BITE user comments - purpletia
Comments by purpletia
Used to go here with my Grandparents when I was a child and yesterday a few of us went for a meal and booked a table. It was the first visit in a very long time and it has to be said it will be a long time before we go to eat there again.
Service was slow, and when trying to order another drink with our food, we were told the waiter wasn't allowed to bring drink to our table and we would have to go the bar ourselves! (?)
Never in a restaurant have I ever had this said before.
The food took a long time, dried up lamb cutlets on cold mash, and cold plates! dried up tasteless lasagne with melted cheddar on the top (it wasn't even layered, just a mess), chewy lamb chops and all salad drenched in sour oily dressing, so that you couldn't taste the salad.
It is a shame when somewhere describes itself as fresh, homemade food that the food was of poor standard on a Saturday evening, surely a time that should be peak?
Waiter's attempts to be friendly and funny came across as rude and sarcastic.
I just feel sorry for my mother who paid for it all, hoping to treat her family.
Lovely view, so will go for a drink only next time.
29 May 2011 16:25
Its a shame that people who drink in London pubs don't realise that most of the workforce in the pubs of London are foreign, and choose to use this as a chance to blame everything on them and generalise about a nation i.e Eastern Europeans. The fact is that they are the ones who want to work!
The food there is one of the cheapest in the area, always freshly cooked and very tasty.
The place has had a refurb and has a lovely warm atmosphere, and a great atmosphere on a busy night.
For such a small pub and a small bar I think they have plenty of staff on, sometimes 6 on a busy night (which with only two tills in a 20 foot bar is plenty), and I have never had a problem being served. In fact its a pleasure when someone asks me at my table if they can fetch me a drink from the bar.
I think Jeremy007 maybe went during the World Cup and how dare they have flags up and be pushing sport during a 4 yearly sporting event!!
Maybe he should start drinkning in a more sedate, quiet and boring pubs more suited to his taste.
28 Jan 2011 11:18
Re the below... if you knew the pub at all you would know that the afore mentioned incident with the 55 year old man was not in the pub at all.
24 Jan 2008 11:52
Amazing!! Went to the training session today (opening after refurb tomorrow) and what a transformation! All the old character of the building, all the listed features, but fresh, clean and beautiful. Excellent staff and management who know what it takes to run an excellent pub. Well done the Paxtons.
31 Mar 2007 01:48
Over priced, catwalk staff, and food takes an age to appear and then isnt great. Avoid!
13 Feb 2007 23:08
The Old Ale House, Truro
What a shame....
This was my favourite pub in the whole world.
Went in today to find dirty glasses, dirty mirrors, miserable member of staff who took 5 minutes even to appear. Food had finished at 2pm (?!).
I love the pub for its olde worlde charm, but standards are standards, and they have seriously slipped.
19 Oct 2011 15:10