We were taking the Caledonian Sleeper train from Euston Station and needed somewhere to grab a bite before we took off. Since we were leaving on a Sunday night, it was difficult to find restaurants within the station that was open past 6:30pm.
Hence we ended up at The Signal Box. It's a pub style restaurant with bites and drinks. Part of it was a bar section and the other side had more booth and short table seating. The service we noticed right away was a bit spotty. We were standing for a good amount of minutes and it was difficult to flag waiters down to ask if we needed to be assigned a table or sit where there were spots available. Eventually we just went up to the bar to let them know we were going to sit at the high tops across from the bar. The bar staff said that they would send a waitress, but then again that took some time. Even flagging someone for the bill took a while and eventually one of us just went to the bar to request it.
The food definitely saved the experience. The menu has a lot of classic pub dishes, small bites, sandwiches and sweet options as well. I decided to opt for the Fuller's London Pride, steak & mushroom short crust pie with mash, greens and a red wine gravy. The meat pie hit the spot with the tender chunks of steak pieces in the complimentary mushroom gravy on the inside. The filling was a perfect match to the mash.
Overall the food was good, but service need well more needed improvement. read more