I think it's great that there is a choice, from a pint of chocolate and honey infused Badgers Nadgers in a converted warehouse with Khruangbin piped through KEF gear or a decent value pie and a pint for people not quite so much up their own backside.
Goodness me we have some precious snob types on here, who'd have thunk it?
Each one on its own merits, from travelling here and there I feel that the of the pub, food and drink varies from place to place. To put them all under one critique umbrella is ridiculously short-sighted.