the duke

i went into the duke on mother’s day for a meal, everyone who had the carvery was happy with their meal but anyone who ordered off the regular menu was let down.. the garlic pizza is always lovely but the “duke burger” wasn’t very nice, the cheese was cheap supermarket cheese from a packet, the beef didn’t taste very nice and the chips were old or had been left out for a long time. the gammon was fatty and looked more like pulled pork or a boiled bit of ham , the chips were also the same with being old and left out. the staff are always sweethearts and super happy to help though. one of themealswas sent back and was replaced free of charge.

roast special sundays lunch & dinner is beautiful. its self serve, a good selection & price.mealshave improved greatly after a rough patch 6mths ago, as a regular diner we're happy its made a comeback!

i was hoping for a lot more out of the duke. there is nothing really wrong with the place, nothing exciting either. stock standard beers, nothing new to try. no specialsmealson certain days of the week either. had the burger which wasnt bad, about a 6/10.

terrible! we have been a few times before and each time it has been quite good however this time we ordered there was over an hour wait for the food to come out. my partner and 2 others ordered surf and turf which was terrible. as soon as the food was served the smell of the pawns was like off seafood and they were not edible at all. no one at the table ate them and when we brought it to the staffs attention we were told that was what the prawns were supposed to taste like. the smell of the pawns put everyone at the table off their food for the rest of the meal. the othermealswere average at best. will definately not be returning again.

we were in the area one night and passed the duke and had never been in before so decided to give it a try. my partner wanted the bangers and mash however they didn't have any so he settled on the pork belly. i'm allergic to peanuts and after ordering the balti was advised that this had nuts so i went with the slow cooked lamb shoulder. i think we were both glad they couldn't give us what we initially wanted to order as ourmealswere phenomenal!! the pork was tender and the lamb fell away and was accompanied by delicious creamy mash and an incredibly tasty mint yoghurt dressing. even though we live 20 minutes away we were back again the following week for their $16 rib night - again delicious. we are taking the family next week for mums birthday, regulars for sure now at this very friendly venue with fabulous food and prices.

what a disappointing night for us food was rubbish! ordered buttermilk drumsticks which were blunt as with a very thick coating which was crumbling all over the place. it didn't end there the mainmealswere worse linguine pasta was blunt with off tasting tomatoes, the pork belly was disgusting we regretted coming here considering it's not cheap.