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The Block Gasket

The Block Gasket

11-13 School Road, M33 7XY, Trafford, United Kingdom

Pub • Fish • Pizza • British


"Downloaded the app. Nothing worked. Ordered at the bar, paid £2.25 extra for beef on my burrito bowl. When it came out, there was literally 5g of beef and sauce added to the smallest burrito bowl I have ever seen. The bowl itself was fine. But if I had paid just £10 for the bowl itself, as standard, I would have been furious. But then having paid £2.25 for an extra 5g of beef. After asking for an opinion from the staff (who were extremely helpful), it sounded like they either agreed and didn’t want to comment, or didn’t really know what a standard protein portion on a standard meal should be. Ground beef is cheap. Slow cooked ground beef is low maintenance, cheap easy to prepare. My concerns about the portion sizes were confirmed when I was brought out a 2nd portion of the beef… which appeared to be no more than 10g of beef (if you were being generous), and a lot of sauce. For context. At home, you could make 500g of the same thing for around £5.00… and as a business, buying at wholesale, bulk prices, you can make it a lot cheaper. So even if you were serving a standard portion of protein 20 30g for an adult you’d still make money, if you were buying wagyu ground beef from waitrose. If you are looking for decent food… give this one a miss. The service and drinks are all standard for a chain pub, its just the food that is a scam. Staff were 10/10 though, and brought me out a 2nd portion, with no drama. But even 2 portions of that beef wasn’t really enough protein for an adult. And there was far too much sauce to cover the fact that there was hardly any beef"

Hunters Lodge

Hunters Lodge

Church Acre, CF31 2EA, Bridgend, United Kingdom

Pubs • Cafés • Steak • British


"Took family here for lunch today and was very disappointed. Having been to the Hunters Lodge prior to their refurbishment we loved the food and the menu. However the menu has since changed and seems more limited with a few favourites now missing (katsu chicken). Having been told that this pub was 'dog friendly ' by others we found this not to be the case. I entered and asked about where we could sit with out dogs and was told that the only places to take dogs was outside or in the small function room which was unusable as there were no tables or chairs set up! Ended up sitting outside, to the dissatisfaction of my guests due to weather (we have an elderly dog that struggles in the heat). When ordering food we were told they had no seasonal veg leaving one unhappy mother in law! I had ordered cod and chips and asked for beans instead of peas to which we were told that 'the chefs don 't like to substitute ' so had to remove the peas and then Pay Extra for beans! Outrageous! When the meals arrived my cod was on paper which when eating was dissolving and ended up with a piece in my mouth so had to remove the paper from the plate (silly idea). There were also hardly and chips with this meal. Beans were dry. Overall quite disappointed, especially after having a few good meals here previously. Hopefully The Hunters Lodge will take others comments on board. Unsure about a revist."