BlueChip
Active member
Had dinner there on Saturday after it has been closed for some weeks and just reopened, here are my impressions
IMHO they have spoiled the interior, all the boating memorabilia and nautical photos have gone and the bar has been remodelled. It looks like they are aiming at a very young market and destroyed all the character
Just one cask ale available on tap - Greene King IPA, but loads of lagers. The IPA was acceptable but not in top condition
The toilets have been done up but superfically, whatever new floor covering they put down is already lifting and the new tiles are extensively cracked. In a month or so they will be as bad as before.
As far as the food goes, SWMBO who had a sirloin steak and new potatoes, when asked how her steak was, the only words she could find to say was the food was warm.
I had the jumbo cod (almost £10) it was the most disgusting piece of reconstituted frozen 'fish' I have ever had the misfortune to be served, even the chips were greasy and tastleless. What a rip off!
On the next table a lady complained about her 'roast of the day' and left most of it, while on the table the other side a couple eating steaks left most of theirs.
This is not a place I could ever recomend to eat, in spite of at least three tables being very dissapointed on their poor meals, there was no sign of a manager or chef. Thats at least 9 people who will never return. '
Its a shame really because although the food here was never very good, it wasnt all bad either and the beer was consistently reliable. They seem to have totally lost the plot.
IMHO they have spoiled the interior, all the boating memorabilia and nautical photos have gone and the bar has been remodelled. It looks like they are aiming at a very young market and destroyed all the character
Just one cask ale available on tap - Greene King IPA, but loads of lagers. The IPA was acceptable but not in top condition
The toilets have been done up but superfically, whatever new floor covering they put down is already lifting and the new tiles are extensively cracked. In a month or so they will be as bad as before.
As far as the food goes, SWMBO who had a sirloin steak and new potatoes, when asked how her steak was, the only words she could find to say was the food was warm.
I had the jumbo cod (almost £10) it was the most disgusting piece of reconstituted frozen 'fish' I have ever had the misfortune to be served, even the chips were greasy and tastleless. What a rip off!
On the next table a lady complained about her 'roast of the day' and left most of it, while on the table the other side a couple eating steaks left most of theirs.
This is not a place I could ever recomend to eat, in spite of at least three tables being very dissapointed on their poor meals, there was no sign of a manager or chef. Thats at least 9 people who will never return. '
Its a shame really because although the food here was never very good, it wasnt all bad either and the beer was consistently reliable. They seem to have totally lost the plot.