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| - Two of us ate here the other night. We had pints (excellent), fish and chips on one side (good), mac n cheese on the other (good), and apple crisp for dessert (not so hot).
The place and the service were friendly and comfortable, no problem there. The cask ale on offer was awesome and all the beers we tried were fresh and quality. The beer prices were about 20% more than the average bar in the west end/annex, which I guess is reasonable for a restaurant.
The fish and chips seemed totally legit, but I only sampled them. The mac n cheese was good but in my mind could clearly have been better. It had a little crumb crust on top, and although it was nicely browned around the inside edges, the top was not. It was in a deep, almost cube-shaped dish, which I think led to a shortchange in crispy edges, compared to a broader, flatter dish. The salad that came on the side was OK: the kind of thing I would be happy to be served by a friend, but that i would be disappointed with if I made myself. The greens were a little past fresh, and the whole effect was not the kind of salad to eat out for. The portions were good all around. We came in very hungry and left full.
I had high hopes for the apple crisp, and it was a letdown. The dish was again a tall, cubical one, which meant that there was too much apple and not enough crisp. The top should have been thick and crunchy and nicely browned, but it was none of these. The apples were way too heavy on the cinnamon, which might well have been the only spice they used. We weren't jockeying over the last few bites, which is a very bad sign in a dessert.
I don't regret going, but I would only go back under special circumstances...
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