Brewers Fayre, Portlethen

Brewers Fayre is a chain of pub restuarants owned by Whitbread. They tend to be new and found in out of centre locations where land is cheaper. This permits them to sprawl over a large area and still have room for parking. Room for parking is a must at Portlethen (near Aberdeen) as the restuarant, known as Mains of Balquharn, lies sandwiched between an oil related industrial estate and the A90 dual carriageway. I would imagine they get around three pedestrian visitors a year, all of them lost. On entering you are immediately struck by the decor. The designers have successfully gone for an ... more

Brewers Fayre recently changed it's name to Brewsters, but apart from the new signs the pubs all remain the same. Brewsters (the new name) are a chain of pubs that can be found just about everywhere in the country, selling what they call a traditional range of pub meals. I suppose you could call them the McDonalds of the pub world, although not quite as standardised. The pubs are all pretty similar, although by no means identical, but they do have the same menus in every location. It's quite obvious that the food is the same at each pub, as the curry at one place tastes the same as the curry ... more