Casino Bar Pego — Restaurant in Pego

I have been to this bar quite a few times. I love the extra high ceiling and the art work display. It's a nice place for a coffee during the quiet season. I used to love the English breakfast.

Due to COVID, I have not visited this bar for a long time until this week. I took my friend there for an English breakfast. (€9) Unfortunately it was very disappointing. First of all, the toast was barely toasted. There was only one slice of tomato! I mean, even half a tomato is not enough, let alone one slice. The bacon and the sausages were not pan fried long enough, so they tasted like they were boiled. And to make it look like there are more food on the plate I think, the sausage was cut into two halves. May be the chef was in a rush or something, there was definitely not much care on the quality of the food. The only things that were ok are the fried eggs, the mushroom and the baked beans.

May be the place has changed the management. It seems a little run down. They used to have a salt lamp on some of the table that gives this warm glow, and a nice ambient. But they were all gone. Nevertheless, it was still quite popular. Most of the table were full when we arrived. Strangely, they were all old/very old ladies. It was actually very noisy. On top of that, they decided to turn on the music, and I can barely hear my friend talk.

In conclusion, may be I was expecting too much as I had such a fond memory of this bar. However, the food was definitely not as good as...

We have had several good meals at Casino Bar and last weekend's didn't disappoint. The set menu offered two starters (you have both): little Russian salads in a glass and a prawn salad with crispy sweet potato curls on top. I chose pork medallions in mushroom sauce, which was clearly homemade and very tasty, and a side of lovely hot, crispy chips. The other mains were a burger or spinach lasagna. My husband had the cod confit on a bed of roast vegetables, which he really enjoyed. My brownie and ice cream was perfectly nice, not as squidgy as it should have been, but otherwise OK. My husband chose the cheesecake, which he said was more 'cake' and not much 'cheese', but again, it wasn't a disaster. For 16E the menu was excellent value. We arrived just after 8pm so the service was swift. The waitress was friendly, the tables were placed well apart and the main doors were kept open. A very...

It's a shame for me to put this as the food was exellent, but the service was very very poor, we did not book and asked if there was a table for 2, the waitress pointed to a table then left to sit for 20 mins, the waiter saw we were there but was blinkered to see we never had a menu or ordered drinks, we then had to get his attention, then given a menu . As I said food was exellent, I had a prawn salad with lots of nuts, very tasty, and my partner had the...