Frankie & Benny’s UK

We’ve booked Frankie & Bennys in Bexleyheath for our morning-​after-​wedding-​breakfast (we were going to do it at the hotel but the cost was ridiculous — but that’s for another day) so we thought we should probably try the food first!
When we got there, it seemed pretty quiet which was perfect for us. We were shown to a booth and left alone with a pretty hefty menu. One thing we learned pretty quickly? If you want choice, they have it. A LOT of it. They pretty much do every single thing you could imagine for breakfast. Impressive.
After some perusing, we ordered two portions of eggs benedict, a portion of the blueberry pancakes with blueberry ice cream and sauce and two pots of tea. Don’t judge, we both have sweet tooths too and when you split it, it’s not a bad, right? Right?!
After 10 minutes, the tea arrived. And it was pretty good. They bring it out stacked up so you have to do a bit of juggling around and assembling but you get a pretty good tea out of it. AND it’s refillable so we got another. Obviously. So far so good.
Then another 10 minutes later, the eggs benedict came out. And YUM. The eggs were perfectly poached and runny, the bacon was crispy, the sauce was nice and warm and the muffin was fluffy on the inside and had a nice crunch on the outside. Delicious. Can’t fault it. YUM.
They came and collected our places and disappeared for another few minutes. We were feeling pretty happy with ourselves by this point. But then the waitress came back and informed us, as if the world’s worst thing had happened, that they didn’t have any blueberry pancakes left.
Why did you let us order them then and not tell us when you came back with four teapots and two plates of eggs benedict in total? No idea.
After some umm’ing and ahh’ing because we really wanted something sweet, she eventually said ‘… but we have strawberry ones?’ Well woman, bring them out here!
But when they did? We kind of wish they hadn’t.
The strawberry sauce that went with the pancakes seemed like the strawberry sauce they usually put over ice cream sundaes. Really sweet and sickly. And the ice cream was your standard strawberry shop-​bought in a giant tub ice cream. The pancakes were also plain, not having blueberries throughout. We were disappointed at the final hurdle. Gah!
After another pot of tea (it’s free at this point…) we asked for the bill. It came to about £17 for the two of us, which is actually pretty good considering we both had one and a half breakfasts and three cups of tea. We’d go back I think, but… not for the ‘blueberry’ pancakes.

Went with the family (2 kids), the décor & atmosphere was very nice indeed, the service was fantastic, the food was very good, the portion sizes was also very good, HOWEVER, if you are a steak person, as i am, this was not as good as in some places i have eaten, the steak seemed cheap bearing in mind the price £10., The rest of the families food was enjoyed very much. The 5 stars is for service, atmosphere and all food, EXCEPT the steak.

I just love this place! Food is very very good, i adore their lamb in mint sauce and lots of other things, drinks are nice as well. The service is good, everyone is very friendly.

Frankie and Benny’s is a great place to go when you fancy some American food with the diner experience.
The menu consists of pizza, calzone, steak, chicken dishes and burgers; and the drinks menu has a number of cocktails, beers and soft drinks.
Although I usually enjoy eating at Frankie and Benny’s I often find that I feel rushed. It isn’t the sort of place where you can sit and enjoy a relaxing meal, and so I wouldn’t recommend going there for a romantic meal, it is more a place to go with friends and family.

I used to love this place it was always great food but the last year or so I have been really disappointed the last few times I have been. The service was really slow and you know what its like when you have kids — they want to be fed now! Also the last time I went in there it was for lunch and they hadn’t had thier delivery so they didnt have burger, chick or fries!!! how can you open without fries!!! I might give it another go to see if I have just been unlucky.

I’ve been to this Frankie and Benny’s a couple of times — with family and also with a large group of co-​workers for a Christmas party. I wold definitely say I enjoyed it more when I was there for a normal dinner.
F&B’s tries to pass itself off as New york-​style Italian food, but as an expat New Yorker that this is just not true. This is typical anglicised Italian food that is decent enough for a dinner out, but not anything fantastic.
As for the Christmas party, I would definitely NOT recommend going here with a large group, at least not during the Christmas season. Although promised a larger roped off area, we were all packed into one long table with no room whatsoever to mingle. The food was not very good — not up to their normal standard — and service was very slow. I understand that it was packed and hectic, but hopefully since I’ve been they have learned to adjust themselves to such a situation.

This is a decent restaurant in a traditional american 60’s diner style. The food is what you’d expect really, nothing too fancy but they do some good burgers, the food is decent quality and reasonably priced. The staff are all friendly here, they also do some rather tasty cocktails. They have a nice bar and a cocktail barman who does all the flair so it’s quite impressive.
They host a lot of birthday parties and it’s a good place for a large group of people to go, they have tables which can be set together quite easily, often get parties of up to 20 here.
I’d recommend having a cocktail or too, it’s conviniently located next to the cinema too for a film after, or the wetherspoons is just across the road for a drink!