Though it was getting full, the staff managed to find space for 5 of us. What attracted us was the tag, "Pie and Ale" and wanted to try some pies. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal selection, though there were quite a few unavailable items on the Sunday that we visited. The haggis scotch egg with tomato chutney was moist and flavourful. We also enjoyed the bacon and brie toasted sandwich, spiced duck pie with cauliflower cheese, roast beef with yorkshire pudding and the cornish pastry. The staff were efficient dealing with the Sunday crowd.
A fairly standard pub with an astronomy theme, in a more contemporary building. Fuller’s pub and had a full food menu. It was pretty busy on a Sunday afternoon. I think in the area there are better choices especially for settings with more history. There was nothing particularly negative about the pub but I didn’t feel anything memorable.
We visited the place for dinner, especially for their pie taster menu. This was unfortunately unavailable because one of the pies was missing. I suggested that we still get the experience by getting one of the other pies twice. The staff originally said yes to the suggestion and then refused. We ended up ordering the 2 mini pies available and a portion of fish and chips. The 3 mushroom pie was sub-par while the steak one was average. The fish and chips was alright, but certainly not worth the price (£17!!!). It is a very beautiful place and I would fully recommend it for a drink, but not food. The staff was not helpful and quite dismissive.
