Grant T.
Yelp
So the other half and I came here for dinner before seeing a play in the theatre upstairs. The show started at 7:30, we arrive at 6:30. Seems like it should be a reasonable time to get food. Also the place doesn't seem that busy.
We order. Now, the menu did warn us that the baked Camembert would take 15 minutes. So we were prepared. But we figured we'd still be okay.
We figured incorrectly. After about 35 minutes of waiting for our starter after we ordered, we asked someone about our food. The response was, "There's a backlog in the kitchen". (Whatever that means.) Now by this time we've seen about 6 plates of food come out. That's it. It seems that the kitchen can't handle a lot of orders at once.
We finally managed to get them to bring food, and of course it came all together. Which we were actually happy about at this point because we had about 15 minutes before the show was supposed to start. We had to eat quickly.
However, the food was really great for a pub. I had the lamb burger with chili sauce and Halloumi cheese, and it was hot and tasty, and not overcooked and tough like many lamb burgers can be. The chips were well done and tasty, although a tad on the cold side (which was strange given the burger was blazing hot).
If I was coming to see another show, I'd definitely eat here again, although I might try to get there earlier given the slow kitchen. The only reason this place doesn't get four stars is because of the time. A kitchen should be able to coordinate and organize to be able to handle orders. However, if I were in the area and wanted a good pub dinner, and wasn't concerned about the time, I'd be back here as the food was really, really tasty.