George In The Tree Beefeater — Restaurant in Metropolitan Borough of Solihull

The George in the tree is a local beefeater on the outskirts of a lovely village called Balsall Common. Whilst the villagers of Balsall Common are kind hearted and generous - this glorified working men's club is nothing short of down right disgusting.

So - let's break the classic beefeater down into 3 areas to review; appearance, staff and food.

The bright lights of the Beefeater sign illuminate the sky like a big middle finger to every vegetarian in the land. It's like the Batman sign but instead inviting all the primal carnivores to come and divulge in some meat. Outside the beefeater the building seems quaint and cosy. However the inside of the building can only be compared to Alcatraz prison. For some death may be the only way out.

Guarding the walls of this prison like restaurant are 4 women who look identical yet use different approaches to make you order and eat the detritus that they call food. The waiting staff are forcefull and on the whole .....unhelpful. When they ask " would like any sauces with your meal" don't get fooled by their degrading smile, what they really mean when asking such a question is "if you say yes I will spit in the sauce and then deliver it to you 5 seconds before you eat your last chip" After ordering drinks at around 5pm it wasn't to 5:35pm that my drinks were delivered and I only ordered a tap water and lemonade - it would have been easier for me to walk to the local village and get buy 2 litres of water and a large bottle of lemonade. Once again incredibly disappointing.

Food.

I was driving my car the other week when I ran over a cat. After putting the traumatic incident behind me I was surprised by what was presented to me on the plate. To my surprise I was reunited with the dead corpse of the animal I had killed the week before. The menu is so basic it might as well just say one word "MEAT". Cutting into the meal feels like performing a surgical amputation in the 1600s. It is hard wether to tell if the meat has just been cut off the bone and slapped on a plate. Or left outside in the smoking area for a few months.

All in all not impressed but they do one hell of a chocolate brownie and ice cream....

If I could give lower than a 1 star I would, Absolutely disgusting service attended 17/08 at 7pm had a table reserved for 14 people for a birthday celebration. Firstly asked whether they could have the cake of me and bring it out as it was a surprise got told no they didn't do that anymore so had to have the cake on the table with the lad who's birthday it was so wasn't much of a surprise. Secondly we was put on two tables which wasn't an issue as we was close by however they took the two tables order seperately even when we asked for them to be put through together so the one table had there mains and had eaten by the time the 2nd table had there's which when you come as a party you expect everyone to be eating together which was the same with puddings my husband asked for it to be put together again which again it didn't and then a 20min wait between the tables to recieve there puddings to the point I had to chase them up as this point the one table had finished there puddings and been given there bill. Thirdly my sister had a 25% voucher to use but because she had been put on a table with people who took advantage of the half price burgers she got told she couldn't use it which I then asked if we could move her meals to a different cheque so she could use her voucher which got told you couldn't do that which I think is absolutely ridiculous. I work within the hospitality industry as a manager and the impression I got was your staff just couldn't be bothered to do there job. Ruined the whole night and regret attending...

ABSOLUTELY ABYSMAL VALUE FOR MONEY !! 6 of us went here for a family birthday meal Friday night, no politeness on arrival, Table not ready - had to sit In the bar and wait, order was taken & starters came about 15 minutes later, I was shocked at my Prawn cocktail starter I counted 8 small prawn In It & the lettuce was going brown on the edges all for £6.95 !! Main courses ( apart from one ) arrived about 15 minutes later, I ordered the Mixed Grill and I was shocked at what was put In front of me, I thought It was a Childs meal been brought out by mistake !! I wish I had of taken a photo of It, the Steak was tiny as was the piece of Chicken and Gammon , 3 tiny onion rings a small over cooked sausage cut In half and a few chips, a few had peas and an egg !! I complained to the waiter ( Reece) saying that when i had previously been to this pub before and had the mixed grill It was huge and had a large mushroom and 2 sliced fried tomatoes on It and the meat was bigger etc and he just said " I know"!! all this for £16.95 !! They had forgot one persons order and It finally came out when most of us had finished our meals !! The rest of the meals were not over generous In size especially for what you pay here , I also overheard people on a nearby table complaining about the poor value for money too !! Do yourself a favour and do not waste your money here !! This place Is also looking very scruffy too, seats worn out / material ripped, some light bulbs not working, This place should...