Lasairiona M.
Yelp
Steak night. Apparently they were down a chef, so we literally had no choice but to order from the 3 course steak night menu.
The starters were so pretentious and overly complex that I couldn't find any that I'd like to eat. Soup apple, carrot and celeriac? Sweet soup isn't my thing - whatever happened to the days of a big pot of veggie soup?
Steak wise I had the 8oz fillet, it was delicious, fall apart, melt in your mouth and the chips it came with were lovely too. Though it was served on a hugely over-sized plate, it was the best part of the meal.
Dessert was a duo of minis, I asked for the hot chocolate fondant and raspberry and grape Eaton mess. I tend to judge desserts by whether I can make a better one (I bake a lot) and I can definitely make a better chocolate sponge than that. As for the Eaton mess, it was cream in a glass, with some raspberry sauce that's never seen a raspberry before in its life, and I had no grapes, with 2 dunkable pieces of poor meringue, I was seriously disappointed with the sweets.
I've been told this place used to be a lot better when it was just 'pub grub', but again, like Ownies, they've tried to posh it up and as a result, it's just not as great.
Where have all the regular pubs gone?!