Old Cottage, Lisvane

We arrived at this pub and asked if they had a table for five. We were told buy the manager that there would be a half our wait which was fine. After half an hour there was a free table, but this was not cleaned / set for a further 30 minutes which was a little annoying. After being shown to this table an hour after arrival we ordered our meal. We ordered 1 Mezze Meditteranian to share starter and 5 main courses. The Starter was fine and so was the main coursepizza, however the other 4 main courses were dreadful. 2 x Chorizo linguine @ 11.95 each were so full of chile that they were barely edible. After picking out between 2 or 3 chilies we could manage to eat some although still very hot even though chile was only mentioned as an ingredient. we had 1 Orzo risotto which was extremely sickly and 1 pasta dish with goat's cheese which was inedible. When we complained, we were toldthat that's how they cook their dishes, the risotto is made from pasta and we were offered a free drink. as we had been there for 3 1/2 hours we declined. we did not see the manager or receive an apology.

7 Aug 2011 19:44