where's the pub?. at first glace the prices may surprise you, but the portions are exuberant! take in stride that an item such as the shephard'spieis truly enough to feed three. no joke! the food is quite decent, and all made fresh. the rolls were fresh, and such a great start to our meal. they were fresh and light, but let's just say it. you don't need a ton of parsley all over them with the olive oil. it's not necessary, just overkill. less is better, and these rolls are perfect without all the green!
this was my first time coming here, and i will say this now. ..yes, the food was good, but the atmosphere is cold. no warmth, and the staff, well the menu had more personality than our server. i saw the owner talking to a couple of patrons, and seemed very nice. unfortunately our waitress was very distracted with her 2 tables, one of which was at the bar, and she held no regard for follow up. i tried 3 times to ask for some hot tea or something warm, and finally gave up. i don't know her name, she never gave it. in fact when she gave us our bill, she took off before my husband actually could ask about dessert. i came there, because i saw good reviews, and i wanted to try some good english pub food. the food was good, but where was the english pub? well there was about 3 beers on tap, all of about 7 wine glasses hanging, and no evidence of any real wine to choose from. very limiting, and being that it was 5 o' clock, it would have been nice to just relax. we felt a bit cold, not cozy, despite the sign saying "come in a stranger go out being friends". not just the staff at hand, but the decor could use some warmth to it. it is a pub, right??
regardless of the price of the meal, i will go back sometime and try again. hopefully we just got them on an off day. even on an off day the food was good. my husband's fish and chips were decent. fresh fries, homemade, just needs more cod. two fillets and 2/3 of a plate of fries is a bit uneven. the mashed peas, were great, and the chips n' gravy was really hearty and inviting. you cannot really mess up shepard's pie, it was good, a huge portion, with homemade mashed potatoes to top. this recipe is good, a bit tomatoey, but over all good. i would eat this again. i hope to try other parts of the menu, hopefully next time we will get a server willing to talk, and walk us through the menu. maybe even wanting to stick around and add onto the bill by just making suggestions. we are the customers, we don't know the menu. tell us what is to die for. tell us what is the #1 item, and why.