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The Curious Pig In The Parlour

The Curious Pig In The Parlour

Effingham Road, RH10 3HY, Tandridge, United Kingdom

Pub • Pizza • Steak • British


"Disappointing that this pub has fallen so far in terms of general standards; I used to enjoy coming here. The food: The food was below average and when I asked if the burgers on the menu were homemade, the staff member didn't know. We opted for pizzas given how good they used to be from the authentic pizza oven on site, but the food was barely warm and lacking flavour. The ice cream sundae for dessert consisted of two very small scoops of ice cream and a small bit of cream that had been whipped to the point of becoming butter. When a jug of water arrived at the table for us, it had a couple of silverfish in it. The service: The service was pleasant enough on the whole in terms of attitude, but there was no actual service itself. I was told after our food had arrived that I could fetch my own cutlery from a table at the other end of the pub which had cutlery boxes on it; if a customer has to go and get their own cutlery, it would be useful to know this before the food arrives. Both food courses were painfully slow to arrive despite the pub being practically empty. Once i had been presented with our bill, i was completely ignored. I eventually went to find a member of staff so that I could pay, and there were several staff just chatting away amongst themselves. When I explained that I wanted to pay, no one seemed particularly bothered. At no point during our visit did we really feel we were being served and looked after as you would have expected. The pub was the quietest I have seen it could have been the time of year, could just be a sign of the poor standards there. Usually I would have a conversation with the venue about my negative experience before leaving a public review, but in response to other poor reviews, the management have claimed to have addressed some of the same issues that we then experienced, which suggests nothing more than lip service and that they just don't care and haven't fixed anything. It is glaringly obvious for all the wrong reasons that this pub recently changed hands/management and they have a lot of work to do."

Black Bull Inn

Black Bull Inn

Townside, DN40 3NL, North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Pub • Pubs • Steak • Pizza


"After reading some bad reviews, I thought we would give the Black Bull Inn a try as it has now been renovated and recent reviews I read are better, the pub from outside looks bit uninviting as the car park had lots of rubbish lying around i e furniture broken garden ornaments etc, the garden area looked nice with lots of play equipment for children shame the weather was not better as would have sat in the garden, Me and my husband went on a Saturday evening the restaurant was quiet with lots of empty tables? Upon entering we were greeted by a young girl she was very friendly and smiley ,and was happy to answer all our questions regarding the gluten free options as my husband has coeliac , she checked with the chef when we queried a few things on menu ,we both had a diet coke from the tap not much flavour bit gassy so not sure if the barrel was getting low ?My husband decided to have the gluten free fish and chips and I chose the beef burger. We did have to wait a while until our food arrived , but to be fair it was worth the wait the fish was enormous and the chips were lovely, my burger had the most lovely flavour really impressed with the flavours and portion size had a job to eat it all . After eating that huge meal I decided to look at the dessert menu I went for the sticky toffee pudding with ice cream as its my all time favourite , when the pudding arrived I was very disappointed with the portion size of the sticky toffee pudding it was the most smallest piece I have ever seen it was a small square with 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream not sure if the kitchen was getting low on the sticky toffee pudding shame I did not take a pictures ,I think realistically I paid £4.95 for 2 scoops of ice cream really, but I was not disappointed with the flavours of the pudding the ice cream had white chocolate shavings in real shame that the pudding was rubbish portion size, it has not put me off visiting the pub again but next time no pudding though shame as I look forward to my desserts ."