The Forge Inn — Restaurant in Blaby

What better way to end the bank holiday than a meal at the Forge?😌

It doesn’t take a genius to work out that I am a BIG BIG fan of The Forge Inn. We last visited at the end of May and as per usual, I was not disappointed.

What I had: • Jack’s Fish & Chips (swapped for Roman fries, iykyk) • Beer Battered Onion Rings • Eton Mess Cheesecake

The fish was cooked to perfection with such a light, crispy batter. I cannot go to the forge and not order their truffle fries so I swapped the normal chips out for these. They were of course sensational. Even the mushy peas were a delight to eat.

I also cannot resist when I see beer battered onion rings on a menu. I could easily devour ten portions of these (or somewhere near that number). Again they were cooked perfectly with the batter being so light and melting in your mouth.

Finally, the Eton mess cheesecake…oh my goodness. Anything Eton mess is always a go-to for me. I do struggle to finish a dessert after a big meal but I’m pretty sure I demolished this🫣.

I think just after we’d been, they changed the dessert menu so the cheesecake is no longer available. However, they do a raspberry and white chocolate Eton mess meringue that sounds divine!

Going to the forge is always such a treat. The staff are lovely and welcoming. The servers that look after us aren’t always consistent with their attentiveness but I think that’s due to where we’re seated perhaps? Who knows.

Overall, another lovely experience and I can’t wait to...

I've been here 2x recently. Once for lunch during the week and on this occasion for Sunday lunch.

Staff are polite and attentive...if you're going on a Sunday book your table in advance. We took a risk arriving at 5 past 12 and were told the only places available were in the bar area or snug where they have higher tables at the back. We took one of those.

The table and cutlery looked clean and the area overall looked well cared for.

Our drink order arrived as we'd asked (we like no ice).

I had a chicken-less burger 🍔 while hubby had pork with crackling Sunday dinner.

His plate of food was huuuge! The portions are very generous. It was all cooked very well with plenty of crackling. The vegetables were cooked nicely. The chips with my tasty burger were very nice too.

All on all it was great...tbh thought the portions too generous especially for the Sunday roast and we would definitely have struggled if ordering extra sides.

I had an inkling portions may be generous from the enormous jacket potato I had on my last visit

If you like a hearty meal, a clean place and polite staff you'll like it here. The prices are reasonable considering the amount of food you get and the fact the food is cooked to a...

For this visit (26.03.2024), I've given an overall rating of 4 stars, so it must look odd that I've given 5 stars for each of the food, service, and atmosphere.

Let me explain why... I come here approximately once every 2 months to meet up with friends where we can have a good girly catchup.

The food was its usual high quality, and I have to recommend the macaroni cheese (with bacon) from the early bird menu. It's just so yummy. One of my friends had the chicken ceasar salad and she really enjoyed it. The refurb looks really nice, and the new menu looks tasty.

Now, as I said, us girls love our chats, so we are often behind with ordering, etc. because we're too busy nattering. However, after we were winding down from everything, food, etc, for the first time, we were made to feel they just wanted us gone. Quite a few times, the staff would come and hover over our table, not saying anything, but we felt quite uncomfortable about it. There's hovering to see if there is anything to collect from the table, but this didn't feel like that this time.

I will say not to let this review put you off. Remember, we've been coming here for years and we're usually fine. Next time will probably be as great as the...