Pipe Major in Barking and Dagenham

Attended the other day, great food, and reasonably priced, was served by Connie, who was very friendly and helpful 10/10 would definitely come back here!

Lovely atmosphere and the waitress Lauren was absolutely lovely

The staff went above and beyond when dealing with my allergy when ordering food.

are the reviews below all fake? last time i came in here the carvery meat was dry like the Sahara and the mash potatos were made from powdered stuff and the peas were like bullets. Not acceptable!

Friendly staff.. quick service... food hot.

Very friendly great food great for all the family

Great carvery, better than other chain restaurants. Drinks can be expensive but regular food offers make up for it.

we enjoyed our food every much and look forward to coming again soon

Food excellent nicely presented arrived quite quickly staff very friendly

Nice Sunday roast. Good atmosphere and friendly staff. Really good prices

Excellent food and not expensive

Customer service and food very good

Good staff, good choice of food

We had a fantastic family night out at the pipe major, great prices and friendly staff. Highly recommend we will be returning again

We were there for the first time. I like all the kids' activities they organised on Saturday afternoon. But the food was really bad. First we couldn't order what we wanted because of broken frier and the food we finally got was really not nice..plain burger without any sauce or even slice of onion or gherkin... even the salad, which is supposed to be there wasn't.. and burger sauce was missing .. 🙄

I took my mother and brother for lunch. We were warmly greeted and chose the carvery. The food was freshly cooked and there was a wide range of vegetables to choose from. Staff checked to see if we were happy with our meals. The drinks and meals were value for money and we will be returning again soon.

Friendliness of the staff Food quality was good Atmosphere was relaxed

I was served by Connie, she was a vision. I've never felt the need to write a review untill she gave me a reason otherwise. Brilliant pub!!!!!

I am currently residing in the Travel Lodge, and was craving a proper roast dinner. So after work I decided, (although I'm quite shy), I was gonna be brave and go here for a roast alone (partner was at work) I walked in and was greeted by a very kind young lady who took my drink order at bar, and after saying I'd like a table for 1, guided me to a corner where I could eat without feeling I was somewhat being watched as I was alone. I opted for the carvery, and wasn't disappointed. The food was hot, plentiful with unlimited roasties n veg. A very pleasant experience, and one i will definitely be doing again.

Great pub. Lovely atmosphere, Friendly staff and good food.

Staff nice but food, atmosphere and waiting times are poor

Took my aunt out for her birthday. I bought 2 steaks. 1 was so dry she found it hard to swallow. My one was completely raw. When I told the lady, all she said was "oh sorry to hear that" even though they were both left on the plate, she didn't offer us anything else. What a waste of £40!

We had a table for 8 booked to celebrate our brother's birthday, We were very satsfied with the service received. The food was very good. I had the gammon, which was one of the best I have ever had in a pub/restuarant. We were all very happy with our food and it was reasonably priced. Once again, the counter staff taking our orders and waitress service were very good, friendly and efficient.

Had a table booked for four arrived at 1550 for 1600 booking. There was only one person taking orders. We all decided to have the carvery which was a big mistake, the meat and vegetables were very dry especially the meat. Very disappointed as we had recommended it to others, have been here many times before but on a Sunday, I certainly won't be recommending to eat there during the week when I mentioned it to the chef was told we don't do much after the lunchtime rush that's why, the food sits there which is pretty disgraceful.

I was on crutches, and the bar staff bought all my drinks to table. Couldn't fault them 🙂

Haven't been here in awhile but still gd standard. Staff polite efficient. Meal cooked fresh and brought to our table in reasonable time no hanging around.

Lovely food, nice location, friendly atmosphere! Love dining here 👍

Excellent bar staff - very efficient and friendly. Coped with a lot of Southend fans well!

Staff were really helpful and approachable. Food and drinks were lovely. Bathroom and dining area indoors were clean and maintained well. Arrived at 2 but didn't leave till 8

All FOOD ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS WITH A VARIETY TO CHOOSE FROM AS PER MENU FOR OTHER ITEMS...STAFF VERY FRIENDLY AND WELCOMING

Fast, friendly service. I had the cowboy burger and it was really good.

The best service i ever got from a pub/restaurant. Clean and friendly atmosphere Food was spectacular and delicious 😋 The best staff assistance when ordering food/drink and even with a surprise performance with a birthday cake that i supplied them, delivered to my table and sung happy birthday to my old man. I appreciate everything they done for us. It couldn't of been any better. Cheers all.

Fair prices, food ok, carvery, would recommend for a quick stop

Great fun at the Christmas quiz

Lovely meal served piping hot and was delicious.

Nice place to visit if you need food, they do both Carvery and menu food. Staff are friendly and happy to help

We as a family are locals that come every few months and truly enjoy the experience here. The food is decent and plenty choices. Recommend this pub for a nice atmosphere and good vibes.

Service was very slow. Staff seems like they didnt see you when you are waiting at the entrance. Staffs are not approachable and just talking on the side. I already finished my drink because Im waiting for a long time. I had to get it for takeaway as it was too long to be served. I will never come back here

Well just disappointed because being newyears eve no atmosphere dj did not interact on at all no mixture of music as diffrent age groups there not even count down to newyear tbh didn't even realise it was newyear till few party poppers appeared

Always loved the pipe major been going at least once or twice a month with my partner or bought family but today was a real let down so dissapointed with the food even down to the kids tomatoe pasta I wouldn't feed my dog dt think I'll be bring people for a get together n a bite to eat again . How can a franchise run out of steak and burgers !! Wouldn't recommend pipe major no more.

Great carvery, Classic chicken burger had very little salad in it, fish and chips portions were very small imo, and I am not a big eater.

Took 3 hours to have lunch and we were the only ones there to begin with. Food was cold had to chase for our mains serve was very slow

The food is what gives this place the 4 stars. We are a family of 9 and ordered various things from the spicy chicken sandwich to the children's pasta to the steak & ale pie. The menus you find on the table don't actually represent what you can order; the physical and online menus are different. We only found out you can order from the girls at the till when the app wouldn't work and we had to speak to them. No one welcomed or seated us as we went in so we didn't have any idea really what to do. Obviously this is a local place where the locals know what to do. There were children running around loudly and with bicycles (inside) so the atmosphere was quite poor because nothing really was being done about it.

What should have been a lovely Boxing Day meal with my dad who has dementia and PSP was the most stressful time of eating out in my 44yrs. I honestly have never had a worse experience. Firstly, we were given the incorrect menus so there was confusion on what deals were on and what we was or wasn’t allowed to order to quote the bar staff when asking what we should be using they said “we don’t know, everyone is doing different things”. Eventually we were told we can use a Boxing Day menu that didn’t exist. By this point we had been at the till for a good 30mins trying to resolve all this. Then, my dad who cannot walk unaided needed to use the disabled bathroom. A member of staff opened the toilet and didn’t leave the key and my dad who falls very easily was locked in the toilet on his own. When he had to use the bathroom for the second time, the manager would not let us have the key and stood there arguing with us about it, in the meantime, my dad slightly soiled himself. The manager agreed to wait at the toilet with him, so he didn’t get locked in again Then to top it all off, I had the worst carvery I’ve ever had. God knows how long it was sitting there but the meat was dry and chewy and the potatoes were rock hard. I must commend the bar staff for doing their best. They was pleasant and apologetic but this was hands down the worst experience I’ve ever had when eating out. Do better

Would be nice to have some background music . But food and staff are great the only thing I would add is the gravy can be a lot better and would lift the roast to another level

The service was really slow. No-one knew what we had ordered, despite pre-ordering. The meals were not delivered together. The wrong starters and deserts were delivered. Dessert took over 40 minutes to arrive and had clearly been sitting around when it finally arrived. After 30 minutes, we asked if our desserts had been forgotten and to the person who said they would check never came back.

Went there for Christmas dinner yesterday evening with a group of 9, table was prebooked from the 29th Nov. Upon arriving the table was not ready as we were told the people who sat there haven't finished. Ironically, when booking it said 2 hours slot. We waited over half and hour for them to sort something out. They were scared to tell those people that the table was prebooked from 6:30pm. Common sense would to put a "Reserve" sign or tell the group that the table has been booked from 6:30 onwards. The female staff with piercing was well rude, moody, arrogant, didn't have any courtesy to apologise or smile and giving lots of dirty looks. So were the other staff. Their appearance looked dirty considering it's a Christmas season on a Saturday. It wasn't even busy, (after reading some of these reviews, no wonder why..)Table where we sat was still awkward with a round table joined with a rectangular one. The female staff placed a bunch of knives and forks, on top of napkins without folding them(although she did it for the others as we were observing them), it was quite awkward to take the cutleries one by one, like we were inferior to them. Food were cold, vegetables were soggy and wet looked like they were leftovers from before and not fresh. Potatoes, parsnips looked like they've been under the heated lamp for hours. Gammon was dry so was the beef, looked like they've been under the heated lamp for far too long. Pricewise, charged us like central London prices but no way near their level. There was a foul smell coming from the kitchen each time they opened the door. The nachos smelt off and disgusting. Spoke to the manager at the end and he seemed surprised when I mentioned about the nachos and the attitude of his staff. We have been to this pub many times before and skipped for the past 2 years, but what a massive let down in service, staff, food and atmosphere. Spent nearly £200, not worth it at all. NEVER COMING BACK AGAIN! And you wonder why pubs are closing down because when people when do make the effort to support these businesses, this is how they treat you.

Food & service excellent, shame about the high drinks prices but will go back

Went with a pre booked group of 20. The veg from the carvery was cold, no beef or gammon left only turkey ! Surely as we pre booked they could have thought ahead? People who had the carvery had finished before other mains arrived . Very disappointed will not be back

I come here every time I stop in Barking, nice food, lovely carvery, nice atmosphere and the staff go above and beyond, very helpful. Big shout out to John, thanks 😊

Very nice meal could have been hotter

Food was tasty when we got it- I'm glad I didn't opt for the carvery as it looked quite dry, but those that did have carvery said it was ok... unfortunately it was far too busy for the amount of staff that was on duty (there were a number of big parties in at the time)..they were however doing their best

Been going here for years. Usually pretty good but did get a half portion of lasagne last week

The new menus are really good especially the Berger

Team are always accommodating pleasant and food is of good quality at fair prices

Was on a work trip and need somewhere local to eat, and the Pipe Major was mentioned. And I have to confess we ended up coming back two days in a row. Very inviting, we waiting to be seated and had a choice of where we wanted to sit. On the first night there were 4 of us, so we found a nice cosy booth, that could seat about 6 and the second night, just 3 of us. When you get to your table, you have the option to go to the bar and place the order or, scan the QR code on the table and do it all online. It seems very family friendly... The staff are very friendly our server was called Stacey , and sadly, I forgot the name of pub land lady, she was wonderful and recommended a lovely drink that I should try. They have a good selection on their menu and also a Carvery that was fully stocked. I would highly recommend coming here, and if i am working back in the area, I would definitely come back here for a bite.

Very friendly we go there for Sunday lunch every week. Staff will always bend over backwards to ensure you receive a high quality of service

I'm not a frequent visitor maybe 6 or 7 visits a year in a group of 4. Two of us are coeliac (gluten free). We have always had great experiences here. Today however, we began with long delays on food approx 1hr 20 mins. Secondly, the table wasn't cleaned and the coeliac people said the tables are always cleaned and the cutlery wrapped but neither was done. The meals arrived, one missing onion rings one with cold (not look warm) cold fries and the bacon on the hunters chicken was black. The fries were replaced with luke warm fries. The fries on my mother's plate that had been on the table 10 mins were far hotter than the replacement fries. All in all, the staff were great but the food on this one occasion was far below your normal standard. A disappointing visit for us all.

The steak night meal deal was fabulous. The steak was cooked perfectly. Well done chef.

So went there last week ordered just a fish finger roll and chips well fish fingers were cold and over cooked and also chips sent it back and when it came back it was still cold wouldn’t mind if it was busy but had about 10 customers so got a refund absolutely disgusting think the chef needs either re training or get a better chef you can’t expect customers to eat that slop you dish out to be quite honest don’t think I will be going back only a couple of months ago went in for the carvery well that was left to dry out and the peas you could use as bullets pipe major management sort it out

What a pleasant surprise. I took my elderly mum for a meal and we had a great time. The pub was spotlessly clean,the food was cooked perfectly......and the staff were fantastic,friendly and very courteous. I genuinely can not wait to go back.

Good clean pub, nice staff and good service, food good for price paid!

Nice cosy pub . Warm in there ( it was winter ) food delicious. Staff polite . Food served quite promptly.

Fast and friendly service, best carvery had in a while. Great desserts. Friendly atmosphere and staff attentive and polite!

Staff friendly and helpful. Food is good

I used to go here quite regularly the place has gone downhill the turkey meat was fatty chewy complained to the manager sge went to change the meat had same again by the time the turkey got changed my other veggies was cold the cauliflower cheese was hard the peas were rock hard only mash potato was nice but cold was refunded my money back the table was sticky dirty so will not be going back there

Nice ambiance. Attentive, friendly staff. Good selection of drinks and food. The carvery went down very well.

great service, staff really friendly especially isabel and lily-may

The staff were very pleasant and engaging. I tried the carvery and the turkey tasted like cardboard, the roast beef needed seasoning, the gammon was excellent, the potatoes and parsnips tasted like they had been under the heat lamp for hours, and finally the pork stuffing was also excellent. The tables were sticky all over. Overall a so-so experience.

Lovely staff and food definitely will be coming again

Good service, isabel and mia made my experience amazing, will definitely will be back, also good food quality.

A really nice place for a catch up evening meal or celebration the are friendly and welcoming. I've found the food always top notch be it a roast dinner or a piece of cake.

Love eating here, the staff are friendly and always happy to help, really appreciate the time and effort these guys and girls put into their work and I have never had a bad experience with them, thanks again all

We love the Pipe Major ! Staff are always so friendly and accommodating nothing is ever too much for them Reasonable drink prices and the meals are perfectly cooked will definitely be returning

Staff friendly polite food from menu always good sausage and mash one of my favourites! Good price lovely atmosphere

Have eaten carvery with friends many times, but recently the food has deteriorated badly and today 31 October 2024,was the final straw, vegetables not very varied and cooked to destruction,parsnips totally inedible and potatoes with totally no substance, meat on the other hand gammon and turkey nicely cooked,beef however was nice and red,but still incredibly tough.so today with poor quality food, surly staff and very unhelpful, you have lost 6 customers never to return.

Good food, with a value menu Atmosphere good, the carvery was great with very generous potions of meat, will definitely return and try for my pb of roast potato helpings a roast biffet

Been coming here for along time and it's normally nice but today it was pretty bab there was no meat ready hardly any peas and hardly any potatoes and there was only 1 person behind the bar and when we had finished our plates were not collected for a very long time but the staff were still very friendly

Excellent food and friendly staff

Food great the carvery was delicious, staff friendly and helpful nice place to eat

We had our wedding reception there. The staff there were absolutely amazing.

Car park is provided so ideal.Staff were welcoming and obliging. Meal was enjoyable. Good atmosphere. Tables spaced out well.overall a pleasant evening.

Easy to book Convenient for evening Football games

Excellent food and service and served with the sweetest waitress Maggie.

First time in there had a carvery nice

Great friendly pub , food is lovely , service with a smile , well worth a visit

Very friendly Staff. lovely venu Great food and drink Definitely coming back

Nice pub with a play area for the kids to enjoy

Service with a smile reasonable prices

We visit regularly. Cannot beat a roast dinner on a Sunday afternoon. Staff are always so friendly and go out of their way to help. Carvery is never a disappointment. Always plenty and a great variety to choose from. See you next week!!! 🥳

Good polite service . Nice people and good surroundings Food is lovely and enjoyable

Good tasty food & good drinks choices. The Carvery Chef & Girl behind the bar were both very good at their jobs with good customer service skills ( a rarity today!) Overall a very pleasant lunchtime experience for my husband and I & we intend booking again soon.

The service it's good the food is amazing and it's a friendly space

Nice friendly pub food always good 👍

All of the staff were amazing, Demi, Stacey, Emma H, Julie and Lilly were on shift, learnt all the names because of the service they provided! Thankyou all for the most amazing night with friends! Definitely be back!!

This establishment is nice for informal, family orientated meal. Fairly good children's menu available. The usual kinda adult menu available. The place was kept well and the staff were friendly and willing to help at all times. Drinking without food is possible if you sit outside, there's also a small play area outside for kids which kept our 'nightmare' busy enough for our headaches to fade away!

Would be given no stars if it was possible. Worst pub for the Dagenham area. Visited for the first time today and nothing positive about my experience. They are extremely expensive, Three times that of a standard pub venue. West end London prices for basic and tasteless food. Also the portion size is that for a child. Food was dry and cold, staff giving dirty looks and seamed frightened to approach my table with the food. Won't recommend and return. It should be shut down.

I have only eaten here twice and had the ultimate spicy beef burger both times and each time was 10 out of 10 for the food. I can therefore say with confidence that The Pipe Major, Dagenham East, is the best restaurant in the world.

I have just eaten the best burger I've ever eaten in my life (and I've eaten a few) well played pipe major 👏🏼

A quality meal at a wonderful family and dog friendly pub. Worth a visit.