Chip Butty
Shortstown Food Bedford

Shortstown Food Bedford

Beauvais Square,, Bedford, MK420GE, MK42 0GE, United Kingdom

Food • Fish • Lunch • British


"Since the recent change of Menu I decided to visit and try out as I am a fan of burger and wings. I ordered a portion of Buffalo Wings, a halloumi burger and garlic fries. This came to approx £17 which I felt was on the high side. This was on a Friday night and the store was moderately busy, order took about 10 mins to prepare for collection despite ordering online. Of 5 or 6 members of staff only 3 or 4 seemed to actually be working. The wings were tasty and hot but £6.99 for 6 wings when the wings aren't overly big and only had drumlets, no winglets. The burger had a good amount of halloumi, fresh salad and chilli jam but still somehow felt dry and cooled down quickly. The burger was £6.50 and came without fries. Finally the fries, by the time they'd been transported a short distance home they'd cooled gone soggy. The garlic turned out to be garlic granules/salt. Portion size was good but definitely felt overall the burgers could include fries with them. To conclude it feels the change in menu has become overpriced for what is provided, an example is 6 onion rings for £4, the same price for 6 chicken strips, they've lost the appeal of a nice proper crispy chip going over to fries and the pricing will reduce regular customer's. I understand times are tough in this industry with the current events at time of writing and wonder if the rent and other costs are taking toll."

The Mainwaring Arms

The Mainwaring Arms

Road, ST5 5HR, Whitmore, United Kingdom

Pub • Fish • British • Vegetarian


"My second visit here and possibly my last. Unable to book tables, however upon arrival the staff worked quickly to find us a table depite being busy. Drinks: Ordered a bottle of white wine which was promptly served at room temperature and then placed on top of a layer of ice in a wine cooler. Had to ask for an ice bucket and then for some water to be added to the ice. Staff member didn 't seem too happy about this. Clearly no training has been given on how to serve wine. Wine tasted cheap; possibly my fault for ordering a bottle of French wine sub £30. Food: Ordered a sharing plate which was described as being served with granary bread to accompany the pâté and cured salmon. It arrived without any bread. When questioned, a plate of pre-sliced white bread arrived. Informed our server, who checked with the kitchen and returned saying they don 't have any granary bread; no apology was made and they didn 't seem to know how to handle the situation. We ate the pâté and salmon on thin white bread horrible! Butter was served straight from the fridge and was impossible to spread even at the end of the meal. Seriously, if you can 't pull-off a simple dish like this then I would suggest removing it from the menu. I should mention that this menu item was incomplete on our previous visit too, so no lessons have been learned. How hard is it for a restaurant to order a few extra loaves of bread? Ambiance: We liked the pub décor and the candles but the area where we dined featured rail spotlights which were flood beam, as opposed to narrow beam. This made us feel like we were on stage and was certainly not condusive with candle-lit ambiance they are trying to achieve. Also, despite the log burner, we all felt cold for the duration of the meal with most of our party unable to remove their coats. Overall a very disappointing visit."