I was taken here for a Sunday lunch when my birthday came up yet again. I had been told that the cooking was interesting and creative. However, the lunch was a traditional English Sunday meal: roast beef, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower with white sauce the lot. There was a choice of starters, but my party all opted for the Yorkshire standard of Yorkshire puddings and gravy. Two large individual puddings were served - a substantial helping! Note that if you choose this starter, you'll have four Yorkshires, because with your main course will come two more Desserts were perhaps a little limited in number, and again very traditional, including apple pie, gâteau and ice cream. I always enjoy ice cream, and that was my choice. However, it was not of high quality, and let down an otherwise most acceptable meal. There was a huge amount of waste from our main courses. This was because the vegetables were brought to the table on serving trays, and there was simply far too much for us to eat. No-one could possibly have finished the quantity that was brought. Here was wasted food, wasted money, and wasted energy in the cooking of it. Shame. The choice of wines was rather limited, but I picked out an Argentinian Malbec which turned out to be very good value. Overall, here is a good place to take your grandparents, or others who like traditional British food in an non-intimidating atmosphere. read more

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My partner & I visited the Black Bull on Thursday eve (26/7/12). Immediately upon entering we were greeted by a very enthusiastic and polite young man called Josh who's sole interest was the comfort and satisfaction of the customer! He was extremely clued up on the menu, offering recommendations with honest integrity. After careful deliberation we made our choices and after a very short wait our meals arrived and were frankly out of this world! We were immediately bowled over by the presentation not to mention the size of the meal and as for the tastewe both agreed they far excelled anything else we had experienced anywhere! The ingredients were clearly the freshest and cooked to perfectioni had Smoked Haddock in a fabulous cheese sauce with baby new potatoes, my partner had the most glorious Crab & King Prawn Exotic Salad (we had to take a photo to show our friends it looked so good!) Throughout the evening we were asked by Josh if everything was to our liking and if we required anything else, a genuine customer care team leader if ever i met one! Our hats off to the Black Bull, we give an outstanding 5 star rating for the whole experience and an equal 5 stars to Josh for his hospitality and hard work! Not quite sure how to mark the pricesthere doesnt seem to be an option for 'Under Priced' !! :) http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150982245483843&set=a.10150943655438843.426739.548653842&type=3&theater read more

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Pleased to say after revisiting The Black Bull for Sunday lunch, we were not disappointed - lovely 3 course meal, even the chef came to everyone's table to see if everything was fine - not often you see that happen! Looking forward to the next visit - a lovely place to dine and one we would recommend. read more

called sunday afternoon and the place was quit, about a dozen customers, waited approximately one hour for food to arrive after placing our order, we had finished our drinks, which had to be properly filled because of the lack of unmarked glasses, they arrived approximately 25% underfilled. The boar burger was a poor little flat patty of a thing in very cheap spongy white bread, the chips appeared to be warmed up, the salad was mediocre. My smoked haddock was only the very low grade yellow coloured variety, i suspect microvaved and warmed under a grill drowned in a very over salted sauce and graced with a pulp of over cooked carrots cabbage and cauliflower which were inedible! The third meal a seafood medley had some good musselss and a few clams and we were promised crevettes but they were over sized prawns. A large quantity of the liqour came with it and some dry bread. This all came at an eye watering £52 05 with no starters or puddings and just three pints of ale as drinks. A complaint made about the vegatables was met with an unreasonable alternative of a salad which with fish and sauce was an odd suggestion. 0 points read more

We went to the Black Bull last Saturday with a party of 8 ,,,,been there many times before and had great meals. This time we were placed at a table next to the food serving table , i.e. where they microwave the deserts etc (come to that later) not the best of positions watching them do all the things thgat happen in a food prep area. Starters were served with bits missing ,,,no bread on one ,,fruit compote missing on another . Waitresses seemed in no hurry to sort things out but did eventually. Main courses were fine, but not all delivered at the same time . Deserts well ,,,some had finished their pudding before others had recieved theirs,,quite amusing watching one waitress trying to defrost a frozen dessert in the microwave then dipping her finger in to see if it had thawed ,,then try again ,licking finger in the meantime !!!! It may seem like a scathing reveiw but the food at the Black Bull is good and was that day just the serving staff were appalling that night ,,couldn't care less ,,,,sort them out Mick read more