The Embankment

Great pub, lovely fireside tables, nice food and great staff.

Just had a very nice breakfast at The Embarkment. Four of us ate with 3 different choices and all well cooked. Particularly impressed with the Australian waitress who was friendly informative ad efficient.

We’ve been regulars here for food for years, in the last 6 months it’s gone down hill drastically. Our last two meals we have had here we have complained about and sent back, due to a number of reasons, poor quality, being cold, inadequate portions. We stopped going for a while because of this and then decided to give it another try today. Sad to say it was more than disappointing, the steak tasted off. The prawns with our starters had no flavour whatsoever and came out cold. My daughter had a morsel portion of desert, my custard was so cold I sent it back, only for the staff to give me a lukewarm alternative. My partners beef roast looked like a child’s portion, the potatoes were rock hard and had been cooked in old oil and the staff were inattentive. It’s a beautiful location - and lovely interiors, if you're going for drinks it’s perfect but as far as the food is concerned I would strongly recommend avoiding unless you want to be disappointed or you are happy to eat less than mediocre food. We won’t be going back again after today. Such a shame! Reluctant to leave a poor review however we have complained about it directly the two times previously and unfortunately the feedback hasn’t been taken on board and that was reflected in the food and service today!

The room is tired. It's in need of some kind of redecoration. Heating not adequate so was going to put spare blanket on bed ... best not too. It was old, crumpled ... worn out like the room really.

What a lovely place. Food great, drinks great, staff great, lovely riverside location, def worth a visit, wouldn’t come back even if I do need to travel from London.

What can I say? My husband, his sister and I came to stay at the Embankment on Monday 16th December. We were due to stay 4 nights for a pre-Christmas get together with family and friends. On Wednesday 18th December my husband was rushed to hospital by ambulance with blues and twos blazing. Thanks go to Bedford hospital. I am convinced they saved his life. He was finally discharged yesterday after a 10 day stay. Throughout this awful time the team at the Embankment could not do enough for us, whether it was tea and tiramisu at 11.00 pm when we got back from hospital that first evening or even just a hug, they were there for us the entire time. We fully intend (health permitting) to come back in the summer for a proper holiday.

Always nice food, and good atmosphere

Nice place, very busy staff were amazing but the only drawback was that the bedroom was absolutely freezing