The Two Brewers in Milton Keynes

Typical pub which has only modernised a little so still has the true pub atmosphere. Gone is the smoky environment and considerably brighter than the old days but still recognisable as a pub with staff of the ‘old school’. Good range of food though and on this visit we had the most delicious Lasagne which was served with an excellent Garlic bread and nice salad. Add a bottle of wine, couple of deserts and the bill of £56 was not bad at all.

4.5 stars, rounded up - 5 stars if they put vegan starters on the menu but good selection of vegan mains and desserts, great staff and food. Good value too.

Lunch menu burger was cheap in taste,loose cutlery in grubby pots , whole place could do with a scrub .

I am so surprised this place isn’t busier for food. I was there yesterday with friends and it was so good I came back today for Father’s Day lunch. Soooo good. Yesterday I had the Thai curry and today the homemade pie. Honestly, I’m going to be dreaming about this food.

Had a lovely evening catching up with a friend lovely pub great food.

Great local with a good range of beers, ciders and wines in two bars. Gluten free is prominent on the food menu.

Recently had a bit of a refurb. Very nice and a inviting , well worth a visit to check out the new vibe. Friendly staff as always.

Cozy pub with great pints. The loaded fries were very good too! Free parking outside!

We booked a table for 4, Tuesday lunchtime. There was a large blackboard with some lovely dishes on it. However, we were told NOTHING on the board was available. The menu provided on the table was quite limited. Three of us received our food & had to start or it would have become cold. The fourth finally received hers a good while later. I feel you should be informed when you book if specials are not available OR rub the board clear. It is misleading. We also got the impression that we were being hurried, staff clearing the table almost as soon as we had finished . The room felt cold. I am sorry to be negative. The actual food we did order was nice. A shame, just not a good experience. We won't be returning.

We had a large family Christmas get together here in December 2023. It was brilliant. We were made to feel very welcome and the food was delicious.

Great place for a beer and a good quality meal at a very reasonable price.

Lovely pub where we spent an afternoon as a big group. Nice beers and service. Some music would have been nice as it felt a bit quiet but it didn’t bother us too much. Food was also decent.

£7.50 for 2 course lunch a real bargain. Food fine with chilli and rice for me and fish and chips for my partner. 3 real ales and lovely open fire. Very polite and efficient waitress. Good pub in lovely old town. Get down there if you can.

Really nice pub. Service was friendly, fast and the food was great. They are dog friendly and even gave some treats. Would recommend to those wanting to have a pint or grub with a dog.

This is a nice pub on the high street, I popped in on the way home from a walk round Rushden Lakes, the pub is well presented and the bar staff are very nice and welcoming. There's a good selection on tap, I went for the Morretti.

Visited on Olney's busiest day (Dickens of a Christmas) but still managed to get a seat albeit at a tiny table but we were hungry. Situated beside the roaring log fire, we were not long in heating up after our walk around town. Noticing the 'special menu', we decided just to eat here rather than going home and cooking and frankly, we made a great choice. Both settled on the Roast Turkey with trimmings and when it was brought to us, we couldn't find the Turkey. Moving the trimmings around revealed 3 succulent slices of but the sheer volume of greens/veg, potatoes and a huge Yorkshire pudding had conspired to hide it from prying eyes. Cooked to perfection and plenty of it, meant I had to help my wife decant some of her extronious portion onto my plate but I loved every bit of it. Adding a couple or two of drinks and we were in heaven for a few hours. chatting to some other visitors to town, saw them also deciding to take advantage of the kitchen offering. Unfortuately we left before I was press ganged into helping another two diners leave a clean plate. Great food, served quickly and ideal for that particular day.

Nice and cosy place for a drink

Food was very tasty but not very hot. I had chicken and the portion of 2 large legs a bit too much however would be happy to return.

Recent make over and looking really good. Comfy sofas and the fire going. Family atmosphere.

Fantastic traditional English pub located on the High Street of the beautiful market town of Olney. Famous for its annual pancake race, Dickins of Christmas fair and food festival amongst other things. The two Brewers has two lovely bars. The public bar is popular with locals for games like darts and pool. The lounge bar is much bigger and is set out with tables for eating or just drinking around a real fire in the winter months. The food is always very good and reasonable priced, especially for a Sunday roast 😋

Decided to leave the cooking aside for a change and headed down to 'the Brewers' for a meal. The redesigned bar area is a massive improvement over that of a year ago. Nice comfortable lounge furniture for the drinkers sits well in the same area as the dining tables. I used to be amazed at the very large menu on offer here but I suspect, a combination of reduced number of diners and the cost of ingredients has contributed to a significant reduction in choice. To be fair, there is still a good selection to cater for most needs, tastes and preferences but not the choice of days before Covid & Cost of Living crisis. My wife had Prawn Cocktail, a well presented dish with myself opting for the autumn veg soup. Both items were tasty, more than adequate portions and excellent value for money. Our mains were a Chicken & Ham Pie which was excellent. A lovely pastry with the pie crammed with plenty of ham and an equal supply of chicken. Cooked to a tee! My wife had the Beef Lasagne which she throughly enjoyed however she did feel that there could have been a little more beef in the filling. Extremely tasty and well cooked. The quality of the food, excellent service and the fact we also had some drinks (1 pint and half pint cider,) meant we had great value for less than £40.

First time I visited for a meal since it had an internal facelift and was impressed. The new layout is neat and tidy, separating the food tables from comfortable soft seating for the drinkers. Not a distinct separation, a subtle one. The menu has shrunk a little but still has a good choice of pub type food along with an extensive gluten free/vegetarian/vegan range. Service was pretty slick and saw our scampi & cod being delivered pretty quickly. Cooked well and presented as pub food is, I can see us visiting again, maybe for their lunch offers.

We saw a sign saying 2 course lunch £7.50, we weren't expecting much - wow, we're we surprised!! Home made soup with warm roll, home made chilli with the loveliest side salad. The drinks were also reasonably priced. All this and friendly service, highly recommended.

Lovely staff.. customers friendly has a nice welcoming feel to it.... haven't eaten there yet .. but the gluten free options and vegan looked lovely.

Okay pub could do with a good clean of everywhere cant imagine what the kitchen is like. food was pretty good considering everything good price and options available

My wife and I had lunch here and it was such a lovely experience. We've never visited this town before so were at a loss for where to have something to eat, but really fortunately for us there was a parking space right in front the pub and as we parked up we noticed the board outside offering two courses for £7.25, so we thought that we'd give it a chance and we're so glad that we did. The member of staff that saw to us throughout our visit was friendly and welcoming, the food was excellent and both of us agreed that we couldn't have chosen a better place for a bite to eat. We would both easily recommend this place for a good value, delicious meal in a lovely, friendly atmosphere.

Nice friendly staff always welcome

Good atmosphere and good food. Service very friendly and efficient

Know this pub for years. Came back to area so decided to visit and had famous pie. Food have never been so bad here. I am sorry, but it tasted like disappointment. Staff still very frendly and welcoming. However it is no no for me 😑

A small party of us booked a table for lunch at The Two Brewers. Our experience was excellent from start to finish. The gentleman who served us, and who had booked the table for us the day prior, was extremely polite and friendly, making us feel very welcome. The pub has a lovely atmosphere, made all the more homely by the presence of a log fire. We had a lovely table by the window and although the pub got busier in the duration of our time there, it never felt too crowded or overwhelming. (We have been to places before where we have felt a bit packed in, but this was not the case here.) The food was delicious and very fairly priced. We would definitely recommend, and intend to return in the future.

Me and my family have been going to the two brewers for years as we have lived in Olney forever. My nan and myself went in for Lunch today and couldn’t have asked for better service from a lovely, welcoming man behind the bar (think he may be new to the pub) and the food was delicious!

We were driving through Onley and needed a Sunday roast and spotted this pub. It's a typical locals drinking pub with a large traditional restaurant pub room. We ordered two pork roasts. When it arrived it was a great size portion but not enough gravy and as soon as I was about to ask for more the lady walk-in with a gravy boat and extra apple sauce. The carrots were cooked perfectly Al Dante and the pork meat, roasts and Yorkshire pudding was perfect too. It was exactly what we were hoping for. Nothing pretentious, just great food in a traditional English pub in a traditional English Market town. 10/10 👍🍺

Great service - shockingly bad food. Over-cooked sausages, burnt gravy, no chocolate ice-cream, all adult meals a poor standard. Bit of a shame could have been so much better.

The staff are friendly and efficient. This pub has so much potential but the food was very poor. We ordered basic pub classics but it was a let down. Im sure my sausages has seen the frying pan multiple times. I would recommend concentrating on quality and serving to a high standard. Sorry to leave poor feedback but I was hoping for so much more.

Very decent old school pub. Best, and least pretentious in Olney. Great garden area to rear.

Friendly staff and realistic bar prices

Had our first meal for some time in here and it turned out to be the best yet. You get what you pay for and the fact that this is a pub, you ain't paying for fancy decor, highly trained staff or all the bells and whistles of other establishments. As a result, the food is excellent value for money and when you are meeting up a group of friends, you want quality, well cooked food, served reasonably quickly and drinks to go with it. This is the place in town when they all come together. On this visit, it was burger, roast beef, tarragon chicken pie and a range of desserts. Bottle of wine, 6 beers, glass of red wine, two coffees and a total bill of justunder £25 per head which included tip Very pleasant and competent staff made this an excellent visit and now that we are back out and about, will be a more regular visitor.

Was expecting a countryside farm food - fail.

Relatively quiet, but it's lunch time! A handful of customers, so we were not sure, but good service and foods come relatively quick.

Good pub with nice outdoor seating. Reasonable priced . Dogs welcome

Love Liam, some of the best service in olney, miss Lewis tho

I first had a drink in the two brewers back in the 1970s. It's a lovely pub and it has parking at the back of the pub in East Street and does food too. Recommended it

Great and attentive service. Food was great! Thank you!

Very poor service regarding food, scampi and chips were so over cooked they were un edible, as was the fish and chips, however my curry was nice apart from it came with salad, that's a first. Complained to waiter and to his credit did offer to sort it out but unfortunately we were strapped for time, on paying they did refund the cost of the scampi, they were nice people but clearly the chef on the day was not up to the job, might want to sort that out.

Went for lunch, excellent and the staff friendly

** Tried to double charge for food. ** Rude service from two out of three staff members. ** Too many food menus but hardly any vegetarian options. Even staff doesn't seem to know what is offered. We went there on Sat 26th Jun 2022 for lunch. There were several menus on display and when I asked the mature gentleman who served at the till, he pointed to a board with 3 course meals and said that we can't order just one course and must order at least 2 courses. So went on to order 3 meals and later on I noticed children's menu. Even though he saw that we were a family with a kid, he never mentioned children's menu until I asked. Then finally ordered 2 course 2 adult meals, 1 kid's meal and drinks. After a while, he came back and said it was the wrong menu that was only applicable on week days and handed us a different menu. Again we ordered 2 main meals and a kid's meal. He said he will refund the previous order minus drinks and recharge for new order. I then asked receipts for both orders and realised they have not refunded for kids meal in the initial order but charged for that again in the second order. When I questioned it, mature gentleman asked a lady to sort it out. When I pointed out, she said "it's not his fault, it's mine, I did second order" then re-issued receipt for second order without charges for kid's meal. During all these conversations they were never polite and infact was rude. Never apologised for trying to overcharge me. Even if it was a genuine mistake, they should have said sorry when I pointed out. They behaved like it was my mistake. The only person appeared polite was the younger gentleman (teenager I think) who served us food. ** So my advice to anyone who wants to go there is to ask for receipts and double check what you have been charged! Response to your reply: # Staff never apologised (used "sorry for the mistake" or something similar. I didn't say they were deliberately over charging because I cannot read minds to know that. But they didn't know what was on offer that day or took due diligence to refund the correct amount. If I didn't ask for initial receipt to review and paid for the second order without questioning, they would have double charged me for kid's meal. So absolutely stand by my above review. # My review wasn't about food quality or quantity. Food was OK, nothing spectacular but ok. Yes my husband ordered nachos because he was hungry. That doesn't mean service by your staff was brilliant! # Intension of my review was not to get anything back from you even though someone saying "sorry" would have been good. So I have no particular reason to contact you via email.

Friendly service, lovely garden, nice drinks, reasonable cost, intend to try the food and music events very soon!

Been there twice last year food was great, went today the menu is different to the web site, food was a total let down ,,,what can one say only we will not be going back there again ,no one asked if the food was OK when the plates were collected

Was quite but friendly staff and good friday drinks after a long trip..

Excellent choice of traditional pub food at a good price. Really enjoyed the steak pie. Gluten-free Peroni available too. Staff were friendly and helpful.

Lasagne overcook & stodgy. Scampi & onion rings hard & overcooked & eggs on the gammon both yolks broken. All in all very disappointing

Exactly what I'd always expected from the outside. Fairly average pub. A standard selection of ales, nothing too exciting.

There were 4 of us and none of us enjoyed the food. Over cooked whitebait, cold lasagne, rock hard scampi, burnt fried eggs, dry gammon....... need I go on.

Group of us got together for a catch-up including a meal and drinks. This is a good little pub in the town of Olney and serves above average pub food with a range of ales, wines & spirits. It can't compete against the many eateries in town but is certainly ideal for food rather than a fine dining experience with prices which won't break the bank. I had scampi & chips which was excellent. Great portion of scampi with peas, chips & tartare sauce at just over £9. As far as speed of service was concerned, couldn't fault it just a pity the delivery lacked a little chat and banter which I always like to reflect in my rating. Good overall experience of the food and company.

Traditional pub. Good beer and food.

Enjoyed a very pleasant meal here. Staff friendly & helpful

Thanks great music ,drinks and feel Showing Olney hates bullies on the world Stage

Great out door area. Have small bar if you have dogs. Food great.

A proper old pub, 2 rooms with a small,busy bar, the lounge is s big room and caters for meals, good selection of beers, the food looked very nice with some old skool desserts on offer. We are going back there to have some food when next in the area

Great service and food Always enjoy my visit

Good place to hold our book club meetings

This pub is a little gem. Good food not too pricey and some good real ales on tap. Well worth a visit.

Very friendly staff and customers.

Group of us decided to go to the Comedy night which is held here so why not make a night of it by having a meal. I had the meat lasagne and it was very tasty. 3 pieces of Garlic Bread and a reasonable side salad wasn't quite Italian but was certainly filling and good value for money. Comedy night was excellent too. Great compere and two very good acts with 4 others which ranged from being less than good to mediocre. Good night considering the £5 entry price.

A nice pub on the High Street of Olney with great persons behind the bar and all around the pub. Beer is good and the food on offer is always of the highest quality. So if you are ever in Olney and have a few spare moments free this is a definite place to check out!

We eat you're often, and have always had good food and service

Good food and service. Lovely outside covered space

Fair value traditional local. Passes the 'proper pub' test by listing Ham Egg and Chips on the menu.

Lack of knowledge of the menus by the staff Outdoor everywhere was a smoking area apart from the grass area where there was no tables. I guess this is because the landlord smoked

Popped in for a bear, proper local pub.

Great food Great people a very enjoyable afternoon, many thanks

Mid-week evening meal - only 2 of us eating. I kept getting stuck to the table. cleaned it myself. Service was awful - meal came out in a reasonable time - very dry chicken breast with some hard new potatoes = rest of veg was ok. BUT the waitress came & took our plates away - no offer of desert. coffee or another drink & that was the last we saw of her! Had to go & look for someone to pay the bill - not at all impressed - wont be returning.

Lovely, warm and welcoming traditional pub. Friendly staff, great food and a nice selection of drinks. Will definitely be back

Excellent local pub, good selection of beers and food, very reasonably priced.

We were passing through and picked this traditional looking pub. We weren't disappointed, we ordered the liver casserole and steak. Both meals were filling and delicious, steak cooked perfectly.

Bless them the place is very run down but Clean. The brie bites were 3 on a plate with some garnish and a pot of redcurrent jelly. The large prawn plate was much better value.

We wondered why we were the only ones eating (although pub looked grim inside)… after our food we realised why. Had brie wedges as a starter - the salad garnish was brown & the wedges were really hard like they were stale or reheated. Chicken pie & chips for main - tasteless, watery chicken pie & overcooked fatty chips… Yuk, waste of money. Don’t eat here!!

Had a lovely time at the music event. Great atmosphere.

Pub was ok and the staff were really friendly...the food was horrible though out of a packet cod and chips (cheapest selection from the cash and carry followed by the driest sticky toffee pudding in the world and the thinnest custard ever Give the food a wide swerve

Good pub grub plenty on the plate, well looked after, not rushed very relaxing meal and drink,

Went late on a Sunday afternoon when food had been finished serving, we were the only ones in there and was both a bit disappointed with the cleanness of the tables.

Food okay but tables weren't clean 😔

Great lunch today. Very good service. I couldn't be happier

Great food, service would recommend to anyone .

OK, just an ordinary pub. A bit shabby.

There's nothing special about the premises and the drinks are quite dear. My whisky and coke was also very flat. On a brighter note, the staff seemed friendly enough.

Only reel type Pub left in Olney. But Sunday roast £11.50 to expensive!! 😟

Enjoyed pub lunch in the garden. Food was delicious.

We only had drinks not food, service was slow (it was not overly busy). The drinks order when it did arrived was wrong.

Popped here for a midweek lunch, first meal post lockdown, and so it was very quiet. The service was really friendly, and quick, and the food was good but not outstanding. Reasonably priced though. Our drinks got delivered to the wrong table and that table had to bring our drinks over to us, kinda defeats a lot of the covid mixing regulations!

Great place for a drink that’s dog friendly, really nice when the fire is going.

The pub is exellent for implementing conovarious procedures. We sat near a nice fire and ordered a sausage sandwich and a normal pie type dish. The doom bar I ordered became unable as two other guys who incendentially had ordered before us sent their beers back. Not a good sign to serve poor quality beer. We waited then as did these guys over 40 minutes for food to arrive. Two people had been served only in this time (one staff and mum I believe) Why? When I said it was getting very silly to the waiter all this time we had a diatribe about radiators and other unintelligable excuses. My sausage sandwich was very nice but my wive's pie was very average. An over done pastry and a lack of gravy meant the dish was a little dry. To be fair the waiter did bring a dish of gravy after my wive had the courage to ask. Final comment by my wife was it will be a long time before we come here again. However the drink was knocked off the bill. Good touch. (Guys liked the place before but cheesed off.)

we visit regular, always been happy with food . today service was very slow and sad to say our beer was off , this was changed but sadly for one that was not much better, food was good after a long long wait but without condiments and cutlery on the table. a very poor experience all round

Enjoyed a couple of pints on a sunday lunchtime, did'nt try the food but we will some time soon, nice place!

No social distancing. Bad behaviour of customers. Didn't feel safe.

I went on a Monday night, very quite just 1 other group was there. Service was very good, toilets were decent. Would definitely go again. One slight complaint, some of the wooden chairs and tables out the back are quite old and some are falling apart a little and wobbling. On the whole though a really nice pub!

Friendly and reasonable prices.. great sunday lunch. Miss the crackling though

First time in Olney for a night out, had a good time, ended up staying for the majority of the night in the two brewers. They were very strict on the “rule of 6” and I got ID’d 3 times twice by the same guy! So perhaps they could remember their customers better and chill out a bit. All in all though a heavy night with decent atmosphere.

Youth club, through Covid yes sat in groups of 6, but all look under age and all came in together, about 30 youths each time, no ID check nothing.

Have been several times before and always been good but very disappointed with food on last visit.