"Had a really average Sunday roast today. My mum 's home raost so much more flavoursome, I am reminded why I rarely risk anyone else 's. Seriously you cannot charge £18 for ropey roast potatoes (zero crisp, more like the frozen variety, maybe they were!! , tasteless veg apart from the red cabbage which was the most flavoursome thing on the plate and an average tasting, nearly over cooked, Supreme of Chicken drop the supreme, it 's irrelevant and there is nothing supreme about it. How about a richer gravy, how about some lovely herby stuffing, some cauliflower cheese? My mum had lamb, she said it was a bit tough. And our friend agreed with the general assessment apart from the sticky toffee pudding which she really enjoyed. Yay. Dessert the chocolate mouse and accompaniments way over sweet and regrettable now, some hours later. And sorry to be on such a downer but service was mediocre and robotic too. Zero finesse. Talk to me, look me in the eye when you speak to me, don 't turn and walk away at the same time as saying, 'have a good afternoon '. It means nothing. One of the party, said, oh they 're young. They were, very, but if they are keen and trained properly it doesn 't matter how old they are. And noone said goodbye on the way out when we walked by. Two big parties used the next door table twice during our time there and it was very hard to hear our own conversations, made harder for older folk, even with their hearing aids! Times are tough for everyone, it 's pricey to go out so it needs to be quality all round if I 'm going back. That said the place was busy so maybe we just expect a higher standard than some. I have worked in the business, have chefs in my family so I am not speaking without experience."
