点评:Attended today with family – 5 adults, 1 teenager and 3 children.
After we were seated, I noticed there wasn’t a vegetarian option on the Sunday menu, so I got up and asked a waitress if one was available. She told me there was and said she’d come over to explain the options.
When our orders were taken, I asked what the vegetarian option was and was told it was simply the roast without the meat.
With eight family members already ordering, including three young children, I felt put on the spot. I asked if there was a vegetarian tart or similar alternative, but was told there wasn’t and that it was simply the roast vegetables. I reluctantly accepted it, expressing my disappointment by saying, “Well, I guess it’s going to have to be,” after she asked if that was okay.
My meal then arrived significantly later than everyone else’s. In fact, my 6-year-old had finished his meal before mine arrived.
We had to wait quite some time and ask again for salt and pepper, no one checked whether our meals were okay, and we had to chase for the bill.
When I checked the bill, I was surprised to see we had been charged £16 for the roast without the meat. For that, I received 2 Yorkshire puddings, 3 roast potatoes, 2 carrots and 2 parsnips, plus shared vegetables that had been brought for the whole table. For comparison, the lamb roast was £19.
I appreciate that not every pub offers a dedicated vegetarian roast, but simply removing the meat from a standard roast and charging almost the full price does not, in my opinion, represent good value. Had this been explained before we were seated, or had the dish been priced more appropriately, my expectations would have been very different, and we would have chosen to eat elsewhere.
Overall, a very disappointing experience.
翻译:今天和家人一起去的——5个大人,1个青少年和3个孩子。
入座后,我注意到周日菜单上没有素食选项,于是起身询问服务员是否有素食。她告诉我有,并说会过来解释一下。
点餐时,我问素食是什么,被告知就是不加肉的烤肉。
当时已经有8个人点餐了,包括3个小孩,我感觉很尴尬。我问有没有素食挞之类的替代品,但被告知没有,就是烤蔬菜。我无奈地接受了,在她询问是否可以接受后,我表达了我的失望:“好吧,看来只能这样了。”
我的菜上得比其他人都晚得多。事实上,我6岁的孩子都吃完了,我的菜才上来。
我们等了很久,还得再次索要盐和胡椒,没人过来询问我们的餐点是否满意,最后还得自己催着结账。
结账时,我惊讶地发现,一份没有肉的烤肉竟然要价16英镑。这16英镑只包括两个约克郡布丁、三个烤土豆、两根胡萝卜和两根欧洲防风草,外加一份大家共享的蔬菜。相比之下,烤羊肉的价格是19英镑。
我知道不是每家酒吧都提供专门的素食烤肉,但仅仅从一份普通的烤肉里去掉肉,就收取几乎全价,在我看来实在是不划算。如果在入座前就说明情况,或者菜品定价更合理一些,我的期望值肯定会大打折扣,我们也会选择去别的地方用餐。
总而言之,这是一次非常令人失望的用餐体验。