Wild Mushroom Risotto
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Cobblers Cross Lane, CW6 0DJ, TARPORLEY, United Kingdom

Tea • Meat • Steak • Ice Cream


"The kitchen at this restaurant serves subpar food and relies on its young staff to explain the disappointing dishes. For example, the pea puree on the Monkfish Scampi was identical to mushy peas on the Haddock Chips, and fries were served instead of chips with the steak because the kitchen had run out of chips. The menu advertised hand-cut chips, but it seems they ran out of potatoes as well. The "Artisan cheese and Arran crackers" turned out to be generic cheese and Jacobs crackers with no chutney. The chocolate fondant was not oozing as expected and came with cherries instead of peanut brittle. The ice cream was vanilla instead of the advertised peanut butter. This may be acceptable for large groups of golfers on a set menu, but for a couple staying for two nights looking to enjoy the hotel and area, it was disappointing. On the first night, we had to settle for our fourth choice of white wine as they didn't have our first three choices. It was strange to not have a wine list and to be missing 25% of the wines. The sourdough bread on the menu with Cullen Skink turned out to be a mini Hovis loaf, which felt like an insult from the kitchen and management. These issues were brought to the attention of the Operations Manager upon departure, as it was not the fault of the young serving staff. Our experience has left us feeling that the brand image has been tarnished, and we will not be returning to another MacDonalds restaurant."

St Tudy Inn

St Tudy Inn

The Northern Moor, St Tudy, PL30 3FA, Bodmin, United Kingdom

Tea • Pub • Pubs • Steak


"We was looking forward to trying St Tudy Inn for an evening meal whilst on holiday in Cornwall so pre booked a table in advance. Got seated on a table that had a sticky feel to it and chipped shabby looking surface. I ordered lamb, my partner ordered the venison which was on the special menu. Meals cost £25 and £26 respectively. Whilst waiting, our waitress had to interrupt us after noticing we were missing a set of cutlery then returned to bring more. We drank mocktails which were £6 each non alcoholic options were lacking. My lamb meal came without vegetables, so I ordered these separately for an additional £5.50. Meals came. My lamb was cooked nicely enough, tender, with a reasonable portion size of meat though the garlic mash was fairly bland and could easily have been more generous. The vegetables were adequate but should have came in the meals pricing in my opinion. Sadly my partner could not hide her disappointment when her meal was brought over. Now I appreciate venison is an expensive meat, but the portion size could only be described as meagre, and looked more like a starter than a main. It came with potato puree which whilst you 're not expecting to be a pile of mash, was barely identifiable on the plate. Both meals were just about acceptable in terms of warmness. My partner said it was cooked nicely enough but that it just wasn 't enough and she is not a big eater by any stretch. I ended up giving my partner half of my mash portion to compensate somewhat. We declined deserts as didn 't want to risk being further disappointed. If you are being charged fine dining prices, then all parts of the experience have to be on point; sadly in our case this was far from. We spent £70 on two meals two drinks and ended up snacking when we returned to our accommodation. We eat out several times locally during our holiday, and this was the only disappointing experience we had. I am loathe to leave poor reviews in what are difficult times for hospitality, but in this case I feel completely justified. Service: 3"