No beer specials on Saturday night! I should have known it was going to be a bad evening when we were greeted with an offer for vodka shooters. Thoroughly confusing introduction to what's supposed to be a well-loved English pub. Seeing as there were only six customers inside but the patio was packed, the best reason to go is to enjoy a draught Guiness in the outdoor seating.
I wanted food and word on the street is they're under new management and reinstated their traditional menu. So I hankered to try their shepherd's pie. The online menu is not current and meat pie is nowhere to be seen.
The new menu has things like egg rolls with spicy sauce. If they are trying to cook what the new chef is good at, they're still missed the mark. The new items are mediocre at best. It doesn't take Gordon Ramsay to know they should throw the new menu out the window and get back to English basics.
Don't get the burger if you're used to Big Daddy's or The Burger Co! The patty and fries tasted pre-fab frozen. Definitely had bad tummy the rest of the evening. The whiskey selection is next to nil. If friends want to go again I'll try the fish and chips but I won't get my hopes up. And I wouldn't call it an English restaurant anymore or even a "pub" judging the current state of affairs.