The Sloop Inn

Usually fairly good. Today, really poor…

Place was dirty. No meat left on the carvery except some extremely dried out chicken breast and sausages… I decided to still eat as I was hungry and had taken my granny out for dinner who I knew would still eat a veggie roast.

Chef serving did give me lots of sausages by way of making up for the lack of all other meat. There was a rather strange (very drunk I think?) customer who was in the queue before us and started poking the turkey carcass and told the sever she would still eat whatever he could get off it. She then started loading up her plate but just stood with her plate of food in the middle of the pass and was eating it with her hands. Was quite off putting and I was surprised to see that no staff confronted her regarding this.

Veg was very tasteless today and I ended up putting a lot of salt on it.

Other customers were very unhappy as they had also not been informed about the lack of meat. From the conversations I saw and heard, between customers and some of the staff, I don’t feel the attitude of the staff was very good or appropriate. Whilst I appreciate they must’ve been very busy today, and would’ve also been frustrated at the situation and customers complaining, some of the staff were almost confrontational with customers.

I would also not expect a carvery pub to have run out of carvery on a Sunday. It’s not like you can over order food for an establishment who serve carvery 7 days a week.

My partner asked for a refund and then decided a bit later to get a chicken combo instead. This was also overcooked.

In hindsight, I should’ve asked for atleast a partial refund, as the main part of the carvery (meat) wasn’t available and the food was very bland. The cauliflower cheese actually tasted like the cast iron pan it had been sat in.

I was served initially by a younger girl with fair hair and then a tall lad with dark hair- they were both very friendly and attentive.

Just a shame no one told us about the carvery as we arrived. Won’t be returning now for a long time unfortunately.