The Assembly House, Kentish Town

Very disappointing experience. A new menu starting this week has been advertised for some time. Avoided expensive nearby pubs and decided to try the Sunday roast today. Had always enjoyed it before, £8.85 and a choice of (usually) turkey or beef. Today the choice was beef, pork or lamb (all red meat) at £12.50 or £13.50. I was therefore expecting something much improved for the hike in price. The pork was covered in huge layer of fat, not crisp at all. The advertised stuffing was missing. I like crisp vegetables but I couldn't get my knife through the broccoli. The (tinned/) beans were hard and stringy. My companion's gravy boat looked a s if it had someone had helped themselves to the contents on the way. The wine I ordered was unavailable as too was the soft drink for my companion. we were asked 4 times by 4 members of staff if everything was OK but after complaining about the drinks, gravy and lack of stuffing I was getting very irritated. So that will unfortunately be my last visit to this pub. Makes the others seem like good value now!

19 May 2013 23:23