The Rose and Crown, Sandridge

Went here today for mothers day treat, booked table in advance as we had 2 children, needed wheelchair access and had a baby with us (16 months old) - all of which we informed when booking was made. The food was not good all 6 of us had roast dinner 5 pork, 1 beef. The portions were poor we asked to purchased a dish of extra roast potatos and we was informed this was not possible as they were all counted. 2 (half) potatos for adult, 1 for a child. This was just the begining, the vegetables take 'al dente' to another level, i mean i like a bite to my veg but this was ridiculous pipping hot the food was but very raw even the potatos were over cooked on outside but still raw in the middle, yorkshire puddings were over cooked an so was the beef, dryed out. Gravy must have also been rationed, the carrots an parsip also under cooked. No provisions were made for the childrens dinners they was exactly the same, i had to ask for babies veg to be cooked more, which was not a problem it was done immediately. lol i must say the pork was divine though cooked to perfection which actually stopped me from making a fuss as who wants to be put in this postion on Mothers day, my day off. In short i wound certainly not recommend this venue for food at all, but staff were lovely and service was swift, add this to the delicious pork, hence i paid my bill and left without complaint, and as much as i should have tipped for service, i didnt as i had been ripped off enough with paying for the terrible food. Sorry pub but your grub was not upto scratch infact a long way off the mark, cooked to fast at too high temp i think have a word with your chef!

3 Apr 2011 19:08