Cottage, Earlsdon — Restaurant in Coventry

I was part of a large table (15 people) that had reserved three weeks prior for a 1pm seating.

Table was clean when we got there and ready.

Myself and my friends all ordered roughly at the same time but on different cheques. It is also my understanding at this moment that another table of similar size came in too. Most of us ordered the roast with 2 people ordering a collection of starters. I understand that meals can come out at different times but this was bad. After 9 of us had had our food and finished we reminded them we were still waiting for more dishes, 2 people on the same order had one of their meals brought out but not the other. The people who had starters ordered as their mains and the people opposite them didn’t have theirs bought out for another 20mins. People who had ordered extra cauliflower cheese were later told that they didn’t have any so were offered a refund.

Once we’d all got our food and eaten, then came trouble with desserts.

Two of our table are Gluten intolerant and I’d asked which desserts was GF. They advised the chocolate fudge cake. Then we were advised this was wrong and the sticky toffee pudding was. So we got to ordering. Shortly after ordering we were told there was no fudge cake or sticky toffee. So this meant the people who had their cauliflower cheese cancelled had their dessert cancelled too. Thankfully though (I suppose) the staff reallocated a sticky toffee from another table to ours.

It was just a wholly disappointing experience. It was £37 for two dinners and a cauliflower cheese. This was for 1 or 2 slices of beef, with a small Yorkshire, a couple of small roasties, a stem of broccoli and half a carrot and watery gravy. Tasteless.

It’s just a shame that at 1pm there was a shortage of so much food, after working in the hospitality sector, this is something I’d come to expect at 5pm on a Sunday, not at lunch time.

If this was going to be an issue, maybe we should’ve been advised to provide a preorder, which was totally doable. It’s also disappointing that we were recommended to come here by friends. To be honest, I won’t be doing the...

A very warm and welcoming atmosphere. It was quiet when we arrived at 6.30 but quickly filled up by 7.00. This was a Thursday and quiz night and full so I would recommend booking. It was noisy with the conversation of happy customers but not too 'lively' and music was very much in the background.

The two young women who took our order were very accommodating and reseated us at a lower table instead of the high stools that had originally been assigned to us. They seemed a little inexperienced and had trouble pulling a pint and had to look up the recipe for the mocktail we ordered. But they persevered and we got two excellent pints and the rest of our drinks. Starters came out promptly but our pizzas were a bit slow coming out but it was very busy.

The food was excellent. We had a sharing dish of chicken wings in Korean gochujang sauce, which were delicious. The pizzas were equally as good with imaginative toppings. Our only regret was ordering three of the same so we couldn't pick and mix.

It was good value for money as well: drinks, starters and mains four four people for a little over £80

The pub has a wide selection of food and drink to suit all tastes: cocktails and mocktails, real ales; with plenty of vegan, vegetarian options as well. Definitely not your run of the mill pub grub.

We will definitely be eating...

Had received good reviews about the cottage and it's food so decided to give it a go. Disappointing. The menu is predominantly pizzas which is great, (my go to choice at mo) and the options sounded good with 4 vegan options. Opted for the special "hombre" pizza but special it was deffo not . The base was dry, and the toppings mean. I had to get the magnifying glass out to spot the brisket beef on mine and it was meant to have guacamole on it which was totally missing. When we enquired about it, we were given a tiny sauce sized pot - (between 2 as myself and hubby had had the same pizza) of what can only be described as highly processed squeezy guac. Considering where the cottage is with the number of food establishments available, 2 of which (millseys and surf and slice) offer really good pizzas, at very similar prices, I'm surprised it was a busy as it was, can only conclude it was because of the upcoming quiz because it can't be the pizzas. Service was good though, and has large garden area. But that won't be enough to get us coming back anytime soon or...