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Galu Grill

Galu Grill

30 Norkway Surrey Banstead, Surrey SM7 1PB, United Kingdom

Pizza • Cafés • Seafood • Fast Food


"I visited my elderly Mum today, she suggested going to the Derby Arms for a roast dinner as she'd eaten there recently with my sister. However they were fully booked, so I looked online and found Galu. The reviews were great and my Mum has only ever heard good things from friends and neighbours. So I called and booked for 12:45 Sunday 21st Jan 2024. We were both pleasantly surprised to see roast dinners on the menu ... Mum order lamb and I ordered beef part of their set menu. When the dinners arrived, you could see straight away that the lamb was Very Fatty (not even crispy) when my my tried eating it, it was both tough and chewy! As for the beef, this was cooked ok and edible, although I asked for the beef to be medium, but it was more well done. The waiter came over to ask if the meal was ok, I highlighted how the lamb was... the manager then came over and offered my Mum a slice of beef to compensate, bearing in mind she ordered lamb. Mum subsequently found that some of her roast potatoes were hard inside! I finished my meal, but could see Mum really didn't enjoy hers leaving a substantial amount on her plate, and having tried her lamb it really was inedible! We were then offered a full list of desserts rather than the set menu, having chocolate brownie and creme brûlée (both were gorgeous) When the bill arrived, I was hoping they would have somehow made amends, but alas no ... as Mum doesn't like to cause a fuss and it was her treat, I decided not to say anything, although the staff manager could tell we weren't happy. Having come from East Sussex for the day and regularly have great Sunday roasts in local pubs, I was hoping for something special in this restaurant, but sadly that wasn't the case. In fact it's probably one of the worst roast dinners I've had in a long time. I very much doubt we'll return ..."

Bramblings

Bramblings

Hither Green Lane, Bromsgrove, United Kingdom

Pizza • Steak • Cheese • Coffee


"We were staying in the Abbey Hotel on a dinner bed and breakfast deal. We were able to choose from a 3 course menu all of which sounded very nice. Starters were OK, I had halloumi and beetroot but it was a little short on beetroot and overly sweet with balsamic. My husband had gravlak which he enjoyed. Both offered bread but had one bite and left it as it was stale. For mains I had chicken and mash with onions and green beans. It needed another veg on the plate and again was overly sweet with another heavy handed addition of balsamic. My husband had 'crispy ' pork belly the majority of the pork was inedible as rather than being crispy it was an un crisped layer of fat and rather unpleasant. For desert my husband had a chocolate tart which was ok. I ordered the special of strudel with ice cream. It was unfortunately not a strudel and not edible. It was a parcel of very hard filo pastry filled with what we suspect was left over tinned fruit from the breakfast buffet, a few currents and a lot of what we think was bread crumbs. It was awful and I left it all. Service was ok except one waitress kept squeezing behind my chair rather than walking round the table next to us. We were not asked how our meals were despite leaving some elements untouched, and weren 't offered a tea or coffee at the end of the meal we aren 't good at complaining and so didn 't raise the issues and regret this. My husband attempted to pay for his wine and the staff seemed unable to work the tills properly. We guess they must be new tills with the refurbishment. All in all we wouldn 't go back. Some elements were Ok but nothing was great and had we paid full price rather than as part of our hotel stay deal we would have been massively dissapointed."