5 of us arrived @ 7.40. Meal booked for 8. Main man asked @ 7.55 if we would mind waiting 15/20 mins. Ok no problem. Sat down @ 8.30. We had checked the menu online, so knew what we wanted. Given menus. Starters ordered ok, mains.....oh dear. No steak, no shin of beef. So that was 4 of us who had to think again. It would have been nice to have been told, but hey.
The wannabe steak&shin of beef people were offered pork stew! (where did that come from?),, Anyway 2 went for this, 2 for pork rib eye with duck egg and 1 sausage & mash.
Starters - Caesar salad not much, thrown together, not as good as any boxed salad from Asda. Same goes for the confit chicken. Fish terrine passable.
Mains - Pork ribeye - tasteless. sausage&mash -sausage ok, mash lumpy. Pork stew - Dry, bland , claggy and it was served in a ramekin! Isn't a stew supposed to be on a plate?
Anyway, the dessert came to the rescue in some way. Sticky toffee pudding, creme brulee and the cheeseboard. Then again, maybe it was because they were on the house due to the time we waited to be seated.
Service was good, however, when I asked him why the steak and the shin of beef was off the menu, he said it was because the chef did not like what the supplier had delivered and was not willing to serve it to his customers. Hmm, now then, when we walked in, steaks were being served. All seems a bit dodgy, but I'll let you make your own minds up.
Food cost £90, total with 3 bottles of red and a round of drinks came to £144 for 5 of us. All in all, A tad disappointing. Won't be back there in a hurry. read more