Browns Nottingham in Nottingham

I booked this restaurant for my daughter’s 21st. She is a student in Notts and we planned to drive down and have a pre birthday meal together with her boyfriend. I specifically requested that a fuss be made in some way at the end of the meal, I even phoned to confirm that they would do that. Sadly due to a painful and unexpected injury I ended up in hospital the weekend of our trip and so couldn’t make it. I called to reduce the number from 4 to 2 and again asked for a fuss to be made. My daughter and her boyfriend enjoyed their lunch and decided to not order dessert, got their bill which I had covered and left. Absolutely nothing was done to acknowledge her special birthday and I feel really sad that my requests for special attention were promised but never carried out. It simply wasn’t the attention to detail that you assured me she’d receive 😢😢😢😢😢

Had a lovely lunch, Maja was great!

Lovely service and food again, from Simons team, especially Amor and Ryan. We met today for a belated get-together for a 70th, 65th and 60th birthday and enjoyed the Xmas atmosphere too. We will be back! Thank you x

Amazing service,fabulous food and a relaxing atmosphere Browns Nottingham was a great choice x

Lovely festive lunch, great food and drinks, Maja was so lovely and made the experience so much better 🤎we felt so welcomed, highly recommend

Took our daughter to Browns (Nottingham) to celebrate her birthday and can’t recommend the restaurant highly enough. Staff, menu and quality of food were all very good and we will be booking again for sure.

Lovely lunch on a days shopping, our server Maja was awesome! Totally looked after us while I took forever to decide from a delicious menu, thank you!

Lay out of bar and restaurant very nice Great service Great food

An amazing place to celebrate me and my partners 3 year anniversary. A big massive thank you to Prathan. He made the dining experience both welcoming and special. We will definitely be returning!

The surroundings and decor are always fantastic. The staff are all very friendly and have good knowledge of the food and drinks on offer. I received an offer for my birthday which made me very happy.

Great place to catch up with the boys

Real buzz about the place. Great for pre-theatre meal.

Went out for a family meal for 2 birthdays,food and service was excellent,finlay kept us entertained the whole time we were there and really looked after us all.Will definitely be back.

Lovely venue, good food and good service. One of the more pricey places and just about meets the requirements for the cost. Regularly visit and will continue to do so.

Service was great by Finley he was very welcoming and gave us a great fun night

Wow, sometimes you really leave a restraint gobsmacked! Today was one of those times. Finlay was genuinely the best waiter I have ever seen. The food was delightful and the atmosphere was electric. Thank you so much for a lovely evening. We will be back. All the best your favourite forest fan!

Sorry, only four stars due to back breaking chairs 🫠 Chairs from Hell 😂 I’d booked here for my mums 80th birthday. We were excited as Browns has a good reputation and. It looks lovely. The food was nice, the staff were good however, sadly the experience was spoilt by (This might sound ridiculous 🤦‍♀️) THE CHAIRS!! 🪑 We are in the restaurant and the chairs suited the decor really well but that’s as far as it goes! After about 30 minutes we all started complaining on how uncomfortable these chairs are! We were a group of 6 and not all elderly! The youngest of us being 19 who also said the chairs were awful! We stayed just over two hours and spent £250 between us so comfort to me should be at the top of the list in any restaurant alongside the food. Honestly, the chairs need replacing! 🫠 I did notice a few tables with benches and a couple of chairs which looked more inviting and I was tempted to swap mine but they were already taken 😂

Browns: Where the Burger Wants to Escape and the Fish Glows in the Dark We thought we’d try Browns despite some alarm bells from the reviews. It seemed to be either a dazzling culinary triumph or a culinary train wreck. Sadly, we found ourselves firmly on the side of the wreckage. Let’s start with the atmosphere. The decor is lovely, the kind of place where you expect the food to be as stylish as the surroundings. But beware: the seating consists of those hard, Parisian-style café chairs, clearly designed to test both your patience and your lower spine. After 20 minutes, we began eyeing the plush booths on the restaurant’s outskirts like castaways spotting dry land. We eventually moved, albeit feeling slightly judged by the waiting staff. Speaking of staff: the meet and greet was like an awkward school reunion—polite but distant. Two young lads at the bar were engrossed in solving the world’s problems (or maybe their weekend plans) before reluctantly acknowledging us. Once we reached the table, the service was fine—well, up to the point they forgot the golden rule of asking how the food was. Perhaps they feared the answer. We started with bread and goat’s cheese, which was actually good! For a brief moment, we believed we might be in for a treat. Oh, the naivety. Then the mains arrived, and it all went downhill faster than a greased otter on a waterslide. I ordered the burger (£18), which arrived looking like it needed therapy. The fries? Standard frozen chips so devoid of personality they could moonlight as cardboard. The burger patty itself was the culinary equivalent of a shrug, slouched in a bun that seemed to have been sourced from a motorway truck stop. The garnish was limp, the cheese was joyless, and the tomato had all the appeal of a wet flannel. Honestly, I wouldn’t have been surprised if the burger had written “help me” in ketchup across the plate. I’ve had better meals at Wetherspoons, and that’s saying something. My partner’s sea bass was even more of a tragedy. It arrived looking like it had spent the afternoon sunbathing in radioactive sludge—straight out of the Sea of Chernobyl. The texture? Wet, floppy, and deeply uninspired. It was paired with hunks of chorizo so overpowering they tasted like they were trying to compensate for something. At least the chorizo had some flavour; the fish, meanwhile, was on life support. Let’s talk value for money—or rather, the complete lack of it. Browns charges premium prices for food that wouldn’t cut it at a greasy spoon. You can’t just drape some fancy decor over a subpar kitchen and call it fine dining. It’s like sticking a bow tie on a sloth and expecting it to conduct an orchestra. As we sat there, picking at our meals and contemplating life’s injustices, it became clear that Browns is relying on its glossy reputation to distract from its glaring flaws. But here’s the thing: in a cost-of-living crisis, people are not in the mood to pay top dollar for mediocrity. I can already hear the manager drafting a response. Something like, “We’re terribly sorry to hear this. Our food is usually of the highest standard, and we take your feedback very seriously.” Save it. There’s no need to go through the motions. If your reviews are anything to go by, consistency is clearly an issue, and until you sort it out, Browns will remain a textbook example of style over substance. In conclusion, Browns is like that friend who promises you a fantastic evening but spends the whole night glued to their phone: all hype, no follow-through. Would we go back? Only if we fancied a masterclass in disappointment. Hope springs eternal, but after this experience, I suspect even hope would walk out halfway through the main course.

Lovely food, friendly and attentive service. Our server was Sarah and she was excellent. Piano player was great too

Delicious Sunday lunchtime meal! Our first visit to this restaurant. Nice spacious dining area, good service and excellent food - presentation was first class! Our thanks to Sarah our waitress, a great ambassador for Browns! Located close to Nottingham city centre. Will definitely visit again.

Food was average. Chicken in ceaser salad cold (i asked). Truffle and Parmesan fries nothing special. Needed to be seasoned and more truffle. Parmesan should have been a bit melted. Underwhelmed

Had a wonderful evening with wonderful staff who made the night! Maja was fantastic and made us feel utterly spoilt! Would recommend to anyone

We celebrated our sons birthday at Browns Restaurant at the weekend. The food was lovely and the service was even better, my son had a great birthday thanks to all the staff. A special thank you to our waitress Maja who was so lovely and friendly - Thank you so much Browns, a great evening was had, we shall definitely be returning soon. Cheers

Fantastic venue in a great area of Nottingham. Friendly professional staff offer a lovely dining experience that will want you going back time and time again

The restaurant is beautiful and elegantly decorated. The food was delicious, very well presented and made of quality ingredients. On the day, all the staff were kind, patient and very helpful. We had a group booking to celebrate a friend’s birthday. Our needs were listened and catered too. Someone always responded promptly to any questions we had about our booking. I found the entire booking system very organised and efficient. This was my second time at Brown’s and won’t be my last. I always have a pleasant dining experience whenever I visit. Well done guys!

Anna Maria was excellent and the food was delicious

Delicious, clean, very good bathroom

Food was very below average to say it’s meant to be a fine dining experience. Peppercorn sauce was cold and chicken skewers were more skewer than chicken! Worst part of it all was the rude waiter. I asked the mixed race girl with braids who was our server who the waitress was that served me my food and she kept switching names between Harrison and Finlay. I don’t know wether this was a honest mistake or she just didn’t want her friend to be in trouble because his manners were at an all time low when he tried to question me about what I had ordered telling me the food I was eating wasn’t mine when it clearly was. Embarrassed and infuriated I would not return, ever. Thanks for a rubbish experience. For such an ambient restaurant the waiting staff fall devastatingly below par.

Love coming here! Always great food, a warm welcome and great service! Special mention to Finn who is always brilliant!

Maja was a beautiful host. Fantastic food and service

First time I've been here, pianist playing, loved it, food was great, atmosphere was so good

My first visit for the 3 course lunch Menu. Absolutely loved it . Food , service, and atmosphere 👌

Love Brown's, my partner and myself go every now and then, always have a great time, food is always amazing too. The Sunday dinners are my favorite and was the reason we ended up going initially.

Went for afternoon tea yesterday. Really disappointed with the value for money aspect. We have had some good food in the past from the establishment & thought it would be a bit a nice change to enjoy the experience. If you go & book afternoon tea, don't expect too much. It won't be there. Staff were lovely & attentive as usual .

We booked a table of 7 for a family birthday yesterday. The staff were attentive to our requirement for a gluten free menu and looked after my Mum’s requirements as well as expected. However the rest of the meal was poor. We all ordered starters, only 6 arrived, we’d all finished ours before the 7th came out. And it happened again on the mains, only 6 out of 7 dishes came out, and 3 out of the 4 sides ordered didn’t come out either. Two of us had steaks which were cold, and all the fries were luke warm. The prawn linguine had only three prawns in it. We were really disappointed. The waiter blamed the kitchen, and our complaints were poorly handled. Based on last nights experience I wouldn’t go again nor recommend it.

Food above expectations and enjoyed. Lights turned down half was through dinner and we saw some diners using the torch on their phones to see the menu. Service staff could have helped customers more to access benches behind tables by moving them out slightly and then back again. I moved my own but did observe an older lady struggle to access a seat. Also, I do prefer that waiting staff actually write down the order in some way as it saves having to ask twice. Sorry to mention the little niggles, but these are the service items that elevate a restaurant.

Fantastic service, great atmosphere and delicious food.

First timer here. We had a fabulous Sunday lunch. Will be back again soon.

Top quality meal, fantastic service, keep up the great work guys!!!

Wonderful service from Maja who went above and beyond to make the celebration of 3 birthdays in our family extra special. She is a credit to the team. The food was great too, I highly recommend the sea-bass risotto and the Shepards pie. We had a lovely evening

Visited here on Friday 18th October. I will say the service was outstanding. I know there is a cost of living etc but to pay £40 for steak that came with just fries in a metal cup and a sprinkle of watercress is taking the Mickey a little no actually a lot. I eat every weekend in Nottigham and this is I think the worst value for money thus far.

Great food anf great service. Staff very friendly.

Great atmosphere, food was of high quality. Nice to have the pianist although a little loud as we were unable to hear each other at times. Staff serving us were very attentive. The gentleman on the welcome desk could have been happy to see us and a smile would make the welcome so much nicer. Just a suggestion, the multiple spray bottles of cleaning agent hanging from the service counter near the tables is unnecessary. Such a beautiful room and ruined by these. Also remember to serve the well presented plates from the chef with the logo at the top facing the guest. This is how he would have plates it.

Great time at Browns Nottingham. Our food was great and the service from Maja was first class. Happy, friendly and efficient.

Wonderful Sunday lunch at Browns Nottingham. Fabulous service from Maja who was smiley, extremely friendly and efficient. Nothing was too much trouble for her. Great menu with a wide range of dishes to choose from. All our food was delicious. Highly recommend the sourdough as a starter for the table.

The decor and atmosphere create a really upmarket feel to your restaurant. The food is all really tasty but is also affordable. Finally your staff are friendly but don't step over the mark, making guests feel welcome and valued. It is this combination of factors that means we keep coming back.

Came here for lunch and had a great meal with great service from Maja who was excellent. Would highly recommend this place!!

Very Disappointing Experience - Abysmal Service We went to Browns in Nottingham for a birthday treat. It was around 18:00 and the restaurant was not busy at all. Unfortunately, the sides did not arrive with the mains. When we complained, we were told they would be a few minutes. In fact, we had completely finished our mains before they eventually arrived. We were offered only a passing apology, and still charged the 10% service charge. A very disappointing birthday experience. In future we will stick with Cote in West Bridgford.

Just had drinks. Dillon and Tom made great cocktails.

Lovely lunch time food and service from Maja

Brilliant food and cocktails. Maja our server was super friendly and went above and beyond to make our experience at Brown's a memorable one.

Very nice Sunday lunch for Rhys’s birthday. Waiter was top notch, food delicious

A superb afternoon meal, Sarah was very attentive and delivered great service, nothing was too much trouble and she never stopped smiling ! We will be back soon

We came to Nottingham for our nephew's wedding. We haven't been to brown's for a number of years but after our experience of a later night drink on the way to our hotel last night, we happened across Kezron the bartender. A few cocktails later, we booked to eat here tonight. Kezron was just the most affable guy. And tonight, Illias was our server and once again, the service was amazing. Food great etc. But really, these two guys are a credit to Brown's and the company should be delighted to have them in their employ.

Finlay top guy, good food, good night

Browns is meant to be an upscale restaurant. The decor looks great, the food is decent but everything in between is terrible. Table of 5, with young children and it was my wife’s birthday. Sit down and not a single person attends our table to even acknowledge we are there. They took water to a table of 2 that arrived after ours. I asked to make an order twice and was told to wait a minute and yet 15 minutes later no one arrived. I didn’t want to give this restaurant my money seeing as they couldn’t be bothered to recognise our existence let alone take our order. I would avoid this place as they don’t care about their service or customers at all. So many other places close by that do value customer service.

Maja was amazing . Many thanks , Oscar

Finlay was exceptional. Great evening

Finlay was exceptional Top bloke

Superb food and service. Wonderful desserts

Great food and service from Finley was excellent.

We came for dinner before a show at the Nottingham Playhouse and even though we didnt have a reservation the team found us a table. Our server Finlay was great for a chat and very helpful, and the food was fantastic. Highly recommend

Great evening here, with our best friends, we drank VC champagne and sat outside, which was a lovely area. we ordered picky bits to eat and all shared them. Very nice indeed highly recommended.

Lovely breakfast, Reka our server was very attentive, polite and prompt. Would definitely go back.

Cheerful staff. Great dinner, served quickly for a busy Sunday lunchtime. Recommended.

We came as a group for a work dinner. It was OK. The atmosphere is nice and elegant. We were greeted nicely, but the staff stemmed short as ordering took ages. The menu was OK, less effective for Muslims with a limited vegetarian variety. The mains were tasty I had the pea gnocchi with broccoli side (this was delicious esp the sauce). My colleagues has the lobster linguine which looked yummy. For dessert we had a variety and I liked the creme brulee (pictured) . The sticky toffee (pictured) looked great too. Overall was a good experience but I wish it had more veg options or halal ones for dinner.

Fabulous breakfast. Our server Fin was attentive, the food quality excellent and served quickly. Would recommend and will be back.

Champagne afternoon tea was lovely, and our server - Reka - was absolutely delightful!

Finlay was absolutely champion. Made us feel really welcome and looked after us beyond expectations

We had a lovely time Friday night, food and drinks delicious. Thank you to our waitress Anna-Maria for the prompt service, as we had to get to the theatre.

Lovely time with Anna Maria! Highly recommend

We have dietary requirements and allergies and Browns were really accommodating and made sure we could eat something and felt confident that they would deal with the allergies with care. Our server (Reka) was also the loveliest person and made sure we were well looked after throughout our visit. She also recommended me a Hungarian dessert wine which she was familiar with being Hungarian herself and it did not disappoint! The food was fantastic, the gnocchi dish was outstanding!!

Great service and food, we at first thought there wasn't a lot of food but by the end we were both comfortable but not stuffed and thought the quality was good.

Have used Browns for years now. Top service from Dillon today. Good place for meetings, food and beers. Cheers mate.

Lovely relaxed vibe & ambience Delightful, attentive but not intrusive staff Good menu choices for all members of the group

5 of us decided to head for breakfast so booked here. Really good food , lovely building and the prices were spot on. Great place and we'll surely visit again

Really lovely place. Went for a meal before the theatre. The service by our waiter Finley was fantastic, he really looked after us. The food was gorgeous, hot and tasty. We also had a lovely wine with the meal. Couldn't fault the place.

We have become quite the regulars now dining here at least once a month now. Service is always fantastic, 2 members of staff stand out. The wonderful Finlay & Ryan, always greet you with a smile and a friendly welcome. The food is lovely, bring back the belly pork please!! It's worth paying that little bit extra for the setting and service. See you all soon.

Came here for a celebratory meal and had an amazing time. I had the camembert to start, followed by the chateaubriand which was delicious! It comes with fries (not pictured) and onion rings as well as your pick of two sauces. Thought it was a good portion size for a sharer. A great cocktail menu also - thoroughly enjoyed the Tommys Margarita. And the service was amazing throughout the meal!

Lovely place for enjoyment. Appreciated Reka’s professional and kind service.

Food was great. Finlay made us feel welcome and helped us with everything we needed. 10/10 service

Excellent service, very good food.little noisy at lunchtime but overall lovely experience

Beautiful location and great food.

Came in for Bank Holiday Breakfast this morning. Great Coffee, Food and excellent service from Harrison.

Highly recommend this restaurant, enjoyed the steak. Our host Fermisk was very friendly. Service was great. Thanks for yhe good experience.

Our Saturday evening meal out was served to us by Harrison. He was attentive, took the time to answer questions and made sure we had our drinks replenished. The food was delicious and hot. Thank you, Harrison. Great service.

Finley was a lovely server. Made us laugh and was very attentive! Thanks!

Excellent food as always, everyone was great especially our server Finn who was very friendly & great character!

Aitch was amazing today and attentive to detail!

Was an excellent meal... SLOW COOKED PORK BELLY absolutely cooked to perfection and the cauliflower cheese was delicious...but best if all was the service. On point. Food arrived promptly and FINLAY our waiter was outstanding. Really a lovely experience having such a cheery, attentive and positive server. Thank you

Good fabulous birthday meal service excellent and Finey was terrific thank you

Great food and superb sevice from Finlay.

The service was excellent, very attentive with water topped up at the table and waitress recommending a really good meal choice. Pricey but for a celebration definitely worth coming to.

Another great visit to Browns. Lovely food and wine and great service from Finlay.

Finlay was our server .He was very professional, polite and friendly. I had a meal with my friend we had the Sunday beef dinner which was lovely. The atmosphere was welcoming.i would recommend

Visit Browns for special occasions and as a treat and it never fails to deliver good food and service. Yes you pay a premium but it’s worth the visit to get a good experience. Parking is a hassle but that’s an issue with any city centre restaurant. You can park out front and pay for parking via an app or park in the nearby NCP. Service and staff are good and food is off a really good quality. Good range of drinks on the menu and you can also make use of the casual bar at the front.

Very pretty setting, all clean nicely presented. Warm welcome when we entered but the service quickly fell flat, it was a Sunday but not very busy and the staff were very inattentive. Really disappointed. Took about 45mins to get our drinks (tea and an iced coffee) which were nice but I wasn't able to get any refills as there were no staff and no one was checking back on us. The afternoon tea was so small for the price, all the sandwiches were nice and the scones but I could've eaten double that we were served and there was no one around to order anything else. The cakes we not good, fell apart and the icing had congealed on the carrot cakes so really unpleasant texture. Waited about 20mins for the bill and gave up and walked up to the front to pay and stood around for another 5 mins. Not worth the money and I would not go back unfortunately. I had high hopes but really disappointed overall. Would've liked to give feedback in person but no one was around...

Lovely place to go if you're looking for superior service to most other places. Lovely interior design.

We went to Browns on a Friday evening for a work outing. We pre-booked as there was 18 in our party & choose our options beforehand. A £10 deposit per head had to be paid. On arrival we were able to have drinks at the bar before being seated. Staff were attentive, asking if more drinks required regularly & offering the option of several tabs if required. I gave the food 4 stars purely because my chicken dish was rather salty, although I did enjoy it. We did the set menu at £26.50 for 2 course & £36.50 for 3 which was brilliant value.

Amazing experience and the service by Jack was great!