Old Stag

I commented on someone else’s review yesterday but
today I have the time to write my own. One very rainy day we were out &
about with the kids & were looking for somewhere warm & dry to eat. We noticed that the Old Stag had re opened so decided to go
in, on entering it looked like a Bangkok
hotel foyer which concerned us as our kids can be a bit unruly & rowdy. On arrival there were indeed plenty of staff ready to pounce
which made my wife feel quite uncomfortable, we decided to stay and initially ordered
drinks from the very smart bar. We chose our meals from a quite impressive
& varied menu; it was fairly top end price wise but by the descriptions
seemed well worth it. Major disappointment when the food eventually arrived my
steak & ale pie was nothing more than a bowl of microwave meat with a
pathetic piece of puff pastry dropped on top which didn’t even fit the bowl;
this was accompanied by some under cooked frozen chips. My wife had a very poor
fish n chips & the kids had their usual junk which they were quite happy
with. Big surprise when paying though, for example the two glasses of red wine
my wife had came to just shy of fourteen quid my two pints of unheard of lager
10p shy of a tenner. My steak & ale pie which sounded wonderful on the menu
£10.95 & was not worth half that. By contrast last Friday we went to
Weatherspoons not the most upmarket place in town but with the kids it is fine.
My wife & I had Cod, chips, peas with drink included I had a pint she had
wine £5.99 each! (That’s right my wife’s meal & wine combined was about a
quid cheaper than the wine alone at the Stag) it was better fish and chips by
far than that at the Stag too. I or I should say we like to eat out & do not mind
paying for good food however we do not like to be ripped off by paying good
money for food that is quite frankly not fit for purpose. To add insult to
injury the Stag advertises out side that they consider their food to be fine
dining I think trading standards should look at that. To sum up Nice surroundings greedy owners Dave