The Minories, Tower Hill

I don't normally write reviews for pubs but just have to for this one! But it is not going to be positive!

Just got back home from a Sunday roast lunch there and was very disappointed with it. I normally go to Weatherspoons but decided to try seeing as I only live down the road and have never been before.

Today the Sunday roast was beef. It says on the menu Sunday roast with all trimmings plus dessert for 7.49. Sounds good on paper but when my wife and I received our meals the plate was massive but the portion was quite poor. We had a few carrots, 3 roast potatoes, 1 large broccoli, a few spoonfuls of mash and 2-3 slices of beef. The gravy was extremely watery and the taste was quite bland. When I asked about the Yorkshire pudding the waiter went to ask the chef, only to be told that they had ran out of Yorkshire puddings! I didn't get told this at the bar when ordering so feel I had been conned somewhat as I paid for everything, not to be told afterwards parts of the food were missing. If that was the case they should had given me a discount.

On top of this the food took 45 mins to arrive! I had also ordered 2 pots of tea and that took 30 mins to arrive at our table. The service is ridiculously slow! I had an italian/spanish waiter who bought us our tea so I asked him if the food was going to be much longer as we had already waited 30 mins. He tells me that the bar should have told me it would be 30 mins but could be another 10-15 mins. When I told him that the bar never told me it would take so long he quite rudely said to me "well do you want to stay then or not?!". Certainly was not happy with his attitude especially when they were at fault for miscommunication and delay in bringing me my food and drinks. However the subsequent asian waiter was much more polite and accomodating which I am happy to give him credit for.

My dessert was ok but nothing to write home about. Had a triple layered cake with ice cream. However this came very quickly.

I had planned on complaining to the manager but thought what difference would it make if I did, so didn't bother in the end.

The pub itself is styled as an old country type pub which is kind of cosy and nice. Now and again you will hear the trains going by overhead which I thought was quite funny as I was bouncing about a bit.

Overall not a great first experience with this pub. I think the Minories is good to go for a pint with mates but for food I don't really recommend. Although I haven't tried the other items on the food menu, after today's experience I don't think I want to waste money trying! The Weatherspoons down the road is 10 times better for food & price and that's really saying something!

6 Mar 2011 15:35