Badger Inn, Lelantback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Visited to try the Sunday lunch and carvery, and the first try of 'Proper Job' beer this Spring. Ale was good quality, and those who tried the carvery were impressed. Sat in the conservatory, which heats up a treat. Blip in service when it took 15 mins after ordering to tell us a dish was no longer available, but food quality was good on arrival.
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not very good
anonymous - 29 Aug 2007 13:39 |
Decided to give the place another go on Friday night, for a quick drink and a go on the quiz machine (one of the 2 saving graces (previously 3, see below). but no, it's broken.
So now this place has one saving grace, it's beer garden......
There were 2 power cuts in the time i was in on Friday, and I was charged £2.50 for a can of Red Bull. TWO POUND FIFTY?!?! given that it costs between £1.50 and £2.00 in the pubs and wine bars of Truro and St Ives, this is absolutely ridiculous.
This place has been given numerous chances, but unless they fix the quiz machine and put the pool table back in, I shall be avoiding it in future.
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when was it taken over then?
and also
where is the pool table?
that might force me to reconsider my review and i might even go back in this pub again
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Previous reviews may have been the norm for this pub, but with the new owners at the helm, this will become the place to go. Previous public houses under their ownership served great food, great beer and a really friendly atmoshpere.
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Over priced and badly cooked food experienced in this pub. Don't waste your money eating here. They even managed to incinerate a steak and kidney pie until dry and burnt in the middle and then had cheek to serve it! Had to wait ages for food to come too. My 'butterflied' fish was pricey and consisted of a small fillet stuck on a cocktail stick. Vegetarian meal consisted of barely cooked squash, ughh! Smell from toilets also added to an unforgetable evening.
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decidedly average boozer given over primarily to food. haven't tried eating here but have heard it isn't much cop. its saving graces are the quizzer, the beer garden, and the pool table - they have since removed the latter to make way for more tables - BOOOO!
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Touristy pub with over-priced menu. Carvery ok but avoid everything else.
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We've eaten here a few times as it is local to my parents. It is a big eatery and you have to take pot luck. If there are tables of noisy children, then ask for a seat in the conservatory - not great for a quiet drink, but fine for a meal. Chairs are plastic, but it doesn't spoil the meal too much. The carvery is fine and popular, though the menu is a better option if you want something tasty. The fish is often good (my wife's cod was among the best she has tasted) and vegetables all (taste) local. Beer is good, also, and St Austell ales can be hit and miss. So, all in all a good choice for a meal in this area.
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The food served here is not good, there is no other way to say it. I ordered from the menu and not the carvery, thinking that the menu would be better. Its more expensive but there was a lot to choose from - Big mistake! They either have a chef who has lost his passion since the last review or their diners smoke 40 a day because the food was tasteless. Maybe there is too much to choose from on the menu and the chef can't cope, I dunno but the food is pricey and you are not in a restaurant. Everything was hugely overcooked, the fish was like leather, the pasta was soggy and the starter of brocolli and stilton soup I swear came straight from a packet. We finished eating 3 minutes after they served the food and the plates were full, they cleared the table without asking if there was a problem and we paid nearly thirty quid for it.
If you want to eat good food go into St Ives and if you can get a table go to Porthminster cafe, these people know how to cook great food!!
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Lovely big pub with nice beer garden,and st austell ales,8/10
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Great vegetarian food, loads of choice. Really lovely staff - they even helped us out on the quiz machine after last orders instead of hurrying us out.
anonymous - 24 Nov 2005 12:52 |
I cannot believe no comment has been posted about THE BADGER-As a frequent visitor from Tunbridge Wells, my first Port of Call on arrival has to be,here, Beer good,"though small choice", BUT THE CARVERY IS EXCELLANT-The Staff and Landlady are most friendly, it always feels more like, I have come back, rather than just arrived!
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