Gladstone — Restaurant in Great Britain

Went for Sunday lunch, loved the building, very similar in style to The Lion & Lobster, but on a grander scale. We were there from 12, only a couple of other tables dining at that time. Service started off well enough, then disappeared completely after we had ordered. After 30 minutes our main courses arrived, we never saw the starter we ordered so decided to dispense with it as our mains were clearly ready. 2 had the burger, pretty underwhelming, and 1 was so black on one side that it was like crunching on charcoal.

2 had roast sirloin, the sirloin was very nicely cooked, potatoes tasty but not at all crispy, the giant yorkshire pudding was lovely (we know has we had an extra one on the side) The one with the roast was filled with all the vegetables, including a mountain of grey red cabbage, absolutely ruining what would have otherwise been a lovely yorkie. What is wrong with serving vegetables on the plate, and the yorkshire on top I have no idea.

If you have a roast, order it as gluten free (which won't come with a yorkshire pud) but ask to have the yorkshire on the side, then you roast will be served in the usual manner and the yorkshire won't be ruined.

Desserts were 2 tart tatins, one had to ask for a knife to get through the pastry! Mushy apple on top, nothing really resembling a tart tatin, and served with 'dairy free' ice-cream? both opted to have it with sorbet instead.

No excuses for poorly executed food and service, it was early and really quiet.

Love the building though so will just stick to...

Ventured to the Gladstone to see Chloe Marcela playing. First off what a voice on that young lady(yes I am biased ….she is my daughter. The pub itself is a nice and friendly, and the staff are great. I love a sense of humour so the Christmas tree in the corner with a well known brand of washing up liquid container sat on top did make me chuckle. I ordered food which absolutely blew me away. Service was a little long ( I did get an apology)but I actually didn’t mind the wait, when it arrived. It’s not Cordon Bleu it’s pub food but there was lots of it and it was fresh. It fed my daughters man mountain fiancé easily and that’s a big ask !!!. I would recommend to anyone it’s a great place to...

V good local pub with great music events. I'm very pleased not to give it an automatic 1 star for using single use plastic glasses.

The service was painfully slow though. It was a busy night and frustrating to stand there watching one of the bar staff, slowly, cutting limes into quarters ... several people remarked that it was, at least, causing us to moderate our drinking. Tbh, it looked like it was lacking some to give the young bar staff a bit of advice on what to prioritise. One group near us left as they were fed up with how long it was taking not to get served and left.

Shame.

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