The Stag on the River

I was given two tokens as a Birthday present and went for tea with a friend. Do NOT book Afternoon Tea on a Monday. The venue is very nice and the staff pleasant BUT the ‘Tea’ was extremely disappointing albeit what were served looked the same as in the photograph on the paperwork. The 6 sandwiches (3 each) made of cut white bread, were very cold and seemingly served straight from the fridge. Smoked salmon with a lashing of horseradish sauce was a first. So too were the extremely small plain scones (1 each) that had been toasted!! I had to ask for jam to accompany the generous bowl of cream. The ‘two ‘eclairs’ were made of very hard pastry and tasted very stale too. We asked for a second pot of tea and I asked for less water as the first had been very weak - frankly I think they merely added hot water and no second tea bag. Had I not been with a friend I would have complained but I did make my disappointment clear. A great pity as the waiting staff were attentive and not responsible for what was served. The venue is very nice but …

The setting is very pleasant but the meal of steak frites was inedible. The meat was so tough I needed to saw through it to cut it and then chewing each piece took several minutes at a time. When I commented on it having paid the bill all I got was ‘that’s how we get the cut from our supplier’. No mention of sorry or offer of any form of compensation.

The Stag Everything was great, two very minor things. The radiator in the bathroom was emitting more heat than a nuclear power ststion, could do with truning down a tad. Was actually to hot to stay in the bathroom with the door closed. And the broadband was very slow. But in the grand scheme of things, nothing to worry about.