Crab Cake Crab Cake

Savory crab cakes with a crispy exterior, packed with flavorful crab meat and herbs, served with a zesty sauce.

Marco's New York Italian Stratford Upon Avon

Marco's New York Italian Stratford Upon Avon

17-19 Chapel Street, CV37 6HA, Stratford-on-Avon, United Kingdom

Steak • Pizza • Pasta • Italian


"We reserved our table on a Friday night at 8pm. We expected the restaurant to be busy but there were only two other diners, which is strange as this is a top tourist attraction and considered by many as the jewel in the crown of Warwickshire. The restaurant is boutique style and compact and bijou. The leather dining chairs are extremely comfy and speaking as someone with arthritis these things matter! This is a beautiful building and worthy of a tourist photo or two! Quirky and wonky like you would expect from a typical timber framed Tudor building and so quintessentially olde world English. The restaurant was clean and tidy and the staff very friendly and attentive thank you Silviu and team For giving us great service, good food and making this a night to remember! The food has a typical Italian/American flare: pizza, pasta, lasagne. Typical chain restaurant prices. Nothing extraordinary, but it doesn’t pretend to be! This is not fine dining, or pretentious nosh. This is Good food in a great place and perfect for families and friends to gather for celebrations or cosy intimate dinners. So where are the people? Frightened by Coronavirus? Checking out the many other eateries in Stratford? Or just unaware that this is a charming place to dine; full of character and history with a great ambience and great grub! Who knows.... but I am happy to keep this my little secret My only negative would be to remove the pictures if MPW from the walls and replace with something chic contemporary!"

The Andover Arms

The Andover Arms

57 Aldensley RoadHammersmith, W6 0DL, London, United Kingdom

Pub • Steak • Vegan • British


"This was my first visit to our local pub since it reopened in mid November following a period of closure. It is now under new management who have given the place a make over while retaining the amazing old bar which is the focal point of this traditional London pub. First impressions are good. It looks great and cared for again, it was pretty full for a mid week evening a combination of those eating and the regulars in for a drink. The small back room, which was always slightly awkward to sit in has had banquettes installed which really help to make best use of the space plus a plush curtain to soften the opening which really helps to cosy it up. The service is great attentive staff who make you feel welcome and are busy taking care of people. The menu looks appealing with a combination of traditional pub dishes such as burger, steak or fish and chips alongside a couple of more gourmet plates such as pheasant. There are a handful each of starters and desserts too. I ordered the Wagyu burger with handcut chips. It was ok, but nothing extraordinary. It arrived alone on the plate with the chips in a little pot on the side, no garnish or anything else so it looks a little lost. The burger itself was very tasty but not a big a patty as you might expect, inside was a single lettuce leaf and a slice of large tomato plus some kind of jam which was also tasty. The bun was nothing special, the reletively thin kind you would buy in the supermarket no sesame, not a brioche etc so quite disappointing. The chips were ok, I’m not entirely such they weren’t frozen rather than handcut. In a nutshell, it was perfectly edible but nothing special and probably not worth the c£18 charged as it felt like the kind of burger and chips you could put together at home. All in all I would say, welcome back Andover, we’ve missed you, and good luck to the new landlords, we really want you to succeed. But I think for the prices charged for the food you need to up your game a little in terms of presentation and those extra touches that make the difference to a dish such as the humble burger to elevate it to the next level."

Favourite Thai

Favourite Thai

7-8 Market Place, East Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Wine • Beer • Thai • Curry


"I have been unsure whether to post this review because it was a personal experience and not the quality of the food as such. We were a large table of 14 adults and had chosen our starters and mains. I chose the the tofu starter followed by a mock duck dish. Starter was lovely and tasty. When the mains came out I was given my dish with the server telling me it was mock duck. Everyone else was receiving their meals and we all started eating. After approximately maybe 20 minutes the waitress came over and said she was sorry but I had been given the real duck and NOT the mock duck! I have not eaten meat for over 33 years, since I was 13, so this was extremely upsetting and shocking to me. I had eaten over half of this meal!! They were very apologetic but this should never have happened, or even been possible to happen in the first place! As I said I haven’t eaten meat in so long I had no real recollection of the taste or texture (I ate very little meat before giving it up for vegetarianism) so I assumed I was eating a plant based mock duck meal. I have to admit I was not keen on what I was eating but did not for a second think I had been given a meat meal, I just thought it wasn’t something I’d not have again. This was genuinely really upsetting and I’m still shocked at how it could even happen. I was not told if it was a chef error or server error but I sincerely hope it wasn’t a kitchen error as I would hope they strongly follow allergy processes within the kitchen which would mean separate utensils, pans and preparation areas as well as colour coded handles etc A very small but easy thing to do would be to serve all vegetarian/vegan dishes on different shaped plates as I’ve seen in other restaurants. For example, if all meals are served on round white plates it would be an option to serve vegetarian dishes on square white plates to avoid confusion from the kitchen to serving staff"