Came here around 1pm on a Friday, after visiting the sights in Avery. We actually accidentally stumbled across this place, and since we were hungry, we came in. Plus, we were heading to Stonehenge, and since we had no idea if we'd find food along the way, this place seemed like a cozy and good place to stop.
The pub was packed, and there was a party of 4 waiting to be seated. The wait was 20 minutes, but were willing to wait as we could get drinks quickly. Also, a full pub is a good sign to me that the place is good, so i figured it'd be worth the wait. And I was right.
Our table ordered the following:
2 chicken caesar salads & 2 steak sandwiches.
Chicken Caesar Salad: Crisp romaine lettuce, salty crispy bacon pieces and very moist chicken breast. The dressing was lightly drizzled on (which I had asked for on the side which they forgot about), but it was ok as they didn't drown the salad.
I took a few bites of the steak sandwich: "Medium" = "medium well" in US standards. At least that's how this steak was prepared. But the meat was tender and flavorful, so it was still good. Came with some salted sauteed mushrooms and onions on top of the steak, sandwiched between 2 pieces of focaccia bread. Also came with a side salad and fries/"chips."
The prices were fair, but the service was slow. Almost painfully slow. It was crazy to me that it took over 30 minutes for the table that was seated just before us, to receive chips and eggs, and the soup of the day. I figure the soup has been prepared before hand, and it only takes 2 minutes to fry an egg... why would it take SOO long to get those out? I understand the kitchen was probably going at full steam, but it seems that they could be more efficiently run. I was starving by the time I received my salad, and the place was 1/2 empty by the time we finished eating.
This was fine as i'm on vacation right now, but geeze lowise, i'd like to get my food a little quicker... especially when it's easy food to prepare.
But, I do appreciate that it wasn't bland but instead tasted very fresh, and the service was friendly. There was a lot of Seabiscuit paraphernalia which was pretty interesting to look at. read more