A tasty and fun meal for kids featuring a main dish, a side, and a drink sure to satisfy small appetites.
Pizza • Kebab • Asiatic • Fast Food
"Second visit here, buzzing atmosphere in a lovely location. The food was very good the service was pretty good too despite them being busy which is always good to see. Our issue was what we thought a misunderstanding but not in the waitresses eyes! We asked for no squid in a particular dish, the waitress suggested extra prawns. Sounded ideal rightly or wrongly we assumed these would simply replace the ‘no squid’. Wrong! We were charged which we queried. But instead of her explaining agreeing with us when we suggested it was a misunderstanding, she loudly disagreed saying we were wrong at which point we offered our card to pay but still she went on….. loudly. The customer isn’t always right but the customer should be treated politely. We’ll not be returning but I guess this particular waitress will be pleased as she’s always right obviously!!!"
Tea • Sushi • Steak • Pizza
"This was a revisit as I had to cancel my initial reservation. My partner, sister, and I were excited for dinner at the Rose Inn, but unfortunately, our experience was disappointing. We arrived early and enjoyed a glass of wine in the garden. However, upon entering the restaurant, we had to wait in line to be seated at the table I had reserved. Once seated, we were not informed how to order food, so we waited for someone to take our order. After some time, I had to inquire at the bar and was told there would be at least an hour wait for food. Despite mentioning my reservation, the response remained the same. Another customer had already left due to the long wait. The waitress's attitude was unhelpful and impolite. I would not return or recommend this place. The price for two wines and a coke was nearly £20. I usually don't write negative reviews, but I felt compelled to do so in this instance. I have received multiple emails from the restaurant in recent weeks, but since leaving on Saturday, I have not heard from them. This speaks volumes."
Cafés • Pizza • Seafood • Italian
"We went there for lunch with two kids. The kids menu no longer includes chicken nuggets and chips. It is pasta and pizza only. The value of the kids menu is not great. It is £6.95 for a main. The desert, drink, starter, etc. is extra. At £2.90 for a juice and another £2.90 for desert service your kids meal is going to cost you £13 when I compare this to other places in the area it is over priced for kids. I used to not mind paying it as they had the babysitting service, which made it worth paying extra, obviously COVID has taken this away. From an adults perspective the prices are as expected and the pizza and pasta was good. We ordered the fritte pesca and this was over priced and average at best. It tasted like frozen seafood and it was fried a bit hard, making it very very chewy."
Pubs • Steak • Family • British
"Overpriced for basic food... Expensive Beer. No Atmosphere. No Sports. They think just because they're connected to a Premier Inn they can extort the guests next door with ridiculous prices. If you're staying at the Premier Inn i recommend you go to the Hungry Horse 5 minutes away where you'll get better food for a far cheaper price."
Steak • Curry • Coffee • Chicken
"Went here after hearing it had recently been taken over by people who run another pub nearby which is always excellent. The pub itself is beautiful, fabulous beer garden and plenty of parking. We were however very disappointed with the food. I had the cod wellington which itself was tasty but the creamed potato was very cold, I’d also got the rosemary chips which seemed to have missed the rosemary. My daughter wanted plain steak and chips. She was very clear. It came out with all the trimmings on, so she sent back. Again it came out with garlic confit on the steak, she had to scrape it off as was embarrassing to return again, and we had finished our dinners by then. My main with fries was £29, and her 8oz ribeye steak at £28, so not cheap. My husband had a burger which was fine. Feel this place would be so much better sticking to traditional pub food, rather than trying to be a gastronomic pub, something it’s not living up to."
Wine • Cheese • Drinks • Burgers
"This review covers my experience eating their peanut butter and jelly burger and the experience my son (3.5) had with his childs vegetarian burger. But if you don 't want to read the full review: My peanut butter and jelly burger 4.5/5 My sons vegetarian burger 0/5 I was looking to take my son to Society Standard next door to have some Mac n Cheese, but theyvwere closed because it was a bank holiday. I saw the Got Beef sign, which I 'd ordered from for takeaway before but never eaten in, and thought yes, I could do with a burger . I went inside and it was empty because I think they 'd just recently opened and I was greeted pleasently, and I asked if they did kids food and they said they did. We sat down and they brought us the menu and I quickly found the childrens option, which was a beef or chicken burger, fries, a juice and an ice lolly. My son is vegitarian so I asked if there was a vegetarian option and the waiter said that the children 's option included a veggie burger, so I ordered that. For myself, I asked about the peanut butter and jelly burger, because I didn 't want to order it over the Soprano if it was going to ruin my meal, and the waiter convinced me to try it. The pb&j burger was great. Taste was brilliant. I 'd give it a 5/5 if it was a little bigger (the bacon comically stuck out of the burger both sides by about an inch). My sons food was a different story. He started by eaten all his fries since the burger was too hot to eat, which is frequently the case when you order food for children in a restaraunt. When it finally cooled down, he had some and after two bites threw his hands to his mouth in panic. I tried the burger and I realised it was really spicy. I like spicy food, but I was genuinely suprised by how aggressive the spice was for something that a child was meant to eat. I would have happily eaten this burger if I wanted something spicy. When the waiter came over to ask how everything was, I said mine was great but veggie burger wasn 't suitable for a child. The waiter apologised and said she 'd tell her manager. The manager came out and said that the burger my son had was the one they 'd been serving children for ages and they 'd never had any complaints. He also said that it says on the menu that it is a spicy burger. In that moment I didn 't trust my memory that it wasn 't on the menu, but I double checked afterwards and it isn 't there. He offered me 50% off so I didn 't argue, since it 's not like it would change the meal. What I didn 't realise is that he 'd taken 50% off the kids meal, which considering I would have gone somewhere else where my son could eat his whole meal had I have known they serve a very spicy burger to kids, wasn 't actually that reasonable. I took a picture of the menu on the way out to evidence this. I thought maybe the manager might have thought I 'd deliberatly ordered the spicy burger and been mistaken, but actually reminded me the kids meal comes with the ice lolly before I paid. Another possibility is that they gave my son a spicy burger in error, but the manager again specifically said it was a spicy burger (and advertised as such on the menu, which it isn 't), so I 'm baffled. So yes, great burger if you 're a meat eating adult, terrible burger if you 're a 3.t year old vegetarian."
Pizza • Cafés • Mexican • Seafood
"We had a very disappointing experience at the Sportsman during lunch. The food was decent, but the service was appalling. We had made a reservation for 8 people, including 4 adults and 4 young children, at 12pm with the understanding that we needed to be finished by 2pm. At 1:35pm, the waitress reminded us that the table was booked for 2pm. We had already ordered desserts, which were about to be served, so we assured her we would be done by 2. Shortly after, another staff member asked us to move to a different table. We complied, but the new table was not suitable for young children and did not have enough seats for all of us. One of the children had to sit on a lap because there was no high chair available. Throughout this whole ordeal, we received no apology or acknowledgement of our discomfort. Instead, we watched as our old table was cleared and set up for the next customers within minutes, while the new table sat empty for 25 minutes. When a glass was accidentally knocked off the table, the staff didn't even check if everything was okay and just talked amongst themselves. We were shocked and disappointed by the lack of concern for our well-being. We felt like the staff were avoiding us, so we had to approach them for the bill. We refused to pay the service charge due to the inconvenience and lack of apology. Despite our efforts to accommodate the staff's request to move tables, we were made to feel as though we had done something wrong. We will not be returning to the Sportsman and will not recommend it to others. The staff clearly need more training in customer service."
Bbq • Pubs • Steak • Family
"I travel for business and stay in hotels weekly, but this was by far my worst experience. The room I was given was in a former stable block behind the hotel, which was dirty and dusty. I was exhausted and just wanted to sleep, but I soon discovered that the bed sheets were soaked in blood due to a bed bug infestation. I immediately went to reception to check out, but was told I would be charged for the full cost of the room unless they contacted the night manager. After hearing about the disgusting condition of my room, other guests and my colleague decided to leave as well. I made it clear that I would take legal action if they tried to charge me. After finding a new hotel and scrubbing myself clean, I spent a restless night trying to forget the experience. I now meticulously check every hotel room I stay in. I would not recommend the Royal Oak Hotel Sevenoaks to anyone, not even my dog."
Mexican • Chicken • Japanese • Delivery Services
Pub • Steak • Pizza • British
"Attended a family funeral in Royston, and Old Bull was competively priced compared to the chains who were much further away. The room was comfortable clean and had everything we needed, including tea, coffee, and biscuits. My wife is pretty noise sensitive, so with traditional sash windows and our room being over the outdoor seating area was the downside. The welcome at breakfast and excellent food coffee was positive. Free car park and central location make it hard to beat for the price. Would stay again."
Tea • Pub • Steak • Drinks
"Have eaten here a few times before and had great meals and service. Went for Sunday Dinner today. Ordered starters soup came out cold. They took it back and it took an age for a new one. Waited nearly an hour for the mains after having to ask where they were. Mains had frozen roast potatoes which were hard and cold in the middle. Meat was full of gristle. Carrots were rock hard, yorkshire pudding burnt on the bottom and to top it all off found a hair wrapped around one of the new potatoes. There was only one other set of people in when we arrived so not sure what it would be like if it was busy. Staff were swearing and could be clearly heard saying that they had a function upstairs and had only 4 minutes to get their buffett ready so assuming why the service was so poor in the restaurant area. They did give us a refund but didn't seem to care much. Such a shame as had been great the other times we had visited but don't think we will be going back after this experience."
Steak • Coffee • Landmark • Desserts
"Visited today Thursday 7/10/21 went in through the left had door where two barstaff were sat at the bar, went through to the other side of the pub to be served none of them came through until a Chef walked through and went and brought...one of them to serve us, sat with our drinks perusing the menu, my Wife went to the bar to order food, both our first choice meals were unavailable, my second choice was also unavailable so we chose again. The meal my wife chose was ok, I chose Chilli beef, my meal came with Rice on a sizzling bed of onions and peppers with a Poppadum, when it arrived I straight away put the poppadum aside as it was dripping in brown fat (looks like it was deep fried in old oil), the onions were par cooked as was the peppers, the beef chilli was so chewy I could hardly eat it. When the waitress came to clear the table she asked was everything ok for you I said no it wasn't actually and explained why, she said Im sorry I will tell the kitchen Then the supervisor came to clear the rest of our plates etc, saying nothing, we waited a while but no one else came so we left, as we went out we passed two barstaff a waitress and the supervisor, they couldn't even be bothered to say thank you Needless to say I wont be bothering visiting again"
Pizza • Pasta • Italian • Vegetarian
"Pizza Express is in the news as in financial difficulties nowadays, which is sad. Despite (in fact thanks) shamelessly emulate his original Soho ambience, Pizza Express manages to make comfortable, stylish and, above all, perfect delicious pizza. This branch has all the ingredients: a slightly quirky ex-warehouse/railway arch location, spiral staircase, cool decor. But it's really the pizza it's worth returning. This was my first visit to this industry and will not be my last because it was perfect."
Sushi • Cafés • Asiatic • Mexican
"what a great place to eat with amazing food and excellent service! first visit, but certainly not the last one for me and other half. as a big sushi fan I was always tired of the idea of the fusion and I was really trained on the beauty of the fusing kitchen. the food was really excellent and the aromes from this world . we are looking forward to our next visit! thanks to the teams of tropical sushi, which is super, friendly, welcoming and smiling."
Pub • Steak • Vegan • British
"Awful. Definitely do not consider here if you have a family. Very loud group playing dance music and shouting. We rang and got told someone would come down- it stopped briefly but then restarted. We rang again to be told they weren’t being excessively loud and no noise policy was after 11 this was about 10) Fair enough but this wasn’t a bit of noise it was a full on party. Our son was upset because he just wanted to sleep. So we waited patiently until 11 but did the music stop no- very loud music and shouting/ screaming/ swearing well into early hours. Given earlier concerns no one came to check or ask them to stop."
Kebab • Steak • Mexican • Western
"Very poor disappointed in service food. We reserved a table for 7 prior waited over 5 minutes at the bar as staff were serving other people, fair enough but a slight acknowledgment or a “we’ll be with you in a minute” would of been nice as one member of staff was actually standing right in front of us doing a hand pull pint, ignoring anyone’s existence. 7 people, 1 starter, 7 mains,5 desserts. I had a rump steak, it had a lot of gristle, most of the steak was left, poor frozen chips, garden peas, tomato and mushroom (very limp), the onion rings were really nice and the peppercorn sauce tasty without being over the top. 2 people had the slow roast beef rib and it looked beautiful, and slid off the bone, the roasted root vegetables with this looked lovely and were tasty. Very short on the gravy tho, it was served with an accompanying small gravy boat, however this had only been filled to approx a third full. Aasked the waiter for another bottle of wine as he brought a coffee out his reply was “youll have to go to the bar, ive got to bring your desserts out” fair enough, but could of been said slightly nicer. i went to the bar, again a long wait, three lovely more mature ladies followed me but managed to get served before myself and a gentleman who had been there before me. He actually spoke up (very politely) said he had been waiting so long and the member staff just said he woukd be next, failed to acknowledged this comment and continued, when the ladies walked away she said i did not know they were gonna order separately( this is irrelevant, they should of have been served in turn. I returned to our table with the bottle if wine after about 10-12 minutes, having missed all the desserts alot of the conversation Overall a poor experience, the place definitely needs more staff at busier times we were booked at 6pm on a Saturday night some training in customer care"
Pubs • Fish • Steak • British
"Family get together, 8 of us. The meal was booked well in advance together with pre-ordering. We were booked in for 2pm and just about on time we were shown to our table. We waited and waited, we drew the attention of one of the staff who said she wood find out why we had not been served. Apparently the pre order had been mis-placed. Another member of staff came to check our order. We had ordered 8 roast beef dinners plus one to take away so 9 in total. We waited and waited, it was suggested by one of the group that we should just leave, we decided to give them a little longer. Eventually just after 3.15pm 4 dinners arrived. It was five more minutes when the other 4 were brought to the table. We settled on the one course, it may have been supper time if we waited for desserts. We must have spent in the region of £200 for food and drinks. There was no gesture of goodwill forthcoming only a sorry for the “small” blip by the member of staff. Not overly impressed."
Pub • Steak • Vegan • Vegetarian
"I wouldn't recommend this restaurant. We had to wait an hour just to place our order, then another hour for our starters. When our main dishes finally arrived, two plates were taken from another table and offered to us. Despite the food being touched by someone else, the waitress insisted it was okay because they hadn't eaten any of it. I found this unacceptable and requested fresh meals, but was met with reluctance. In the end, I left without eating and was still expected to pay the full price. It was a disappointing experience and not worth the £190 we spent on a family meal where only 4 people actually ate. I will not be returning."
Steak • Pizza • Vegetarian • Gluten Free
"100% wouldn’t recommend coming here if you have any intolerances. No alternative milk at all. Then coffee was actually cold and the non free from milk that came had a hair in it with no specification of what type of milk it was. Staff were rude on arrival following the instructions to stand and wait to be seated and no one came to seat us for at least 7 minutes so we were standing in the door way getting in peoples spaces and obviously this highly breaches social distancing. Colleague ordered food and it came with no cutlery and the way we were spoken to and addressed wasn’t acceptable as paying customers. Made to feel unwelcome by the staff. I wouldn’t come here again I’d rather get a £1 coffee from the burger van next to the charity shop than come here again. Unfriendly to people that aren’t local."
Chicken • Japanese • Delivery Services • The Chilli Pickle Bbq
"I am a self confessed Wagamama addict!! I always order Duck Gyoza which comes with a cherry hoisin sauce (which is to die for) and the Chicken Katsu Curry"