22nd June 2008
Extremely disappointing
This place used to have a good reputation for its food, but my last two visits have been simply awful. This time, we failed to book anywhere for a birthday lunch for my mother-in-law, so called in on the Vine.
I had the mixed grilled fish - all of which was cold as well as severely overcooked. The tuna steak was a cold grey slab, the squid like rubber.
My girlfriend and her mother had the roast beef. This was a poor cut of meat, greasy, and cold. And they attempted to serve this rare to start with - we not given an option on how we would like it. The accompanying vegetables had all life cooked out of them, and the 'yorkshire pudding' was just a slab of stodge, with no lightness whatsoever.
I complained to the manager, as one would, and we received a refund on one of the dishes, as we had managed to force the other two down. However, to add insult to injury, the manager's attitude was confrontational and wouldn't accept that there was anything wrong with the food, based on the fact that we had eaten most of it. True, this is legally correct, but there was no explanation or understanding of the customer's position.
Avoid this place like the plague - there are three other pubs - The Junction Tavern, The Lord Palmerston, and the Bull and Last - nearby that are far superior.
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