I was craving some good beer and a hearty pub meal.. I would normally seek out an Irish pub but while doing a search I came across Queen Vic and was intrigued! Being local I will sometimes avoid pubs in casinos because they never really have that "pub" vibe, Queen Vic really does feel like a real pub when you enter. We went in mid-afternoon and the place was quiet but overall somewhat busy, I'd be curious if at dinner time it would be a lot busier/louder. As for the mrs and I the quiet pub feel was what we were looking for... lots of good import and domestic beers available on tap, some footie on the telly and belly warming food.
We did a little research and found a restaurant.com certificate so we saved a little that way and were able to try more of the menu. We had the British sampler of sausage rolls and my fav Scotch eggs... hands down one of the best Scotch eggs I've ever had on either side of the pond! For dinner I got the Steak and Kidney Pie which had excellent onion/brown gray to go with it and some very nice puff pastry wrapped around it. The mrs got the toad in the hole, bangers, onions, brown gravy served inside a very large yorkshire pudding. All very good indeed.
I hate to say negative things when we had such a positive experience because I do think this could become a regular hangout for me but the cost of beer is rather high and I think my Boddingtons was $7.50 for a pint!!!! It's not that I think I should pay less because I live here and would give them repeat business but at that cost I could not really afford to stop in for a pint a couple of days a week, ya know? We were informed that locals save 10% on their bills which is awesome, I wonder if that applies to beer? :)