Big Ben British Restaurant & Pub

Used to love this place! Came back with with my wife. Got the Chicken Diane for $17, should have come with a chicken breast. Was given a very thin slice of chicken breast. With the small amount of mashed potatoes and light mixed vegetables, was so disappointed, no where close to being $17 dinner portion. If coming here stick to beer and fried foods.

The new menu updates are great! I would order that salad over and over again. It was definitely a "dinner salad", which I appreciated. My husband loved his burger and shared that his egg was cooked perfectly. They have great menu items and there's something for everyone on there. We honestly rarely have a bad meal here and it helps that they're also an Eagles/Philly bar ;)

My ladies' dining group went to Big Ben Pub for Restaurant Week. I had not been here since they moved from their South End location. So, I decided that's the whole point of Restaurant Week... to try new places for a reasonable price and their $30 three course meal with wine was definately reasonable ! For starters, I got the buffalo haddock bites. They were excellent and I highly recommend. One lady got the banger bites. The sausage was good, but the puffed pastry over it didn't really add anything and it was better without it. There was mustard and relish served in cups on the side, but she didn't use them. She didn't eat much of it since she wasn't impressed. For entrees I got the haddock and chips. The oil it was fried in must not have been quite the right temperature yet because it was a tad greasy. I put a napkin over it and that helped. The flavor was good and the fish inside was nice. The piece of fish was huge ! It came with cole slaw and a pickle. The fries were not very crispy and that's a pet peeve of mine. The cole slaw was very good. However, the pickle had a hair on it when I picked it up so I didn't eat it. I did mention it to the waitress though. The meal came with a glass of house red or white wine. One lady got the shepherd's pie and said it was ok, but she's had better. From my vantage point, it looked runny inside. I like a drier meat filling that is still moist. For dessert we all got the housemade bread pudding. It was ok. It had a strange frothy texture and a sweet but plain taste. It had a few raisins and that was the only real flavor. I took home a piece of Limoncello cake for my husband. He wasn't impressed and said it tasted like a bought cake from the store.One of the ladies ordered off the menu and got a burger and fries. She said it was good. I hate these type of chairs that some restaurants have. They are so uncomfortable and they look cheap. I cannot imagine having to sit here for too long. One of the ladies joked that they have them so that you don't stay too long. The interior was decorated nice and they had a red phone booth. In summary, I might go back for the bites and haddock if I was over that way... but would likely choose Sir Edmund Halley's instead since it's closer and they have comfortable seating. Big Ben would be my last choice if I wanted fish for those 2 reasons.

My first time here, met a group for dinner before a show uptown. I got the blackened salmon BLT which was very good. They had $4 mimosas all day on Saturday, so I got a couple of pineapple ones. They were very yummy. Prices of food was pretty reasonable too. Customer service was great, very friendly staff. I'll definitely come back again.

This was my first time visiting this location, and it was a pleasant experience. I came here for the Champions League final soccer game, and the atmosphere was great. It was a bit warm inside, as the AC wasn't working efficiently, and we had a light on us that they wouldn't turn off. However, the food was excellent, and our waitress was amazing. I would definitely come back again and recommend this place to family and friends.

The food was quite good here. We had Fish N Chips and they were good. The Sticky Toffee Pudding was average. The ambience was more sports bar than restaurant and so it was VERY loud and difficult to carry on a decent conversation with fellow diners. We tried to select an out of the way table, and with there only being 4 occupied tables, we had plenty of tables to choose from-none of them was even close to being anything but LOUD. I would recommend this establishment for anyone not interested in conversing during their visit.Restrooms were clean and the wait staff were efficient and friendly.

I've visited Big Ben twice in the last couple of weeks, mainly because of it being the new game watching spot for the Charlotte Seminoles Club. The first time, we just came for the game and to have some drinks. It was jam packed and the music was blasting. It was a fun and energetic environment to watch a football game. The bartenders did a great job of being attentive toward everyone, despite the noise and chaos. On our most recent visit, we sat down and had some food before the start of the FSU game. The restaurant wasn't too crowded so it seems that the daytime games aren't as much of a crazy time for the restaurant. The game day sampler was a great mix of different appetizers and shared between two people, this was plenty of food! I felt that everything on the plate was pretty good--nothing spectacular. The chicken tenders were probably my favorite item, followed by the mozzarella sticks. Some friends dining with us had the loaded steak fries and also ordered some wings. They said that the flavors of wings tasted pretty similar. I think that this is a great game day spot and the food is good as far as bar food goes. The service deserves some praise as the bartenders and servers are attentive and quick to take care of requests for things like extra sauces and silverware.

We arrived for a very late dinner after leaving the hospital. We were a party of 5 and everyone was super satisfied with our meal. We were seated right away on a Friday night. The server was a little slow taking our order but the food came out fairly quickly. The fish and chips was the best we've had outside the UK. The fries were excellent and the burgers were great. And the steak and mushroom pie had a flaky crust though not the biggest serving. All in all it was a nice meal and we would go back.

It feels like a real Brit pub in London. My fish and chips were good. Plenty of télé to watch different sports. It's a fun place to go have good pub food. We had great service too.

Chicken pot pie is amazing!! It's built into a flaky shell instead of a tin foil mold. Everything is made well and can't complain