[Jambo_c]

Originally Posted by Sifter22

It's pretty nice really. I think some people are just food snobs.

No, some people just appreciate quality. I don't think Frankie and Bennys is any different to Wetherspoons. Yeah it's "edible" but if I'm going out for a meal I don't want just "edible", I want quality. If it was a choice between eating out every week and going to chains or eating out every other week and going somewhere quality I'd take the latter. The only time I ever really eat at Wetherspoons and the like is if I'm out on an all day drinking session, watching footy etc and need somewhere for a quick meal.

[walterwhite]

Originally Posted by Jambo_c

No, some people just appreciate quality. I don't think Frankie and Bennys is any different to Wetherspoons. Yeah it's "edible" but if I'm going out for a meal I don't want just "edible", I want quality. If it was a choice between eating out every week and going to chains or eating out every other week and going somewhere quality I'd take the latter. The only time I ever really eat at Wetherspoons and the like is if I'm out on an all day drinking session, watching footy etc and need somewhere for a quick meal.

So it's ok to eat at Wetherspoons if you just want a quick meal but not ok to eat at F&B's?

[Jambo_c]

Originally Posted by walterwhite

So it's ok to eat at Wetherspoons if you just want a quick meal but not ok to eat at F&B's?

I didn't say that. I was saying I'd class Frankie and Bennys in the same league as Wetherspoons. Ie. I wouldn't go there for a "proper" meal. However, Frankie and Bennys seems to be marketed as a place to go for a "proper" meal.

[walterwhite]

Originally Posted by Jambo_c

I didn't say that. I was saying I'd class Frankie and Bennys in the same league as Wetherspoons. Ie. I wouldn't go there for a "proper" meal. However, Frankie and Bennys seems to be marketed as a place to go for a "proper" meal.

Fair enough. I've always had great meals at Frankie & Benny's, and it's definitely somewhere you'd go for a 'proper' meal, whatever the hell that means.

[Jambo_c]

Originally Posted by walterwhite

Fair enough. I've always had great meals at Frankie & Benny's, and it's definitely somewhere you'd go for a 'proper' meal, whatever the hell that means.

By "proper" meal I mean a nice three course meal out. For me, eating out should be something that you look forward to and a real quality experience. When I know I'm going to a nice restaurant I'll be looking on their website at sample menus before we go and thinking about what I might have. When I go on holiday one of the things I look forward to the most is the food, eating out at different restaurants every night. I get genuinely excited about food.

I could never get excited about a cheap chain restaurant or pub. For example tomorrow, we finish work for the summer and we'll be in the pub at 2:30 and going on a pub crawl staying out all night. We'll end up grabbing something to eat in Wetherspoons or a cheap chain pub simply because we need to eat and we want something that will be quick. I don't expect I'll particularly enjoy the food but it'll fill a hole, it'll be "edible".

[Sifter22]

Originally Posted by Jambo_c

No, some people just appreciate quality. I don't think Frankie and Bennys is any different to Wetherspoons. Yeah it's "edible" but if I'm going out for a meal I don't want just "edible", I want quality. If it was a choice between eating out every week and going to chains or eating out every other week and going somewhere quality I'd take the latter. The only time I ever really eat at Wetherspoons and the like is if I'm out on an all day drinking session, watching footy etc and need somewhere for a quick meal.

Hmmm, it's definitely above Weatherspoons. More choice and nicer food. When I think of Weatherspoons I think of drunk chavs on an afternoon. When I think of F&B's I think of families going out for a meal in a nice warm atmosphere. They're worlds apart in my opinion.

[Jambo_c]

Originally Posted by Sifter22

Hmmm, it's definitely above Weatherspoons. More choice and nicer food. When I think of Weatherspoons I think of drunk chavs on an afternoon. When I think of F&B's I think of families going out for a meal in a nice warm atmosphere. They're worlds apart in my opinion.

I'm just talking about the quality of the food, not the atmosphere or class of punter. To me there's not a lot of difference in the food, neither place has to employ good quality chefs. If someone said to me "We're going out for a meal" and we went to Frankie and Bennys, Wetherspoons, a carvery or some other cheap chain restaurant I'd be massively disappointed.

[kieranyeah123]

Originally Posted by Jambo_c

I'm just talking about the quality of the food, not the atmosphere or class of punter. To me there's not a lot of difference in the food, neither place has to employ good quality chefs. If someone said to me "We're going out for a meal" and we went to Frankie and Bennys, Wetherspoons, a carvery or some other cheap chain restaurant I'd be massively disappointed.

I respect your opinion but I definitely don't agree with it. I do think F&B, Bella Italia, Chiquitos are decent places and for a lot of the general public, it is classed as a "proper" meal.

[Suzywong 63]

The garlic bread with goats cheese and onion is lovely,last time I got philly cheese and steak bake but wasnt to keen,oh and didnt like the sticky chicen neither.

[walterwhite]

Originally Posted by kieranyeah123

I respect your opinion but I definitely don't agree with it. I do think F&B, Bella Italia, Chiquitos are decent places and for a lot of the general public, it is classed as a "proper" meal.

Couldn't agree more. Decent food at a reasonable price.

[HollyG]

I love F&B's it's my guilty pleasure!

My husband likes good food when we go out, nice resturants that do good wines nd I drag him here everytime we go to cinema!

I get to start, chicken wings in honey. Main full rack of ribs. Pudding about 500 pina coladas! Then I can't move!

Not been this year I don't think!! I really want an F&B's now!!!

[Sifter22]

Originally Posted by HollyG

I love F&B's it's my guilty pleasure!

My husband likes good food when we go out, nice resturants that do good wines nd I drag him here everytime we go to cinema!

I get to start, chicken wings in honey. Main full rack of ribs. Pudding about 500 pina coladas! Then I can't move!

Not been this year I don't think!! I really want an F&B's now!!!

Tonight is the night!

[Beau_Soir]

Its alright. I had a club sandwich which was ok, but it's hard to balls that up. Also had the mussels which were again ok, but found too many tiny pieces off shell in them which wasn't nice to discover mid chew.

[Welsh-lad]

A pair of earplugs to block out the 'Celebrations' song, which is played approximately every 1.5 seconds.

[Utopian Girl]

Never been there tbh, we do have a local one but we never eat out or have take aways. Just interested in what they do serve.

[walterwhite]

Originally Posted by Utopian Girl

Never been there tbh, we do have a local one but we never eat out or have take aways. Just interested in what they do serve.

American/Italian food. Full menu is on their website.

[Utopian Girl]

Originally Posted by walterwhite

American/Italian food. Full menu is on their website.

Oh ok, thanks - as a veggie I like to know ahead. My husband's boss has a habit of booking places at random - fore armed, fore warned.

[walterwhite]

Originally Posted by Utopian Girl

Oh ok, thanks - as a veggie I like to know ahead. My husband's boss has a habit of booking places at random - fore armed, fore warned.

My daughter is a veggie and always finds plenty on the menu.

[56up]

I order the driver to find somewhere else.

[TennisFreak08]

Originally Posted by Sifter22

Hmmm, it's definitely above Weatherspoons. More choice and nicer food. When I think of Weatherspoons I think of drunk chavs on an afternoon. When I think of F&B's I think of families going out for a meal in a nice warm atmosphere. They're worlds apart in my opinion.

Agreed. I haven't been to Weatherspoons for years and don't intend going again. F&B's is in a different league as far as I am concerned.

[andyccm]

I only tend to go these days for breakfast, all items £5 each and bottomless coffee £1.50

Buttermilk pancakes bacon and maple syrup mmmmmmmmm

[noise747]

That is one of the rubbish chain restaurants our council wants here in our so called new shopping centre, if it ever gets built.

what is it that we need these large chain restaurant? Put the rates and rents down and we will have nice small local cafes where people may know how to cook.

[noise747]

Originally Posted by Sun!

Its alright, though expensive when you think its all chain food.

Theres a genuine local Italians near me, who do far superior food, for what amounts to a similar price.
Though this is in Wales, and I suppose in London F&Bs is much better value.

Yeah, I bet Frankie and Bennys are no more italian than me.