We had wanted to try this place out and it happened to be a Thursday, a jolly good pub night one may say...!
Walked in and it was quite loud, as expected. It was moderately busy but we were able to find a booth and planted ourselves down after a long day. The flat screens built into the ends of the booth were a nice touch. I also liked that the Specials were on the table in small menu form and every single day of the week has something going on. Grasshopper pints were on sale for the Man and we noted that Thurs was also pizza night! Perfect. A 2 topping pizza for $6.99. The late night menu comes out after 10pm which still has a lot on it to choose from. We were also given a regular menu to look at just to see the variety of dishes they have for lunch and dinner. Note - no curry dishes - they had tried that and that did not fly but you will find all the other typical English pub dishes.
We were offered to try Fruili which I believe is a German style sweet beer that is made with a ton of real strawberries. It even came pink in the glass! That was neat even for me to try as I am not a beer drinker, I did stick with my Vodka/Crans! For sure a gal's beer or the guys I am told mix it with Strong Bow or Guinness and that has become a House fave!
The pizza came out Artisan style with that less than perfect round crust (loved that!) and we dove right into our bacon and mushroom Za. Not bad at all. The bacon was real, wish there had been more on there but for $6.99, a great deal. Even the cheese was good and stringy, it for sure passed my cheese test! The dough was good and it was cooked perfectly.
We had told our server Ashley that it was our first time at Tudor and she gave me a tour of the patio which was really nice looking with the beams and fireplace, very classy. She explained that there was a big private room in the back beyond the curtains saved for special events. She was a great waitress and it was a nice change to have found great service in someone who took a lot of pride in her job!
I liked the fact that the pub was large and airy, had a lot of wood going on and had a new, clean feeling to it. It has been open maybe for 2 years. Music was good, Top 40, not too loud.
Back to the food...
The pizza was not enough for us so we dove into an order of 3 mini-sliders which miniaturizes the 3 burgers they have on the reg. menu so you can choose your fave - British burger (mmm that warm homemade BBQ sauce! And bacon!), the Tudor burger (basic) and then the Mexi burger (covered in jalapenos). All deelish! Mexi won out for both of us but just by a teeny bit over the Brit burger. The meat was sooo tender! Almost everything on the menu is homemade, all the desserts are too!
We will for sure be back, Sundays have the Fish and Chip Special, apparently very popular days for eating. Friday and Saturday nights I am told are very busy for drinking! But of course!